At the races

The City Beat can't figure out why the Grand Forks City Council race is so hot in Ward 2 and so cool in Ward 6.

Look at how many signs those Ward 2 guys have out there. One guy from Ward 6 isn't even bothering with signs.

(Kudos to my colleague Bobbi Berberich for the nifty graphic. Too bad it ran in black and white in the paper. She also did the graphic for my story on Grand Forks' electorate.)

True there's more people running in Ward 2 than in Ward 6, but the number of people running is already indicative of how much the wards' residents give a rip about city politics.

Is it that rezoning thing in Ward 2? That's the only really hot issue that sets the ward from other wards. All the candidates have one opinion or another with most thinking it wasn't such a hot idea. The opposition would include Jon Dorner, Peder Rice and Cameron Stewart. Tom Kenville hasn't said much about it. And Mike McNamara is for it.