Guess Guidry has Meaux votes! -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cecil Van Duzee via Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2014 7:38 AM To: acadian Subject: Re: [ACADIAN] Guidry leads Landry in Port Arthur election reported by Meaux On bayous. (actually arroyos --- originally Spanish) Go west young man. The Cajuns listened. Especially after creation of the oil industry, and the building of the refineries and chemical plants. C Genealogists are not authors. We don't create history... We evaluate and document it. > To: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 07:45:00 -0500 > Subject: [ACADIAN] Guidry leads Landry in Port Arthur election reported by Meaux > From: [email protected] > > Guidry vs Landry in Port Arthur reported by Meaux > > This sure is Morgus's West Louisiana isn't it? > > Is Port Arthur also a bayou? > > ===================================== > http://www.panews.com/news/local_news/guidry-leads-in-county-clerk-rac > e/article_30c9ce9a-64b1-11e4-8cb2-37af009f8117.html > > Guidry leads in county clerk race > > Posted: Wednesday, November 5, 2014 12:02 am By Mary Meaux The News > staff writer Mary M Posted on Nov 5, 2014by Mary M > > Incumbent Carolyn Guidry was on her way to a win in the Jefferson > County Clerk race at press time with 104 of 109 precincts reporting. > Guidry, a Democrat, pulled in 21,650 votes or 51.42 percent of the > vote against her opponent, Doug Landry, Republican, who earned 20,454 > votes or 48.58 percent of the vote. > > Guidry was unavailable for comment Monday night. > > The county clerk is the keeper of the records for the county and > Guidry has presided over the restoration of more than seven million of > the county's records. During her tenure in office she has worked to > preserve the county's history and make the records available to the > public. > Another important duty of the county clerk's office is to administer > elections and under Guidry's leadership electronic voting has been > implemented in Jefferson County. This year countywide voting has been > introduced, allowing a voter to cast their ballot at any precinct thus > reducing the number of errors of people voting in the wrong precinct. > > Prior to Guidry's county clerk position, she worked for Southwestern > Bell for 30 years, starting as a service representative. She was vice > president of the Community Workers of America. > > Guidry was born and raised in Beaumont, and a 1970 graduate of Hebert > High School. > > She attends Mother Mercy Catholic Church in Beaumont. > > Guidry has two children, a son and a daughter. > > . > ------------------------------- > To check our Archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ > ------------------------------- > To subscribe to the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message. You will receive a confirmation e-mail to try & stop "machine" enrollment spam. Give it the "Name" you would like us to call you. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message . ------------------------------- To check our Archive http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ ------------------------------- To subscribe to the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message. You will receive a confirmation e-mail to try & stop "machine" enrollment spam. Give it the "Name" you would like us to call you. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message