Politics & Government

What Does Bouska's Win Mean for Seventh Avenue Project?

After a heated, passionate Mayoral election, Allen "Snooks" Bouska wins the seat, but without the support the anti-Seventh Avenue reconstruction city council candidates.

During the Marion mayoral election, former mayoral candidate Nick Glew contended that Allen "Snooks" Bouska was waging an attack campaign.

According to a KCRG story, Glew said he thinks that not only was Bouska's campaign negative that it was so divisive, adding that he thinks Bouska has a tough job of uniting Marion.

"We ran a positive campaign full of character and ethics, and he took a very negative approach. Unfortunately, I think there’s a lot of work to do to pull the community together." Nick Glew

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Glew further alleged that Bouska was spreading mis-information about the Seventh Avenue Project to scare voters, an issue which much of Bouska's campaign revolved around.

Bouska, in a previous with Marion Patch, said he needed a few like-minded city council candidates to be elected alongside him, in order to effect change on the Seventh Avenue Project.

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However, yesterday's election didn't bring that.

The question now, is how will Bouska respond to the Seventh Avenue Project when he doesn't have the council votes to support his vision?


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