February 2012
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Jeremy and I are home from a fun weekend in Austin, which included the campaign headquarters opening for Mayor Lee Leffingwell, who is running for his second term. The mayor promoted increased voter participation, transparency in spending, “Austin’s checkbook online for everyone to see”, and access to elected officials. Wow.
Grapevine deserves the same!
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My Letter to the Editor, 13 February 2012
Dear Editor,
In your Feb. 8 edition, a letter writer discusses term limits and Grapevine City Council member’s incentive to run and remain in office by stating wrongly, “there is no incentive in being a council member.” Actually, there are incentives, which are unparalleled in our neighboring cities and across most of Texas.
Council members report more than $10,000.00 annually...
Home from a marathon council meeting in which more than a dozen residents spoke passionately for and against proposed changes to Nash Farm.
Among those speaking on the side of preservation, the co-chairs of the Nash Farm Capital Campaign — I was in the same second grade class as their son at Colleyville Elementary — and a father who brought along his two sons — the younger...
