City and County Government
I went to Safeway to grab a sandwich this week, and the coolest bike stood just outside the entrance.
It’s actually not a bicycle, it’s a quadcycle. I don’t know if that’s the official name, but the point is it has four wheels.
Shorty Jensen, who lives in the downtown area, made it himself and posed for [...]
Adam Hertz won last night, and so did folks who cast ballots in Ward 2.
“I tried to stay really positive in the campaign, and I think that helped me,” Hertz said shortly after the recount concluded.
The Missoula County Commissioners read each vote cast aloud, and last night, I had a moment of wishing I lived [...]
So Adam Hertz inched ahead yesterday. He did so by just one vote, but it widened the divide between him and Councilwoman Pam Walzer.
I went to the Missoula County Courthouse to watch in person and was struck by how subdued the scene was. During campaigns, it seems like supporters and fans and loved ones swirl [...]
Author Jeff Clements was in Missoula recently, and he talked about his book called “Corporations are not People.”
Here’s the Q&A with Clements, in case you missed it Sunday.
– Keila Szpaller
From the Missoula County Elections Office, here’s turnout by ward.
In Ward 4, the most registered voters cast ballots at 59.1 percent. Wow!
Ward 3 had the least, with 42.67 percent turnout. And even with three candidates.
Here’s the rest, but check details on the link above:
54.48 percent in Ward 1;
48.5 percent in Ward 2;
52.64 in Ward 5; [...]
There’s 29 ballots in all with no signatures or mismatched signatures.
Of those, 5 are from Ward 2.
To be accepted for a count, those ballots need signatures, or correct signatures, by 5 p.m. today.
Monday, the accepted ballots plus the absentee ballots that came in the mail will be counted. Tuesday at 11 a.m., the votes will [...]
Voters ousted three incumbents in Missoula City Council races, at least according to final unofficial results from the Missoula County Elections Office.
Your new folks? Adam Hertz, Caitlin Copple and Mike O’Herron. In Ward 2, Hertz beat out Councilwoman Pam Walzer with three votes, so that’s an automatic recount.
The recount will happen sometime after the canvass [...]
I can’t wait for 8:15 p.m.
That’s when we get early returns from Vickie Zeier, the elections administrator. I can just see her walking toward me with that paper holding the identity of the future council.
Who will it be? Will it be close? Please, let recounts not be necessary. Waiting is so painful.
We’ll have outcomes and [...]
I’m reposting a comment from Linda Frey about Councilwoman Renee Mitchell below.
Frey is right about Mitchell being an independent spirit. She isn’t afraid to throw different ideas on the table or think aloud.
Here’s Frey:
In her literature Renee has made it clear that that she is PROUD of the fact that she has never sought either [...]
Maer Seibert cracked me up yesterday, the way she’s running her campaign in Ward 1.
She’s inviting her opponent, Councilman Jason Wiener, to an event at the Press Box. Wiener is attending. I don’t think they’ll hold hands and sing “Kumbaya,” but still.
It’s the most unconventional campaign. I don’t think Seibert will win because Wiener is [...]
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