Gads -- live council blogging returns as the succession is plotted.

As Gomer Pyle once observed: "Surprise, surprise."

We have a signal, and can broadcast to the world. Not that the world cares very much.

Earlier today, Bluegill offered a quick primer before the council meeting. He quoted this passage from the city's rulebook:

§ 30.20 ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF COMMISSIONS AT FIRST MEETING EACH YEAR.

The Common Council member of the city's Plan Commission and of any other special body to which the Council shall be entitled to name a member or members, shall be elected by the Council at its first meeting in January of each year, to serve until the end of the current calendar year.(Ord. 4600, passed 3-4-1957)

Will code enforcement begin at home? Stay tuned as tempers flare and blood alcohol counts dip to dangerous levels.