by Bob Pepalis / Appen Newspapers
September 02, 2009
Alpharetta - Two new faces will be on Alpharetta City Council next January, and they will come from the five candidates who qualified for the November election today.
Posts 2 and 3 on City Council drew two and three candidates respectively, as the ease of winning against other challengers seems less daunting than taking on an incumbent. Several potential candidates even stated they were waiting to see if any of the Posts would have opposition, preferring an easy win as sole candidate. But that didn''t happened.
For Post 2, Mike Kennedy and Aubrey Osteen have qualified to fill the vacancy created with the end of Jim Paine's term. Paine has reached his term limit under City Code. John Monson announced he would not seek re-election to his Post 3 seat as he took a job with CH2M Hill.
Three candidates have qualified for that seat: John Keim, Tom Miller and Chris Owens.
Municipal Judge Jim Matoney had yet to see opposition in his bid to retain his seat. And Councilman Doug DeRito's Post 1 seat also seems secure since no opponent has filed against his re-election bid. However, city residents still have two hours to qualify.Alpharetta was the only city with qualifying ending on Wednesday. Other local municipalities allow potential candidates to qualify as late as Friday.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
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