Saturday, November 8, 2008

Coin Toss Decides Mayor's Race


GOODRIDGE, Minnesota — A coin toss has determined the winner of the mayor's race in the tiny northwestern Minnesota town of Goodridge.
Incumbent Bob Homme and former Mayor Dave Brown each got 22 votes. Instead of finding the ballots and recounting the 44 votes, they agreed to decide the winner with a coin toss.
It already was a strange race in Goodridge - population 98 - with no one filing to run for mayor. Brown and Homme were both write-ins. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Hotels.com