STOCKBRIDGE— Mayor Mark Alarcon is taking credit for extending the early voting period for the Stockbridge mayoral and city council election that he is running in.
Alarcon, who was not elected mayor, is running for the seat he was appointed to after former mayor Lee Stuart was ousted last year.
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