Victorian local government elections will deliver a mixed bag of results given the preferential voting that skews the capacity of candidates toward doing the numbers rather than doing the policies. The City of Melbourne is the only municipality with compulsory postal voting and the weighting of votes in favor of business. The Lord Mayoralty teams open the door for their number one candidates so one can determine before voting commences 7 of the 9 councillor positions. It would appear that the Doyle Team and the Greens will be in the final count for the Lord Mayoralty and likely to each take 2 councilor positions. The other Lord Mayoralty teams will be fighting it out for the remaining 5 positions and likely to come down to Shanahan, Nolte and Morgan plus another. I remain hopeful that whatever the mix that the City continues on its current path.
