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DiFlavio to be called for vacant council seat Grimsby Council voted Monday to contact next-runner-up Nick DiFlavio for the council seat vacated by Dorothy Bothwell as of June 9. While Coun. Randy Vaine said the Town had been told he would accept, DiFlavio said Monday night nobody had contacted him from the Town. “Yes, I would accept the position, but if he (Vaine) said that, he could have only known from your (NewsNow’s) previous story as I have talked to nobody,” said DiFlavio. Clerk Sarah Kim is to extend the invitation.
“Dino”mite show
William Norman and Athena Carella do their best T-Rex impression as they participate in a Club Rex dinosaur educational show during Grimsby’s Canada Day celebration. Sarah Williscraft - Photo
IC recommends pay suspension for Sharpe Grimsby Coun. Dave Sharpe was found in breach of code of conduct and refused full cooperation By Mike Williscraft NewsNow A scathing Integrity Commissioner report tabled at Monday’s Grimsby Committee of the Whole meeting concludes Coun. Dave Sharpe breached the Town’s code of con-
duct on many fronts. Several incidents stem from his attendance, comments and actions in support of the occupation of Ottawa during anti-COVID restriction protests. Additionally, as In-
tegrity Commissioner Michael Maynard conducted his investigation into Sharpe’s conduct, an additional component arose after an email from one of the four claimants in the case to council was circulated to a Facebook
group, which resulted in considerable “negative consequences” for the complainant. This generated a claim that forwarding a constituent’s email to council to the Facebook group was an act of reprisal.
Maynard gave Sharpe an opportunity to clear things up as Sharpe contended he was only sharing information with a group being discussed in the correspondence, but when Maynard asked See BREACH, Page 3