Poll: Readers support council decision

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InMaricopa.com readers agreed with the Maricopa City Council which resoundingly chose civic activist Peggy Chapados on Nov. 19 to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Alan Marchione.

She garnered 49 percent of the poll vote. Readers were asked to vote from the top eight candidates that councilmembers had whittled down from a field of 16.

The next top choice was Shawn Schlegel, at 26 percent of the vote.

Here’s how the voting shook out from the 144 readers responding to the poll:

Scott Blevins: 11 votes, 8 percent
Peggy Chapados: 68 votes, 49 percent
Lee Feiles: two votes, 1 percent
Rachel Laffall: two votes, 1 percent
Rosalinda O’Hare: 15 votes, 11 percent
Marlene Pearce: four votes, 3 percent
Shawn Schlegel: 36 votes, 26 percent
Phyllis Von Fleckinger: six votes, 4 percent