Government quick takes on elections, property taxes

• The first of two weeks of advance voting for the three contested seats on Eatonton City Council, and for the vacant District 3 seat on the Putnam Board of Commissioners saw an underwhelming voter turnout. By late last Friday afternoon, only 254 of the city’s 4,043 eligible registered voters had cast ballots in the races for mayor, at-large council member, and Wards 2 and 3 councilmember. That…