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Wednesday, December 1, 2010
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Council decides process for filling Marx’ seat At what was supposed to be a short meeting, swearing-in ceremony and celebration today, the San Luis Obispo City Council decided how it will fill the council seat vacated by new mayor Jan Howell Marx. The council is trying to avoid the cost and time delay of a special election by appointing the new council member at a special Dec. 21 meeting at 7 p.m. The application period for a council wannabe is Dec. 3 through 13. Those most often mentioned as likely to apply are Dan Carpenter, Carlyn Christenson, Patty Andreen, Kevin Rice and Andrew Farrell. The meeting was much longer than needed because councilmember John Ashbaugh insisted on focusing on minutia, despite the valiant efforts of Marx and the other council members to rein him in. Click here to see a photo slideshow of the swearing-in ceremony. Appointment to city council: often the start of a long career At a gathering last night honoring Allen Settle for his 30.5 years on the San Luis Obispo City Council, there were reminders of just how important a council appointment can be. Settle’s first service came in 1977 when he was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Keith Gurnee. Although Settle lost an election bid a few months later, he was elected in 1980 and served longer on the council than any other council member or mayor in SLO’s history. Kathy Smith, just elected and sworn in to the council, was also first appointed to fill a vacancy. MINDBODY expands into Chevron space Fast-growing San Luis Obispo software company Mindbody has just signed a lease to take over an additional 15,000 square feet of office space currently occupied by Chevron. With this new space, Mindbody will occupy about 36,000 square feet in its current building at 4051 Broad St. The company will need all this new space because its SLO employment is expected to grow from the current headcount of 204 employees to about 325 by the end of next year. Even with this new space, Mindbody expects to need even more by the end of 2012, possibly by creating its own campus as a long-term corporate headquarters.
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