In the candidate's own words
Murrell described serving a third term on the City Council, currently as mayor pro tem, and called being mayor the next logical step.
I am deeply invested in Radcliff’s number one asset, its people and its pets.
My longevity of civic and community leadership reflects my passion and readiness to serve. The best predictor of future performance is past performance and for decades I have been initiating, organizing, and implementing everything from the first celebrate Radcliff Cultural Festival in 2019 to this year organizing the veteran banners that are now posted to honor our veterans.
Murrell said her first 30 days would include an orientation for council members with a strategic plan covering our strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
Murrell said the number one budget priority is police and fire, code enforcement, cleaning up our business corridors and sidewalks.
Murrell said she has a vision and goals to revitalize and expand our public parks and would like to use close to 40 acres the city owns for a community park expansion without raising taxes, in baby steps over time we will see a big difference in our quality of life and positive mindset shift.
Summary in the candidate's own words (Toshie Murrell's text message, Oct. 22, 2026), unedited; replaces the AI-generated summary at her request