Youth sports — the issue that likely toppled most of West University’s current city leaders in last Saturday’s general election — may be off the table by the time the newly elected mayor and councilmembers are sworn in on May 24. Mayor Bob Higley — who did not seek re-election — has called a special City Council Zoom meeting for 6 p.m. Thursday (May 6) to discuss a budget … [Read more...] about West U council could restore Tri-Sports subsidy Thursday at special meeting called by mayor
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PACs-backed candidates triumph: Sample and pro-sports trio elected in West U
By George Boehme After two years out of office sitting out term limits, Susan Sample was re-elected as West University Place mayor Saturday (May 1), along with three council candidates who, along with her, were backed by political action committees seeking to restore a taxpayer subsidy to youth sports that had been removed by the current council. Sample beat incumbent … [Read more...] about PACs-backed candidates triumph: Sample and pro-sports trio elected in West U
Latest West U election results: CloseAsThis mayor’s race, shifting margins in council contests
With another 175 ballots counted as of 10 p.m., just 29 votes separates former Mayor Susan Sample and current Councilmember/Mayor Pro Tem Kevin Trautner in their bids to become West University Place’s new mayor. Sample was leading by 60 votes when the first batch of mail-in and early ballots was counted. The totals are shifting, as well, among the nine candidates seeking … [Read more...] about Latest West U election results: CloseAsThis mayor’s race, shifting margins in council contests
JUST IN: First West U election results show challengers leading
Former Mayor Susan Sample has taken a narrow, 60-vote lead in early and mail-in votes in the West University Place general election, and the three candidates on her slate are leading in the race for four council seats, with an incumbent currently in fourth position. Here are the unofficial totals, as reported by Harris … [Read more...] about JUST IN: First West U election results show challengers leading
Scenes from an election: West U goes to the polls
Business was brisk at the polling places Saturday (May 1) where voters were casting ballots for mayor and four council seats in West University, and candidates and their surrogates were getting in some last-minute campaigning. By 1:30 p.m., 541 residents had voted at West University City Hall with another 94 at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church. Early votes and mail-in … [Read more...] about Scenes from an election: West U goes to the polls