DOLLIS Campbell, a managing partner in events promotion company Dynamic Event Services, is the new People’s National Party (PNP) candidate in the Mona Division in the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC) for the local government poll set for November 28.

Campbell is up against ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) newcomer Andrew Bellamy, a business manager,.

She has replaced current PNP Councillor Carl Little while Bellamy is replacing George Planto, who represented the Mona Division in 2007 and 2012, losing on both occasions to Little who will now run for the JLP in the Papine Division.

Both Campbell and Bellamy are well known on the city’s entertainment circuit for their involvement with the presentations of major entertainment events, and far outscore their predecessors in terms of their social presence.

The two political parties have insisted that the replacements were mutually seamless.

Mona, being a swing seat, carries an important asterisk among the divisions that have to be won to control the tightly fought 40-seat KSAC Council.

Campbell was one of four new candidates for the November 28 election who were guests at this week’s

Jamaica Observer Monday Exchange at the newspaper’s Beechwood Avenue headquarters.

She attended Meadowbrook High School and the University of Technology. She has lived in Mona for more than 15 years, has been a vice president of the Hope Pastures Citizens’ Association, and president of Kiwanis Club of West St Andrew.

“I have lived a life of community service and giving back,”’ she said when asked about her decision to enter representational politics.

She admitted that she entered the race because there were some shortcomings in the division.

“I know that I can make a better representation for the people of Mona, and they do deserve that,” she told the

Observer.

However, she insisted that the decision by the PNP to replace Little was not due to any underperformance by the incumbent.

“It’s not about my colleague …my colleague has been doing a lot of work in the division, but there is much more work to be done,” she insisted. “The work to be done is not just to do with the politicians. The communities have to get involved, too.”

PNP deputy general secretary, Julian Robinson, confirmed Monday night that Campbell was chosen after Little advised that he would not be interested in contesting the division again.

Campbell explained that the division has a mix of cultures and requires someone who sees the needs of the community and really cares about them.

“I like beautification. I like to see things looking really beautiful, nice and clean, and that has been one of my passions ever since I told the comrades that I was going to enter. I have embarked on a beautification project for the Mona Division, and I plan to put much more of that passion to work when I become councillor,” she said.