Take your seats: Asheville City Council preview

On Tuesday, Dec. 11, Asheville City Council will swear in the three winners of the November municipal elections: incumbents Jan Davis and Brownie Newman and newcomer Bill Russell.

Russell, a Republican, beat out incumbent Bryan Freeborn and hopefuls Elaine Lite and Dwight Butner in the general election.

The evening’s agenda includes a resolution of appreciation to Freeborn and the election of vice mayor, a seat currently held by Holly Jones.

The special organizational meeting, Council’s last for 2007, will be followed by a reception.

To see the agenda, go here.

— Brian Postelle, staff writer

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7 thoughts on “Take your seats: Asheville City Council preview”

timothypeck

December 11, 2007 at 5:45 am

I’ll be there with bells on.
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shadmarsh

December 11, 2007 at 3:50 pm

“a resolution of appreciation”? This is the kind of mealy-mouth silliness that turns people off from politics.
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Rob Close

December 11, 2007 at 7:52 pm

totally silly. I’d like to know if there was any precedent for this here?
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travelah

December 11, 2007 at 8:08 pm

Did Cookie Freeborn cry?
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Brian Postelle

December 11, 2007 at 9:41 pm

Actually, it is a tradition to issue such a resolution to anyone leaving city government or staff. Brian Peterson got one. Joe Dunn too. So did former APD Chief Will Annarino. You can google it for more.
-Brian Postelle
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shadmarsh

December 11, 2007 at 10:27 pm

My point exactly…Perhaps they could just put a few gold stars or smilely faces on their papers instead?
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timothypeck

December 11, 2007 at 11:44 pm

From City Council:

Bill Russell will take Freeborn’s seat.

Jan Davis was unanimously elected as Vice-Mayor and switched seats with Jones.
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