{"id":6492,"date":"2010-03-02T23:41:40","date_gmt":"2010-03-03T04:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=6492"},"modified":"2010-03-02T23:41:40","modified_gmt":"2010-03-03T04:41:40","slug":"danville-city-council-race-update-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/02\/danville-city-council-race-update-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Danville City Council Race \u2013 Update #3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The deadline&#8217;s passed and the field is set. Let&#8217;s see what&#8217;s Danville&#8217;s looking at for the May 5th elections.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>There will be five candidates on the ballot for four available seats. With Wayne Oakes &amp; Ruby Archie not running for re-election, there will be at least two new members on City Council. Let&#8217;s take a look at the candidates&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gary Miller (Incumbent) &#8211; Miller is running in his first election after being appointed to fill Wayne Williams&#8217; seat after he moved out of town. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2010\/02\/11\/gary-millers-re-election-kickoff-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here&#8217;s Miller&#8217;s re-election kickoff speech<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Adam Tomer (Incumbent) &#8211; Tomer is the only other incumbent running for re-election. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2010\/02\/26\/breaking-news-adam-tomer-announces-re-election-bid-for-danville-city-council\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here&#8217;s his re-election statement<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Alonzo Jones &#8211; Jones is giving his School Board seat to run for City Council.<\/li>\n<li>John Gilstrap &#8211; Gilstrap is the former director of Danville&#8217;s Parks &amp; Recreation department.<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Motley &#8211; Motley is a pastor in Danville and qualified on the final day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>BreakDown: Thomas Motley&#8217;s last-minute candidacy turns a sure-thing election into one that has the potential to be interesting. At this time, I&#8217;m only comfortable saying that Adam Tomer is a lock for re-election. Although he has his detractors, Tomer has connected with a cross-section of Danville residents on many issues. Gary Miller should be safe in this election, but there&#8217;s an outside chance that the three challengers could pull the support needed. As for the challengers, Alonzo Jones has the inside track. John Gilstrap will be a strong candidate as well. The big question mark is Thomas Motley. He&#8217;s been a community voice against the Danville Utility rates, so we&#8217;ll have to see what community support Motley gets.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>OddsMakers of winning the election:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adam Tomer &#8211; 100%<\/li>\n<li>Gary Miller &#8211; 94%<\/li>\n<li>Alonzo Jones &#8211; 98%<\/li>\n<li>John Gilstrap &#8211; 75%<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Motley &#8211; 40%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Until I&#8217;m able to gauge Motley&#8217;s support level, his OddsMakers numbers are highly preliminary. More to come as the race progresses&#8230;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The deadline&#8217;s passed and the field is set. 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Since the Register & Bee has started the ball rolling with an article about the race, let's start drilling down into some scenarios and play with some speculation. First, let's see who's up for re-election. Gary Miller\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Danville&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Danville","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/locations\/danville\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6843,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2010\/04\/28\/danville-city-council-race-update-7\/","url_meta":{"origin":6492,"position":1},"title":"Danville City Council Race \u2013 Update #7","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"April 28, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"(Last update: Danville City Council Race \u2013 Update #6) \"Boom!\" Everything that was known and assumed about the Danville City Council race went \"Boom!\" over the past five days. 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