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Gomez Sworn In As Century Mayor During Veterans Day Saturday Meeting
November 12, 2023
The Century Town Council held a special meeting Saturday morning, Veterans Day, to swear in a new mayor and council member.
Luis Gomez, Jr. was elected as the only candidate to qualify for the office of mayor in a special election and Henry Cunningham was elected for town council without opposition.
The special election was triggered by the resignation of Mayor Ben Boutwell and Gomez’s interim appointment to the seat.
The swearing in was held on the holiday under timeframes specified in the town’s charter.
Cunningham did not attend Saturday’s meeting, having previously announced that he would be out of town. A quorum of council members was not present for the meeting, but it was held regardlesss.
Pictured top: Luis Gomez, Jr. (left) and Henry Cunningham. NorthEscambia.com file photos, click to enlarge.
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9 Responses to “Gomez Sworn In As Century Mayor During Veterans Day Saturday Meeting”
George you one uped me lets all stand and sing together.
Second verse Same as the first.
You get what you elected. A buddy or friend or what ever dont mean they are a good leader and understand how Gov works.
This mess YOU got yourself in will turn worse and the feds will more than likely get involved and the take over by Escambia County will be a no brainer then.
And the beat goes on!
The easiest thing to do is to hop online and be a keyboard gangster, keyboard politician, keyboard judge, keyboard citizen… and not actually attend a meeting, go qualify, run for office, win and show us all that you can do it better…wow!
Same song Second Verse.
Let’s all remember, the good mayor is in over his head.
Let’s all remember the town council is inept. They can’t follow simple rules.
For Pete’s sake, would the state step in and revoke the charter, please? This isn’t going to get any better.
To North Escambia, Thank you for always doing your best to bring the craziness to light for everyone to see. It would be really great if you (North Escambia) would release a Special Town of Century Edition with every article you have ever written concerning the Town of Century government, the good and the bad. If you would do that maybe we could get the citizens who are fed up with this circus to forward it to their elected representatives so they can see it all at one time instead of just hearing bits and pieces of it. Who knows you might end up with a new movie about small town corruption.
For citizens and officials to be able to read for hours following years of coverage would really give everyone a much better understanding of what the citizens of Century go through. It is time for this to end and once we start seeing positive change in the way the town is governed we will see more businesses and more new people wanting to make Century their home. Once again a Big Thank You to North Escambia for standing up to this arrogant bunch and letting the public know what is happening.
It’s always been this way I don’t know how they keep getting by with it .I worked in city hall in 1999 it was the same way it is now I just don’t understand why the State or County hasn’t done anything to help the town . Gomez is one the biggest crooks in the office and then McMurray gets a lone to fix her funeral home it’s just sad our town is run by crooks and it just keeps getting grants to fix things but nothing gets fixed and the money disappeared!!! Do the math and the authorities need to step up.