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Mayor, City of Morehead

Jim Tom Trent

Candidate for Mayor, City of Morehead

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Background

Jim Tom Trent is a former mayor of Morehead. He resigned from the Morehead City Council in September 2023.

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Documented positions

Government & transparency

  • Opposed frequent closed-session meetings of the city council

    In his September 2023 resignation letter he said the council had spent far more time on chickens and golf carts than on a proposed $30 million downtown hotel project.

    Trent resigns from city council

    News coverage · The Trail Blazer (Morehead State University) · Sep 13, 2023 · thetrailblazeronline.net

    “constantly asked by citizens and business owners why we have so many meetings under the cloak of 'closed session'”
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