town. tell us what happened? i have lived there my entire life. i live in the 4th ward of patterson, engine. new jersey. violence is through the roof. in may one of my good friends from high school was killed by the horrible gun violence going on out here. the crime coming out of our city, i believe a lot has to do with the lack of opportunities we have out here. people turn to drugs. our education system is horrible. the democrats controlled our city well over 60 years and my opponent has been in office for over 20 years.
Five contested council races await Alton voters
Dylan Suttles, dylan.suttles@thetelegraph.com
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ALTON On April 6, voters will have five contested races for alderman positions.
Incumbent Brian Campbell is running unopposed for 1st Ward Alderman. In the 6th Ward, incumbent Alderwoman Stephanie Elliott is running unopposed. Contested races include:
2nd Ward
Incumbent Alderwoman Carolyn MacAfee is challenged by Steve Potter for 2nd Ward Alderman.
MacAfee is a retired computer programmer from Owens Illinois Mold Shop who also served as a pricing clerk for Boeing and was the store manager for the Casual Corner clothing store. She is a high school graduate and completed two years at Lewis and Clark Community College.
With Boughton gone, is the Danbury mayoral seat at a crossroads?
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DANBURY Officially, the race for mayor will take shape in one month, when Mayor Joe Cavo exercises his right of first refusal, and tells the GOP whether he’ll run for the office he’s held since December, when Republican Mark Boughton abruptly resigned.
At the same time, the race for the city’s highest elected office is well underway for Democrats, whose front-runner Roberto Alves raised $55,000 in his first month of candidacy.
20-1. in fact, the 14th ward fourth division did go 596 to 13 for obama over senator john mccain. it wasn t because republicans were scared away, most folks in the fourth division are african-americans and registered democrats who outnumbered registered republicans 5,040 to 276. case in point, al is a republican city councilman. he didn t get a lot of votes in this area either. how did you in this area? actually in this very area n this precinct i got three votes. three votes out of three votes. out of about 500. because of thans dent, he opted out of poll watching, however he still marvels at the power of the 81 seconds he recorded. this video has become a republican anthem for the past eight years. when ever there s a racial problem, the republicans go to this video, they broadcast this