Republic endorses Dennis Kavanaugh and Phil Austin

So, I have been looking since last week to see when the Republic was going to post the online versions of their endorsements from last week. For some reason, they posted these ones in their blog, while they posted the ones for Richins and Finter in their main "Mesa Election" secton. Weird.

In the District 3 Race, Dennis Kavanaugh gets the endorsement. They did, in fact, point out his commitment to the arts as one of the main reasons he should be supported. They also took a subtle swipe at Rawles when they talk about the fact that Dennis is willing to meet with neighbors and consider their opinions.

In the District 5 Race, Phil Austin gets the endorsement. They talked about his experience as a mediator and his outeach plans as the main reasons for endorsing. 2 for 2 on the council endorsement predictions and reasoning! I was a little surprised that they have made sure to pretty much say something nice about each of the candidates (except Tolman in District 1).