NEWS
Early voting starts Wednesday in Senate runoff
Early voting for the Dec. 19 Texas Senate 30 runoff election begins Wednesday and continues for one week at four locations across Montague County.
The winner will replace Pat Fallon, who was recently elected to the U.S. House in Texas’ 4th Congressional District. District 30 encompasses Archer, Clay, Cooke, Erath, Grayson, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Wichita, Wise and Young Counties and parts of Collin and Denton Counties.
The two candidates are District 68 State Rep. Drew Springer (R-Muenster) and Shelley Luther, Denton area business woman. There were six candidates in the September special election, but there was no clear majority as only 164 votes separated the top two.
Springer recently won another term representing District 68 in the Texas House. Luther came to prominence early in the pandemic as she refused to close the salon she operated based on the governor’s lockdown orders. She went to jail for a brief period and when released became an outspoken critic of the business shutdowns.
Elections Administrator Ginger Wall said early voting and election day balloting will be at the same four locations.
Early voting will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 9-15 at: Montague County Annex Community Room, H.J. Justin Community Room, Nocona; Saint Jo Civic Center and Bowie Bible Baptist Church.
Election day voting on Dec. 19 will be 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wall asks voters to note this is a Saturday election.
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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