03-03-2014: Lewisville City Council Meeting:  Please look over the Agenda - Short Version or the Long version with backup material.  If the links do not work, the City's site generates links that may change and therefore go to www.CityOfLewisville.com and look there. {Click Mayor and Council, then click City Council Meetings, then click 2013 Agendas and Minutes.}  Please look over the long version which has some backup material that might peak your interest.  The Following are items that I think might interest you most:

• 5:30 PM - WORKSHOP SESSION - Discussion of Regular Agenda Items and Consent Agenda Items. This is a regularly scheduled open meeting.  If you get there late, just walk in quietly and take a seat along the wall.
  • A. Financing Structures for Denton County Fresh Water Supply District Bonds
  • B. Review of Waste Management Franchise Options
  • C. Discussion of Regular Agenda Items and Consent Agenda Items
• 07:00 PM, Lewisville City Council Meeting:   Please see the agenda.  There are several items that you should look over.  If you are going to give input (do not have to speak unless you want to but speaking is better), fill out a card before the meeting starts.
  • ITEM 16. Consideration of a Franchise Ordinance for the Collection of Residential Garbage, Refuse, Yard Waste, Bulky Waste, Recyclables, and Multi-Family Recycling; and Containerized Commercial Solid Waste With Waste Management of Texas, Inc.

    ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS: The extension of the current franchise ordinance will expire on May 18, 2014. The existing agreement has been modified and includes options for Council to consider either retaining twice per week residential garbage collection (rate increase of $0.85/month) or movement to once per week garbage collection in 96- gallon carts (rate decrease of $1.11/month). Residential recycling service will remain as once per week in carts. The other decision point will be regarding mandatory multi-family recycling service. If Council opts for multi-family recycling addition options for service enhancement the initial rate will be $1.18 per apartment unit per month. The City of Lewisville Charter requires two readings of this ordinance, with 30 days in between.

    My Comments: This is a quality of life issue to me.  I like my stinky trash/garbage/throw-a-aways picked up twice a week and I am willing to pay the increased cost of $0.85/month to continue picking it up twice a week.   The council says that they are going to save the citizen $1.11 per month.  They will be talking about it at the workshop also.  You can speak at both times if you wish.  To be clear, I am against this change.
    After Meeting Comments:  It passed, Garbage will be once a week...  :(

  • ITEM 17. Consideration of a Supplemental Appropriation From the General Fund in the Amount of $1,750,000 for Land Purchases. ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS: Acquiring additional land is an important aspect of meeting the future needs of the City. Due to the limited availability of vacant land in Lewisville, City staff needs the ability to respond quickly to real estate opportunities as they arise. The current fund balance (after required operating reserves) in the General Fund can be used for land purchases.
    My Comments: What land are they going to buy that they need to have $1.75 Million on hand?  Sounds kind of shady to me....  In a time when they should be concentrating on getting out of debt, they want to pull money to buy land?  When I was on the Council, there was talks of buying more "green space" but in my opinion it was really to purchase land so that a few people could look at trees out their back window instead of roof tops.  I am not opposed to buying green space but that paradigm was started decades ago as part of mitigation to purchase non-buildable areas like flood ways and call them park areas.  I am not in favor of buying more green space adjacent to other park areas in order to prevent building on private property.  Again, the council is NOT saying what property they want to buy with the money.  What are they planning that they are not being transparent about?
    After Meeting Comments:  It passed.

02-23-2014:

• Early voting continues all across Texas – See my recommendations at http://gorena.org/voting-schedule.htm  for Denton County and State Elections.

  • 7A-7P all week thru Friday.

  • See the voting rosters at http://www.votedenton.com where can see who has voted and on which primary (Democratic or Republican).

  • Apparently voter turnout has been lower than past similar elections – at least in Lewisville. I think it is attributed to the new Voter ID law.

  • be sure that your spouse and friends go vote also.

• HEADLINE: Former Member of the Supreme Court Wants to Add These Five Words to the Second Amendment
  http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/02/21/former-member-of-the-supreme-court-wants-to-add-these-five-words-to-the-second-amendment/
  MY COMMENTS: The 2nd amendment is really intended to be two groups that are allowed to have arms.. One must really look at the way they wrote and spoke back then. The statements are basically that States can have a militia for security to be free and the other is about the people who have a right to bear arms so that they can protect themselves from an overbearing government - and that it "shall not be infringed."…. It truly is a checks and balances thing. There was a revolution for a reason… Does the Declaration of Independence ring a bell (1776)? So look at it as two statements on the same topic in the Bill of Rights (1789)..
  Amendment II as it was written (I colored it to emphasize the two statements):
  - A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
  And then what the Libtards want it to be which will totally change the original intent by removing a comma and adding the words to be one statement:
  A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms when serving in the militia shall not be infringed.
       Again, notice how the Founding Fathers write and Read more about the Bill of Rights (1789) at http://billofrightsinstitute.org/founding-documents/bill-of-rights/
  And see the transcript of the time at http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/bill_of_rights_transcript.html

• HEADLINE:Proposal to Split California Into Six States Clears Major Hurdle — Here Are the Proposed New States
  http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/02/22/proposal-to-split-california-into-six-states-clears-major-hurdle-here-are-the-proposed-new-states/
  MY COMMENTS: That would mean ten new senators from California.....  I would not want to see that.  They would ruin this County.

