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Two more in for council races: Falls and Whitfield
Friday (at noon) is the deadline to file for this fall's municipal elections. Going into the home stretch, we've got two new faces running for Greensboro City Council district seats.
On Monday, Luther Falls filed to run against first-term incumbent Dianne Bellamy-Small. I haven't been able to reach Falls yet, but a quick search of the archive finds that he was (and still may be) a leader in the Watchful Network, which promotes black-owned businesses. Falls is also a licensed life and health insurance agent.
On Tuesday, Lorillard Tobacco engineer and Carolina Peacemaker columnist Ed Whitfield filed to run for the vacant District 2 seat. Mark Moss of the Peacemaker first wrote about Whitfield's interest last month. Also in the race are Goldie Wells and Toni Henderson.
But even with those candidates, five of the seven incumbents running again have no opponents yet. I keep hearing murmurs about more candidates, but it's getting down to the wire.
UPDATE: Just as I file this, homebuilder Sandra Anderson called to tell me she is filing for the at-large race.
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