He noted that the city is greatly advantaged by having John Fernandez as mayor. The Council is actively supportive of his goals, and while there may be an occasional significant disagreement, there is here an opportunity for unique achievement, and pledges himself to warm cooperation with the mayor. Tony Pizzo thanked the electorate, wished everyone a wonderful year 2000 and hoped that there would be great accomplishments in the next four years. Patricia Cole looks forward to working with the new council, the dynamics, personalities and expertise collected here together and predicted energetic and forward thinking activities will come from this group. She looks forward to working with Fernandez administration.
Wishes folks a happy new century.
Crouch is an advocate for alternatives to trends in biological sciences and researches sustainable agriculture alternatives. Andy Ruff thanked everyone who participated in the process of electing public officials this past year. He promised to always do his best to do what he feels is in the best interest of the community of Bloomington. Andy responded to media claims that he is a rabid leftist, anti-growth, hardliner calling such statements an inaccurate simplistic sound bite of his views. He said he called into question during the campaign season the assumption that the physical expansion or growth of Bloomington was in and of itself a good thing.