• HEADLINE: She Was Fired For Carrying a Concealed Weapon to Work In Violation of Company Policy — Now She’s Suing
  http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/02/22/she-was-fired-for-carrying-a-concealed-weapon-to-work-in-violation-of-company-policy-now-shes-suing/
  MY COMMENTS: It will be interesting to see if anything comes of this…. It will be about Business Rights...

• HEADLINE: She Allegedly Went on a Simple Jog in Her Toe Shoes. So Why Did She End Up Screaming and in Handcuffs? ‘I Didn’t F**king Do Anything Wrong!’
  http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/02/21/i-didnt-fking-do-anything-wrong-why-did-a-woman-allegedly-on-a-jog-end-up-screaming-and-in-handcuffs/
  MY COMMENTS: the majority of the population in Austin is very Liberal. And I wonder what they will do as they are arrested for no reason? I find it strange to arrest someone for jogging. I am glad I don’t jog. {Yeah yeah – I know it shows. :}}

• HEADLINE: White House Not Commenting on Federal Monitoring of Newsrooms
  http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/02/21/white-house-not-commenting-on-federal-monitoring-of-newsrooms/ 
  MY COMMENTS: Did you know that the Countries in the world were ranked about the freedom of their press? Did you know that the Reporters Without Borders ranked USA at 46th? YES, 46th! See http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/02/18/united-states-press-freedom-ranking-drops-sharply-report-says/ 

02-16-20144:  Early Voting Starts Tuesday...  See my Primary Recommendations.

01-27-2014: Lewisville City Council Meeting:  Please look over the Agenda - Short Version or the Long version with backup material.  If the links do not work, the City's site generates links that may change and therefore go to www.CityOfLewisville.com and look there. {Click Mayor and Council, then click City Council Meetings, then click 2013 Agendas and Minutes.}  Please look over the long version which has some backup material that might peak your interest.  The Following are items that I think might interest you most:

• 6:30 PM - WORKSHOP SESSION - Discussion of Regular Agenda Items and Consent Agenda Items. This is a regularly scheduled open meeting.
  • A. Discussion of Regular Agenda Items and Consent Agenda Items
• 07:00 PM, Lewisville City Council Meeting:   Please see the agenda.  There are several items that you should look over.
  • Item 10. Consideration of an Ordinance Amending Chapter 11, Signs, by Amending the Regulations Related to Political Signs.
    ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS: H.B. 259 (83rd R)) prohibits a city that owns a building used as a polling location from restricting electioneering while voting is taking place. The proposed ordinance establishes reasonable regulations concerning the time, place, and manner of electioneering on public property utilized as a polling site.

01-06-2014: Lewisville City Council Meeting:  Please look over the Agenda - Short Version or the Long version with backup material.  If the links do not work, the City's site generates links that may change and therefore go to www.CityOfLewisville.com and look there. {Click Mayor and Council, then click City Council Meetings, then click 2013 Agendas and Minutes.}  Please look over the long version which has some backup material that might peak your interest.  The Following are items that I think might interest you most:

• 6:30 PM - WORKSHOP SESSION - Discussion of Regular Agenda Items and Consent Agenda Items. This is a regularly scheduled open meeting.
  • A. Discussion of Regular Agenda Items and Consent Agenda Items
• 07:00 PM, Lewisville City Council Meeting:   Please see the agenda.  There are several items that you should look over.
  • Item 5. Second and Final Reading: Consideration of an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Lewisville, Texas Extending the Term of an Ordinance Granting a Collection of Residential Garbage, Refuse, Yard Waste, Bulky Waste, Recyclables and Containerized Commercial Solid Waste to Waste Management of Texas, Inc.; and Providing an Effective Date.
    My Comments: This is a quality of life issue to me.  I like my stinky trash/garbage/throw-a-aways picked up twice a week and I am willing to pay the increased cost of less than a dollar a month to continue picking it up twice a week.   The council says that they are going to save the citizen money by going to once a week.  Technically, they are correct but by how much? About $1.11 per month.  Or we could keep everything the same for about $0.95 cents more per month that we are paying now.  That is basically only $0.24 for each of the four extra pickups we could have.  I am willing to pay a whole quarter (a whole 25 cents) to keep each of those 4 pickups. I do not know when their decision was actually voted on to make this choice as I have not missed a meeting.  Their was a presentation on the options at the October 21, 2013 workshop meeting.  It was discussed but I do not remember an official vote to make the change in the regular council meeting.
  • Item H. CLOSED SESSION: In Accordance with Texas Government Code, Subchapter D,
    1. Section 551.072 (Real Estate): Property Acquisition
    2. Section 551.074 (Personnel Matters): City Manager - Deliberation of Appointment, Employment, Duties
    3. Section 551.087 (Economic Development): Deliberation Regarding Economic Development Negotiations.

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