We agree. “The problem is that move sounds like the first step of a political dance that begins with moving local elections to the fall, then to the fall in even-numbered years and then as partisan elections.
Until city and school district officials clamor for partisan fall elections in even-numbered years, legislators should refrain from forcing their will upon the local election process.
There is enough partisan fighting and ideological rigidity at the state and federal levels now. There’s no need to spread more of it around.” http://cjonline.com/opinion/2014-03-14/editorial-legislators-should-forget-about-election-mandates