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Due to my inability to control my temper and complacently accept continued silliness with not-quite-as-reliable-as-it-ought-to-be Blogger/Blogspot, your beloved Possumblog will now waddle across the Information Dirt Road and park its prehensile tail at http://possumblog.mu.nu.

This site will remain in place as a backup in case Munuvia gets hit by a bus or something, but I don't think they have as much trouble with this as some places do. ::cough::blogspot::cough:: So click here and adjust your links. I apologize for the inconvenience, but it's one of those things.

Tuesday, October 14, 2003

I might be getting a new boss--Birmingham chooses mayor today

For there to be a field that seems almost as crowded as the California governer's race (18 candidates, 4 of whom sit on the City Council), it has been relatively quiet, with not nearly so much dirty tricks and mud slinging as in past election cycles.

The crowded field probably indicates some dissatisfaction with the current administration, who in a recent opinion poll only had about a 28% draw, about 10% higher than the next candidate, Councillor Smitherman. From what the fellows down at the barber shop are saying to my supervisor, it will probably turn out to be the current mayor and Smitherman in a run-off. Then, of course, there will be the mad scramble to garner support from the other candidates who didn't make the run-off, but going into the run-off with only about a 28% voter preference doesn't look particularly promising for the sitting mayor.

Be interesting to see what happens.

posted by Terry at 8:25:00 AM

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