An ordinance update to remove a reference to “hog pens” is the subject of a public hearing by the Eunice Board of Aldermen at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday at the Municipal Complex.
Newly elected mayor Scott Fontenot, center with his wife, Katie, celebrated Saturday’s election win at Ruby’s. Fontenot won election as mayor with 69 percent of the vote in a field of four candidates. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
Scott Fontenot, 33, won election as Eunice’s youngest mayor by defeating three other candidates in Saturday’s election.
Fontenot, who has been serving as interim mayor since Claud “Rusty” Moody resigned in October, will fill Moody’s unexpired term ending in December 2018.
St. Landry Parish polling sites in Eunice are:
Election District 1
Precinct 1A — Fire District 6 Sub Station, 1398 Guillory Road.
Precinct 5 — Eunice City Hall, 300 S. 2nd St.
Precinct 6 — Eunice City Hall, 300 S. 2nd St.
Eunice voters may finally have the last word on who is the mayor to succeed Claud “Rusty” Moody.
Moody’s resignation in October triggered the appointment of Scott Fontenot as interim mayor and a challenge to the former Ward 4 alderman’s candidacy for mayor.
Three candidates running for Eunice mayor in a special election on March 5 spoke at a forum Thursday at the Liberty Theater. The event was sponsored by the Eunice Kiwanis Club. Seated from left on the stage, backs to camera, are William Thompson, Roland Miller and Scott Fontenot. Standing is Kenneth Pitre, moderator. (Photos by Harlan Kirgan)
Candidates for Eunice mayor stated their cases in a forum at the Liberty Center as the March 5 special election nears.
Three of the four candidates, Scott Fontenot, Roland Miller and William “Bill” Thompson, spoke at the event Thursday. Candidate Tim Longman did not particpate.
