Roses and thorns: 4/11/21
A rose to all the candidates in Tuesday’s municipal primary elections. Five of 11 contested primary elections in Columbus, Starkville and West Point have been decided. Those winning candidates — Jacqueline DiCicco (Ward 6 Columbus city Council), Roy A. Perkins (Ward 6 Starkville alderman), Leta Turner (West Point Ward 1 selectman), Ken Poole (West Point Ward 3 selectman) and Jasper Pittman (West Point Ward 5 selectman) — have no opponents in the June 8 general election and take office in July. Many of the other contested seats are too close to call during an election where turnout was alarmingly low. We urge citizens who did not vote Tuesday to turn out for the next election — either the possible runoffs to decide the primary and certainly in the June 8 general election. Every vote counts, as we saw in this week’s primary.