The Lansing city council will try for a fourth time tonight to choose one of its eight members to serve as council president. At the first three meetings, a number of options were considered, but all failed on four-to-four votes.
On one side are Jessica Yorko, Patricia Spitzley, Kathie Dunbar and Tina Houghton; on the other are Jody Washington, Carol Wood, Adam Hussain and Judi Brown Clarke.
Scott Pohl talks with Lansing State Journal reporter Eric Lacy about why the choice of a council president matters.