LAB Meeting

Not much on tomorrow night's Liquor Advisory Board meeting:

1. Roll Call
2. Discussion regarding proposed amendment to Title Two allowing alcohol sales to occur on university property during university-related events
3. Citizens’ Comments
 4. Board Comments
 5. Adjournment

Allow alcohol sales, more people attend bringing more money with them.

91.7% In

With 91.7% of the vote in, Harvey still maintains about a 150 vote lead over Bradshaw with Doherty about 50 votes behind her and Fronabarger about 50 votes behind him

City Council Election

With 83% of the votes counted, here are the current standings for city council:

Number of Precincts 24
Precincts Reporting 20 83.3 %
 Times Counted 1256/13795 9.1 %
 Total Votes 2904
LEE M. FRONABARGER 628 21.63%
CAROLIN HARVEY 867 29.86%
JESSICA BRADSHAW 721 24.83%
JEFF DOHERTY 688 23.69%

Carbondale Township Highway Commissioner

Number of Precincts 23
Precincts Reporting 19 82.6 %
 Times Counted 1483/15672 9.5 %
 Total Votes 1347 BRADLEY H LAM DEM 872 64.74%
 RUSS KRAMER GRN 475 35.26%

Carbondale School District 95

Carbondale ESD 95
Total Number of Precincts 27
Precincts Reporting 21 77.8 %
Times Counted 1395/14907 9.4 %
Total Votes 3887
CATHERINE FIELD 670 17.24%
CARLTON SMITH 636 16.36%
NATASHA ZARETSKY 752 19.35%
LISA MARIE SMITH 400 10.29%
GRANT R MILLER 414 10.65%
STEPHEN L COMPTON 245 6.30%
CHRISTOPHER PAYNE 268 6.89%
GARY K SHEPHERD 502 12.91%

Vandalism at Bowen Gym

Carbondale Police reported a third incident of graffiti spray painted inside Bowen Gym, where the new Southern Illinois Pharaohs basketball team plays. The vandalism took place sometime between Sunday night and Monday afternoon. 

Vote Early, Vote Often (Joke, That's A Joke)

Polling places in Jackson County opened at 6 a.m. today and will close at 7 p.m. Here is a link to locations. If you want to know more about city council candidates, the most recent issues of the Carbondale Times have good profiles of the four of them.

Without a mayor on the ballot, I expect a pretty small turnout. It will surprise me if it breaks 15%, though I was happy to see a 1 person line in front of me when I stopped off to vote about 8 a.m., with three of the voting booths occupied.

We Are Still Excellent

For the 24th year in a row, the city has received a Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting.  I guess that's good. From the press release

The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) has awarded the City of Carbondale the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for the City’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for fiscal year 2016.

Individual departments or agencies are responsible for meeting the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) requirements for CAFR.

This is the 24^th consecutive year the City has received the award.

Bost Poll

Rep, Bost solicited responses regarding support for the Keystone XL pipeline in a poll last week. The responses he received are below. A bare majority, 51%, support building the pipeline, which rather surprised me, given the wording and the focus on energy production in southern Illinois. I would have expected it higher: