Chronicle Covers BRLFE Case Hearing In Austin July 25th!

Click title link for more on the case hearing granted after 1000+ homeowners, Pearland, Brazoria County officials, dozens of neighborhoods and politicians (except for GFBCEDC, Fort Bend Commissioners & Missouri City Council) push for contested hearing!

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FB Star Looks At New Make-up Of City Council--

Missouri City women make history

By Barbara Fulenwider
History was made in Missouri City when District C Council Member Barbara Gibson was sworn into office in May and joined District A Council Member Eunice Reiter. They made history because it was the first time two women had served on city council simultaneously.

With the votes of the runoff canvassed on June 25, District B Council Member Cynthia Gary was sworn into office at Missouri City’s July 2 council meeting and more history was made. Gary is the first black woman to serve on council and now there are three women serving at the same time. When Reiter was first elected to office 13 years ago she became the third woman to ever serve. The first woman elected to council was Carol Eguia who served from 1978 to 1981.

The second was Maris Reynolds, who was in elected in 1985 and held office until 1991. . .

. . .On July 2 a beaming Gary, who ran against an incumbent and soundly defeated

him in the runoff, was sworn in before a room of supporters who stood and clapped well after she had raised her right hand and taken her oath of office. After the oath was administered by Mayor Allen Owen, he said gesturing toward her seat on the dais, “All right council member, take your seat,” and there was more long and loud applause as she did.

Gary is a southwest Houston native who has lived in Missouri City for 25 years. She received a bachelor of science degree in chemistry and a master’s degree in sociology at Prairie View A&M. She is currently working toward on a doctorate at Texas A&M. She and her husband of 25 years have three sons and work as real estate investors. (click the title link above for the full story)

MCC/CRD comment:

A more different group of elected officials couldn't be more possible. You have two Owen backed council members and one reform council member. The real history is that for the first time a non "insider" was elected and will attempt to bring about more changes and is leading the reform spear-head on a council that has been characterized as out of touch and linked closely with Houston development special interests (that is what makes Reiter's comment so interesting and somewhat misleading IMO).

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Houston Chronicle Covers FBISD Board Races

Trustee contests exist in Fort Bend, Lamar school districts

Contests exist for both Fort Bend ISD positions on the May 12 ballot.

One of three incumbents in the Lamar Consolidated Independent School District is not seeking re-election. Each of three positions is contested.

No contest exists for either of two trustee positions in the Needville Independent School District.

The filing deadline was 5 p.m. Monday.

In the Fort Bend Independent School District, the contests are:

• Position 3: Bob Broxson, 50, business consultant, is running against incumbent trustee Lisa Rickert, 44, a computer consultant.

• Position 7: Incumbent Ken Bryant, 53, an attorney, faces four challengers. Also running for Position 7 are Ann Hopkins, 58, a FBISD school administrator; Noel Pinnock, 33, a Houston Independent School District educator; David Reitz, 42, a manager at AT&T; and Daniel Menendez, 36, an engineer. . .(click the title link above for the full story).


Comment: Sienna area residents should seriously consider voting in the district elections. Although Sienna Plantation residents can't participate in the Missouri City council races, some local homeowners are actively supporting city candidates that support our issues (Landfill Opposition, Repeal Ordinance 46-4, No More High Density Multi-family Housing, Pushing for a healthcare facility for our city and our long promised firestation). If you can't vote in the Mo-City races then consider supporting the candidates now running against those on council who voted 5-2 for more apartments here in our community and the increases in our MUD bond debt through our Master MUD 1 (unelected MUD board).

Contact these candidates to support them: Rodney Griffin (District A), Kevin Tunstall (District C), & Lou Hunter (District B). See their info below:

http://elect.kdtunstall.com/
kdtunstall@houston.rr.com -- Tunstall

griffin7918@sbcglobal.net -- Griffith

louhhunter@yahoo.com -- Hunter

FBISD Missouri City Area Candidate Noel Pinnock can be reached at -- noelpinnock@gmail.com

Get Local Elected Officials Finance Reports Free at KMBBB (formerly Brazosriver.com -- click this title link)

Brazosriver.com (now KMBBB.com) is run by former FB Star reporter and Richmond area resident Susan Bankston. A political site with much insider information and interesting opinion (not endorsed by MCC but certainly becoming a source for the latest breaking local political news --readers advisory suggested on the site -- some harsh language). One of the most helpful sources on the site is the free campaign finance reports of some of our more colorful local politicians in pdf format (she notes that our county, unlike many others, doesn't like to provide them via the county website, so she does it as a service with some commentary (an interesting read at which companies support which incumbents).

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