Apalachicola Election Update

On Monday, July 20, Frank Cook the incumbent Seat 3 Commissioner on the Apalachicola Board of City Commissioners qualified to run in the city’s fall election scheduled for September 8, 2009. City commissioners appointed Cook to the council after the 2007 Mayors race, prior to his appointment Cook served on the Apalachicola Planning and Zoning Board.

Also on Monday, local business owner Jerry Hall submitted his papers to run for the Seat 3 commission seat. As a longtime businessman and Chamber member, this marks Hall’s second bid for a seat on the council, Hall first ran in the 1997 election.

As of the close of business Tuesday, July 21, the incumbent Seat 4 City Commissioner Valentina Webb had no opponent as she filed her qualifying papers to run for reelection. Elected in 2005, Webb is finishing her first four-year term on the council.

The qualifying period to run in this year’s fall election ends Friday, July 24 at 12 noon.