TOSS IT UP - WARD RACES

The final day of voting for the 2007 Mayor's race is almost here. To most, its time to say THANK GOD!

As for the Ward races, I have not really been looking at the races very closely since the Primary, because I felt none of these races were going to be all that interesting and be overshadowed by the Mayor's race.

However, time and close proximity to election day, things change;

In a very short period of time, it looks like the Ward 2 race between Tom Bullock and Dan Shields as become as heated as the Mayor's race. The other three races are all but decided except for the tabulation of the margin of victory.

Kevin Butler will win in a walk, my guess he will garner 75% or above of the Ward 1 votes over Paul Conroy.

Ward 2 race will be a squeaker for Dan Shields over Tom Bullock, may even go into automatic recount since I believe that the numbers will be less than 3% difference.

In Ward 3, Mike Summers was all but anointed to be councilman as soon as he announced for the race. Joe Dangelo, who happens to be the challenger is slated to have a similar fate as Paul Conroy, but I think Dangelo will put up number near 30%.

Mary Louise Madigan is running opposed, so she has essentially been re-elected by acclimation.

So Here is the Ward Lineup:

WARD 1 - KEVIN BULTER
WARD 2 - DAN SHIELDS
WARD 3 - MIKE SUMMERS
WARD 4 - MARY LOUISE MADIGAN


So there will be 2 newcomers on the Council Bench in January, now that number could increase by one more if Ed Fitzgerald is able to win the Mayor's race.