Notes from Lewisville Task Force Candidate Forum

Am puzzled why your offer to video the meeting, so those of us who had to work could view the forum, was declined. I just went to the LTF website and I couldn't find any video. With 7 people running for the LISD Board I'd like to hear all of their opinions.
Why were only 4 LISD candidates at this event ?? I know there is Candidate Forum for the LISD Board on 4/24 but it seems to me all of the candidates would want to speak at every possible venue.
Steve will you be filming the 4/24 forum?

Looks like links to external pages are opening in the frame instead of a new tab, but there's not much Steve or I can do about that. If this is a problem for you, right click on the link and click "Open Link in a New Tab" in Chrome or Firefox. Not sure about IE.
-BC

Just glancing at the notes that Brandon provided, they seem pretty bias to me. From reading these, I am guessing that Brandon is supporting Dr. June Ehinger? I heard her say that she had lived in the district for a year but that she had visited the district for about 5 years because her grandchildren live here. Brandon's notes say she has lived here 15 years. I also wish that she had addressed the question posed to her by the lady on the end about a slush fund in the Oklahoma school board where she came from that is being investigated. That question wasn't in Brandon's notes either. I too am eagerly awaiting the video from Lewisville Task Force. I ran into one of them this weekend and she said they are diligently working on it. I appreciate those ladies doing all they do to try to help Lewisville.

The mayor said "In the three years I've been mayor, I've received very few complaints." I noticed he did not answer the question about the homes with junk in the yards.

Three years ago I wrote the new mayor with concerns about code and building enforcement in Old Town. 3 years later there has been little, if any improvement. I have talked to the mayor, the council and the Assistant City Manager about my perception that the city is not enforcing the rules here.

One year ago Steve wrote in this blog: "Fvaughan and I hopped in his truck, and he showed me some of the "sights" in his neighborhood: Abandoned houses, single-family houses illegally converted to duplexes, homes with unsafe or illegal construction added on, hovels with garbage and junk strewn about the lawns, houses with multiple shacks and sheds in the yard - some of which might be getting used as dwellings, a standalone garage that someone converted to a house, industrial locations with no screening walls, and junk strewn about, broken windows, and the list goes on. All within blocks of our gleaming new City Hall and Arts Center."

I invited Steve's candidates to go on a tour of Old Town and each one has turned down the offer.

Still no changes.

So, we quit complaining because it does no good..

If you want to join me on a Saturday tour, I can show you the other side of Lewisville.

It's a little frustrating that no video has been released from this event. If there are only 50 or so people at an event and you're trying to increase awareness, that doesn't help. People shouldn't have to rely on my notes to find out how it went.
-BC