This morning's Standard-Examiner carries the below-linked city council candidate update story, from which we believe we can fairly conclude that for City Reorder Cindy Mansell, the past couple of days have beensomewhat hectic indeed. According to Trent Toone's morning report, the queue of eager Ogden City Council candidates has nearly doubled since our last posting on this topic on Monday:
• Incumbents won't run / Jeske, Johnson opt out of November battle for Ogden City Council seatsAccording to Mr. Toone's morning writeup, there were 17 council candidates signed up as of yesterday's 5:00 p.m. filing deadline; and it appears at this juncture that there will be primary contests for all open council seats, with the exception of At-large Seat "A."
Ironically, it seems like only yesterday, by the way, that we were concerned that at least one council incumbent would face no opposition at all.
We have a busy real life schedule today, so we won't have time for googling or editorial commentary as to these seven new candidates who have most recently declared for office. Perhaps however a few of our gentle readers can pick up the slack on that.
Please also take note that we've accordingly updated our Council Candidates Roster, which is on display in the WCF right sidebar. From this point on it will be our mission to fatten out this page with useful contact information and links.
We'd also like to take this opportunity to express our special appreciation and thanks to Councilwoman Dorrene Jeske, who decided to not make another council run. Her performance over the past 3-1/2 years has been beyond exemplary, we believe; and her common sense, financial prudence and dedication to transparency in government have been incomparable, we think.
Thanks for your service to Ogden City, Councilwoman Jeske. You've been a true inspiration to all of us who value responsive and open government. Hopefully there will be a candidate within the pack of seven who will prove to be wise and dedicated enough to at least try to fill your shoes.
We'll also be looking forward to your anticipated endorsements, of course, Ms Jeske, especially with respect to your At-large "B" seat. Hopefully there will be at least one among the seven who've signed up for the "B" seat who'll prove worthy of your favorable nod.
That's it for now gentle readers.
The floor is open.
Whatever you do... don't let the cat get your tongues.
