A disturbing and illegal trend in telephone marketing may be in use locally, targeting certain Murphy residents with calls that appear to originate from the City of Murphy, according to City Manager James Fisher. The practice is known as the Caller-ID Spoofing scam.

On Saturday, May 11, candidates and their support teams lined the east side of City Hall to greet voters, grill hot dogs, hand out water and generally enjoy a relaxing day under the shade of their canopies.   Those stationed in the Miller Elementary School parking lot however were in a panic over learning that election officials inside were turning away Murphy voters and sending them to Southfork Mobile Home Park to vote.

Of the 10,164 registered voters in Murphy, a total of 1,270 either early-voted or voted on Saturday, representing a 12.5% turnout. 

MAYOR – ERIC BARNA ELECTED

In the race for Mayor, Eric Barna (676 votes/59.25%) defeated current Mayor Pro-Tem John Daugherty (465 votes/40.75%). This is an unexpired term that Mayor Bret Baldwin did not complete.  

PLACE 1 – OWAIS SIDDIQUI ELECTED

Place 1’s new face on Council will be Owais Siddiqui (626 votes/51.23%). He defeated incumbent Deputy Mayor Pro-Tem Colleen Halbert (410 votes /33.55%) and new candidate Peter Hall (186 votes 15.22%).

PLACE 2 – BEN ST. CLAIR ELECTED

Two new candidates ran for Place 2 on Council and Ben St. Clair (629 votes/60.19%) defeated Eric Lopez (416 votes/39.81%).

PLACE 3 – SCOTT BRADLEY ELECTED

Two incumbents from other seats ran for the Place 3 unexpired one-year term.  Scott Bradley (529 votes/52.17%) defeated Dave Brandon (485 votes/47.83%).

PLACE 4 – BETTY SPRAGGINS ELECTED

Betty Spraggins (729 votes/100%) ran unopposed and will serve at Place 4 on Council. 

PLACE 6 – ROB THOMAS ELECTED

Place 6 also had two new candidates running for Council.  Rob Thomas (569 votes/54.87%) defeated Natalie Montgomery (468 votes/45.13%).

PLACE 2 PISD SCHOOL BOARD – CARROLYN MOEBIUS

Murphy resident Carrolyn Moebius (7767 votes/47.81%) was successful in defeating three other candidates in her run for a second term on the Plano School District Board of Trustees. In that election 21,404 ballots were cast out of a possible 186,646 which reflected an 11.5% turnout.

Murphy residents who live on Moonlight Drive addressed City Council during an April 16 regular meeting saying that they intend to ask the city to close a portion of Moonlight Drive to through traffic.

Early voting for the May 11 General Election, which will result in the election of a new mayor and a few new faces on the Murphy City Council, starts on Monday, April 29 and continues through Tuesday, May 7, according to Kristi Gilbert, City Secretary.