NEWS
Election filing comes to an end Monday
With just one day left for candidate filing, there was a flurry activity in the Bowie City Council races with several more joining the election.
The deadline to file for the Nov. 7 election ballot comes to an end at 5 p.m. on Aug. 21.
In Montague County only four entities will have elections on the fall ballot, the Cities of Bowie and Saint Jo plus the school districts in those communities. At the state level, there will be seven propositions.
There are three council positions and the mayor open on the Bowie City Council.
Councilor Gaylynn Burris was the lone mayoral candidate as of Friday. She was appointed in June to fill out the north ward term of Scott Davis, who was appointed mayor following the May 8 resignation of Mayor Larry Slack.
Davis has indicated he will not be running for mayor.
Bill Miller has filed for the east precinct and will challenge Wayne Bell who also has filed.
Jim Graham will run for his second term in the north precinct. He will be challenged by former Councilor Arlene Bishop. Chuck Malone will run for his first full term in the south precinct and he is challenged by Machelle Mills.
There are three places on the Bowie School Board on the ballot: Kevin Polk, place five; Kevin Roth, place six and Brenda Ogle, place seven. School officials also report several packets have been picked up, but as of Thursday there were no new filings.
For the Saint Jo City Council there are three places on the ballot presently filled by Paul Mouring, Stephanie West and Bryan Wolf.
Carla Hennessey, who serves as superintendent at Montague School, has filed for the council.
In the Saint Jo School Board election all three incumbents have filed: Scott Thomas, Jeff Pledger and Rebecca Harris.
Early voting will begin Oct. 23 and go through Nov. 3 at various locations.
By BARBARA GREEN
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The Bowie City Council welcomed three newly-elected members Tuesday night and the panel had its annual council orientation of duties presented by the city attorney.
Brandon Walker and Laramie Truax took the oath of office for their respective seats during the meeting. Laura Sproles was sworn in prior to the meeting as she was enroute to the hospital after a fall at home where she injured her hand and wrist. All the candidates had to take the oath by Tuesday night after the votes were canvassed.
City Attorney Courtney Goodman-Morris made the presentation on council duties and obligations, as well legal requirements. Brent Shaw was elected as mayor pro tem.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
By BARBARA GREEN
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Trustees of the Bowie Independent School District welcomed one new member this week following the Nov. 5 election and accepted the 2023-24 outside audit with no exceptions.
Incumbent Trustee Jacky Betts returned to place one and Angie Christmas took the place two seat. After the board officers were dissolved with the new ones taking the oath, officers were elected. Betts will continue as president, Guy Green as vice president and Kent Dosch as secretary.
Paul Fleming of Edgin, Parkman, Fleming & Fleming, PC, presented the audit telling there were no issues and the process went smoothly. He noted the biggest change was the Legislature compressing the district tax rate and additional changes in the tax law. State aid formula grants increased due to the state’s funding formula compensating for lost property tax revenue due to the law change previously mentioned.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
By BARBARA GREEN
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Information was the watchword for the second hospital/emergency room community meeting Tuesday night, as the steering committee was announced along with additional financial considerations.
About 50 people attended the meeting. Melody Gillespie, who was named chairperson for the committee, said the goal is to gather information to get it out into the community. This group was formed after the Bowie emergency room was closed by Faith Rural Health System in early October just shy of one year of operating in Bowie.
Kylie Ward, one of the public relations volunteers, said, “This committee is not here to force things on you and there are assumptions already we are proposing a tax. We are not, we don’t have that ability, we are just a research team here to explore all the options.”
Other members of the committee include Tiffany Chandler and Damon Benton handling finance and grant research; Jennifer Tellef, secretary; Valerie Tomerson, grant research; Ann Smith, PR and Margin Latham and Gillespie, legislative research. It was pointed out there are other members of the sub-committees who are helping with research, but they also invite anyone interested to help with the process.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
Top photo – Jack County Judge Keith Umphress spoke at this week’s steering committee meeting. (Photo by Barbara Green)
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