29 Apr Join Me in Standing Up for Galveston
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Some of you may have noticed the signs popping up around the Island blocking ours or the mailers continuing a politically manufactured attack on our City Government. What you might not know is that these attacks are paid for by outside political parties and wealthy...
14 Apr Real Solutions for City Finances
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As we approach Early Voting, I’d like to share some good news about the Current Financial state of the City. This time I will not share my own Optimism but the outlook and opinion of Fitch Ratings, a nationally recognized rating organization. While this may seem...
05 Apr Real Solutions for Fiscal Responsibility
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“Fiscal responsibility has been my top priority and will continue to be for as long as I am your Mayor. It took real solutions to adequately fund all of our reserve accounts, for the first time in many years, while offering an unprecedented six-cent reduction...
21 Mar Real Solutions for the Pelican Island Bridge
Pelican Island is an untapped resource when it comes to Economic Development. One of the reasons this development has been slow coming is because of the need for a new Bridge. There has been an ongoing discussion about building a New Bridge for years. The...
15 Mar Real Solutions to Drainage & Flood Control
Flooding is one of the most pressing issues our community faces, and for years our City has struggled with the issues of drainage and flood control. Galveston is a barrier island that is just seven feet above sea level, and as such, our problems are uniquely...
01 Mar Cutting Edge Water Meters will Help Alleviate an Age-Old Problem
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Clean, fresh water is something that most people don’t think about regularly. But as we saw during the winter storm, water leaks and outages can cause significant problems, particularly in an emergency. As part of our meeting with the White House after the freeze, we...
22 Feb Dreams and Teams Work Together
Recently, there was much discussion concerning Galveston’s Little League Fields, and rightly so. Quality Sports Facilities of all types, for adults and children, are an integral part of creating a better quality of life for our residents and are a measure of a community’s future...
08 Feb Black History is Essential to Galveston’s Story
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Black History is Essential to Galveston's Story - Few cities have a more deeply meaningful historical connection to the black community than Galveston. From Juneteenth to contributions to medicine by pioneers like Mary Madison and the Stanton family, educators like Jessie McGuire Dent and Izola...