And the Candidates Are....

5 for mayor and 16 for city council. I see Lance Jack broke down and decided to run for his old seat. If he wins, I wonder if he will put Fat Patties into a blind trust like Jim Budslick did with Stix when he won a city council seat several years ago:

Five (5) candidates have filed their nominating petitions for Carbondale Mayor and sixteen (16) candidates have filed their nominating petitions for Carbondale City Council Member. As a result, there will be primary elections for both Mayor and City Council Member on Tuesday, February 22, 2011. The petition filing period ended today at 5:00 p.m..

Listed below are the five candidates who have filed Mayor . An "L" next to the name of the first three candidates (who are listed alphabetically) indicates that those candidates will be involved in the Lottery for Ballot Placement to be held on November 23rd. The remaining two candidates will be listed in fourth and fifth positions, respectively, on the Primary Election ballot:

L - Joel Fritzler, 123 South Violet Lane

L - Sam Goldman, 504 Lexington Court

L - George Maroney, 37 Pinewood Drive

4 - Brent Ritzel, 2511 South Illinois Avenue Unit 71

5 - Steven N. Haynes, 605 East Burke Street

Listed below are the sixteen candidates who have filed for City Council Member. An "L" next to the name of the first four candidates (who are listed alphabetically) indicates that those candidates will also be involved in the Lottery for Ballot Placement. The remaining twelve candidates will be listed in fifth through sixteenth positions, respectively, on the Primary Election ballot:

L - Jane Adams, 606 West Elm Street

L - Lee M. Fronabarger, 1140 Morningside Drive

L - John Holt, 406 South Oakland Avenue

L - Donald Monty, 418 South Giant City Road

5 - Hugh Richard Williams, 611 East Park Street #117

6 - Jerrold Hennrich, 610 West Sycamore Street

7 - Jessica Bradshaw, 404 North Smith Street

8 - Janet Elizabeth Donoghue, 505 North Springer Street

9 - Earl Czajkowski, 805 West Main Street Apt. 1

10 - Craig Anz, 1216 West Sycamore

11 - Tom Grant, 5370 Springer Ridge Road

12 - Candle Wester-Mittan, 804 South Valley Road

13 - Michael C. Riley, 920 Kira Court

14 - Montana Goodman, 412 East College Street

15 - Lance D. Jack, 1026 North Bridge Street

16 - R. Rick Jackson, 314 East Jackson Street

The Primary Election will narrow the field to four (4) candidates for Mayor and twelve (12) candidates for City Council Member to advance to the April 5th General Election. Ballot placement for the General Election is determined by the number of votes received in the Primary Election, with the highest vote-getter placed first on the ballot, the second highest vote-getter placed second on the ballot, etc..

The lottery for ballot placement will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 23rd. All candidates and the public are invited to attend.