On our podcast earlier this week, we began spreading rumors about candidates for Northfield City Council this fall… people who either might be considering filing or who are being lobbied to run for council or mayor by others. Since then, I’ve heard a few more names.
- Betsey Buckheit
- Dana Graham
- Dave Hvistendahl
- Dave Maroney
- Dixon Bond
- Jane McWilliams
- Jessica Peterson
- Jim Pokorney
- Ken Malecha
- Kris Vohs
- Lee Lansing
- Noah Cashman
- Ray Cox
- Scott Davis
Expiring terms:
- Lee Lansing — Mayor
- Kris Vohs — At-Large
- Scott Davis — Second Ward
- Arnie Nelson — Third Ward
Who else would you like to see run for council/mayor? Attach a comment. In a week or so, I’ll create a straw poll.
According to this positions open/candidates needed page on the LWV site:
NORTHFIELD CITY COUNCIL
OPEN SEATS: 2nd Ward, 3rd Ward, one At Large
FILING PERIOD: July 1-15, 2008
(last date to withdraw, July 17)
FILING FEE: $5.00
WHERE TO FILE: Northfield City Hall
801 Washington Street
PRIMARY ELECTION: September 9
(If more than 2 file for one seat)
GENERAL ELECTION: November 4
LENGTH OF TERM: 4 YearsNORTHFIELD MAYOR
OPEN SEAT: Mayor
FILING PERIOD: July 1-15, 2008
(last date to withdraw, July 17)
FILING FEE: $5.00
WHERE TO FILE: Northfield City Hall
801 Washington Street
PRIMARY ELECTION: September 9
(If more than 2 file)
GENERAL ELECTION: November 4
LENGTH OF TERM: 4 Years
Our next mayor:
– Brendon Etter: Less Stupider Than You Might Think
the slogan of a winning campaign!
3 more candidates for mayor filed just before 5pm:
Lee Lansing
Jon Denison
James Schlicting
Here’s the final list, though candidates have 2 days to withdraw their names:
Mayor
David Hvistendahl
Paul Hager
Mary Rossing
Eduardo Wolle
Jon Denison
James Schlicting
Lee Lansing
2nd Ward
Betsey Buckheit
Jerold Friedman
3rd Ward
Alan Lindberg
Erica Zweifel
Don McGee
At-Large
Kris Vohs
David DeLong
Dana Graham
I got this email attachment from James Schlichting:
Tried to email Mr. Schlichting, and it bounced back, from his site, not my typing.
Same thing happened to me, Bright. James, fire your tech staff!
Nfld News:
Councilor Denison files for mayor
http://northfieldnews.com/news.php?viewStory=45396
Last-minute filers for election include Lansing, local lawyer
http://northfieldnews.com/news.php?viewStory=45397
Nfld News has a new story for today’s paper: Four more file for mayor on last day.
http://northfieldnews.com/news.php?viewStory=45424
The previous two stories have been ‘buried’, ie, the links still work (comment #157 above) but they’re not visible from the home/news page.
The sidebar on that page has the complete listing of candidates who filed for the other races:
NORTHFIELD SCHOOL BOARD
Kevin Budig
Diane Cirksena
Robert Hardy
Katy Hargis
Ellen R. Iverson
Anne Maple
Peter Millin
Jeff Quinnell
RICE COUNTY BOARD, DIST. 1
Matt Drevlow
Jacob G. Gillen
RICE COUNTY BOARD, DIST. 3
Milt Plaisance
F. John Rowan
RICE COUNTY BOARD, DIST. 5
Jerry Anderson
Gary Bruggenthies
Jeff Docken
Mike Piper
DAKOTA COUNTY BOARD, DIST. 1
Craig Altendorfer
Dean Birnstengel
Joseph A. Harris
Doug Riles
STATE REP, DISTRICT 25B
David Bly (DFL)
Tim Rud (GOP)
STATE REP, DISTRICT 36B
Pat Garofalo (GOP)
Bev Topp (DFL)
U.S. REP,
DISTRICT 2
John Kline (GOP)
Steve Sarvi (DFL)
Griff,
Bad news.
We can only hope I recover.
I saw Jim Schlicting this morning and he said that the email address above should be working shortly, so I’d encourage anyone to try again tomorrow or in the next few days.
Let’s hope that Jim will alert us here when it’s working.
Now that we know who’s running, I’ve started a discussion about the mayoral race: 2008 Mayoral Race: What are the Issues?
Further comments and discussion specific to the mayoral race welcome – over there!
The Star Tribune posted a piece about Northfield last night, Candidates flock to replace leadership
Dear Ms. Davis,
This is just so typical. Your posting, where you attempt to divert attention from the salient issues I have been raising here for so very long, also completely ignores my candidacy for the mayor’s seat.
As hard as that is to believe, I guess we can expect nothing less from such a self-interested, inside-the-system, entrenched cronysta like yourself.
Not me. I’m an outsider. An agent for change. Smoky. Sensual.
