Early voting has begun for the Nov. 5 Trenton city election. Up for grabs is the fire/utility city commission seat, and Lucretia Houts, Cody Doyle and Careyee Bell (pictured here in that order) are all running for it. Two other city seats are up for reelection this year, but Mayor Alex Case and Streets Commissioner Monda Wooten are both running unopposed.
Early voting hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Fri., through Nov. 1. On Election Day, Nov. 5, polls are open 7 a.m.-7 p.m. All city voting is now at the Dade Administrative Building.
As usual in city elections, campaigning has been...understated. Cody Doyle vote-for-me signs have sprung up around the Trenton area lately, and both Doyle and Lucretia Houts showed up for the recent pan-Dade mega-meeting of local governing boards on Sept. 26, where they furnished two-fifths of the audience.
In most city elections, the turnout is around 200 voters, or around 10 percent of those registered--a miserable figure
perhaps, but one that trumpets loud and clear that in a place as small as this, individual votes really do count.
Tonight, Tuesday, Oct. 16, incidentally, the Trenton City Commission will have its last regularly scheduled meeting before the November election. That's at 6 p.m. at City Ha..
