Posted 12:47 am Monday, February 08, 2010
Opportunity To Enter May Election Begins Today
By CASEY MURPHY
Staff Writer
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Tyler Mayor Barbara Bass is planning to file for re-election today, the first day city candidates can file for the May elections.
Mayor Pro Tem and District 2 Councilman Donald Sanders said he will also seek re-election.
City Council District 4 and 6 seats are also up for election. Councilmen Chris Simons and Charles Alworth, respectively, are prohibited from running again because of term limits and several people have announced their intent to run for the positions.
Local businessman Martin Heines, 46, plans to campaign for Tyler City Council District 4.
Kara Hodges Camp, 47, Kevin Halbert, 51, and Jason Wright, 34, have all announced their intentions to run for the Tyler City Council District 6 seat.
The first official day to file for re-election was Saturday but because city offices are closed for the weekend, candidates will get the first chance to put their names in the running today. Those seeking to be elected for a city position can file with the city clerk until March 8.
The general election will be held May 8.
MAYOR
Mayor Bass was elected mayor in May 2008 and is currently serving her first term. She said last week she intends to file for re-election today.
She is a certified public accountant with more than 30 years of experience. She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Texas A&M - Commerce, and is a partner with Gollob Morgan Peddy & Co., P.C.
Mayor Bass has lived in Tyler for more than 30 years and has been involved in several organizations.
DISTRICT 2
Sanders, first elected in 2006, is serving his second term and said he plans to run for a third. He retired from Kelly Springfield Tire Co. after 33 years, is a 1971 graduate of Robert E. Lee High School and attended Tyler Junior College. He is involved in several community organizations.
District 2 serves west Tyler.
DISTRICT 4
Heines is a Tyler native, a small business owner and property manager/investor.
His involvement in the community has been diverse and has included volunteering on several Tyler committees.
Heines earned a bachelor of business administration degree from The University of Texas at Austin in 1985 and the MAI (Member Appraisal Institute) appraisal designation in 2000.
District 4 serves northeast Tyler.
DISTRICT 6
Halbert, a lifelong Tyler resident, is a certified professional landman and has worked as an independent petroleum landman for more than 28 years. He is president of Halbert Management, manager of Halbert Royalties, president of McCaughey Oil Corp., president of Halbert Oil & Properties and partner/owner with his wife of the Kitchen Drawer, a specialty store. He is active in several organizations.
Wright has lived in Tyler for six years and is owner, president and chief executive officer of Century 21 First Group, a real estate company, with offices in Tyler and Lindale.
Wright, who grew up in Sulphur Springs, graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University with a Bachelor of Arts, communications degree and is a member of Green Acres Baptist Church, where he has taught and directed classes for six years.
He has served on several committees and volunteers for organizations.
Wright has been president and CEO of Third Day Ventures, Inc. DBA Century 21 First Group since 2003. From 2001 to 2003, he worked as a business consultant for the Home Depot Corp. in Atlanta and from 1999 to 2001, he worked as an operations manager for the Enron Corp. in Houston.
A registered pharmacist and community volunteer, Mrs. Camp is a homemaker who has served as chairwoman of the city of Tyler Board of Adjustments.
She is a member of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and has been a volunteer for the Tyler Catholic school system for 14 years. She has served on many community boards and organizations.
Mrs. Camp received her bachelor degree in pharmacy from The University of Texas in Austin and has been a registered pharmacist for 24 years, serving as a relief pharmacist in Tyler for the past 14 years.
District 6 serves south Tyler.
