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“I have crossed the
Rubicon to the 22nd Floor,” Hicks-Hudson told her
former council colleagues, “but I have not crossed off the
issues we care about.”
Hicks-Hudson will be the
city’s chief executive at least until a November special
election is held to determine who will complete Collins’
term. Hicks-Hudson has indicated that she will make a
decision soon about whether she herself will run to stay in
the mayor’s chair.
Hicks-Hudson won election
to the District 4 seat in November 2011. She had been
appointed to replace the previous District 4 councilman,
Michael Ashford, now a state representative.
Yvonne Harper, a longtime
Lucas County Democratic Party operative and president of the
Perry Burroughs Democratic Women’s Club, has been nominated
to fill Hicks-Hudson District 4 seat. City Council must vote
on that replacement by March 8.
Councilman Jack Ford has
replaced Hicks-Hudson as president of City Council for a
temporary term. Until the councilmen vote on a permanent
replacement, the presidency changes from month to month in
alphabetical order. |
