The Candidate’s Debate By Jim Satterwhite

Posted by Jim Satterwhite | Feb 3, 2020 | FRIENDLEE PLACE HOME, NEWS | 0 |

The Candidate’s Debate By Jim Satterwhite

Candidates hawk t-shirts and take orders for yard signs at the entrance of the Paul Matthews Auditorium Thursday.

The Hunt County Republican Party was the host of Candidate Forums held Thursday evening at the Greenville High School auditorium. The auditorium was filled with primary voters wanting to compare the candidates with one another and see them side by side “warts and all”. Three candidates for county commissioner in Precinct One, two in Precinct Three, two Hunt County judges, and three running for state representative from District Two were on stage.

Greenville native and rancher Mark Hutchens, current commissioner Eric Evans, and Celeste homeowner Dan Dalton are vying for the nomination to County Commissioner in Precinct One on election day, March 3^rd. Hunt County native Jay Atkins and Interim Judge Bobby Stovall are running for the former seat held by Judge John Horn. Current representative Dan Flynn of Van is being challenged by Dwayne Collins of Edom and Bryan Slaton of Sulphur Springs.

While Friendlee News does not endorse any particular candidate or political party, we do urge all eligible voters to go to the polls on Tuesday, March 3^rd and cast your vote for the candidate best able to fulfill his or her campaign promises.

About The Author

Jim Satterwhite

Boxcar Jim Satterwhite I was not always known as Boxcar Jim (who would have imagined) but earned the name at a railroad trade show in Chicago in 1988. I left Greenville in 1968 for an Air Force career that spanned twenty years. I had just retired in 1988 and started my company, Coastline Rail. I joined with an associate, John Licht. We acquired a fleet of used gondola cars and sold them to Steel Processing. The company would later be known as Progress Rail and merge with Caterpillar to be a major player in the railroad scrap business. John and I walked into the hospitality suite in the penthouse of the Chicago Hilton in September and the owner of the company announced “Boxcar Jim”. I lived with that name for the last 31-years. My lovely bride, Nancy, and I lived in Hendersonville, Tennessee. We met all of the Grand Old Opry stars. Roy Acuff, Johnny Cash, the Oak Ridge Boys, Roy Orbison, Dottie West and many others. Eventually, I was recruited by another company specializing in railroad equipment and moved to Mt. Pleasant, North Carolina in 1995. Nancy and I moved back home to Greenville in 2001 where I continued to run Coastline Rail. About that time, I met Friendlee at a little place called Clyde’s Shoe Repair. Our friendship has gone on for eighteen years. I became a writer for Hunt County News. Friendlee and other investors purchased the company and it became Friendlee News. We now have YouTube TV shows, a live production every Wednesday from the Texan Theater and now a streaming radio station known as Friendlee Radio. Texans, Legends and Outlaws! I look forward to bringing you “The Good News”.