Saturday, December 4, 2010

New council

Very soon city council will transition and the newly elected members will take their spots, including incoming District 6 representative Lori Zapf.

Outgoing council member Donna Frye just participated in her last city council, during which the council voted to override Mayor Jerry Sanders' veto regarding the measure to study the impact of big box retailer.

Now Zapf will enter office with her own agenda and changes to make in District 6.

Election

There were a lot of close calls on election night, including the race between District 6 candidates Howard Wayne and Lori Zapf. Less than one percentage point kept their total vote numbers apart and they remained close until the end of the night, when Zapf won.

It was a close race and the fact that Donna Frye endorsed him was still not quite enough to give Wayne the push to win. Although Frye was expectant of Wayne's win all the way until, the end, despite trailing behind in the polls, by saying, "I still believe Howard will win."

However, the incoming District 6 representative on the city council will be Zapf.