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October 28, 2010In addition to the other races on the ballot, the City of Thibodaux will also complete its council this weekend, as voters will decide who will represent District C.
Former Lafourche Parish School Board member Constance Johnson will oppose incumbent Varick Taylor to decide the seat.
The two Thibodaux natives found their way into a runoff after beating out former Thibodaux city councilman Jimmie Winston in the first primary.
In that race, Johnson carried 37 percent of the vote. Taylor brought in 36 percent.
As the incumbent, Taylor told the Tri-Parish Times in September that one of the highlights of his past term was the work he did to assist the relationship between the Thibodaux Police Department and the citizens of the city.
“I’ve got a lot of people that had complaints about our police department, and I want to be able to see better communication with our law enforcement and the citizens in our district,” the former law enforcement officer told the Tri-Parish Times before the primary election.
On the opposite end, Johnson is currently running a non-profit organization in the community. The former school board member said if elected, she would work hand-in-hand with the people of Thibodaux to address any and all issues within the community.
“Everything issue is important, no matter how big or small it is,” she said. “A person just wants their local politician to be concerned and to take some action on behalf of whatever their issue and concern is, and I want to be the voice of those people, readily available and ready to do and address the needs of my district.”
Johnson said she plans to hold a town hall meeting today to give voters a chance to address the specifics she should tackle if she’s elected as the councilwoman.
“We are out there in the trenches, talking to people and putting out information,” Johnson said. “At the town hall meeting, I want to make it certain that people can come if they’re interested, ask questions to me personally, as well as getting the chance to meet me, so we can go from there.”
District C is the only seat that will be decided Tuesday, as the remainder of the council was filled in the Oct. 2 primary.
