With a week before deadline to turn in petitions for the 1st Ward special election, four city council hopefuls have submitted the requisite signatures, according to the city clerk’s office.
City opens up petition process for 1st Ward special election
The city clerk’s office has opened up the petition process for the 1st Ward special election for the council seat formerly held by disgraced councilman Anthony Davis before he pleaded guilty to charges of taking bribes and was sentenced to two years in prison.
Former councilman Anthony Davis sentenced to two-year prison term
Former 1st Ward city councilman Anthony Davis was sentenced to 24 months in prison by United States judge William Walls on Wednesday morning for taking $10,000 in bribe payments from an informant posing as an out-of-state developer.
Community forum turns into scouting exercise for potential 1st Ward council candidates
A community forum designed to collect feedback to put together an action plan to improve the city’s second most crime-plagued ward turned into a reconnaissance exercise for politicos eying the 1st Ward’s city council seat.
James Staton appointed as 1st Ward councilman
The city’s governing body on Tuesday evening appointed James Staton, president of the 1st Ward Community Development Corporation, to represent the city’s 1st Ward until a special election can be held in November 2015.
Staton, Jackson step forward to fill 1st Ward city council vacancy
Four days after the city posted a digital announcement seeking letter of intent from residents interested in filling the city council vacancy left by the resignation of 1st Ward councilman Anthony Davis, two men have submitted letters wishing to be considered for a potential appointment.
City council to discuss and potentially appoint councilperson for 1st Ward
The city council has scheduled a meeting for Tuesday, December 30th, 2014 to discuss the possibility of filling the empty 1st Ward council seat left vacant by Anthony Davis’ resignation.