Tim writes:
>Elections this year in Mpls are for Mayor, City Council (all members),
Board of Estimate & Taxation (the 2 elected members)
>Park Board (all 6 districts & 3 city-wide seats), School Board (3 of 7
seats), and Library Board (all seats).
>All of these serve for 4 year terms.
I believe the school board seats are 3-year terms for this cycle only. The
school board is going to even-year elections, to be linked to the
legislative terms. Next election, the terms will be four years (the other
half of the board that ran in 1999 is currently serving three-year terms.)
Why? Every other odd year, half the school board seats were the only
positions DFL had to endorse (everyone else being chosen in the other
odd-year, 4-year cycle). The change is good for the city-year DFL endorsing
initiative because city delegates will only have to come together once every
four years to pick nominees for mayor, council, park, library, and
estimate/taxation. We won't have to go through another caucusing two years
later for 3-4 school board seats.
David Brauer
King Field - Ward 10
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