Shorewood Election - Who's Running?

8/9/12

So far, Scott Zerby has filed to run for mayor and Mark Sylvester for council. Remember that the filing period doesn't end until the 14th and there can be more candidates holding off.

Zerby is well known to readers of this blog. Of intereest to the Insider is that he's been Lizee's lap dog for the past four years on council. His filing tells the Insider that Lizee is not running for mayor this year. Lizee's departure would mark the end of former mayor Woody Love's hand picked successor. But maybe not. Recent news is that Lizee is working as the receptionist for the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District, joining her good friend Craig Dawson, former Shorewood Administrator there.

Marl Sylvester current serves as the City's representative to the Lake Minnetonka Conservation District. He's been in that role since the first of this year. The Insider notes that Sylvester seems to be absorbed with the topic of aquatic invasive species. Recently he reported at a council meeting that he had voted against the LMCD's 2013 budget proposal citing disagreement with AIS funding. The report seemed a personal one because Sylvester never asked Council for direction on the budget before he voted. If one watched the meeting, it's obvious that Council Member Siakel supported Sylvester's position on the budget. Is Sylvester taking direction from Siakel?

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