Police Jury convenes today to call special election for District D’s vacant seat

Police Jury Vacant Seat – District D (Generic file photo)

By JIM BUTLER

The Police Jury will hold a special meeting at 2 p.m. today to call a special election to fill the late Theodore Fountaine III’s unexpired term.

Fountaine was elected in October to a four-year District D term which begins in January, when his current term expires.

The agenda notice makes no reference to selection of an interim appointment.