End of the Party

New faces coming to city council

by James Leonard

posted 9/5/2012

Though he faced no challenger, mayor John Hieftje lost the August Democratic primary. With Sumi Kailasapathy and Sally Hart Petersen defeating "council party" candidates in the First and Second wards, along with the election of the arguably independent Chuck Warpehoski in Ward Five, voters returned only Hieftje loyalist Margie Teall in Ward Four--and her just barely, by eighteen votes over second-time challenger Jack Eaton. With current council members Sabra Briere, Mike Anglin, Steve Kunselman, and Jane Lumm already skeptical of many of the

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