More candidates seeking city, town offices

<p>More candidates are filing for city offices in Greenwood.</p><p>A Franklin College administrator filed for a seat on the Greenwood City Council, and a former council member who gave up his post to keep his job with the city wants it back.</p><p>Terry Roberts-Leonard, who ran for a seat on the Clark-Pleasant school board last year, is running for the district 3 seat on the city council.</p><p>Roberts-Leonard is director of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at Franklin College. She is running as a Democrat, and will likely face council member Bruce Armstrong in the November election. No other candidates have filed in district 3.</p><p>Former city council member Tim McLaughlin is running as a Republican for the district 2 seat, and will face off against incumbent Ezra Hill in the May primary. He previously served as an at-large member.</p><p>In district 1, Democrat Matthew Smith, who currently serves on the city’s Board of Zoning Appeals and Plan Commission, is running for Republican Linda Gibson’s seat.</p><p>In district 5, Janet L. Whiteside, a Republican, is running for J. David Hopper’s seat. They will face off in the May primary election.</p><p>Other candidates who filed on Monday were: Eric Arnold, a Democrat, for an at-large seat on the Bargersville Town Council; Charlie Bourne, a Republican, for an at-large seat on the Prince’s Lakes Town Council; and Nancy Kehl, a Republican, for Bargersville clerk-treasurer.</p><p>More than 50 seats are on the ballot in cities and towns across Johnson County this year. So far, 43 candidates have filed.</p><p>Major party candidates have until noon on Feb. 8 to file.</p>