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Early voting is underway in League City. Up for grabs are two council position (one uncontested) and a whole slew of propositions. Of special interest are prop 1 and 4.
Proposition No. 1. Shall the City adopt the Council-Manager form of government to provide the appointment of a City Manager who shall be the chief administrative and executive officer of the City?
For more about this you can view the presentation that explains the difference between the forms of city government: City Manager vs Mayoral form of Government
Proposition 4 reads:
Proposition No. 4. Shall Article II, Section 17, paragraph 2 of the City Charter be amended to provide that the Mayor will have the exclsive power to appoint offiers for boards, commissions and agencies of the City, subject to comfirmation of City Council?
This one concerns me because if passed and Joanna Sharp (3 million dollars for Butler Longhorn Museum but no on dog park) is elected Mayor Toni Randall will have a solid voting block on City Council. In my opinion, in League City, I am not comfortable with the words mayor and exclusive even being in the same sentence.
And that brings me to my next topic. Joanna Sharp is running against Tommy Garland for council position 7. In all honesty, I can not say that I know much about Joanna Sharp. I know that she has been on the parks board and has indeed done a lot of volunteering in city government. But I also know that she is a very good friend of the mayor and that she is dead set against a dog park in League City. I did email her but I have not heard back from her. View more here.
Tommy Garland on the other hand not only emailed back but also met with me and Charlotte Moore for an hour and a half to talk about his politics and beliefs and hope for League City. We are not special, he will me with and talk to anybody that wants to hear from him. He was a cop for 17 years, 8 in League City and he managed to do some pretty awesome things, the Crime Scene Unit for one.
I encourage you to learn more about him and decide for yourself. You can visit his site: TommyGarland.net
If you want to see all the proposition on the ballot you can download it at the LeagueCity.com website or by clicking here.
But most important is to get out and vote. League City has over 75,000 citizens and not more than 3,000 (of the same people) ever vote. We can do better and if you want better for your city, VOTE.
From the League City website about hours and location: Early Voting will be held in the Johnny Arolfo Civic Center, 400 West Walker Street, Monday through Thursday April 26 through April 29 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Friday April 30 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and noon, Saturday May 1 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. and Monday and Tuesday May 3 and May 4 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. People 65 years of age or older, and others who qualify to vote by mail, may request an application for a ballot by mail by contacting Barbara F. Long, City Secretary, 300 West Walker Street, League City, Texas 77573. Completed and signed applications for ballot by mail must be received by noon on Friday, April 30, 2010.
When a website is scanned by Google it takes a little snapshot of it. It doesn’t change the snapshot until it scans it again, even if the site has changed. I did a search, trying to learn more about Joanna Sharp who is running in League City for City Council Position 7. I put in “Joanna Sharp” +”League City” +”Dog Park”. I didn’t find anything telling until the second page of results and then I read this “Mar 24, 2010 … For my Love of League City, I am running for Council this year. … In case youíre wondering, I voted against the Dog Park, as something we …”, Google’s snapshot of her website. I clicked over to her site but it has since been edited. You can search for yourself of you can view the screen grab here.
