This morning was the annual Burbank City Council reorganization meeting -- or for City Hall insiders, an annual love-fest of teary farewells and triumphal smiles during which we say goodbye to the old and hello to the new.

There was nothing blue about the proceedings (unless the electorate didn't swing your way) -- Todd Campbell, stepping down as mayor and councilman and Jef Vander Borght, also retiring from the dais, reflected over their years in office (four years and five years, respectively), their turns as Huell Howser-clones on City Hall public access TV and gave shout-outs to their relatives -- holla.

In a Top Gun moment, Campbell called Vander Borght his "wingman" -- both were on the same wavelength on many land-use issues, despite one being an environmentalist and the other an architect. I was waiting for Iceman Jef to make Campbell his Maverick, but no dice.

Then time came for Gary Bric and Anja Reinke to be sworn into office. They did, and took their seats. Both thanked their supporters, and Bric brought the house down when he thanked Todd and Jef for NOT running. Otherwise he wouldn't be sitting there.

Finally, it's time to pick the mayor -- since Marsha Ramos was vice mayor this past year, it's now her turn to be mayor (her second time, actually). It's unanimous -- with Bric, Reinke, David Gordon and David Golonski voting her in. Golonski gets to be vice mayor.

Gordon, who supported Carolyn and Phil Berlin in their failed bid for council seats, chatted me up briefly on the way out -- "It's going to be an interesting year..."

Let's hope so. It's tough keeping a daily blog interesting otherwise.