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Local Tax Measures All Approved in Saturday's Election

JUDGE CANDIDATES HEADING TO RUNOFF AND LOCAL TAX MEASURES ALL PASS

MARCH 25, 2017

 

     Saturday was Election day in Evangeline Parish and throughout Louisiana. In complete but unofficial election results received from the Clerk of Court’s Office where the voting was extremely light:

      For Judge, Third Circuit of Appeals, Division B, Candyce Perrett was the top vote getter in Evangeline Parish receiving 60 percent of the vote or 1,109 votes with her two opponents each receiving 19 percent of the vote: Vanessa Anseman and Susan Theall. District wide, the voting was much closer, Perrett and Theall are heading to a runoff in April.

   For a special election for Alderman in District 1 in the Town of Basile, Latoya Howze was elected with 34 votes and her opponent Darrell Reed got 26 votes.

   All of the local millage tax renewals were approved by the voters. The parish wide Health Unit tax renewal was approved for another ten years, 77 percent voted yes or 1465 votes to 22 percent or 428 voted no.

  For Police Jury Ward Number One Cemetery tax renewal, 76 percent or 389 voters approved the renewal while 122 voters voted no.

   Police Jury Ward 4 cemetery tax was renewed with 130 voters voting yes while 51 voted no.

   Police Jury Ward Five continuation for the cemetery tax was approved, 66 percent to 33 percent.

   Also, the Ward five tax renewal for maintenance of cemeteries was renewed, 133 votes yes and 67 voting no.

   In Road District One, voters there approved renewing the tax 79 percent or 734 votes to 190 or 20 percent voting no.

   In Road District 2, the road tax was OK’d with 174 voting yes while 62 voting no.

   In Road District 3, the road tax was renewed with 250 people or 76 percent approved and 23 percent or 78 people voting no;

   In Road District 5, the voters there approved tax continuation by 69 percent or 138 to 62 voting no or 31 percent. Also in road district 5, the tax renewal was approved 135 to 63;

   In District 6, a cemetery tax was approved to be renewed 109 to 27;

   The City of Ville Platte’s millage tax was approved for another 15 years for street and drainage maintenance,  342 or 79 percent voted yes and 88 people or 20 percent voting.

   Ville Platte Mayor Jennifer Vidrine and Police Jury President Ryan Ardoin came to the Clerk of Court’s Office to express their appreciation to the voters for the election results.

   KVPI was there broadcasting the results live from the Clerk of Court’s Office.

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