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Hill wins easily; Fitzpatrick, Perry Prevail

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Mark Beardsley

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Tuesday, November 8. 2011

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On Jan. 1, Clark Hill will be the first new mayor in Commerce in more than 20 years.

Hill easily out-polled former mayor Tommy Stephenson and former Ward 2 Councilman Donald Wilson Tuesday to succeed Charles L. Hardy Jr., who opted not to seek re-election after 22 years in office.

Hill collected 737 votes to 87 for Stephenson and 271 for Wilson.

In the other two contested races, Ward 3 incumbent Mark Fitzpatrick turned back challenger Paul Vickery 147-59 and in Ward 4 Steve Perry defeated Chris Bulls 221-159.

Johnny Eubanks ran unopposed in Ward 5 as did Commerce Board of Education members Bill Davis (District 3), Rodney Gary (District 4) and Paul Sergent (District 5).

Some 1,101 voters went to the polls. More than 345 Commerce voters — over 11 percent of those registered — took advantage of early voting to cast their ballots before Tuesday.

Maxwell Wins In Nicholson

In Nicholson, Mayor Ronnie Maxwell won re-election easily over challenger Lamar Watkins, 212-132.

For the two at-large council seats, former council member Faye Seagraves and Jan Webster were elected with 169 and 172 votes respectively. Chuck Wheeler finished with 138 votes and Vernon Wilson with 131.

Maysville Results

Former Maysville mayor Richard Presley will be mayor again. He polled 131 votes to 119 for Lynn Villyard and 84 for Donna Chesney. Kathleen Bush won the Ward 1 seat on the council 61-46 over incumbent Clay Dorsey, while Clyde “Junior Hardy beat Jerry Parr 50-31 in Ward 2 and Scott Harper won by default in Ward 4 because Ricky Akins was disqualified because he is not a registered voter.

Sunday Sales In Jefferson

In Jefferson, Sunday sales of beer and wine in package stores passed 368-246. Both malt beverage and wine sales will be allowed on Sundays between the hours of 12:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.

Incumbent city councilmen Steve Kinney and Roy Plott both won re-election. Kinney had 107 votes, while challenger Robert Yates had 63; Plott had 132 votes, while challenger David Parks had 52.

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#1 One Happy Citizen in Commerce on 11/09/11 at 12:49 AM [Reply]

The people have spoken and reason wins out in Commerce. Donald Wilson will not get a chance to set Commerce back 20 years and Clark Hill will keep our town moving forward in a positive way. And now I see we can buy wine and beer on Sundays in Jefferson. Praise the Lord and pass the corkscrew. But drink responsibly.

#1.1 Another Happy Citizen on 11/09/11 at 07:32 AM [Reply]

I so agree!

#1.2 Old Timer on 11/11/11 at 11:02 AM [Reply]

It's time to throw dirt on the Donald Wilson era - it should have been a dead subject years ago.

#2 One of Dr. Hill's patients on 11/09/11 at 08:41 AM [Reply]

It was already almost impossible to get an appointment with Dr. Hill himself, you can pretty much kiss it good bye now with him being mayor. The practice should be renamed Nurse Practicioner Medical Group now.

#2.1 LOL on 11/09/11 at 11:33 AM [Reply]

Do you know anything about the Mayor's office? He will still be able to work at his Dr. office full time. He will only have meetings a couple times a month and they are at night. He will be able to continue helping his patients and help the city of Commerce. Congrats Clark.

#2.1.1 One of Dr. Hill's Patients on 11/10/11 at 09:49 AM [Reply]

Yes, I do realize how the Mayor's office works. I do realize it's not a full time job like Mayor of Atlanta or Los Angeles or whatever. But as a councilman and all the other stuff Dr. Hill has his hands in, it was virtually impossible to get an appointment with him. A few weeks ago my wife was sick and called for an appointment with him. She was told she could see him 10 days later, but the two nurse practicioners were available.

Now there will be more demands on his time as mayor than "just" a councilman that go beyond basically being chairman of the city council meetings a few times a month.

#2.1.1.1 Anonymous on 11/10/11 at 02:02 PM [Reply]

I'm sure the front office was not much help.

#3 Clark Wilson on 11/09/11 at 12:56 PM [Reply]

To Two happy citizens. Pick me up a bag of pork rinds when you are at Wal Mart. Obviously you don't pay taxes in Commerce.

#3.1 Happy Citizen on 11/10/11 at 10:42 AM [Reply]

I don't understand your comment about pork rinds and paying taxes. I'm just happy Clark Hill got the Mayor office and not Donald. It's time Donald got out of politics. And this election proved most of Commerce feel the same way.

#4 Mark on 11/09/11 at 08:48 PM [Reply]

Now maybe someone will do something about the Commerce Water Dept. For years they have left their mess all over town when thay dig. They have a worker who drives a white service truck who does all his shopping at work and two workers who ride in a truck with one asleep in it now we know why we have all the red trucks doing all there work.Just the other day someone told me that there foreman clocks in for work and goes home for the day this has been going on for weeks they told me.The city needs to do as much work as they can in house.Times are bad let's save some money to help keep are taxes low.

#5 ashley sailors on 11/10/11 at 03:23 PM [Reply]

did sunday sales in commerce pass

#6 Lisa on 11/10/11 at 09:57 PM [Reply]

To one of Dr. Hill's patients, Dr. Hill came to see my uncle at the hospital, he was campaigning and we don't live with in the city limits. It took his office over a week just to call in medications to Wal-mart Pharmacy that my uncle has to have. So good luck Commerce with you new mayor and even better luck if you're a patient. Congrats to Mr. Perry, Mr. Davis and too bad someone didn't run against Rodney Gary and get him out of office. (BTW my uncle is finding a new doctor)

#6.1 Anonymous on 11/15/11 at 10:38 AM [Reply]

If your uncle was in the hospital, the hospital staff is suppose to order needed medications upon his discharge.

#7 Anonymous on 11/10/11 at 10:06 PM [Reply]

Tommy who?

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