Spartanburg's Political Divide: City Council Locked In Bitter Partisan Battle

Webcity council will take up a second and final reading of the new district boundaries at their next meeting on wednesday, march 29. In other business, council. Webformer district 5 councilman jerome rice was sworn in as the mayor, succeeding former mayor junie white.

Webthe spartanburg city council unanimously passed a resolution monday apologizing for racism past and present, acknowledging systemic inequality, and calling. Webwithout discussion, spartanburg county council on monday gave final approval to its redistricting plan that maintains a black population majority in the district. Webwith 100% of the precincts reporting tuesday night, salley defeated three opponents with 50. 98% of the votes, according to unofficial results from the. Webspartanburg — beginning in early 2022, the redistricting process will begin in spartanburg to redraw some of the city's six city council districts to reflect. All city residents live within one of six city council districts, each represented by a council member. Cathy mccabe and jerome.