Former Garland City Council Member, District 8
My daughter asked me what we could do to spread education and laughter during this time. Since we’ve been working through the Do’s and Do Nots lately, we thought we might share our list with you. Hopefully you can find Read More …
This Page Last Updated: Thursday March 27, 2020, 01:38 CDT The state of Texas is NOT under a lock down or shelter in place order as of 3pm, Sun March 22. Dallas County IS under a shelter in place order Read More …
This evening the Garland City Council met to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic and consider what actions we should (or should not) take in response. We heard presentations from a number of departments including health, police, fire, courts, parks, and libraries. Read More …
One of the issues that I ran on in 2017 was improving veteran’s services in Garland. I’m proud to say that over the past 3-4 years, Garland is taking meaningful steps to serve the men and women that have Read More …
Much of a council member’s “free” time is taken up with working within our sub-committees. As chairman of the Administrative Services Committee (the catch-all committee for questions of city administrative policy, taxes, council policy, protocols, etc) we stay extremely busy. Read More …
Congressman Allred (CD 32) recently announced that the Baylor/VA deal is in its final phase. He will make a formal announcement once the deal has been completed. When will it open? The final purchase agreement is scheduled to close on Read More …
In 2018, a group of concerned citizens met at Lakewood Baptist Church. The discussion covered an older, informal study, and inquiry from the 1990’s. There were environmental concerns about cancer rates in the Williams Estates / Meadowlark area of District Read More …
The future funding of the Garland Day Labor Center is being debated by the Garland City Council as a part of our annual budget process. This blog post covers the history, operations, financing, and future of the facility from my Read More …
Several people have recently asked: Why Garland does not allow sales of liquor/distilled spirits in ‘package stores’ in the city, but we do allow drinks to be individually poured and served in restaurants? In reality, the city has very little Read More …
SB 944 – Public Information Recently the Texas Legislature passed new rules around public information and retention, and I’ve been asked by a number of people to look at the bill and weigh in on it. Our state’s philosophy on Read More …