Voters to decide city, school board seats

Rural Donley County voters to consider sales tax question Saturday

Voters will go the polls this Saturday, May 3, to decide elections for the City of Clarendon, the Clarendon Consolidated Independent School District, and the unincorporated areas of Donley County.

Balloting this Saturday will be from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Donley County Courthouse Annex.

The Donley County Clerk’s Office said Monday afternoon that early voting was slow. Early balloting ended Tuesday, April 29.

In Clarendon, city voters have five positions on the ballot. Mayor Jacob Fangman has no opposition for re-election. Aldermen Ashlee Estlack and Eulaine McIntosh are seeking re-election to two full terms on the board and are challenged by Richard Dzamko, Jeremy Jeffers, and Brittney Wolfe. Also, three people are running for two unexpired terms on the City Council – Ralph Graves, Chelsi Shadle, and Tom Thompson.

Clarendon Aldermen Terri Floyd and Mandy Smith did not seek re-election.

Voters in the Clarendon Consolidated Independent School District will elect three people to the Board of Trustees and have four candidates from which to choose. Incumbents Robin Ellis and Donny Howard are joined on the ballot by Jeff Robertson and Ginnie Siefkas. Trustee Chuck Robertson did not seek re-election.

Also, Donley County is asking rural residents – those living outside the city limits of Clarendon, Howardwick, and Hedley – to approve County Assistance District #2, which would levy a 2.0 percent sales tax in the unincorporated areas of the county.

The revenue from the new district would help support county law enforcement expenses.