The first black mayor of a small Alabama city won the election this week, four years later when he said that white residents put him out of the town hall and Refused to serve him,
According to the results posted by the city, the handy mayor Patrick Brexon was elected as the mayor of Newbern, winning 66 votes in 26 of his opponent. His victory put a break mark in a dispute over the control of the city government, which attracted national attention.
Brexon said in a telephone interview on Wednesday night, “People came out and talked and voted. Now, there is no doubt what they want for this city.”
The election was the first of the city since at least the 1960s on Tuesday, which was held under a federal settlement. Black residents filed a lawsuit, challenging what they said to the city’s “hand-me-down governance” and refused to serve Brexon after being unopposed to the mayor in 2020.
The number of residents of Newbern is only 133 people. a library, the town hallA business and a glowing caution light anchor downtown, about 40 miles west of Selma.
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The Mayor-Course government of Newbern was not voted for six decades. Instead, city officials captured the posts “Hand-Me-Down”, each mayor appointed a successor, who appointed members of the council, according to the trial filed by Brexon and others and was reviewed by CBS News.
The result was a heavy white government in a city, where black residents beat white inhabitants 2–1. Only one black person ever served in the city council.
A volunteer was eligible to run to the fire fighter Brexon, 2020 for the post of mayor’s nonpartison. He said he ran away because he was “worried that the Town Council and Mayor were not responding to the needs of the black community in Newbern”. In his trial, he alleged that the previous mayor gave him false information about how to run for the office.
Brexon was the only candidate for the mayor in 2020, a mayor-election without an election. He alleged that the leaders of the previous city had not provided a public notice about the election. Then he appointed a new city council, as by other mayors. Brexon asked both black and white inhabitants to serve, but no white resident agreed to join their council, according to the trial.
But the locks were changed several times in the town hall, and Brexon was denied access to the city’s financial accounts. His trial also alleged that members of the Outgoing Council held a secret meeting to establish a special election and “cheated themselves again as the city council.”
“I didn’t get a chance to serve in a year in five years,” Brexon said, “Brexon who captured the office last year after a three -year legal battle.
City officials refused to do wrong things, arguing in court filing that Brexon’s claim to be the mayor was “invalid”.
The settlement agreement included a promise to hold a Mayor in 2025.
Brexon had a challenge this time – a white auctioner and rialtar, Leird Cole.
Madison Hallon, a program manager of political campaigns for SPLC Action Fund, said on Thursday, “The choice of Mayor Brexon represents a significant turn for Newbern, restores democratic rule, ensures fair representation, and confirms that every resident receives voice in his local government.” The group supported Brexon in the race.
The Mayor said that the victory of his victory should “end any doubt, if people want me, people were hanging in their heads.”
“It feels good for the second time,” Brexon said.
