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The Dispatch wrote Names surfacing to fill 2 vacant seats
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
By Robert Vitale
Columbus now has another deficit: two City Council seats that must be filled before tough decisions are made about a budget shortfall that tops $90 million.
Councilman Kevin L. Boyce’s appointment as state treasurer means he’ll resign his council seat before taking on his new job Jan. 6. Councilwoman Maryellen O’Shaughnessy will leave before Jan. 3 to become Franklin County clerk of courts.
Gary L. Baker II, a Columbus school board member and former chairman of the Hilltop Area Commission, said yesterday that he will seek one of the council jobs.
Other potential applicants, whose names were floating around City Hall even before O’Shaughnessy won her new office, include Stonewall Columbus Executive Director Karla Rothan and University Area Commissioner Catherine Girves.
When does the draft Walker movement begin? Any thoughts about other candidates.
+1 With O’Shaughnessy gone, Walker would be a perfect replacement to continue to push for downtown development and alternative transportation. Plus, he’s always positive and has many creative ideas that would appeal to the younger demographic.
Oof. I don’t have time for City Council right now. :lol: Maybe later. Thanks though.
I’m afraid I’ll need to hear your thorough position on a leash law before I can get behind this anyway.
:lol:
I’m afraid I’ll need to hear your thorough position on a leash law before I can get behind this anyway.
:lol:
His [un]official position is who cares as long as the poo gets picked up!
:)
Exactly! :D
Someday, I will run for City Council, and you can bet that it will be an anti-poo platform.
As far as those other names go, I’m not really too familiar with any of them to know their positions on things. It sounds like there won’t be a vote on these appointees, right? I assume it’s up to current members of council to select them?
Is there anyone on CU who is actually interested in having his or her named shoved under the noses of those with a vote? I know whose names I would LOVE to see discussed but I don’t think they’re as enthusiastic about actually taking the job.
In Soviet Columbus, City Council votes for you!
For now they’re appointments, but not for long:
The two new council members will have to run for full four-year terms in 2009, along with Councilwoman Priscilla R. Tyson, who was appointed in 2007.
The two new council members will have to run for full four-year terms in 2009, along with Councilwoman Priscilla R. Tyson, who was appointed in 2007.
March or November? Why couldn’t Tyson’s seat have gone up for election last month? Incumbency and name recognition are strong forces, even if the candidate gets in due to an appointment rather than an election, and I don’t think all these appointments are good for Columbus in the long run.
All that I do know about Gary Baker and Karla Rohan I like, btw. I don’t know a thing about Catherine Girves though.
If nominated, I will not …
Oh, you weren’t talking about me? Never mind. :oops:
If nominated, I will not …
Oh, you weren’t talking about me? Never mind. :oops:
Those would be the shortest Council meetings ever :lol:
I’m afraid I’ll need to hear your thorough position on a leash law before I can get behind this anyway.
:lol:
You just want him distracted for a few years so you can have a chance at closing in on his post count. :P
Exactly! :D
Someday, I will run for City Council, and you can bet that it will be an anti-poo platform.
Don’t forget you would still have to represent the Pro-Poo people as well despite their questionable ways ;)
Incidentally
“Elect Evans 20xx, Pro-Downtown, Pro-Streetcar, Anti-Poo “
sounds like a great skreened shirt just waiting to be made. :)
I was on the UAC with her. she’s very smart, thorough, and organized. We disagreed on some things, very vehemently, but don’t think it’s negative to say she is ambitious. She would probably serve columbus well, possibly better than most. She’s a university area booster, but that also includes Weinland Park, so I’m ok with that.
Kim Gibson-Came from from MORPC and is now Governor Stickland’s Special Assistant on Energy, Transportation & Regional Collaboration. Also a great lady.
Boyce Safford- http://development.columbus.gov/welcome.asp
Also from the COC admin- Mike Brown (be able to hit the ground running)
I would also work tirelessly on the campaign of one Walker Evans. Seriously.
I thought about Mike Brown, but wasn’t sure if it would even be a lateral move considering the course he seems to be on.
As much as I like Walker, and I do think he’d be a strong councilman, I’d like to see him continue getting his feet wet a while longer, studying budgets and issues like he has been first.
p.s. I’m wary of anyone named Boyce on Council at this point :lol:
That makes two of us. ;)
That makes two of us. ;) Ah, sink or swim is what I say.
With the pending departure of two members, City Council announced the application procedures to fill the two vacancies in January.
Between 8:00 a.m. on Monday, December 29, 2008 and 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 applicants must submit six copies each (one for each member of Council and one to be made available for media purposes) of a resume and a narrative of no more than two typed pages describing the issues and challenges facing the city of Columbus. These documents must be accepted and time-stamped by the Council Clerk in City Hall Room 231.
Applicants will be responsible for scheduling appointments with members of Council. Applicants may contact City Council at 645-7380 to inquire about the appointment availability of the members between Monday, January 5, 2009 and Thursday, January 8, 2009. Not all applicants may be accepted for appointments.