The Council Selects the Final Five

Tonight the city council expended roughly 4-1/4 hours (including about an hour and a half in closed session,) narrowing the list of thirty-nine council applicants down to a much more manageable five. We won't try to get into the details here; but will attempt to cobble together something reasonably detailed and descriptive in the morning. For now, we'll simply reel off the list of the five finalists.

And they are (alphabetically):

• J. Brad Florence
  
• Therese Grijalva
  
• Jeremy Taylor
  
• John H. Thompson
  
• Susan E. Van Hooser

We heartily congratulate the candidates who made the initial cut, and thank every one of the other civic-minded citizens who threw their hat into the ring.

It was a tough task that Mr. Glasmann dropped into the laps of his former council colleagues, requiring them to choose from this exceptionally well-qualified list of thirty-nine. We believe the council discharged their duties tonight diligently however; and we're encouraged once again by this council of ours, which performed tonight with apparent deliberation and dignity.

Update 9/21/06 8:23 a.m. MT: Ace Reporter Schwebke provides this morning a thumbnail recitation of the events transpiring during last night's council marathon session. Read all about it in today's Standard-Examiner story.