[Vision2020] Dead Man Elected Mayor of Tennessee Town

Tom Hansen thansen at moscow.com
Thu Apr 15 09:21:22 PDT 2010


One sign that your political career is at an end . . . losing election to
a cadaver.

Courtesy of Fox News at:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/14/dead-man-elected-mayor-tennessee-town/?test=latestnews

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Dead Man Elected Mayor of Tennessee Town

Carl Robin Gary died suddenly a few weeks ago, but received the votes
anyway in the Tracy City, Tenn., election.

TRACY CITY, Tenn. - A dead man has been elected mayor of Tracy City, Tenn.
Carl Robin Gary died suddenly a few weeks ago. But he received 268 votes
anyway in Tuesday's nonpartisan election, beating out incumbent Barbara
Brock with 85 votes in the two-candidate race.

An election administrator, Donna Basham, said Wednesday she wouldn't
speculate on why Gary won posthumously but noted his death had been widely
reported at the time in this corner of southeastern Tennessee.

She says the city council will now have to appoint a mayor to the
four-year term.

Brock had been appointed mayor 16 months ago when the previous mayor died.
She says she thought she had done a good job but added voters wanted a
return to the past.

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
and the Realist adjusts his sails."

- Unknown




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