*ELECTIONS UPDATE Nov. 5th 8:00 PM Central* RUNOFF
December 10, 2013 ~ City Council District 3
December 10, 2013 ~ City Council District 3
Kurt Johnson and Lila Thorn
YAY, Kurt!*
*Update December 10, 2013*
Lila Thorn Wins Runoff
Kurt Will Not Run in May.
That's all folks.
*Update December 10, 2013*
Lila Thorn Wins Runoff
Kurt Will Not Run in May.
That's all folks.
Dateline. Grand Prairie, TX. November 3, 2013:
News Flash. Let's talk. Has anyone else been wondering about those BIG, Beautiful Signs all around town and those BIG, beautiful, colorful Campaign Flyers in the Mail? Good Grief!! This is a local election!! Serious $money$ has been spent!!
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Another News Flash. We've heard from several reliable sources that current Grand Prairie, TX Mayor Ron Jensen (who also happens to have Chesapeake shale gas wells on his property) was not endorsing any candidates running for these two races (City Council District 3 and City Council At-Large District 7). Hmm...We don't think it's simply a coincidence that the same mail company that created first-time city council candidates Thorn and Copeland's flyers also created Mayor Jensen's flyers in the mayoral race last spring (see the picture above)...well, when they call it a SPECIAL Election, we now know what that means! It's one big happy SPECIAL Family!!
Hopefully, you are still reading because there's a lot more. We've also discovered that not only did shale gas industry executives from Newark E&P and Beacon E&P heavily fund the chosen candidates (Lila Thorn Total Donations from Oil and Gas reported thus far and from 9/26/13 through October 26, 2013 = $1,000.00 and Jeff Copeland Total Oil and Gas Donations as of 10/26/13 = $10,000.00) but these two candidates spent the BIG BUCKS they received from ALL their donations with a Dallas, TX printer Valentine Direct Marketing.
(Note: Click here to see who the Beacon/Newark shale gas guys are!)
Booker Industries shows on the Campaign Finance Reports (same address as Valentine Direct Marketing. Click Here for the 2nd Address for Valentine). We've linked to the latest finance reports for the two candidates below on Scribd.
Lila Thorn: $
Jeff Copeland: $10,312.31 Advertising Expenses (including signs and mailings) with Booker Industries (Valentine Direct Marketing) from 9-26-13 through 10-26-13:
We'd like to know how this kind of spending is good for Grand Prairie's Economic Development? Wow. It sure looks as if local businesses lost out big time. Any candidate running against these two SPECIAL candidates (Ms. Thorn and Mr. Copeland) should have been forewarned that the oil and gas industry would make the campaign totally UNFAIR and highly profitable for a Dallas printing and mailing company.
If you haven't already early voted, we still hope you will vote Tuesday, November 5, 2013. We suggest candidates who didn't receive the BIG BUCKS from shale gas operators hoping to gain favor and votes for expansion of their operations in Grand Prairie.
We have endorsed Kurt Johnson Place 3 and Charlie Womack for Place 7 At-Large. These two men believe that residential drilling is wrong for our communities. We agree wholeheartedly.
Please vote Tuesday, November 5, 2013 for Kurt and Charlie.
Thank you!
The overused cliche still holds true ~ "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result."
ReplyDeleteUntil the citizens "get it" and vote for candidates who will represent THEM and THEIR COMMUNITIES, rather than the ones who receive the largest contributions and display the largest signs and send out the slickest flyers, we will continue in this cycle of insanity.
Amen to that. Thank you for your thoughtful comment, Fish Creek Neighbor.
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