MAYOR ELECT YEMI MOBALADE WASTED LITTLE TIME AFTER HIS WIN OVER OPPONENT WAYNE WILLIAMS IN THE COLORADO SPRINGS MAYORAL RACE. WEDNESDAY MORNING MOBOLADE WAS WITH OUTGOING MAYOR JOHN SUTHERS AS THE TWO MET TO DISCUSS TRANSITION OF DUTIES. COLORADO SPRINGS WAS LED BY REPUBLICAN MAYORS FOR THE LAST 45 YEARS UNTIL MOBOLADE’S STUNNING VICTORY. HE RAN AS AN INDEPENDENT. THE CITY HAS FINISHED COUNTING BALLOTS. THE LATEST UPDATE SHOWS MOBOLADE STILL LEADING WILLIAMS 57 TO 42 PERCENT, A LEAD OF JUST UNDER 19 THOUSAND VOTES. ONCE THE BALLOTS ARE CERTIFIED MOBOLADE WILL BE SWORN INTO OFFICE JUNE 6TH.
