DECATUR, Ala. (WHNT) — Decatur City Councilman Hunter Pepper has announced he is not running for mayor after all and seemingly signaled he might be ending his career in public service.
In a now-deleted post on his re-election Facebook page on Tuesday, Pepper posted a picture of a “mayoral candidate packet” along with an announcement that he will be entering Decatur’s Mayoral race.
However, roughly an hour later, Pepper announced he had withdrawn his candidacy.
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“Today, I qualified for mayor to prove a point. Anyone with $50 (or for free) can walk into a clerk’s office, “qualify” for mayor, and get 15 minutes of fame,” The councilman said. “Do. Your. Research. Choose a candidate who is going to continue to make our city prosperous and a better place. Our city needs leadership that I do not have the ability or knowledge to give…