Local Elections that Matter to Sienna & Sienna Area Residents (We can’t vote in all of them but they will impact us)-
Comments: For those of you keeping up with area politics this season it is rather complex, but a classic struggle is in the making. In the snip-its provided below (all front-page pieces from local papers this past week) the voting in Arcola and Missouri City will impact our area significantly due to the fact that control of the Arcola city council frequently decides what will happen with the on-again off-again airport expansion controversy. All of the current incumbents with the exception of Rosie Rojas supported the expansion that would have negatively impacted our area and many others. Tom Hilton’s group, “Citizens for Better Government”, are attempting to retake local control of their council at the mayors seat and two other positions. If you are an Arcola resident please get out and vote for those candidates. Most of the communities impacted by this vote, because of the airport controversy, have no say in this except at the county level.
Also locally an election that many Sienna residents can’t take part in, but should because of the developers agreement with Missouri City, is the mayor’s race. For the first time in over a decade special interest & developer-backed incumbent Allen Owen will face a challenger in Greyling Poats, a Mo-City resident who has fought the airport expansion and the 2700 apartments now slated for our area courtesy of Johnson Development and their Mayor Owen. Wish we could vote in this one but we are in the ETJ. Do encourage your friends that live in Mo-City to get involved and vote for Greyling and local control!
Finally, make sure to vote in the FBISD BOT elections. Some clear choices exist and should gain our thoughtful consideration. Two independent candidates that are running for former developer-backed Bruce Bain's seat, which he is not seeking this time around, is Liz Mitton (Sugar Land) & Rodrigo Carreon (Fresno). Both of these candidates support a return to local control and a rational zoning plan. Mitton has even touted support for developer kick-in on new schools that are placed in their mega-developments (a great idea to help reduce over-crowding). Stay tuned for more as this progresses and support Mitton, Carreon, Hilton, Poats and other independent non-special interest candidates now running in our area (ck their contributions list to learn more before you vote). These issues do impact our quality of life here and our eventual resale values on our homes, zoning, etc., so get involved!
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Snip-its:
Fort Bend hopefuls, incumbents throw hats in the political ring (from http://www.fortbendstar.com/031506/s_Fort%20Bend%20hopefuls,%20incumbents%
20throw%20hats%20in%20the%20political%20ring.htm)
By Barbara Fulenwider
Missouri City, Stafford, Fort Bend ISD, and the Fort Bend County Water Control & Improvement District No. 2 will hold elections and Sugar Land, Meadows Place and Stafford Municipal School District will not.
Missouri City Mayor Allen Owen will seek another term as mayor as will incumbent Councilmen at Large Jerry Wyatt and Buddy Jimerson. Unlike recent past years when Owen was the only person who filed to run for the mayor’s job, this year he will run against Greyling Byron Poats.
The challenger is an insurance agent who has lived in Missouri City one month shy of 25 years. Owen, a manager of 12 Wells Fargo Bank branches in Fort Bend County, has lived in Missouri City for almost 30 years and been mayor for 12 years. . .
Fort Bend ISD will definitely have an election for two positions on the board. The two positions up for grabs are Position 2, which Sue Hauenstein held since 1997, and Position 2, which Bruce Bain held for 10 years. Neither incumbent is running for re-election but four hopefuls have filed to run for each of the two board chairs.
Candidates for Position 2 are Hal Jay, business owner; Sonal Bhuchar, physical therapist; Steven Dieu, assistant attorney general, and James Walker, accountant. Candidates who have filed to run for Position 6 are former board member Steve Smelley, sales manager; Wayne Howard, retired FBISD teacher; Liz Mitton, communications consultant, and Rodrigo Carreon, electrician. . .
Top News From the Fort Bend Sun (http://www.hcnonline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16293993&BRD=1574&PAG=461&dept_id=532245&rfi=6)
Mitton enters school board race
By: Diane Tezeno, News Reporter
Community activist and owner of the "Save our Schools" web blog, Liz Mitton, has entered the election fray.
