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Eddie Quinn
It was a tale of two cities.
One city had six clear- cut choices to serve on city council on the night of Election Day.
One city had to wait three days for the absentee ballots deadline and a flip of the coin to have its full contingent of city council members.
Butler had five incumbent members who the voters chose to return to council.
Paul Vanlandingham was the only candidate to receive triple digit in vote total with an even 100 votes.
Mason Taylor received 97 votes with Pat Taylor receiving 88 votes.
“I would first off like to thank the Falmouth Outlook on the diligence that they did in covering important topics crucial to the voter, second I’d like to thank everyone that voted, I’m a firm believer in exercising your right to vote. Third, it’s now time to focus on key issues facing this city, and even the county and I want the city to be on the forefront of important things and challenges we face,” said Mason Taylor about his selection.
Terry “Murrell” Bush had 77 votes and Teresa Antrobus with 71 votes.
Bonita Bonar and Alice Smith were tied at 65 votes after Election Day was complete. No absentee ballots were received over the next three days.
At 4 p.m. on Friday, November 6, Pendleton County Sheriff Eddie Quinn who serves on the Pendleton County Board of Elections oversaw a coin flip between the two candidates.
Smith was present at the coin flip as work requirements prevented Bonar from attending. Smith called heads and exclaimed, “Yes!” when the coin rolled over and settled on heads.
Falmouth residents were clear with their six choices for city council with three incumbents and three new members joining the council.
Joyce Carson came two votes from an even 500 votes to be the top vote-getter with Darryl Ammerman receiving 475 votes and Amy Hurst with 434 votes.
“I am honored to be re-elected to Falmouth City Council and look forward to working with the new council. I love this town and will work to move us forward. Thank you, Falmouth residents,” said Carson.
Luke Price, 405, Sebastian Ernst, 403 and Craig Owen, 374 will be the other three members.
Price was thankful for the support. “I want to first thank everyone for the continued support for me to represent the great citizens of Falmouth for two more years. I am very excited to see what new and great things we can bring to our city to make it a better place to live and raise all our families.”
He continued, “Always remember progress is measured in many ways. Progress leads to success and it takes everyone as a community to come together to make this happen. Once again thanks everyone for your continued support.”
“I’d like to give a big thanks to everyone who voted for me to serve on the Falmouth City Council. I’m looking forward to working with the other council members and hopefully get things back on track to make Falmouth a great place to live and raise a family,” said Owen.
Susan Booher Gibson with 275 votes is 99 votes away from sixth place. There is only 54 outstanding absentee ballots. Other candidates and vote totals are: Tammy Lynn Johnson 235, Shannon Johnson 174, and Paul Luther Dalton Jr 100.