On April 1 the Council is expected to cancel the forthcoming elections in Districts 1, 2, and 4, declaring the unopposed candidates from those districts as elected to office. It makes perfect sense because only the incumbents filed in those elections and no one filed even as a write-in. The results are a foregone conclusion and cancelling will save taxpayer dollars. [There will still be an election in District 5 where three candidates are vying to represent the district.]
 
It makes perfect sense, and it is the right thing to do, but it is the weirdest feeling I've had on anything that I've been asked to vote since taking office in 2006.
 
Much of the reason I'm even in office is because I, Perky Cox, and many, many others fought the Council two years ago to even call an election. That fight started in October, 2005, and was in limbo until March 24, 2006, when the Fifth District Court of Appeals ordered the Council to call elections.
 
Circumstances are radically different from that time two years ago to today. That Council refused to call any election, giving all sorts of excuses, such as they were "vested in office" and "it would save taxpayers money." The current Council precisely followed every requirement under law, as is only right.
 
Again, cancelling this election in those three districts makes perfect sense, it would serve no purpose, and it is the right thing to do. But it still feels strange.
 
[Follow the link above to read one of the most fascinating examples of abuse of power to which I have ever been close. It should always serve as a reminder of both public duty and citizen responsibility. That all those that participated to deny the city charter-mandated election have been swept from office is no accident.]