. . . Greyling Poats, Missouri City resident and owner of an insurance company, has filed to run against Missouri City Mayor Allen Owen.
As of press time, no candidates have filed to challenge incumbents Jerry Wyatt, and Buddy Jimerson, at-large councilmen. . .
City election slates finalized
By B.J. Pollock
From the Fort Bend Herald (get the full story at: http://www.herald-coaster.com/articles/2006/03/14/news/news03.txt)
Monday was the last day for candidates in the May 13 to file for election in city and municipal utility district races across the county. . .
Missouri City
Mayor Allen Owen is being challenged by Greyling Poats for the city's top office.
Incumbent councilmen Jerry Wyatt and Buddy Jimerson face no opposition in their bids for reelection.
Arcola
Mayor Alvin Gipson is being challenged for his office by Tom Tuffly and Mike Saenz.
Incumbents Florence A. Jackson and Rosie Rojas has filed for reelection to their at-large positions on city council, and are being challenged by Tom Hilton, Michael A. Saenz, Leroy Jackson Jr., Mary Etta Anderson and Dave Villarreal.
Incumbent Rodney Goff is being challenged by James DeVoge for the unexpired term on council. . .
--Stay informed and keep in touch!
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Committee for Responsible Development-Mo-City Group
Responsible_dvlpmnt@yahoo.com
http://missouricitychatter.blogspot.com
Missouri City, TX
posted by responsible_dvlpmnt at Friday, March 17, 2006
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See related blurb:
From FortBendNow.com:
Greyling Poats Running Against Allen Owen For Missouri City Mayor
by Bob Dunn, Mar 11, 08:43 am
Businessman Greyling Poats has announced he’ll run for Missouri City mayor against incumbent Allen Owen, who has held the position since 1994. Poats said he filed to run for office on Thursday.
Poats, a long-time insurance representative for State Farm in the Missouri City area, said he decided to run “because the level of apathy in local government has reached a critical mass… It became apparent to me that we needed true local representation on some of the more controversial growth issues ongoing in our community.”
According to his campaign announcement, Greyling, a resident of the city’s Oakwick Forest subdivision, has made numerous appearances before the Missouri City Council on issues “ranging from disparity in development along the FM 2234 corridor to the controversial apartments scheduled to be built this year.”
He said he supports “value-added growth that enhances the quality of life and community over the long term, and will work with the communities most impacted by these growth issues that often get ignored by the current administration under Owen.”
Poats said he met with a community group several months ago and outlined some of the shared concerns they agreed should be addressed during a new administration. These include:
→ “Restoring honesty and integrity to our local council and especially with regard to the administration.”
→ “Retaking local control from the special interests now operating and profiting in our community.”
→ “Pledging not to accept out-of-area special interest contributions and to represent this community’s wants and needs.”
→ “Real tax relief that keeps quality of life as its core principle.”
→ “Reduce disparity in development in some areas of Missouri
City. The focus of a new administration would be on protecting homeowners’ value throughout Missouri City, and not just newer areas.”
This just in as a comment posted from FBNow.com that you all may want to know about:
Howdy,
I went to TxDOT Aviaition a while back asking questions about the proposed 953 foot extension of the runway to the east. They denied that there was any plans to extend the runway, and that they were simply wanting for the airport to purchase the 2,000 foot section of property extending eastward for a “Safety Zone”. The plans still show the runway being extended however. Now, the consulting firm that the airport hired to negotiate land purchases is talking to people on the EAST side of FM 521 looking to acquire their homes. There were 36 properties over there that were to be condemned via the feasibility study – Griffith is still trying to make it happen.
This thing won’t go away until Arcola steps up with a Plan for their own city – right now, the Planning Commission is one man – Jamie Griffith.
Never mind that his airport is currently out of compliance with FAA safety standards, they are wanting to make it even MORE unsafe. And, our City, State, and Federal governments all have a hand in it (aka hand in the cookie jar).
All the best,
Tom Hilton
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