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SCHEPER TO BE NAMED MAYOR, COVINGTON'S 5TH SINCE 2000
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| Chuck Scheper |
Charles R. Scheper will be named Mayor of Covington by city commissioners today at 4:00PM. The 59-year old former CEO, COO and current Board Chairman will replace Denny Bowman, who resigned for the second time in eleven years at the end of September. Scheper, 59, lives in Licking Riverside. The River City News will be the only Covington blog at City Hall with live updates of the press conference through Facebook & Twitter and a comprehensive original report to follow right here on the website.
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In the meantime, watch our next mayor in this video from February:
In the meantime, watch our next mayor in this video from February:
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Last night on the Facebook page, we discussed whether the addition of another wealthy resident to the commission was representative of the city, which is statistically among the poorest in the state and region. You can read the accompanying report here: How Much Good Could a Good Chuck chuck?
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DID YOU KNOW...?
Covington has had five mayors since the year 2000. Denny Bowman (resigned), Jim Eggemeier, Butch Callery, Denny Bowman (resigned), and now Chuck Scheper. Maybe we just love that new-mayor smell?
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'AT LEAST WE'RE NOT THAT COVINGTON'
And now a new feature where we look at what's happening in other American hamlets that also have the great fortune of being called Covington.
DATELINE: COVINGTON, GEORGIA
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| Bobby Sigman |
Take a look at Bobby Sigman. He's running for mayor in Covington, Georgia. I know what you're thinking. "But Michael, that picture looks like a mugshot." To that I say, good eye, lad! Good eye, indeed. It is a mugshot. The 70-year old Sigman was arrested after police say they found him stealing the campaign yard signs of his opponent, Ronnie Johnson. Police performed a sting operation after being tipped that Johnson's signs were disappearing:
Now Sigman says he's staying in the race.The 70-year-old Sigman said the video showing him picking up a pile of signs “were signs I found on the right-of-way, and I planned to return them” to Johnston. “I did not steal any of his signs,” Sigman said.(snip)He said earlier this week that he was quitting the race, telling Channel 2 Action news he was “tired of seeing my supporters raked over the coals for nothing.”
Read the whole hot mess at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
DATELINE: COVINGTON, LOUISIANA
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| Richard Palmisano |
The police chief of our namesake in Cajun Country is on paid administrative leave because he can't seem to get along with the mayor. Richard Palmisano refused to reisgn when Mike Cooper was elected and expressed an interest in starting with a "clean slate" in the police department. As you can imagine, they've been the best of friends ever since. So much so, that the mayor was able to figure out a way to suspend the chief by initiating an internal investigation:
The attorney general determined that the city's charter, which gives the mayor the right to appoint his own department heads, is trumped by state civil service laws, which require that termination be in "good faith" and "for cause." The opinion added that firing Palmisano could violate the due process protections provided by the state and U.S. constitutions.Have your second helping of hot mess by reading the rest at the New Orleans Times-Picayune
Cooper on Friday said he couldn't elaborate on the suspension, adding: "I'm following the rules of the civil service board."
DATELINE: COVINGTON, MICHIGAN
Covington was first settled by French-Canadians around 1885, and was named for the postmaster's home town of Covington, Kentucky. The community was a stop along the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway.I know, right? Oh, and one more thing. The photo you see here is listed on Covington, Michigan's Wikipedia entry as "Downtown Covington". Downtown Covington. See? It could be worse.
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