Election in

the town of Brooks will be a non-event.

The current

mayor, Bobby Butler, and Post 2 Councilman Jackie Carson qualified to

run again in their respective posts.

Post 1 is currently

held by Caroline Smith, who declined to run again.

Qualifying

ended Sept. 14 with no one applying for the position. After Sept. 14 anyone

applying to be on the ballot could do so by declaring to be a write-in

candidate, posting a notice in the county legal organ, and bringing proper

certification papers to the Elections Office.

Carolyn Combs,

Fayette County elections manager, said that Lewis Harper had placed an

ad that appeared last Friday and was expected to bring in his certification

Harper has

lived in Brooks for 11 years and is the deputy chief of the College Park

Police Department. He has previously served on the Land Use Plan Committee

for Brooks.

Combs said

because no one else qualified through the write-in procedure Harper was

automatically elected. He will be installed at the January 2002 council

meeting.