NEWS
Party primary filing ends; 2 contested county races
More than a dozen candidates will battle it out in the Texas March party primaries trying to win the 13th district Congressional seat.
Primary filing ended Monday night for both the Democratic and Republican Party Primaries which are scheduled for March 3, 2020.
It will be an exciting year with the presidential race, but Texans also will decide on a senator, all of its congressional delegates, plus state, county and local officials. Information filings have been difficult to track this year as the media and political prospects have no central location to find filings.
Bowie’s Mark Neese and Henrietta’s Diane Knowlton have both filed to run as Republicans for the District 13 Congressional Seat that will be left vacant with Mac Thornberry declining to run. A total of 17 candidates have filed including three Democrats and 13 Republicans.
In Montague County there will be two contested races, for district attorney as DA Casey Polhemus seeks a second term against Bill Knowlton in the Republican primary.
For Constable Precinct Two longtime law officers Art Ferguson and Jerry DeMoss will face off on the Republican ticket.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
City of Bowie officials were on hand to inspect the emergency electrical generators that were delivered last week.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris and City Manager Bert Cunningham inspected one of three emergency electrical generators purchased as part of an ongoing Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant. They also talked with Jay Evans, head of the city electric department, and Jerry Sutton, director of the water treatment plant about the next step for installation of the generators.
This grant provides funding for one 150 kW and two 250 kW generators for use at the water treatment plant.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris talk with the electric and water department staff about the new generators. (Photo by Cindy Roller)
No action was taken on a legal issue after members of the Bowie City Council met in a called closed session at 4 p.m. on July 12.
City Secretary Sandy Page said the council met for almost one hour for “consultation with attorney – Midwest Waste Services LLC vs. City of Bowie.
This lawsuit goes back to August 2019 when Midwest sued the city for its action requiring those who receive city water outside the city limits to use the designated waste collector, which is Waste Connections. This was shortly after the city signed a new long-term contract with WC.
The suit was dismissed in June 2020 on two points in the suit, but City Manager Bert Cunningham said a third point remained in mediation.
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