If you’re thinking of running for mayor or city commissioner in Provo, you’d better act quickly the deadline for filing candidacy is next Monday, Sept. 19. Prospective candidates – who must be bonafide citizens in the community – may pick up nominating petitions at the city rec0rder’s office. These, signed by at least a hundred qualified voters, must be filed with the recorder by the deadline. As of Tuesday there was only one candidate for mayor – Russell D. Grange, the incumbent. For commissioner, five persons have announced they’ll be in the race – Stan Brown, Charles Henson, Anagene Meecham, Fred Podlesny, and Richard Valgardson. The incumbent city commissioner whose term will expire is E. Odell Miner, He withdrew from the race to accept a position with the Utah League of Cities and Towns, after first announcing candidacy for re-election. City Commissioner J. Earl Wignal , the other commissioner, will be in the holdover role, with two years yet to serve. The position of mayor in Provo pays $23,868, while commissioners receive $23,413. Provo, the only city of the second class in Utah County, will hold its primary election Oct. 11. Third class cities and the towns conduct party nominating conventions in lieu of a primary. All municipalities participate in the Nov. B municipal election when the electorate decides who the new officers will be. The nearness of Provo’s filing deadline should have meaning to the citizenry in general as well as prospective candidates. If you’re thinking of an especially wellqualified person who hasn’t yet tossed his hat in the ring, there may still be time to make your appeal. Good government depends not only on the voters’ decisions at the polls, but on the willingness of citizens to run for office in the first place. Sneaky Pool Sometimes the govemment’s left hand really does know what its right hand doeth. A certain county in California, we’re told, recently received a federal grant of $7 million in drought relief aid. The money must have done the job, because not long after that the same county applied to an agency of t.he Commerce Department for $1 million in public works fimds to build a swimming pool. The department threw cold water on the second request.