Mayor Broderson wins big in Muscatine

[rurallib]

Well after all that to-do about removing the mayor, she won big last night.
Two of the council members who sought to oust her are gone now.

http://www.kwqc.com/content/news/Muscatine-Mayor-Broderson-wins-reelection-455993083.html

With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Muscatine Mayor Diana Broderson has been reelected with 2,478 votes (60%) to challenger Charlie Harper's 1,666 votes (40%).

The two council members who were up for reelection have been voted out. Michael Rehwaldt (188) lost to Osmond Malcom (481) in the second ward and Scott Natvig lost a three way race for alderman at large to Kelcey Brackett.

If that city manager down there had an ounce of brains he would submit his resignation this morning. Most likely instead he will sue the city.

[progressoid]

1. Ha!

That's gotta burn.

[IADEMO2004]

2. City Mgr. has mastered the art of crumbling his own foundation.

rurallib I hope you can soon post the last act of the Muscatine Mayhem. Still need to flip a few more council seats. Nine total seats if I remember?

edit add

one from each of 5 wards and two at large council seats

http://www.muscatineiowa.gov/105/City-Council

[rurallib]

4. If I was that city manager I would get out of town as quickly as possible

I don't know how any council could have any confidence in anything he did. Considering what he did to the mayor he could do to any of them and try to pit one against another.

But I can't imagine any other city hiring him either. Would you hire someone who did what he did? City managers work for the council and are supposed to execute policy and make recommendations about policy, not get involved in the politics.

[murielm99]

3. We have been following these events

just over the border here in Illinois. I watch Quad City news quite often.

Your state should be blue. Keep working at it.

[rurallib]

5. Eastern Iowa should be blue

it is like going back in time when you leave population centers.

I have been wracking my brain as to what happened a year ago. I have a good friend who was defeated last year when most everyone thought his seat was safe.

The only thing i can come up with is that race was a much more prevalent issue than we understood, especially among workers and union members. Boy did the legislature and governor ever screw them over.