There was a flurry of candidates last week, with people filing to be candidates for Sioux City Council seats.
After the final deluge of filing up to the deadline at 5 p.m, August 28, nine people are candidates for the three Sioux City Council seats that are going before voters in November.
That large crop of candidates now means there will be an extra primary election on Oct. 7, to reduce the field before the Nov. 4 election.
The final city council candidates filers were Brett Watchorn, Marty Pottebaum, Paul Koskovich, and Jessica Lopez-Walker, who is the sole woman in the field, plus five others, in
Ike Rayford, John Den Beste, Nick Davidson, Rick Bertrand, and Craig Bernstein running for Sioux City Council.
In an atypical twist, all three current council members are not seeking re-election. Alex Watters, Dan Moore, and Matthew O’Kane will all bow out.
At the end of this year, Moore will exit the council after 12 years, with Watters serving eight years, and O’Kane with one four-year term.
With the dust settling so to speak with the Sioux City Council new candidates being known, it is also a good time to check in with the trio of departing Sioux City Council members.
So This What’s The Frequency Show is devoted to catching up with those three people, to hear why they are not running, how theory view their combined 24 years of service, and what their futures may hold..
*Click on the audio link above to hear the entire show.
What's The Frequency, Episode 77.
