Brentwood voters will have four choices for mayor on the April 7 municipal election.
Incumbent, Pat Kelly didn’t file. Running for mayor, are current Ward 4 Alderman Pat Toohey, former three-term Ward 1 Alderperson Barbara Clements, and businessmen, Mark Wilson and Chris Thornton.
Incumbents, Anthony Harper (Ward 1), Lee Wynn (Ward 2) and Keith Robertson (Ward 3) are not running. Also, Brentwood judge, Ron Hill is stepping down.
Ballot, April 7, in the order they will appear on the ballot
Mayor, two-year term
- Patrick Toohey
- Mark Wilson
- Barbara Clements (UPDATE: Clements has dropped out of the race)
- Chris Thornton
Alderperson, 2 year terms
Ward 1
Ward 2
Ward 3
Ward 4
Municipal judge, two-year term
Brentwood Board of Education
Johanna Winfield, who served previously, and Cindy Pennington filed as candidates for seats on the Brentwood Board of Education. Because the number of candidates equals the available seats, no election will be held for the school board. Incumbents, Katrina McDonald or Katrina Sommer did not file to run in April.
It’ll be a great day for Brentwood when Kelly cleans out his desk at city hall. As far as a new mayor, well there won’t be any cornerstones available to emblazon with his/her name for several decades so I hope they are secure in their identity.
Amen! The Kelly Era will long be remembered for its scandals, cover-ups, arrogance and incompetence. If Chris Seemayer’s crimes had been discovered by Ed Wright, Art Oppenheim, or Jim Shelton, Mr. Seemayer would have been swiftly fired and any one of these mayors would have done the right thing for their constituents by asking the judge to issue a stiff punishment. By contrast, Mayor Kelly did not fire Mr. Seemayer, and then topped this by writing to the judge to urge leniency for the thief. Makes you wonder who Pat Kelly was really working for, the residents or Mr. Seemayer. As for cornerstones, you’re right. But I can think of a cornerstone that needs to be “disemblazoned.”
I actually was feeling defeated on behalf of B’wd that Mayor Kelly would not run again. SO: where do the candidates stand on City-County merger; that is are we going to be stuck with the deficit budget of the City? Where do candidates stand on the balance of businesses and residences—we are headed for a “commercial-heavy” B’wd and that is NOT GOOD. Will residents get back a more SOLID EMS dispatcher center? (ECDC is a bad joke picking our pockets and not providing professional service we have been used to—our FR’s are NOT A JOKE.) Candidates, bring it on! Do we get B’wd back, without being backwards? Better decisions fill the air, and we need a mayor who listens, understands the residents and follows through. Perhaps out of fatigue for such a lengthy mayoral legacy Mayor Kelly seemed not to listen. But in his shoes, I can see the reasoning–too much heart colliding with too much internal conflict.
TO 40 SOUTH: it would not do harm to ask respondents to AGAIN–“stay on topic.”