City Council 4: Who Are the Candidates?
The filing deadline for the May 10, 2008 City Election has passed, and the ballot is being finalized.
In the order they announced, they are:
Tom Keisling
Retired businessman Tom Keisling was the first to announce (last Wednesday at the Science Spectrum).
“I’m just the common sense, conservative guy,” Keisling told supporters at the Science Spectrum. “I’ve got 30 years of experience in businesses that I’m going to bring to the City Council.”
Keisling, 52, owned an automotive equipment business in Lubbock until he sold it last year. His wife, Debbie, recently retired after 20 years with the Lubbock Police Department.
Keisling said he wanted to focus on basic needs - safety, streets, water and sewer.
“We need to maintain what we have and fix what needs fixing,” he said.
(from http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/030608/loc_254329027.shtml)
Paul Beane
Paul is a morning radio host on “The Rebel” 105.7 KRBL. My girlfriend enjoys listening to him on the way to work.
KRBL-FM General Manager Paul R. Beane is a long time Lubbock radio veteran with 43 years in the broadcasting business.
During his career he has owned several stations, and early in his career worked for the legendary Gordon McLendon, the father of modern Top 40 radio.
He delivers news, sports and commentary mornings, from 6 until 9 on the Rebel, 105.7 FM.
Jerry Bell
Jerry is the Current Chair of the Planning and Zoning Commission. He’s an active member of the Lubbock Rotary Club. He is also a former candidate for LISD At-Large.
Word is that Jerry Bell is the choice of current District 4 Council Member Phyllis Jones, who is not seeking reelection.
Lubbock City Council District 4 is the highest-turnout Council District. In 2004, there were five candidates for the position. I’m not sure what having fewer candidates means this time around, but all three seem to be serious candidates. Jerry Bell is a seasoned campaigner already, Paul Beane is an established local media figure in his own right, and Tom Keisling got the drop on everybody with an early announcement and a flood of early signs all over South Lubbock (especially near Tom Martin signs).
No doubt about it — City Council 4 has the makings of an exciting race.
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March 12th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
This race has an elderly(virtual inexperienced in government operations)newsman,a retired LPD employee’s husband and a autoparts dealer(now out of business)and no resume by those three has “stellar candidate” written on it. Paul Beane is so old he may need help “getting up and getting dressed” to get to morning council sessions and Bell and Keisling appear like Beane,totally inexperienced in government operations.Keisling’s wife was a career government worker at LPD and Bell is currently mixed up in one of over 40 committees/commissions that has had a history of “pawning” bad ideas off on city council when those commissions/committees are actually front-groups for city bureaucracy. The Planning and Zoning Board(Bell current chair)was instrumental in recommendations like the ill-fated bond issue for buildings as well as other re-zoning “dumb ideas” that forced many businesses to locate in specific,high crime rate areas to help disadvantaged areas of the city. Exciting is NOT the word for these three characters. Mundane,Useless,Incapable and maybe even Incompatent might be more accurate descriptions of these 3. Any candidate getting Phyllis Jones endorsement should prepare to be DEFEATED since Phyllis chose NOT to be soundly voted “out-of-office” after her 4 years of “ordinance tyranny”. Lubbock voters in that district may “hold their noses” in a couple of months at the poll.
YUK!
March 13th, 2008 at 11:50 am
I have to admit that I’m not exactly thrilled at the choice of candidates. I meant that the race itself will be exciting, especially since District 4 is the highest turnout district, there is no incumbent Council Member, and there is a heated Mayor’s race on top of it all.