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Mahanay seeks to help educate residents
By By Danielle Novy/bcnews@trcle.com
May 20, 2008, 10:37
Educating Burleson residents about their mineral rights is important to Carter Len Mahanay, who emerged victorious May 10 in the three-way race for Burleson City Council’s fourth seat.
Mahanay beat contenders Walter P. Norwood and Glenn Keith Wilson to fill the seat vacated by Councilwoman Claudia Humphreys when she decided not to seek re-election.
Mahanay, a certified public accountant, received 259 votes in the only contested Burleson race.
“I am very excited to work with the city council and keep Burleson moving forward as it has in the last several years,” he said.
Mahanay would like the revenue generated from gas drilling to be used for improving transportation, water and sewer.
Mahanay’s recent success in helping a group of South Burleson residents secure a record offer for gas lease bonuses came at a good time, he said. Still, opponents Norwood and Wilson were solid candidates, Mahanay said.
“The other two guys were very qualified and would have done a great job,” he said.
Wilson, who received 44 votes, agreed with Mahanay, saying be believed his opponents to be “good guys at heart.”
He said he believed either Norwood or Mahanay would do a good job on the council, and the only aspect of the election that disappointed him was the scant voter turnout.
In a city the size of Burleson, more people should be active in their community, Wilson said.
Wilson’s campaign centered on family and safety issues, and he said his Christian faith motivated him to seek election.
Norwood, a civil engineer with two-and-a-half years experience on the city’s planning and zoning commission, received 98 of the 401 votes cast. He declined to comment on the election’s results.
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