Sullivan's departure leaves City Council in chaos

In a stunning turn of political events, challenger Peter Ladner has taken the mayoral nomination away from sitting Mayor Sam Sullivan.The results produced screams in the room, after a day where the voting among Non-Partisan Association members had been so close that no one was willing to make a prediction.The vote results were 1066 to 986. Park-board candidates who had supported the mayor also won among the four who were chosen out of seven candidates.

The main excitement of the day came when an Anti-Poverty Committee protester walked into the hotel alone, picked up a pitcher of Coke and dumped it on the mayor's head, saying "Here's to Civil City," according to observers.Sullivan's campaign co-chair, Stephen Rogers, hung on to her until police, who had been swarming through the hotel because of a planned APC protest, arrived.