Peavey emerges as new Mayor of Bogart
City Council member Tom Peavey defeated incumbent Mayor Jan Thurmond in Bogart 70 votes to 44 to take over the municipal reins of Bogart, Georgia Tuesday evening. Ralph Sheridan and Tonya Wagner also won seats on the city council with 61 and 84 votes respectively. Jack Irvin III, John Larken and Tom Leach were the losers of the race for the two city council seats with 4o votes for Irvin, 31 for Larken and 18 votes for Leach. Sheridan and Wagner are replacing Woody Bruce and Gary Gunter, who decided not to seek re-election.
Bogart council meeting are always entertaining with a whole lot more acrimony and constant controversy that your average small town political gatherings.
Thurmond, a realtor, rubbed some Bogart residents the wrong way with the appointment of her son Bret as the City Engineer. The council revoked this appointment some months later. She often ruled the meetings somewhat harshly, cutting off citizen comments during the "on the record" part of the meetings. Peavey took issue with Thurmond on any number of topics. He is an avid softball and baseball proponent and is somewhat more of a blue collar mayor than the Real Estate selling Thurmond.
Bogart council meeting are always entertaining with a whole lot more acrimony and constant controversy that your average small town political gatherings.
Thurmond, a realtor, rubbed some Bogart residents the wrong way with the appointment of her son Bret as the City Engineer. The council revoked this appointment some months later. She often ruled the meetings somewhat harshly, cutting off citizen comments during the "on the record" part of the meetings. Peavey took issue with Thurmond on any number of topics. He is an avid softball and baseball proponent and is somewhat more of a blue collar mayor than the Real Estate selling Thurmond.
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