David, we hardly knew ye

More breaking news… Biddeford’s own media mogul, David Flood, intends to resign his Ward 7 seat on the Biddeford City Council.

In 2007, Flood sold the Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier and several other weekly newspapers that he and his wife published as part of the Mainely Newspapers Group to the parent company of the Journal Tribune.

Today it looks like he can’t wait to get  back into the newsapaper game.

According to a story in the American Journal, Flood will take over as publisher of the Sun Chronicle and other York County publications owned by Current Publishing, a former competitor of Mainely Newspapers, Inc.

Only weeks after selling his newspaper in 2007, Flood jumped into Biddeford politics, winning an at-large seat on the city council, before making a failed attempt to oust Mayor Joanne Twomey in 2009.

Flood returned to the council in November, but now will be resigning after serving fewer than 90 days in office.

We have also learned that the Biddeford Courier will soon be looking for a new home.

Flood owns the 180 Main Street building where the Courier is now published. Apparently, he plans to use the same building to house his newest endeavor with Current Publishing.

Flood is reportedly planning to publicly announce his resignation from the council on Tuesday, during the council’s next regular meeting.

It remains unclear whether there will need to be a special election to fill Flood’s vacancy or whether Mayor Alan Casavant will be able to appoint a replacement.

Since there is far more than a year remaining in Flood’s term, it is likely that the council will call for a special election.