"I'm not going to make a mockery of it to have my name out there."

This is why McGinnis would have also been an excellent choice.

Maureen McGinnis would have been an excellent choice for mayor-her honesty, knowledge and nonpartisian politics are the makings of an excellent mayor! Perhaps she will run in 2013!

Dane Slater also possesses the knowledge, the honesty and the ability to lead this council forward and reclaim our excellent reputation. I look forward to positive change in Troy! If last night's council meeting was an indication of what is to come, I am very pleased! People were smiling, the council agreed with one another, supported each other and worked together for the betterment of our city-

Good luck to our City Council-may you find the best, nonpartisian person to join you as the 7th member of the council.

Dane Slater must be as blind to the ideological divide on the council as some of his supporters. Surely he’s played cards enough to know that 3 black cards and 3 red cards casting 2 votes each for 2 black cards and a red one will result in a black card being chosen for mayor. Otherwise he wouldn’t take offense at Wade Fleming’s calling it a set-up.

Thanks to John David for checking into the council votes from November 2011. Since Ed Kempen was nearly elected, he is the logical choice to replace Dane Slater on council.

“Top 5 vote recipients in Nov 2011 were: Tietz 7621, Henderson 7157, Campbell 6552, Kempen 6495, and Boomingdale 6096.”

Kempen lost to Campbell by only 57 votes and received 399 more votes than Bruce Bloomingdale. The people clearly preferred him to Bloomingdale and Neil Yashinsky, the other major candidate. It would also keep the 4-3 majority of fiscal conservatives on the council.

No reasonable person should have any objections; two good reasons for Kempen. Unless the votes of the people last November didn’t matter.

Hopefully the council will do the right thing and Troy can move forward. I’d be happy to be proven wrong on my prediction of gridlock for the more important choice of the swing vote on council.

If they took an hour to decide on the mayor's job, I predict it will take longer to decide on the council swing vote, which is far more important.

Well, according to the Channel 4 news, Ruth Spencer congratulated "Diane Slater as the new Mayor of Troy". "She replaces Maureen McGinnis" were her words. I can't to see what's the next embarrassing issue to argue about at the council meetings? The library is open and Janice Daniels is gone, so what about the 2nd windmill in front of city hall that isn't working i.e. it does not spin, i.e. no power, i.e. so much for alternative energy, i.e. light bulb doesn't work.

Let's see, Ed Kempen was responsible for an illegal ballot petition that did cost the City money to take to court. He claimed there was money to keep the Library open, which even Ms. Daniels had to admit, there wasn't. And he vigorously stood against the millage that ended up keeping the Library open. Since the budget was approved, it appears that even the fiscal conservatives elected last time, realize the financial crisis the City is facing. He was/is a one issue candidate, and there are far more qualified people out there. My guess is that none of the people from the last election will be appointed to fill the Council seat. It will more than likely be someone with previous experience, and no desire to run again.

To be clear, Ed Kempen and gang were the losers in that election. Troy is moving FORWARD and searching for the PERFECT, NONPARTISAN candidate to fill THE vacancy. I continue to receive congratulations and messages from elected officials beyond Troy. Troy has earned respect across the region. The successfull RECALL effort sets a higher standard and expectation. I have confidence the council will unify and perform their nonpartisan duty in the best interest for the common good.

I support every member of council as long as they act in the best interest of my city. Here's a thought, how about someone who isn't a radical extremist known for political dirty tricks, because that would be really divisive at a time when a polarizing figure is the last thing council needs. I realize some will view anyone who isn't a radical far right extremist as a "liberal" or some other meaningless label, but who cares, these people aren't going to start being reasonable all of the sudden. Let them have an apple, and eat it, instead of using it to be childishly disrespectful.

Mr. Kempen has about as much of a chance of being selected as one of the leaders of the recall, who I would think would be a bad idea because that would be divisive. I don't care if the next council person is left/right/liberal/conservative as long as that person isn't seen as a polarizing figure by a large number of residents, and will act in the best interest of Troy.

Btw, HOLY COW, city business ground to a halt for a whole hour to pick a mayor? Is it ok to tell the national guard to stand down?

I would have preferred Maureen, but I think Dane will be a fine, level-headed, fair mayor. However, someone needs to tell him to speak louder!

Ed Kempen, however, would not have been a good choice. Don't forget how he lied during the library fiasco, saying that the library spent $100,000 on a fancy dropbox in the parking lot. Anyone see a dropbox in the parking lot?

