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Saskatoon’s longest-serving mayor says he’s too busy to think about another campaign next year.

On the other hand, Don Atchison declined the opportunity on Tuesday to deny that he’s considering another run at his old job as reports have suggested.

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In a brief interview, Atchison said he’s focused on his work as a consultant with Canwest Commercial & Land Corporation, which is planning a nine-storey World Trade Center building in downtown Saskatoon.

“I’m working very hard on World Trade Center,” he said of the project, which was supposed to be completed this year. “I have to focus on what I’m doing. I prefer to not even be in the paper right now.”

A news release on Monday from a Regina-based communications company suggested Atchison was considering running again to challenge Mayor Charlie Clark, who ended Atchison’s reign in 2016.

Dale Richardson, owner of 306 Communications and Media and a former Saskatchewan Party communications director, released the results from an online panel poll suggesting most Saskatoon residents do not want Atchison to run again.