Public forum in Grand Saline on city and school issues
Last Thursday the high school cafeteria hosted a city council and ISD school board forum. Incumbents faced challengers as candidates answered prepared questions on campus safety staffing facilities and teacher retention while residents pressed for zoning mobile home designations and a city manager role.
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Grand Saline
Dan Flynn
Area Dispatch
Grand Saline Isd School Board
Kathy Baker
John Teague
Sid Shoemake
Lloyd Nations
Gordon Hamnessley
Flynn
Ator
Allison Hoard
Five candidates run for Grand Saline School Board
Five candidates discuss plans for Grand Saline ISD focusing on preparing students for work or higher education, reviewing procedures before changes, and addressing facilities, technology, and faculty retention with funding and grants. Candidate profiles include lifelong ties to the district and 22 years teaching, plus six years on a vocational teachers board.
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Lloyd Nations
Kathy Baker
Sid Shoemake
Gordon Hamessley
John Teague
Grand Saline
Grand Saline Isd
GLISD
Vocational Age Teachers
Grand Saline mayoral race candidates share plans
Three candidates in Grand Saline vie for mayor. They submitted responses to a city questionnaire. Answers emphasize a new city administrator, improving police and maintenance, a 5 to 10 year plan, tackling costs of state and federal mandates, and budget management experience. One candidate notes years of budget management and mentions his wife Mahdeen, married 63 years.
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City of
Grand Saline
Grand Saline Sun
Mahdeen
Five run for two council seats in Grand Saline
Five candidates vie for two Grand Saline city council seats as Frank Churchwell and James Rodgers do not respond to the Sun questionnaire. Yvonne Rasco notes candidates’ plans emphasize concentrating on problems and solutions, improved city communication, and hiring a city administrator to revitalize downtown and streets.
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Shirley Anderson
Glo Miller
Mary Ann Ritchie
Yvonne Rasco
Frank Churchwell
Jay Robus
James Rodgers
Flynn
Grand Saline
Jay Rohus
Grand Saline Sun
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City
GSISD
Board
Ray Rucker
Terry Tolar
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