May 15 2008
Arrested Mayor Files Appeal Against Judicial Order to Hold New Election
Atlantic Beach town councilwoman Retha Pierce filed an appeal on Thursday against a judge’s decision to hold a new election for mayor.
The declared winner of last November’s Atlantic Beach mayor’s race, Retha Pierce, filed an appeal against a circuit court judge’s decision to hold a new election in the town’s disputed mayoral election.
Pierce beat incumbent Irene Armstrong by just one vote in last year’s election. Since then, Pierce was arrested for resisting arrest and Armstrong was indicted for misusing town money and paying for votes. Both candidates appealed the decision by the town’s election commission to hold a new election. In a hearing on March 17, both Pierce and Armstrong pleaded their sides to a circuit court.
It doesn’t really matter which one of these bimbos won. Atlantic Beach lost in either scenario. I don’t know if the Supreme Court will enforce the new election or not, but it’s quite obvious why Pierce doesn’t want another one. She’ll lose.
I am all for the new election. Get some completely new people on the ballot and get these two women as far as away from City Hall as possible.