Good job, council! I'm glad that you chose among yourselves for the one-year Mayor position. And among the three choices, it made sense to pick the one who is not likely to run for mayor in 2013 (to not give an incumbency advantage to either of the other two).

Let's just hope that Dane Slater isn't part of the "good old boys" group taking care of only city employees and police officers and forgets about the residents. He may owe city employees and police officers pay backs for favors and use his time as Mayor to do that when it comes to voting on certain issues. I hope I'm wrong.

Just watched a replay of this Special Session and saw that with Daniels out of the way, the spotlight of crazy can shine more clearly on Fleming, Tietz and Henderson. How could Fleming possibly think that after he announced from the council table that he urged a "no" vote on the Recall that he would be the logical choice? He even shared this view in the propaganda piece against the Recall and noted his entire family would be voting no. This means even his wife who serves on the school board was supporting Daniels, a dumbfounding thought given how Daniels treated the high school students! Now he wants to serve as Mayor for the community that voted her out?! Mr. Slater did the right thing putting his name in because his intention was to enable the best-suited councilperson the role: Maureen McGinnis. Fleming, Tietz and Henderson are dolts for their behavior the other night. Sad part is, most people probably won't even see that to know.

As for choosing the best person in terms of whether they may or may not run for Mayor next year, what? That should not have even entered the discussion. It should have been solely about who was best to take the community through this time of regrouping. If, by some miracle, that person ended out doing such a great job that they should run next November, wouldn't that be the goal? Wouldn't that be optimal? Wouldn't the best case scenario be that they would be so effective they would run unopposed?

Cookiepro2: Honestly, I don't take huge issue with it. I think Dane Slater is a fine man and he will serve the role with integrity. But the negative comments from Anonymous are out of line above, given the unprofessional behavior at the table by Fleming, Tietz and Henderson. Mr. Slater clearly felt Ms. McGinnis should be named. Honestly, that should have been a unanimous no-brainer! The fact that it nearly came to drawing from a hat to select is confounding. And also an embarrassing reflection to the three playing partisan politics from our council table. At least Tietz finally saw how ridiculous he/they looked and broke the deadlock.

Glad you enjoyed the apple analogy, Glenn. Some others thought it was disrespectful. I'm not coordinated enough to juggle, not to worry.

I'm not a skilled public speaker, but I'm learning from others like John Kulesz, who did a much better job. As an attorney, he is skilled at speaking. I got my lowest grade ever in high school speech class.

I disagree with John Kulesz's conclusions Monday night and most of his political views, but he easily won my vote for a better presentation. Hopefully the council will weigh my content when they work choosing a new council member to replace Dane Slater as the swing vote.

Maybe the conservatives think Mayor Slater will be easier to defeat than Maureen McGinnis next year. He certainly won't be running unopposed for reelection.

Daffy/Matt, I think Glenn's comment was dripping with sarcasm. I was just gently flipping it back in her lap. I've been around the block, and I know an insult when I get one. It's OK, I don't mind.

Sorry, Glenn, I thought you were a guy, but somewhere I thought I read one of your comments that implied or said you were female. HIS lap. I was mistaken. Absolutely no harm intended. I'll go back to my original thought about you being a guy. Would be nice if we knew each other. Then one of us would be more polite. I have tried to be polite, despite some of your sarcastic comments.

My apologies to Glenn Close; I'm pretty sure there are some female Glenns. Glenn is much more common for a guy.

Thanks, Glenn. Appreciate the free psychoanalysis and the hobbit reference. Are you a Tolkien fan too or just throwing more rocks with that comment? Or disrespecting my beliefs, standing next to a Christmas tree?

What do YOU do for a living?

Seriously folks, let's kep this courteous. I appreciate sarcasm as much as the next person, but we're not here for personal attacks.

Guys, why are we bandying around the words "conservative" and "liberal?" Do liberals and conservatives have different viewpoints on garbage collection, snow removal and the like? One of the complaints about Janice was that she brought her personal and political ideology into the spotlight. I want my mayor to keep his/her ideology to themselves. I care about safe streets, garbage pickup, etc. Instead of trying to turn this into a partisan issue, Dale, can't we just work toward picking a mayor in a year who is pro-Troy and its people? Who doesn't try to force federal issues on our local populace? I have no knowledge if Mayor Slator is Democrat or Republican, Liberal or Conservative. And let's keep it like that.

Sorry, "Slater," not "Slator."

Hi, John. We didn’t come to agreement on most of the topics we discussed Monday. But I enjoyed our conversation, and we did find a lot of common ground for further dialogue. We both care a lot about our community, just have different ideas about the best way to accomplish the good things with both want for it.