New Faces

If you paid any attention to the City election last April, you probably remember Mayor Botbyl touting the need for "new faces" on the Board of Aldermen.  Turns out, the two most vocal Board members who had issues with the Mayor, Steve Clark and Tanya Finn, were up for re-election.  I presume Dee Surma on the East and Red McLaughlin on the West were recruited to remove the thorns from Botbyl's...side.  That didn't work out too well as both Clark and Finn prevailed.

Wonder how the Mayor feels about "new faces" now?  Rick Footer and Daniel Berglund are certainly new faces, both in appearance and generation, facing off with Surma (once again) and the incumbent Richmond.  The April election could indeed change the landscape of the City going forward.  The Mayor might be right, time for New Faces.  Stay tuned.