After his last run for city council—versus Sam Adams, in 2004—Nick Fish was exhausted and drained. “I was worn out from that experience,” he says, sitting in his law firm’s conference room overlooking Pioneer Courthouse Square. When Adams’ seat opened up last fall—thanks to Adams’ bid for mayor—Fish decided to sit this one out. He […]
Jim Middaugh
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Making History
For those with their eye on this year’s city council races, January 31 has been circled in red—it’s the deadline for candidates who must get enough $5 contributions to secure public financing. As we went to press on January 29, the five participating candidates aiming for Commissioner Sam Adams’ vacated seat looked likely to qualify […]
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Race to the Finish
Public Financing Deadline Looms
With a week to go before the January 31 deadline to qualify for thousands of dollars in public campaign financing, city council and mayoral candidates are scrambling for their final $5 contributions. Only one candidate, Amanda Fritz—who’s running for the seat Sam Adams is vacating to run for mayor—has been certified as a publicly financed […]
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Hall Monitor
Back to School
“Where’s my coffee?” Mayor Tom Potter asks his Chief of Staff Austin Raglione on Tuesday morning, January 15. It’s been ages since a staffer left to fetch him a double short latte. Usually, Potter can get his caffeine fix in the mayor’s office break room, or hop over to one of several coffee shops within […]