By Caleb Bedillion Daily Journal TUPELO – Amid a low-key election season in the All-America City, the Ward 2 City Council race stands out for some hard edges and sharp words. First-term incumbent Lynn Bryan, a 54-year old construction contractor, hopes to win re-election. To do so, he must fend off challenger Phillip Thomason, a 74-year-old retired nurse anesthetist who is simultaneously engaged in civil litigation against Bryan over allegations of business misdeeds. BRYAN THOMASON Bryan says he’ll respond to Thomason’s claims via the legal system and has focused his campaign on what he touts as a successful record in city government over the last four years. To continue that success, Bryan says another term in needed. “It takes a year just to figure it out.