This should come out Friday.
The Winds Of Change Sweep Through Thayer City Hall.
by John Hutchison
The power of the incumbency and people's natural resistance to change were outweighed Tuesday, April 3, by the enthusiasm of a fired-up grassroots populism as mayor Allen Deckard and two long-time aldermen were swept out of city hall at the ballot box.
The Oregon County Clerk's office confirmed Wednesday that in the mayoral race, Merle Williams received a total of 312 votes. Allen Deckard received only 129 votes, and Gary Clark received 10.
In the race for Ward I Alderman, Joe Barbee defeated Buddy Rogers with a total of 120 votes to Rogers' 93.
For Ward II Alderman, Junior Brewer won with 128 votes, over incumbent Bob Grimes' 91. Although Johnny Jewell pulled out of the race due to plans to relocate, he received 17 votes, and there was one vote cast for a write-in.
The next regularly-scheduled Thayer city council meeting is set for April 10 at 7:00 PM at Thayer City Hall.
Labels: election, grassroots, mayor's race
Election polls open at 6:00 AM tomorrow.
As Larry the Cable Guy would say,
GIT-r-DONE!
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. . . because the purpose of this blog isn't really to make endorsements of political candidates.
But I thought it might give you some ideas on how to make your own political signs more visible at night.
Yes, those are Christmas lights.
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. . . for the big "Candidates' Forum" hosted by the Chamber of Commerce, but a total of about five audience members, all of whom were CoC members and/or Deckard supporters, and one candidate (Deckard) had shown up by then.
I wasn't going to get into a confrontation with him in front of only his supporters, so I didn't ask the question.
I left instead.
But on the way out, I had some fun.
After exiting the building, I put "Vote For Change" flyers under the wipers on all the Missouri automobiles on the way to my car.
I'll try to post pictures of it soon.
UPDATE: See those little white flyers under the windshield wipers on the cars?
They are these:
Labels: Allen Deckard, election, grassroots, mayor's race
. . . to the
Hill 'n Holler Review. The first one appears this week.
It should be roughly a monthly thing.
I want to create an alternative voice to that swill they keep spewing over at the
Mayor Deckard Mouthpiece South Missourian News. Voluntarily writing an article once a month recounting the happenings of the Thayer City Council in an existing free shopper-type publication is a faster, more efficient way to do so than starting my own paper. Unfortunately, the
Review doesn't yet have any online presence.
I'm hoping that getting more submissions from people will grow the
Review into an actual newspaper. For instance, I'm going to talk to a friend of mine about approaching the paper about writing about her
Red Hat experiences.
The articles will recount what the city council did at their meeting that month. I will stick to what actually happened, not what I
think about what happened. Just the facts, ma'am.
And that will be enough to inform the citizenry. They can decide for themselves.
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