More Thursday council coverage.

NA Shadow Council's Hot Bites!, billed as "tiny nuggets of observation from Thursday's New Albany City Council meeting," is a must read.

The predominant mode of civility and reasoned discourse, with predictable lapses from the Wizard of Westendia, signaled good weather ahead. If the climate holds, there is a downside - council meetings will be far less entertaining. The greatest show in town may have moved over to Larry McAllister's County Council. The circus may have changed nights! Now, if McAllister can just declare which party he belongs to...

For more on the council's Thursday meeting:

NA Confidential's Thursday evening rundown: Where'd the city council go? Glimmers of civility and sanity peek through the Coffeyesque politics of bile and animus.

Nuts and bolts from the Courier's Dick Kaukas: New Albany OKs salary request.

From the Tribune's Chris Morris: New Albany mayor, team get raises.

Maury Goldberg at New Albany Today: Progress At Last!