You may or may not know this, but several councilor’s terms will be up this Spring (2016). Anderson, Jamison, Karsky. Staggers can run for another term, but he has not decided yet. That means that 4 seats could be up for grabs.
Honestly, I have no idea who is running. I of course have had friends encourage me (again) but I could only run for Kermit’s seat (at Large). I live in central district, and the three other seats are district seats.
Yesterday while meeting with the Rogue Dems for lunch, across the street from the Paul Dudley House, we had the pleasure of meeting a gentleman that is ‘considering’ running for Karsky’s empty seat (NW district), I promised I would not ‘blog’ about it, because he hasn’t made up his mind yet. But I was impressed by his resume and demeanor, and the fact that he is an independent. He does need to learn a little about city politics though.
I asked Jeff Barth if he was considering running for city council, and he responsed, “No way, I would have to take a cut in pay and wouldn’t have any authority.”