Bob's brand new beard is a bet

Bob's new beard

 

No, it's not a new face on Council. Just a new beard. Aurora City Councilman Bob FitzGerald has been sporting a new look for the past couple of weeks. I finally found out what it was all about at a town hall meeting Tuesday night. It's a bet to see who can grow the better beard between him and his former roommate. Judging takes place March 15.... but they don't have an impartial arbiter set up yet. Apparently, Bob's wife isn't a fan of Bob's new style. Good luck, Bob!

At the town hall meeting, I asked Aurora City Councilman Ryan Frazier whether he has given much more thought to running for mayor. People have come up to him on two separate occasions (that I have been witness to) and told him he should step into the race. He ran a race for CD7 that gave Congressman Ed Perlmutter a run for his money, so will he jump in the mayoral race against Steve Hogan and Jude Sandvall?
"I am now starting to seriously consider my options and I hope to be able to come to a decision in the next 30 to 45 days," Ryan said.
We'll have to just wait and see... for now. But don't worry, I'll keep bugging him.

In other news, Mayor Ed Tauer quipped at the town hall meeting that the census results are showing that in "every single jurisdiction - every single jurisdiction - people are having sex."
Translation: Aurora's population is growing.
And, Tauer joked, a copy of that survey can be found online and on DVD!

Click here to find out who else has announced their candidacy for council and mayor. Elections will be held in November. Not included in that story is Councilwoman Molly Markert, who announced today that she is running for re-election.