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<br />. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />River's rity Council, Mayor included, has not yet become a pc larized <br />council, such as in the greater metro area. In those govermEntal <br />arenas, the councilmembers play party pOlitics. What is morE, the <br />mayor is set apart from the council and presents separate bu gets <br />and agendas for action, and power struggles are not uncommon Our <br />local government has not deteriorated to that level and, for our own <br />good, it never should. <br /> <br />If serious consideration should be given to extending the ma or's <br />term to four years, this is not the year to do it. It would be of <br />greatest importance to have a four-year term run concurrent with the <br />national Presidential election when Voter interest is at a m~ximum. <br />Off-year elections are sometimes characterized as "back door" because <br />candidates supposedly try to slip into office when voter int~rest is <br />10\ves t . <br /> <br />There is only one saving grace of a four-year mayor's term, and that <br />is campaign fund-raising. It is so much better for a candidate to <br />handle that chore as seldom as possible, I am sure, but that is the <br />worst reason for making a change. To do so, would put the !eason for <br />change on a self-serving basis, and not what would be best for the <br />City of Elk River and its' citizens. I strongly implore thE Council <br />to leave the mayor's term at two years. It is more essentic1 that <br />the people have that flexibility than it is for any mayor tc have <br />extended job security. <br /> <br />Jk <br />~ a+/'- ~~. . . <br /> <br />!/ ,fi~ -;t: t^- <br />jut<k;v1j " J <br />. ;tt;;,1/' <br />. _ . /[,/I'} vt- <br />{ r7/f <br /> <br />J'^ J)v-U~~ <br />zt;;~l ,7Cf~~ ( .~ <br />~ t:~ .' --r: <br />/.- ~~~l <br />//fYl.(Af~ ~. I / <br />f _1./ /~/ ~.../:"ji/ <br />~~ ;fL'; <br />-' i / ~.' -:>._/"-- <br />\ . //\.....-' <br />,/ <br />