If that is the case I would just drop off, having a council means that the leaders cannot/will not/don't want to look up for applicants' and want a more precise/reliable set of informations about them, being able to bypass this method brings everything down and make the council itself useless, I'm not here to do useless stuff. I seem to be angry about it, but don't worry, i'm not 'here' enough to care about what is decided or not about my newly-acquired position, I'm ok with any.
Tits still cold.