CullmanTimes.com - Cullman, Alabama

Top News

Discussion

August 26, 2008

New mayors in several towns

The following are unofficial results from Tuesday’s municipal elections in Cullman County:



BAILEYTON

Johnny Dyar won the election to mayor of Baileyton, receiving 72 percent of the votes to defeat Joseph Golden.

Three of the five Baileyton town council seats were decided in Tuesday’s election. Glenn Burden received 51 percent of the votes for Place 4, defeating Donald C. Vanzandt — who received 47 percent of the votes.

Windell Calloway won the election for Place 2 on the Baileyton town council, while Roy Shield won the election for Place 5.

There could possibly be two runoff elections on Oct. 7.

According to Baileyton town clerk Ruth Rose, the town’s 30 absentee ballots have not been counted. This could possibly create a runoff between Billy McElroy Joseph “Jack” McGee for Place 5 on the town council.

There will also be a runoff for Place 1 on the town council. Incumbent Wendall Guthrie received 40 percent of the votes, while Walker Mead received 30 percent.



COLONY

Morris Fitts easily won election to Mayor of Colony over incumbent Earlene Johnson.

Fitts garnered 103 votes, or 74 percent, compared with Johnson’s 36 votes.

Also in Colony, Donnis Leeth beat incumbent John Turner in a landslide for Place 4 on the town council, 109-28. However, Town Clerk Gwendolyn Purifoy said there was some confusion because Leeth was registered to vote in Jefferson County and had to vote using a provisional ballot.

Asked what that means, Purifoy said, “I don’t know. Tomorrow at noon we’ll take the ballots to the registrar’s office. If it’s a countable vote, he (Leeth) will be pronounced the winner.”

There were a total of 135 votes and none provisional ballots.



DODGE CITY

Perry Ray won re-election as Dodge City mayor with a 113-98 win over Jeremy Barber on Tuesday.

Ray had 54 percent of the vote.

In the race for Place 1 on the Dodge City Town Council, Jason Burney won with 108 votes, or 52 percent. He narrowly beat Murray Lowe, who garnered 101 votes in the race.

There were 214 votes cast in Dodge City.



HOLLY POND

Holly Pond’s next mayor will be Herman Nail.

Nail won the mayoral election — Holly Pond’s only contested race — with 83 votes, compared with Carla Hart’s 74. Nail had 53 percent of the vote.

Town Clerk Linda Pope said the rainy weather impacted voter turnout Tuesday.

“Turnout was fair,” Pope said. “It was pretty good considering the weather.”

‰ Staff report

Text Only
Top News
  • JUSTIN MARCELL BROWN Man charged with trafficking pot

    Suspicious traffic complaints to the Cullman Narcotics Enforcement Team (CNET) from citizens about the area around Highway 91 in Colony led to the arrest of a local man Tuesday morning.

    February 8, 2012 1 Photo

  • Two women injured in accident in Dodge City

    Two Cullman women were transported by separate helicopters to UAB Tuesday to receive medical treatment following a two-vehicle accident at Dodge City.

    February 7, 2012

  • CANDY RGB PHILLIPS.jpg Candy Phillips Thomas seeking probate judge seat

    Longtime public school teacher Candy Phillips Thomas has announced she will seek the Republican nomination for Cullman County probate judge in the March 13 primary election.

    February 7, 2012 1 Photo

  • 3 arrested in connection with church burglaries

    Three people were arrested over the weekend in connection with a church burglary that took place at Seventh Street Baptist Church in June of last year.
    Eric McMillian turned himself into the Cullman Police Department Saturday and was charged with burglary and receiving stolen property according to officials. A female juvenile was also taken into custody.

    February 7, 2012

  • Hanceville church vandalized; 'Hail Satan' written in cross' place

    Hanceville Police are working on several leads to find out who vandalized Center Hill Baptist Church sometime between Thursday night and the early morning Friday.

    February 6, 2012

  • UPDATED: Woman injured over weekend dies; autopsy shows injuries consistent with fall

    A state forensics autopsy has concluded that a Cullman woman who died due to head trauma over the weekend, after being found unresponsive in the parking lot of her apartment complex Saturday morning, was likely caused by a fall.

    February 6, 2012

  • Drinkard Development Drinkard announces new retail development

    Retail in south Cullman is about to expand again, with the announcement of Drinkard Development’s new Willkommen Center.

    February 5, 2012 1 Photo

  • Public trust at stake in 2012 legislative session

    It’s tough to carry the momentum from an unprecedented wave of election-season support through a full term in office, especially in a year that will ask members of Alabama’s legislative class of 2010 — an effective Republican supermajority with built-in party consensus — to tackle some of the most challenging big-picture issues the state has faced in decades.

    February 5, 2012

  • Lawmakers look at harsh cuts, place hope on private sector growth Lawmakers look at harsh cuts, place hope on private sector growth

    Tuesday will mark the beginning of what is expected to be a trying, and likely contentious, journey through the murky pits of state funding procedures.

    February 5, 2012 1 Photo

  • Police investigate injury to Cullman woman

    Cullman police aren’t yet sure how a local woman, currently hospitalized, ended up lying unresponsive next to her car over the weekend, but they are cautiously treating the incident as though violence could have been involved.

    February 4, 2012