The Decatur City Council race of 2009 looks to be quite interesting. Rumors have been flying as to who the candidates are going to be, their backers and their real motives. Will ChangeDecatur have a candidate of their own? Will the Chamber of Commerce roll out an unbeatable deep-pocket candidate? Will the labor groups have a new Carrigan protege on the ballot? All the rumors and conspiracies aside, as of right now, it isn’t clear who is going to be running for the Decatur City Council. The only for sure candidate is Julie Moore, who announced her candidacy in early July and I suppose fits the Chamber mold. Unless I’ve missed something, I haven’t caught head nor tail confirmation of anyone else officially announcing their intentions.
Possible mayoral candidates include current council members Betsy Stockard, Dan Caulkins and Larry Foster. No confirmations on any of those yet. Pat McDaniel has confirmed that he will be running for either a council seat or the mayoral position but hasn’t yet made a firm decision on which. Fellow blogger, Matthew Jackson of BlogDecatur, is also considering a run.
At any rate, it looks to be interesting and we could quite possibly have several new faces on the council next year. I sure hope Comcast gets the council chamber looking spiffy for television viewing by next April because it’s sure to be the most entertaining show on television!
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Former mayor Paul Osborne has a very interesting article about the inner workings and drama of the current council in the latest Decatur Tribune issue. I’ve been waiting for this! Tell us what you really think Paul!
