Ward 2 Voter turnout

Spider:

Unless I completely misunderstood the charter amendment just passed (and this is a real possibility, since it is NOT the same one as what was proposed by the Charter Review Committee, nor is it the same one proposed by referendum petitition--all at least according to what I think I heard at the council meeting where some amendment was proposed and passed), here is how it will work:

We just elected FOUR Ward council members. Their term will end in FOUR years, at the end of 2013. At the end of 2011, the terms of our mayor and our TWO present at-large council members will end, and per our charter we must hold elections for a mayor and TWO at-large council members during the General Election in November of that year, 2011, all for FOUR year terms.

In November of 2013, as the terms of our FOUR newly-elected WARD council members are expiring, we will elect only TWO AT-LARGE council members, both for FOUR year terms. (The then-mayor and the other TWO at-large council members will still have TWO years remaining in their terms.)

In November of 2015 (IF the state hasn’t taken over our fair city by then), we will once again elect a mayor and two at-large council members to FOUR year terms, and this cycle (the cycle begun in 2011 an completed in 2013) repeats until and unless changed by another Charter Amendment.

If any position is vacated due to death, recall, resignation, or imprisonment of a member, that position will be filled according to the terms of the City Charter.

Of course I could be all wrong, and we somehow might get to the mayor and all FOUR other council members being elected in presidential election years (right after the law suits are settled) but it is beyond me how this is possible. I would be very interested in hearing how this could happen.

Or, since elections only seem to get in the way and slow things down, perhaps AN EMERGENCY will be declared, and some sort of RENAISSANCE-era “lordship” or something of the like will be “proclaimed”. That way we wouldn’t have to mess with all of these silly meetings and those that “know what’s best for us” could simply rule by fiat!

That would fit in nicely with our historic districts, as well!  (Might make our police costs go way up, but the new "King's tax collectors" will take care of that.)