Still Undecided
So Nick Licata, defying expectations, is council president. What remains unresolved is who will take charge of which council committee. Usually, the council president heads a low-profile committee like government affairs; but Licata says he wants to keep control of public safety, a high-profile assignment. Meanwhile, Drago wants to take over transportation (Richard Conlin’s old committee), leaving Conlin (who thought he had the presidency locked up last December) with nowhere to go but government affairs (Drago’s old committee) or utilities (Jim Compton’s), which no one wants. Will Conlin, who already lost the presidency, get doubly screwed? Licata says he and Conlin are “discussing various options,” but wouldn’t detail what those options might be.
I know Utilities seems unbelievably dull, but there's some interesting stuff there that I think Conlin could do something with. (I know trash issues aren't glamorous, but it's one of those core city services.)
Also, as we know, the Committees don't have to be just about one thing that melds nicely with another. They can be seemingly random (Public Safety AND Arts?), so Conlin might be able to fuse one of his interests onto whatever committee he gets.