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Balanced development tops list of candidates for District 1 Todd R. Hansen
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FAIRFIELD — The most critical issue facing District 1 in the city can be summed up in one word: development. All three candidates looking to replace Chuck Timm as the District 1 representative on the City Council pointed to the issue when asked by the Daily Republic to “Name two issues critical to District 1, and one for the city, state what you think needs to be done about each, and how you would effect those desired outcomes. What specific qualifications do you bring to those tasks?” The issue is the singular focus of Nora Dizon. “My primary goal is to be a champion for residents’ rights by supporting balanced infrastructure and growth. Our current city policy is to support developers and ignore the residents,” said Dizon, who did not address any other issue facing the district or the city in her response. She took exception to the position of George Kennedy, also a candidate for the seat, with regard to recent action by the city related to the Seeno development agreement and requirements for widening Red Top Road, and called out the third candidate, K. Patrice Williams, for staying quiet on the topic. See District, Page A12
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District 3 hopefuls Candidates: Crime, homeless solutions, agree homelessness image overhaul needed in District 5 is a top concern Todd R. Hansen
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FAIRFIELD — The two candidates seeking to replace Catherine Moy as the District 3 representative on the City Council differ, a bit, on what they view as the top priorities facing the district and the city. David Verza cited crime and homelessness to his response to the Daily Republic’s question, while Doug Carr noted improving the “attractive- CARR ness” of local businesses, along with homelessness. The question was, “Name two issues critical to District 3, and one for the city, state what you think needs to be done about each, and how you would effect those desired outcomes. What specific qualifications do you bring to those tasks?” VERZA When discussing the attractiveness of businesses in the district, Carr points to the need to spruce up their physical appearance as well as sprucing up promotions to being more people to those businesses. He views the latter as a personal mandate. “A lot of the businesses in District 3 are great, but See Concern, Page A12 INDEX Business A7 | Classfieds B10 | Columns B5 Comics B13 | Crossword B9 | Diversions B1 Living B9 | Obituaries A4 | Opinion A11 Religion B4 | Sports B6 | TV Daily A8 WEATHER 86 | 56 Sunny. Five-day forecast on B7.
FAIRFIELD — District 5 has an image problem, Councilwoman Doriss Panduro said. Changing the narrative from “negative to positive” was one of her top two pri- FERRELL orities for the district. The other, and first on her list, was homelessness. Challenger Scott Mulvey listed crime and homelessness when responding to a Daily Republic question on the issues facing the district. The newspaper asked the candidates to “Name two issues critical to District 5, and one for the city, state what you think needs to be done about each,
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and how you would effect those desired outcomes. What specific qualifications do you bring to those tasks?” Jeremy Ferrell did not respond. “Approximately 90% of the crime in Fairfield happens in District 5. We hear gunfire almost daily in the neighborhoods around us. There is very little police presence except when a crime has
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been committed and a 911 call placed. I would advocate for greater police presence such as police on bicycles or motorcycles patrolling North Texas form Travis Boulevard to Air Base Parkway, as well as East Tabor Avenue,” Mulvey wrote in his response. Panduro does not dispute there are many areas in the district that can be approved, but stated that a starting point must be that the district is viewed as being as important as other parts of the city. “The residents and business owners who call District 5 home, deserve to feel just as seen and heard as the rest of the city. Now See Crime, Page A12
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