elections
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include responses from Place 5 candidate William Stevens. The Gunter City Council ballot is locked in, and the Grayson County municipality will have five new aldermen in May. The candidates — all running unopposed — are Cyndy Davis, Alan Richins, David Self, Wade Burtsfield, and William Stevens.…
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A former Dallas City Council candidate has thrown his hat in the ring for a state representative job in Austin. Barry Wernick, 53, told CandysDirt.com last week that he’s running because “for too long, we haven’t had any true conservative representation in Austin.” Wernick will face incumbent Morgan Meyer in the March 5 primary. The District…
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Things just got even weirder in Gunter. We thought that this week we’d be bringing our readers a full slate of candidates vying for the five seats left open by Gunter City Council members who resigned in December. A Feb. 16 filing deadline has been posted on the City Hall door, but it turns out…
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A quick scan of The City of Gunter’s Facebook page shows the last three posts from the Grayson County community involved the close of business: on Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, and Martin Luther King Day. But the screeching halt of operations in the North Texas municipality goes much deeper than a few holiday closures. …
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Richardson ISD announced Thursday that security concerns have motivated a calendar change this year — one that so far other local districts have not adopted. It’s not unusual for schools to serve as polling locations on Election Day. But RISD officials said that security risks associated with the practice have led them to make Nov.…
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