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Former Garland City Council Member, District 8

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Thank You!

May 20, 2023May 28, 2023 rjsmith

The City Charter states that Council Members can be in office for up to three terms prior to having to take a full, one-term break. I have hit my six year mark this year, and must step aside for the Read More …

Council

ARPA

October 20, 2021October 20, 2021 rjsmith

ARPA is the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which was signed into law in March of 2021 by President Biden. One aspect of the law is funding for local governments for ‘lost revenue’. This is calculated by a series Read More …

Bond 2019, Council, Smart Spending

GP&L FAQ

July 28, 2021July 29, 2021 rjsmith

Disclaimer: This is my personal understanding of how everything works. This is not an official publication of either GP&L or the City of Garland, and does not represent the opinion of the Garland City Council. Here are my answers to Read More …

Council, Policy

A Final Term

November 27, 2020 rjsmith

It’s hard to believe that four years have passed since I announced my first campaign. Since then we’ve gone through a city charter election, three mayors, a tornado, a pandemic, a bond program, and more slices of pie that I’d Read More …

Council, District Agenda, Election 2021

Veterans Services

January 4, 2020January 4, 2020 rjsmith

  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 …

Council, Election 2017, Healthcare, Veterans Affairs

Admin Services Committee Update

January 2, 2020January 13, 2020 rjsmith

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 …

Council

The Garland Day Labor Center (Closed)

August 22, 2019December 5, 2023 rjsmith

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 …

Council, Policy, Safe Streets, Smart Spending

Safelight, Revisited

March 21, 2019March 22, 2019 rjsmith

As a wise man once said, “You never know what the Texas legislature is going to do”. While the debate continues in Austin over the future of red light cameras in Texas, the city council has not been idle on Read More …

Council, Safe Streets, Transportation

Healthcare – A New Beginning

March 7, 2019March 21, 2019 rjsmith

(Due to demand, here’s a downloadable PDF version of this article) 24 months ago, during the spring of 2017 we heard the news that Baylor Garland was looking to sell but would stick around until they had a new owner. Read More …

Council, Healthcare, Local Business, Planning and Zoning

State Highway 78 Realignment

February 22, 2019March 8, 2019 rjsmith

—– As I was writing this post, another blogger hit the net with a different point of view on the SH78 issue that council recently worked on. My post is a higher level view of that issue, and only partially Read More …

Council, Safe Streets, Transportation

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