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Garland City Council District 8

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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

VA Hospital Update

November 14, 2019January 31, 2020 rjsmith

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 …

Healthcare, Local Business

Meadowlark Environmental Testing

October 9, 2019October 10, 2019 rjsmith

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 …

Neighborhoods

The Garland Day Labor Center

August 22, 2019August 28, 2019 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

Liquor Sales

July 22, 2019July 22, 2019 rjsmith

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 …

Local Business, Policy

SB 944 (86R) Public Information

July 12, 2019July 12, 2019 rjsmith

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 …

Texas Legislature

86th Legislative Session Update

July 8, 2019July 9, 2019 rjsmith

The 86th legislature concluded in May, and it has taken awhile for me to put together a list of the bills and their impact on Garland. This is not strictly a city council obligation on my part, but I usually Read More …

Planning and Zoning, Policy, Texas Legislature, Transportation

Build Garland 2019, Moving Forward

May 5, 2019 rjsmith

Yesterday Garland voters passed all nine propositions on the ballot. Eight of those were bond items, totaling $423.7 million. Voters in District 8 strongly supported the majority of the bond proposals as well. In the coming weeks we’ll prioritize the Read More …

Bond 2019, Election 2019

2019 Municipal Election Results

May 4, 2019May 5, 2019 rjsmith

Click Here for Official Dallas County Election Results Garland Summary as of 23:55 CT, Saturday May 4th City Council Mayor LeMay, Scott – 4,555 – 100% District 3 Nickerson, Jerry – 665 – 53.98% Stanley, Stephen – 567 – 46.02% Read More …

Election 2019

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