
Kevin Tunstall Announces Campaign Bid For Missouri City Council Position 2!Missouri City, Texas – March 12, 2010 - Kevin Tunstall, a local healthcare business owner and tax reform advocate, has announced his candidacy for the Missouri City council position 2 at large race. He was the only area candidate in 2008 to receive an endorsement from the Ron Paul presidential campaign and he has remained very active in local political issues over the years. When asked why he is again seeking to serve the voters ... Read more |
Chron: Richard Raymond Endorses Nina Schaefer In Fort Bend County District AttorWho are endorsing the DA candidates? March 12, 2010 By ZEN T.C. ZHENGHOUSTON CHRONICLERichmond attorney Nina Schaefer has gotten a boost in her bid to take over District Attorney John Healey’s long-held seat with endorsements from Sheriff Milton Wright and Richard Raymond, who didn’t get enough votes in the primary to make the runoff.Wright told me Thursday morning that he made the decision out of frustration with what he said was a lack of prosecution of ... Read more |
MCC: Surprising Number Of Candidates File For Mo-City ElectionsSurprising Number Of Candidates File For Mo-City Elections http://www.ultimatefortbend.com/2010/03/lenton-gary-files-against-longtime-mayor-owen-missouri-cityMo City mayor to face opposition in electionMarch 9, 2010 6:47 am Karen Hastings:Missouri City District B Councilwoman Cynthia Lenton-Gary filed Monday to challenge incumbent Mayor Allen Owen in what promises to be a busy May 8 City Council race.By the 5 p.m. deadline, four candidates were signed up to vie for the open At Large Position 2 spot to be vacated by Councilman Buddy Jimerson.Insurance executive Judith ... Read more |
FBN: Mayor Allen Owen Kills Homeowners Exemption Ballot Measure In Missouri CityMore high jinks in MC city government... Follow the link below for the full story on how this mayor opposes all attempts at tax reform in "HIS" city. Note that over the last 5 years he has also raised the taxes on several opportunities and backs municipal lobbyist efforts to stop appraisal and property tax rate reforms at the state legislature......we will update this as ... Read more |
Extra: Healey Forced Into Run-off Election!!!FBN:Healey, Schaeffer Headed For RunoffBy: Jamie Mock on Tue, Mar 2, 2010 NewsSeventeen-year Fort Bend County District Attorney John Healey is headed for a runoff with Republican opponent Nina Schaefer after Primary Election totals show Healey with 47 percent of the vote and Schaefer with 32 percent. Republican candidate Richard Raymond totaled 20 percent.There is no Democrat challenger for the office.Dora Olivo, 11-year incumbent for State Representative District 27, has been ousted by challenger Ron ... Read more |
FB Star: Position 7 Candidate James Babb Shares Concerns About Current Trustees-FBISD B.O.T. – A Board increasingly divided from the community it servesJim Babb, FBISD Pos. 7 CandidateFBISD Board President Bob Broxson was recently quoted by a media source as saying:“It bothers me when people come up and give misleading information about how this board does its business. To hear people say that we are recklessly spending money is not true.” This statement appears to be in defense of his behavior during a contentious February 8, ... Read more |
FBH: Ron Reynolds Glosses Over Texas Bar SanctionsCOLUMN:Glossing over District 27 challenger underplays his State Bar penalty By Bob Haenel Published: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 11:31 AM CST Let me say up front, I made a mistake in a column on Jan. 27 with the vote count in the 2008 District 27 representative race. I gave incumbent Dora Olivo too many votes, and challenger Ron Reynolds not enough. In actuality, Olivo defeated Reynolds by 147 votes. A slim margin, to be sure, and the catchphrase of the column “What Wa... Read more |
FBN: Jenney Agrees To ‘Delay’ Global Science Center Opening Until 2012FBN: Jenney Agrees To ‘Delay’ Global Science Center Opening Until 2012By: Jamie Mock on Mon, Feb 15, 2010 NewsMore than 1,000 Fort Bend Independent School District employees submitted to the district ideas on how to reduce the looming $18 million deficit budget, and included in the suggestions was postponing the proposed Global Center for Science and Technology or abandoning the plan altogether.FBISD Superintendent Timothy Jenney sent an e-mail to employees at the end of last week, ... Read more |
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