NEWS
No takers yet in City of Bowie election filings
One week into election filing season only the Saint Jo School Trustee election has garnered candidates for the Nov. 7 ballot.
Only four entities will have elections on the fall ballot: Cities of Bowie and Saint Jo, Bowie and Saint Jo school districts. Filing will continue through Aug. 21.
Incumbent Trustees Jeff Pledger and Rebecca Harris, both filed for re-election in Saint Jo Independent School District. The remaining incumbent, Scott Thomas, has not filed.
For the Saint Jo City Council election there are three alderman positions on the ballot. They are presently filled by Paul Mouring, Stephanie West and Bryan Wolf.
In the City of Bowie, where there is reportedly is a petition circulating to recall multiple council members and the mayor, no one has filed for the ballot.
The position of mayor and three council members are up for election. Those seats, each two-year terms, are presently filled by: Mayor Scott Davis; Wayne Bell, east precinct; Jim Graham, north precinct and Chuck Malone, south precinct.
There also have been no filings for the Bowie School Board, which has three places on the ballot: Kevin Polk, place five; Kevin Roth, place six and Brenda Ogle, place seven.
Early voting will not begin until Oct. 23 and run through Nov. 3.
On Friday city officials reported the intersection at Rock and Pillar was closed due to a sinkhole in the street. This area has been experiencing major drainage problems for many years damaging culverts and the street asphalt and concrete, with a portion of the street collapsing earlier in the spring. Drivers should avoid this area.
The Nocona City Council approved a trio of Nocona Economic Development Corporation requests and considered infrastructure work questioned by a city council.
Councilors met on June 10. Two of the NEDC requests had already been presented with the timeclock for comment started. With that time limit over, the requests were finalized.
The Type A and B Boards will spend $19,225 at the Indian Oaks Golf Club for equipment, aerifying and top dressing the greens and batteries for rental carts. It also will expend $20,000 to the Nocona Chisholm Trail Rodeo Arena Committee to build new concrete bleachers, railings, fence and platform.
The third NEDC request is a new one related to a Type B board loan of $200,000 to Amy and Chris Nunneley for a new apartment and office construction project.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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