by Mayor | Apr 23, 2022 | Elections, Personal Opinion
If you’re a normal person, you’ve never read the City Charter (there’s a part of me that envies you). If you have read the Charter, I can guess two things about you: 1) You’re a policy lover; and 2) You probably already know how you want to...
by Mayor | Apr 12, 2022 | Elections, Personal Opinion
With the primaries now behind us, and early voting now a few weeks away, everyone’s attention has been turning to Leander’s big CapMetro vote. I’ve addressed it a little online, but it’s time to put everything out there in one place. Please...
by Mayor | Mar 9, 2022 | Personal Opinion
Those of you who know me well know that I’m extraordinarily passionate about women’s issues and history. I remember as a kid, latching on to the mother character in Mary Poppins because being a suffragist was so cool. I love to read about the founding of...
by Mayor | Dec 1, 2021 | Personal Opinion
Today is December, 1st, 2021, a full 7 months since election night. 214 days. 30 weeks to get used to being the mayor. It still feels weird. I don’t know if it will ever stop being strange. Sometimes I drive through a neighborhood and it just hits me out of...
by Mayor | May 1, 2021 | Elections, Personal Opinion
Bristine Breaderquist. Three years ago, at the close of my first campaign, I went to place my signs around city hall and the enormity of the situation hit me: the campaign was over, early voting was done, there was nothing else I could do – no case to make, no...
by Mayor | Jun 6, 2020 | Personal Opinion
Where do we start? There have been no words lately. I guess I’ll start by saying that whatever I say here is going to be wholly inadequate, will not hold any solutions, and will not please everyone who reads it, because honestly, there’s nothing anyone can...
