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==Recommending Tommy Davis as his successor==

==Recommending Tommy Davis as his successor==

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The day after Robertson's funeral, a letter written by Robertson earlier in 2013 was released by Wanda Pittman, Robertson's executive assistant. It reveals that Robertson and his wife recommend that the city council choose Marvin Thomas "Tommy" Davis the District D member, as the next mayor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20130702/NEWS01/307020015/Minden-mayor-picks-successor-before-his-death|title=Minden mayor picks successor before his death: Bill Robertson wants Tommy Davis as interim|publisher=''Shreveport Times'', July 1, 2013|accessdate=July 2, 2013}}</ref> First elected in 2006, Davis was until his election as mayor the only Republican on the current city council.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/09302006/09302006_60.html|title=Webster Parish primary election returns, September 30, 2006|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=July 2, 2013}}</ref> A businessman, Davis is a native of Stephens, Arkansas.​

The day after Robertson's funeral, a letter written by Robertson earlier in 2013 was released by Wanda Pittman, Robertson's executive assistant. It reveals that Robertson and his wife recommend that the city council choose Marvin Thomas "Tommy" Davis the District D member, as the next mayor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20130702/NEWS01/307020015/Minden-mayor-picks-successor-before-his-death|title=Minden mayor picks successor before his death: Bill Robertson wants Tommy Davis as interim|publisher=''Shreveport Times'', July 1, 2013|accessdate=July 2, 2013}}</ref>

 

On July 11, 2013, the Minden City Council ignored Robertson's request and instead named one of the three African-American council members, Mayor Pro Tem Joseph Burgess Cornelius, Sr. (born 1942), as the interim mayor. Cornelius was elected in District A in 2010. The vote to appoint Cornelius was three-to-two along racial lines.<ref name=keel>KEEL Radio, Shreveport, Louisiana, July 11, 2013.</ref> Joe Cornelius, Sr., as he is known, formerly resided in [[New York City]] and in Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&qf=Joe&qmi=&qn=Cornelius&qcs=Minden%2C+LA&focusfirst=0|title=Joe Cornelius in Minden, LA|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=July 2, 2013}}</ref> On July 15, 2013, the council named Wayne Edwards, the runner-up to Cornelius in the 2010 primary election,<ref name=octelection/> to succeed Cornelius. Edwards then won the seat in the October 19 special election which brought Davis to the mayor's office for a term of just over one year.<ref>"Edwards named to city council", ''Minden Press-Herald'', July 15, 2013, p. 1.</ref>

First elected in 2006, Davis was until his election as mayor the only Republican on the current city council.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/09302006/09302006_60.html|title=Webster Parish primary election returns, September 30, 2006|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=July 2, 2013}}</ref> A businessman, Davis is a native of Stephens, Arkansas.

 

On July 11, 2013, the Minden City Council ignored Robertson's request and instead named one of the three African-American council members, Mayor Pro Tem Joseph Burgess Cornelius, Sr. (born 1942), as the interim mayor. Cornelius was elected in District A in 2010. The vote to appoint Cornelius was three-to-two along racial lines.<ref name=keel>KEEL Radio, Shreveport, Louisiana, July 11, 2013.</ref> Joe Cornelius, Sr., as he is known, formerly resided in [[New York City]] and in Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&qf=Joe&qmi=&qn=Cornelius&qcs=Minden%2C+LA&focusfirst=0|title=Joe Cornelius in Minden, LA|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=July 2, 2013}}</ref>

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