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This page will list the news articles that you
might have missed in 2010, much like the list in
2009. NOTE: The articles may discuss other
elected positions but the reason these are here is because the
article mentioned my campaign.
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Dallas Morning News -
01-13-2010 - DMN Editorial on Lewisville's E-Verify proposal.
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Dallas Morning News -
02-05-2010 - E-Verify compromise offered at Lewisville retreat
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Lewisville Leader
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03-24-2010 - Gorena
Announces Candidacy For Re-Election.
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Dallas Morning News -
04-29-2010 - Candidates for Lewisville City Council seat meet again.
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Lewisville Leader -
05-04-2010 - Gorena set to face off against ....
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Comments/Clarifications.
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The total debt payments that we will be paying thru 3032 is going to be $213,914,617.12. That is what I refer to when I talked about that over the course of the schedule, we will be paying $213 Million towards the bond debt. I am referring to the $159 million in principle plus the $54 million in interest. I did include the GO, CO and Revenue bonds as laid out in that schedule
in the Debt
section of the report.
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As for the $19.1 million, That is a little off also. What I was talking about was our current year TOTAL DEBT PAYMENT of $19,167,618.14 and
what I was saying was that if we
had not bond debt, then we could be saving that money instead
of paying it this year. I was talking about bond debt
(GO, CO, Revenue) as laid out in a "Future Debt Payments
Required" schedule for payments until 2032 as shown in the
Debt
section of the report.
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As for the Tax rate: Getting out of debt can
mean lowering taxes as some of the rate is dedicated to some
bond debt - specifically the GO bonds. The tax rate
dedicated to the GO bonds would / should go away once it is
paid off. I am referencing the
CAFR on page 183 that shows the Direct and Overlapping
Property tax rates (.11865 cents for GO Debt Service rate).
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I am not continuing on my graduate classes
at this time. I mentioned some 15 hours towards
an MPA that helps me with this Council position.
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ICE ACCESS - Is the whole Umbrella of 14
programs. The 287g program is only one component under the ICE ACCESS umbrella of services and programs offered for assistance to local law enforcement officers.
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The 15th program that I refer to is called
IMAGE
that concerns E-Verify for the Business community.
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