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65 People Apply for City Council Vacancies

Posted on December 31, 2008 at 9:52 pm by Madrigal Maniac Under Local | Print This Post | Email This Post |  


65 people have applied for the two Columbus City Council seats that will be vacated by Councilwoman Maryellen O’Shaughnessy and Councilman Kevin L. Boyce. O’Shaughnessy was elected to the clerk of courts and Boyce was appointed state treasurer.

The list of applicants for two council openings includes 10 members of Columbus area commissions or civic associations, seven people who have been appointed to city boards or commissions, five city workers and one elected official.

The Columbus Dispatch

Many who filled out applications are from agencies or commissions that will be affected by the budget cuts proposed by Mayor Coleman.

A number said they oppose Coleman’s plan to close 11 recreation centers. Two members of the city’s Recreation and Parks Commission are among the applicants…

Ellen L. Moore, director of the Community Crime Patrol, also is on the list of council applicants. The private anti-crime group faces a 50 percent cut in city funding.

The Columbus Dispatch

I hope council does not select someone who is a one issue candidate trying to save their programs funding or to keep a program that benefits their area of Columbus. There are many issues the city faces and it will take someone who is well versed in all of them to solve them.

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