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Carol n Curti From: ' Beets, Neal sent: Monday,, November 24, 2003 9:57 AM To: Gurti, Carolyn Subject: FW: Special Election ordinance -----Original Message-,--,--, From: DrIscol.1,1 Margaret Sent., Monday,, November 2,4, 2,003 8:52 AM To: Beets, Neal, Subject: FW:1 Special Election ordinance ---Original Message-- From Mark P. Mc�Cahi'll [niiailtc ®.:. Sent: Saturday, November 2,2, 2,003 2:19 PM 'To: c'l'ty.,C OLi,ncil@ci.rosev*lll,e.mii.tis Cc: Mark Mc,Cahill Subject.: Special Election ordinance A special election ordinance that mandates an election outside the usual November election cycle is a very bad idea." proposed winter special election would be expensive, and this expense can easily be avoided by holding the election in the fall in conjunction with the other elections. , A. fall election will. maximize voter turnout and can easily include a primary election should more than two, candidates run for the vacated council seat. Maintaining the current primary systern is the best method available to Lis for holding elections where the eventual winner has a legitimate claim. of representing the majority of the voters. The results of the most recent city election should make it clear that Roseville voters are �strong,ly in favor of maintaining our current primary system since candidates that opposed the primary system did very poorly at the polls, Another Idea suggested at last Monday's council meeting was some sort of 'caretaker' appointment be mandated to fill council vacancies,-. This ideal's at best,, goofy. It is hard, to, imagine that there is any legal way to enforce a requirement that an appointee not run for election,. Even worse, it is unlikely that the most qualiffied individuals would agree to be caretakers. We need the best people we can find for the city council, and making the difficult job of serving, on the council less attractive to the most qualified people is a shortsighted policy, Concerns voiced at Monday's council meeting that any person appointed to fill Craig Klausing's seat will somehow be 'tainted' do not make sense. Klausing won the election and voters were well aware that this would result in a vacant council seat. Let the next council fill the vacated seat in January and decide when to schedule M