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Third time’s the charm, or at least it was Tuesday for Nancy Totton, who finally defeated Chuck Johnston in the race to represent Grain Valley Ward 2.
Totton carried a little more than half the vote, bringing in 118 (54.38 percent) to Johnston’s 98 (45.16). Before, it had been Johnston who won by a narrow margin – nine votes in 2007 and six votes in 2009.
“I want to thank everyone who came out to vote, and I mean everyone,” said Totton. “Voting is a privilege I wish more people would use.”
Totton has served on the board since December, when she was appointed to the unexpired Ward 2 seat vacated by Linda Johnson in October. That seat will now go to Yolanda West, who was running unopposed for the unexpired term after Totton switched races to run against Johnston.
Other winners Tuesday included Mike Scully, who was running unopposed in Ward 3, and Scott Shafer, who beat two-term incumbent Dale Arnold in Ward 1 with 52.86 percent of the vote.
“I knocked on a lot of doors,” Shafer said.
Grain Valley voters also approved $4.7 million to refund revenue bonds issued in 2001 to improve city sewers. In addition, voters passed a $2.4 million bond issue to improve parks and trails.
Totton said her work as alderman had already begun.
“I’ve been looking ahead,” she said Tuesday. “I’m looking into the questions people asked (while I was campaigning). They want to know why we don’t have a dog park. They want to know the exact places the city plans to put in trails.”
Totton said she’s already reached out to city officials in the Parks and Recreation Department for the answers.
Shafer said that voters he talked to while campaigning were concerned about more multifamily housing in Grain Valley, but there were too many important issues facing the city in coming months to focus on just one.
“If voters don’t want it, then I agree,” Shafer said. “Whether it’s good for the city or not, as aldermen, we need to vote the way the voters want.”
Third time’s the charm, or at least it was Tuesday for Nancy Totton, who finally defeated Chuck Johnston in the race to represent Grain Valley Ward 2.
Totton carried a little more than half the vote, bringing in 118 (54.38 percent) to Johnston’s 98 (45.16). Before, it had been Johnston who won by a narrow margin – nine votes in 2007 and six votes in 2009.
“I want to thank everyone who came out to vote, and I mean everyone,” said Totton. “Voting is a privilege I wish more people would use.”
Totton has served on the board since December, when she was appointed to the unexpired Ward 2 seat vacated by Linda Johnson in October. That seat will now go to Yolanda West, who was running unopposed for the unexpired term after Totton switched races to run against Johnston.
Other winners Tuesday included Mike Scully, who was running unopposed in Ward 3, and Scott Shafer, who beat two-term incumbent Dale Arnold in Ward 1 with 52.86 percent of the vote.
“I knocked on a lot of doors,” Shafer said.
Grain Valley voters also approved $4.7 million to refund revenue bonds issued in 2001 to improve city sewers. In addition, voters passed a $2.4 million bond issue to improve parks and trails.
Totton said her work as alderman had already begun.
“I’ve been looking ahead,” she said Tuesday. “I’m looking into the questions people asked (while I was campaigning). They want to know why we don’t have a dog park. They want to know the exact places the city plans to put in trails.”
Totton said she’s already reached out to city officials in the Parks and Recreation Department for the answers.
Shafer said that voters he talked to while campaigning were concerned about more multifamily housing in Grain Valley, but there were too many important issues facing the city in coming months to focus on just one.
“If voters don’t want it, then I agree,” Shafer said. “Whether it’s good for the city or not, as aldermen, we need to vote the way the voters want.”
