Tuesday, November 4, 2014

JIPSD Election Results

Town/JIPSD Cooperation took a small step forward last night.  Unfortunately, the Town still has an uphill battle.

Commissioner Inez Brown-Crouch won reelection by a landslide   Inez has always favored communication and cooperation with the Town.

Former Town Councilman Bill "Cubby" Wilder also won by a wide margin.   Congratulations.

Kay Kernodle was elected as well.

Chairman Donald Hollingsworth barely edged out former Town Councilwoman Mary Beth Berry for the fourth seat.  

These are unofficial results.

According to the Charleston County Election Commission, the report in the Post and Courier Wednesday morning and on TV election night failed to take into account a large number of last minute absentee ballots.  

While the preliminary results had former Councilwoman Berry with a slight edge over Chairman Hollingsworth, these last minute absentee ballots turned the tide in his favor and pushed him over the top by a small margin.

These unofficial results show a 29 vote margin for Hollinsworth.

One major question is whether the JIPSD should keep Commissioner-elect Kay Kernodle's husband Trent as JIPSD Attorney.   I think many James Islanders  will see this as a conflict of interest.

Special thanks to Mary Beth Berry, Lyndy Palmer, Marilyn Clifford, Ernie Duncan, and Hal Hanvey for running for JIPSD Commissioner.   

1
Crouch
1912
16%
2
Wilder
1715
14%
3
 Kernodle
1450
12%
Hollingsworth
1358
11%
5
Berry
1329
11%
6
Engelman
965
8%
7
Palmer
812
7%
8
Schurmieir
809
7%
9
Clifford
665
5%
10
Duncan
590
5%
11
Hanvey
588
5%
12
write in
92
1%
Total
12285

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