Limestone votes to keep all three contested selectpeople
By Natalie Bazinet
Staff Writer
LIMESTONE — With all the votes tallied, none of the Limestone selectpeople will be recalled.
Roughly two-thirds of everyone who participated in the Jan. 8 election voted to keep Selectpeople Tom Devoe, Gary O’Neal and Jesse Philbrick on the board.
Of the 287 residents who voted — which is roughly a third of the voters who turned out for the November Presidential Election — Devoe received the highest number of votes to keep him in office at 194 votes, and received 93 votes in favor of his recall.
O’Neal followed a vote behind Devoe, receiving 193 votes not to be recalled and 94 votes in favor.
Philbrick had the highest percent of votes in favor of his recall, which was still only about 36 percent. He received 182 votes in favor of staying on the board and 105 to remove him.
With none of the members recalled, the selectpeople will meet next on Wednesday, Feb. 6 at 6:30 p.m.; the board was originally slated to meet tonight, but canceled their regularly-scheduled meeting as of late last week.
