NEWS

JANUARY 2010       

FEBRUARY 2010

CANDIDATE FILING FOR CITIES AND SCHOOLS 2/23/2010

EVEN AS EARLY VOTING CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY FOR NEXT TUESDAY’S PARTY PRIMARY ELECTIONS, CANDIDATE FILING IS GOING ON FOR THE MAY 8^TH CITY COUNCIL AND SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS. IN THE CITY OF HARDIN, THERE ARE THREE AT-LARGE POSITIONS ON CITY COUNCIL. HARDIN COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH EXPIRING TERMS ARE MAYOR PRO-TEM CONNIE CAMPBELL, MORRIS NELMS AND DANELLE (DAN-EL) MULLINS. TO DATE, NEITHER THE INCUMBENTS NOR ANYONE ELSE HAS FILED IN HARDIN. THE CITY OF DAISETTA HAS THREE POSITIONS ON THE MAY CITY COUNCIL BALLOT. POSITION #3 AND POSITION #5 DAISETTA COUNCIL MEMBERS RAYMOND SANDERS AND JOHN WRIGHT HAVE FILED FOR NEW TERMS, SO FAR WITHOUT OPPOSITION AS HAS DAISETTA MAYOR LYNN WELLS. THE THIRD INCUMBENT, DEBORAH KAY FREGIA WHO HOLDS POSITION #1 ON THE DAISETTA COUNCIL, HAS NOT YET SIGNED UP TO RUN AGAIN. MOVING TO THE DEVERS ISD, NO ONE HAS FILED YET BUT IT IS EXPECTED THE STATE’S LONGEST SERVING SCHOOL TRUSTEE, TOMMY MCMULLEN WILL SIGN UP FOR STILL ANOTHER TERM ON THE DEVERS SCHOOL BOARD. HIS FELLOW INCUMBENTS ARE MARK GIVENS AND MIKE HUBLEY (HEW-BLEE). THEY TOO HAVE NOT YET FILED FOR NEW TERMS THE HARDIN SCHOOL TRUSTEES WHO ARE ASKING VOTERS FOR NEW TERMS ARE POSITION #1 INCUMBENT JAMES "BUBBA" CAMPBELL AND POSITION #5 INCUMBENT KEVIN LADD. THOSE TWO HAVE NO OPPOSITION YET. POSITION #4 HARDIN SCHOOL TRUSTEE CHARLOTTE KEY WARNER ALSO HAS AN EXPIRING TERM, BUT HAS NOT YET FILED. THE HULL-DAISETTA ISD IS A BIT MORE COMPLICATED THAN MOST LOCAL RACES. WE REPORTED LONGTIME SCHOOL TRUSTEE INEZ ECHOLS SWITCHED POSITIONS IN LAST YEAR’S ELECTION AND LOST. HOWEVER, WHEN POSITION #2 HULL-DAISETTA SCHOOL TRUSTEE DOT ELLIOTT PASSED AWAY, THE SCHOOL BOARD APPOINTED MS. ECHOLS TO SERVE IN THAT POSITION ON AN INTERIM BASIS UNTIL THIS NEXT ELECTION. INEZ ECHOLS HAS NOT YET FILED TO RUN FOR THE ONE YEAR REMAINING ON MS. ELLIOTT’S TERM AT POSITION #2. ALSO, LAST YEAR JENNA BRETT WAS ELECTED TO SERVE THE YEAR LEFT AT THE NUMBER #6 SPOT ON THE HULL-DAISETTA SCHOOL BOARD, FOLLOWING THE RESIGNATION OF BURKE DAGLE. NOW, MS. BRETT HAS THE OPTION OF RUNNING FOR A FULL TERM AT POSITON #6. TO DATE, THE ONLY HULL-DAISETTA SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE FILE IS POSITION #7 INCUMBENT MARVIN FREGIA. THE FILING PERIOD FOR ALL LOCAL SCHOOL AND CITY ELECTIONS CONTINUES THROUGH MARCH 8^TH.