Politics 101-Plus

I forgot to post about the fact that I was not selected to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Steve Thompson from the Logan City Council. But Tami Pyfer is not running again, which leaves two, at-large openings on the Council. Last Monday I signed application forms to run for Logan City Council in the November elections. I know...it was a moment of weakness.

While I was in the act of signing the papers with Theresa Harris, the City Recorder, Kathie called shouting exciteldy "Where are you?" I told her exactly where I was and what I was doing. She relaxed somewhat. She had just received a call from Jay Monson who was calling to congratulate Tony on "running for mayor". Randy Watts had told him it was a fact. Kathie's response was ..."He better not be...that would be cause for divorce."

Nine people applied for City Council, so there will be a primary election on September 15 to narrow the field to four. It is actually encouraging that there is so much interest in running for political office throughout Cache Valley.

Steve Stokes is also running for City Council, but the Steve Stokes you know from our Ward called to make sure that I knew it was not him. Actually I met the Steve Stokes who is running, at the City offices...and he is a nice young man about 25 years old. But the name Steve Stokes is a completely unfair advantage. Our "Steve Stokes" is a really high profile, popular, very successful businessperson in Logan and NAME RECOGNITION is everything in politics.

Oh well...bigger signs...and more of 'em.