The Marietta Daily Journal – Former Kennesaw mayor to seek city council seat

MARIETTA — Kennesaw and Austell had a line of contenders signing up on the second day of qualifying for the city elections that will be Nov. 5.

Bruce Jenkins, who holds the Post 3 seat on the Kennesaw City Council, will face Leonard Church, a former two-term mayor of Kennesaw. Church was ousted by the current mayor, Mark Mathews, in 2008, and beaten again by Mathews in 2011.

Matt Riedemann, who was appointed to the Kennesaw council on July 1 to fill the unexpired term of the late Councilman Bill Thrash, will have to fight to keep the seat. Jimmy Dickens, the owner of the Amazing Cuts barber shop, has qualified to run against Riedemann.

Dickens ran for council two years ago and said this year there is enough momentum to push him over the top.

“I think I am going to be a great link to the community,” Dickens said.

Each council member serves “at large,” meaning they represent the entire city and therefore are voted on by all residents of Kennesaw, not just people in a certain ward or district.

Austell is another city, like Kennesaw, that has council members who represent the entire city.

Trudie Causey holds one of the at-large positions and will be running for re-election against Ollie Clemons, who has lived in Austell for eight years and worked for the U.S. Postal Service for 30 years.

via The Marietta Daily Journal – Former Kennesaw mayor to seek city council seat.