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Rick Stacy can sell furniture, but he couldn’t sell Southlake voters on granting him a second stretch as mayor of Southlake.
Voters in the upscale city chose Mayor Pro Tem John Terrell as its new mayor over Stacy, widely known for owning a namesake furniture chain. According to complete but unofficial results, Terrell had 62 percent of the vote to Stacy’s 38 percent.Stacy argued on the campaign trail that the city has lacked leadership since he stepped down in 2003. Terrell promised to mostly maintain Southlake’s current management style if elected."I think the average voter knows that this city is being run well and is in very good shape," Terrell said.Southlake Councilman Vernon Stansell was unseated by former Councilwoman Carolyn Morris, who grabbed 65 percent of the vote. In the special election to complete Terrell’s unexpired term on the council, Brandon Bledsoe won with 55 percent of the vote against Marke Smith, who earned 45 percent.In Colleyville, Councilman Mike Taylor won re-election with 52 percent of the vote. His opponents Chris Parshall and Carmen Thayer attracted 38 percent and 9 percent, respectively.BedfordA daytime curfew and economic development were the major issues in Bedford’s mayor and council races.Mayor Jim Story won re-election with 83 percent against political newcomer Kenneth Kimmons’ 17 percent.In September, the council approved an ordinance prohibiting people under 17 from being in a public place between 9 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on school days, with a few exceptions.In the race for Place 1, Francisco Chinchilla, Roger Fisher and Jason McCaffity were running for the seat vacated by Jeff Cason. Fisher won with 61 percent, and McCaffity came in second with 38 percent. Chinchilla came in third with 1 percent.In Place 2, incumbent Roy Savage will be in a runoff against Dave Gebhart on June 13. Savage got 40 percent of the vote to Gebhart’s 38 percent. The third challenger, Jason Sinisi, got 22 percent. MansfieldMansfield Place 4 incumbent Darryl Haynes, a commercial insurance executive, defeated challenger Julie Short, a construction company owner, 58 percent to 42 percent. The race centered on managing the burgeoning development in the city. Haynes said the city has planned progress well while Short argued that more vigilance is needed in managing development.PantegoGas drilling and its potential impact on Pantego residents’ water wells dominated the campaigns for two City Council seats. The town does not rely on surface water like many other municipalities.In complete but unofficial results, Pantego Place 4 incumbent Jason Williams, director of the Hurst-Colleyville campus of Dallas Baptist University, defeated Harriet Irby, a landlord and environmental advocate, with 74 percent support. Williams said the gas-drilling ordinance that he helped shape protects Pantego residents’ wells, while Irby suggested that the water tastes horrible and could harm plant life.
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