I love the ‘fantasy council’ game that the good folks at Hack the Vote have put together. I know that I should be keeping my predictions to myself to increase my odds of winning, but thought I’d share anyway. (Quick rules of the game: You get 5 points if you pick the mayor, 3 points for correctly calling your own ward, and 1 point for every other correct ward.)

Keep in mind my picks below are not endorsements - they are just where I think the chips will fall on election day. I’ll give you a list of endorsements next week, with a rationale for my preferences.

Mayor - Anne Marie Decicco-Best

Ward 1 - Bud Polhill

Ward 2 - Bill Armstrong

Ward 3 - Joe Swan

Ward 4 - Greg Thompson

Ward 5 - Joni Baechler

Ward 6 - Nancy Branscombe

Ward 7 - Matt Brown

Ward 8 - Paul Hubert

Ward 9 - Gina Barber

Ward 10 - Paul Van Meerbergen

Ward 11 - David Winninger

Ward 12 - Harold Usher

Ward 13 - Judy Bryant

Ward 14 - Jim Wood

You don’t get any points for correctly calling school board races, but here are my picks for Thames Valley District School Board:

Ruth Tisdale

Sheri Polhill

Peggy Sattler

Peter Jaffe

Joyce Bennett

Terry Roberts