And you’d better believe I’m back in the race! Rise up, my people!
Full details here.
I witnessed first hand the Etter machine at work today. The Brendon Etter campaign bus was busy soliciting votes from dog walkers in south central Northfield. Do not overestimate the power of the stealth write in campaign of Mr. Etter.
Brendon, may I offer a slogan? “Good, Etter, Best!” You could campaign as the middle of the road, dare I suggest, mediocre alternative. It would be unseemly to showboat as the “Best”. Yet, you’d not want to be just “good”–because that might suggest you’d have to slink off to some packing house town in Kansas or Nebraska after your humiliating tenure as mayor here. Capice?
Sounds good, Curt! Glad to have you on-board as a highly-paid strategist / spin doctor (payment from outside sources only to steer clear of pesky campaign finance laws).
My first initial and last name spell “BEtter”. I thought about running with the slogan “Can’t find a Better man.” It’s a Pearl Jam song, too. The kids’ll love that.
But why limit myself to one or two slogans? I say run with as many as possible, whipping them out as circumstances warrant.
Keep the great ideas coming!
Brendon, I must say that your write-in strategy is brilliant.
The primary will limit the playing field to two candidates. Until then, you can simply wait, in a smoky, sensual, and dare I say stealthy, manner.
After the vote narrows the field to two, you’ll only need enough votes to beat out two candidates rather than five!
I foresee you’ll focus on the “Jesse Ventura” voters. Perhaps you should begin growing your facial hair now, so you can have full-frontal-facial dreads by November.
You won’t need to spend any money on the campaign, nor will you need to show up at any forums or debates.
I would recommend hand-written yard signs that say “Etter is Better”, and don’t bother beginning your campaign any time prior to October 31st. In fact, a Halloween-theme might be cute.
Just as Ventura did, you could totally throw the pollsters off. Also, a wild card like you can really have an effect on the Vegas bookies–you’re going to cause an unbalanced book, which means for once the gamblers might be able to top the bookie and beat the race odds.
Britt Ackerman said:
You won’t need to spend any money on the campaign, nor will you need to show up at any forums or debates.
Hmmmmmmmmmm, I wonder where I’ve seen that work before?
Good luck Mr. Etter, I’d be honored to serve with you (as wheather I win or lose I’ll still be on the council). I’m not offering my endorsement by no means, as I’m sure you’d not take it anyway LOL.
Brendon:
You’re running.
You’re not running.
You’re in reruns.
How can a hopeless cronyist like me ever hope to keep up with the lean, mean (not to forget smoky, sensual) outsider machine?
Britt, Jon, Tracy, Thank you for the helpful comments. I agree: I am almost too handsome and dangerous and mysterious to be in something as trivial as politics. I knew this going in, but I’m so glad you are there to remind me. (This isn’t exactly what you wrote, but I can read between the lines. The love is clearly there.)
You know, we’ve been through so much together… there was that one time… remember that? That was so great! Because of our intense shared histories, and all we’ve learned from each other, I’m glad that each of you is marching lockstep behind me in my race to power.
Tracy, here’s some guidance to help unwrap a little bit of the mystery behind the man. Not too much, or it wouldn’t be a mystery.
Incidentally, I’m looking for some free bumper stickers, buttons, yard signs, t-shirts for the campaign. Anyone?
Brenden, I have some slightly used Gore and Bush lawn signs, etc, if that would help (you could write in your name and change the “president” to “mayor”.
Boo-yaa! (That’s something the kids say.)
Damn right! I want those signs, Bruce! This is exactly the sort of outside-the-box-plot thinking you want in your friendly neighborhood statistician.
I work at the Carleton Bookstore, or you could drop them off with my wife at Leota Goodney’s office above Blue Monday.
I’ll edit the signs, and then I would just need some volunteers who would somewhat-willingly post the signs on their lawns.
Anyone?
Well, I guess this had to happen…
Read the details here.
Remember, it’s for your own good.
There’s a Council Candidate Informational Session at City Hall tonight, 6 pm.
There’s no agenda/info about it on the City’s website that I can find. Anyone know what the hell this is about?
Hey Griff, why not just call the city and get the information directly from the source. There is life outside of the blogosphere. 645-8833
Let’s take a wild stab here. The filings just closed, so there is a meeting for all the candidates to explain the job they’re seeking and the election process and laws and answer questions. There’s no agenda published because it’s just an informational meeting for candidates with no official business. It will be open to the public, but it’s not a public meeting in the traditional sense. It’s done every election cycle in most every town around.
How’d I do, Scott?
Mr. Wm. Bassett, the former interim city administrator, is conducting this info session .
Will they hire him a second time, to do one for candidates running for
the Vacated at-large seat of C. Cashman, after those candidates file between Aug 26, and Sept 9th?
Big, BIG night at City Hall … 4:30 EDA infill committee meeting; 5PM Special Charter Commission meeting, 6 PM Candidates info session, 7 PM Planning Commission meeting…