
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 …
Garland City Council District 8
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 …
With the annual budget passed and a number of new initiatives in flight, I wanted to provide everyone with a general District 8 update. Unfortunately we still can’t hold a town hall meeting due to COVID-19, but I look forward Read More …
This evening we passed an ordinance that revamped our sidewalk repair program. Agenda item 2j: Consider an ordinance amending multiple provisions of Chapter 31, Article IX, “Construction or Repair of Sidewalks,” of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Read More …
UPDATE 7/2/2020: Executive Order GA-29 Requires masks in public and private facilities. Read the governor’s order HERE Order Summary: The order requires Texans living in counties with 20 or more positive COVID-19 cases to wear a face covering over the Read More …
In a previous post, I discussed the ongoing environmental testing in the southern end of District 8 in the Meadowlark neighborhood (Shiloh @ Forest). The neighborhood expressed its concerns to me two years ago regarding a potential cancer cluster, contamination Read More …
Today, the Veteran’s Administration acquired the old Baylor Garland site that was closed in early 2018. This marks the end of three long years of effort by multiple levels of government to preserve and re-use the $400M+ facility. My thanks Read More …
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 …