Moore qualifies for School Board race; one challenge develops in Franklin

Tammie Moore of Jeanerette qualified Wednesday to run for the St. Mary School Board, where she has served as an interim member since October. The election is slated for March 26.

No one signed up to run for an open seat on the Patterson City Council on Wednesday. Mayor Eugene Foulcard and all five council members in Franklin qualified Wednesday, when one council race also developed.

Qualifying runs through Friday

Moore, a South Louisiana Community College campus director, was appointed to the School Board in October as an interim member. The District II seat was vacant following the death of Sylvia Lockett. The March 26 election will choose a permanent successor for the remainder of Lockett's term.

In Patterson, the election will fill the seat vacated by Sandra K. Turner, who resigned her council post in July because she was moving from the city limits. Her daughter, Tina Johnson, was named to fill Turner's seat until the election. The winner will serve the rest of Turner's term.

Patterson voters will also be asked to decide the fate of three proposed charter amendments. One would require the mayor to have a high school diploma or its equivalent. Another would set a minimum age of 21 and establish an in-city residency requirement for the police chief as well as require Peace Officer Standards and Training certification.

The third amendment would allow the police chief to receive a pay raise in the same four-year term in which the council approves the increase.

In Franklin, Ella Prevost Hamilton qualified Wednesday to run against District C incumbent Larry Guilbeau, who also signed up to run.

The other incumbents who qualified Wednesday are Foulcard; at-large member Lester "Motor" Levine Jr.; Jaime B. Robison in District A; Chuck B. Autin in District B; and Joseph H. Garrison in District D.