The Water Company Will Be Bought, Like it or Not

Ardis and Ransburg: Both favor buying the water company if the price is "right."

Gulley: (Ransburg's dumb, obedient puppy) favors buying the water company.

Teplitz: (Ransburg's whiney, but obedient, old dog) favors buying the water company.

VanAuken: Favors if the price is "right."

Thetford: "UM..." Favors if the price is right and/or whatever Ransburg tells her to do.

Manning: Favors if the price is "right."

Spears: Favors if the price is "right."

Allen: Spears invisible opponent, who has no shot in hell of winning: Unknown

Nichting: Opposes. No matter what.

Gillette: Nichting's near invisible opponent - a-laid-off-city-worker-who-also-has-no-shot-in-hell-of-winning: Unknown

Morris: Who will take forever and a day telling us what a wonderful idea buying the water company is, after all it is something Yo-Yo-Ma and Nazi architects (and the Chamber) would do ... Favors.

Sandberg: Hmm. Favored studying buying it, which wasn't cheap. However, pushed for the advisory referendum and made a big deal out the fact that even if the water company isn't foreign owned, it will most probably be foreign operated.... Unknown.

Grayeb: Favors

Add it up voters. None of those up for election or re-election are pledging to abide by the advisory referendum. So, unless the price is something the city can't possibly get bonds for... We've got us a water company.

Puke.