Andy Mann – Thank you, Mayor. I also would like to thank everyone for not running
against me, too. I wanted to kind of reiterate what would have been my pitch had I had an
opponent. I’d start by saying that the city is incredible shape. If you’ve watched this for
any number of years, we are cutting taxes, we are building infrastructure and, more
importantly, we are truly focused on serving citizens. I see that every day. I would love to
complain. I’d love to get a complaint from a citizen and then have it go unanswered for 30
minutes, or, god forbid, someone post something on Facebook and before I can complain,
staff has already taken care of it. We’re doing so well right now and I look forward to the
next four years where we can just make it better.
Larry Millican – Thank you, Mayor. I may sound like a broken record but I’m going to
talk about signs again. I had the occasion, I talked to one of the county folks that are
running that have proliferated signs over the last week. I asked him a simple question at
the end. I asked him, I said “Who did you talk to to get permission to put the sign
wherever you put it? Did you talk to anybody?” Well no we didn’t, but I got this list of
approved places to put signs. I said “Who originated the list?” He says, I don’t know, I got
the list. You need to be able to put them on private property, and to put them on private
property you’ve got to ask somebody for permission to put a sign up. When you don’t,
you’re not following the rules. It’s pretty clear. Everybody signs them when they make
application. You don’t put signs in the right-of-way. You don’t put signs in public places,
you have to put them on private property, and you have to have permission. When you
don’t have permission, they’re in the wrong place. That’s just as simple as it can be. So, all
these signs up and down the roadway, up and down 96, up and down 518, wherever you
want to just look, when they’re on private property then that person must have given you
permission. If it’s the CenterPoint right-of-way, then that means CenterPoint had to give
them permission to do that. It makes logical sense. They’re the property owner. But that’s
not the way it’s happening out there. It’s monkey-see, monkey-do. Somebody puts a sign
in the wrong place, then another monkey comes out and puts another one next to it. That’s
why I consider it campaign litter. Thank you, Mayor.
John Bowen – Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I would to congratulate the colleagues up here who
won basically. I will vote for you so you’ve already won. Those who are running, I just want
you to know, everyone of us who is up here has been through this before. I didn’t have any
gray hair when I did it, so just be prepared. No, it’s actually fun. Enjoy yourself, don’t let it
get too serious, but do the job. Press the flesh, meet the people, listen to their problems.
They’ll take care of you. Thank you.
Hank Dugie – Thank you, Mr. Mayor. A couple of things, Mr. Bowen’s had gray hair for
20 years. Twenty-five years. Mr. Mann’s cell phone number is on our website, so if you
have a complaint just go to the city website and you can send it to Mr. Mann. But seriously
thank you for your participation in your government. It does my heart good to see so many
people here tonight and involved and active. The reason the City of League City does so
well is we have citizens who are engaged and who care about the work that we do. Thank
you for being here. For those who don’t know, Tuesdays, especially meeting days, are very
busy for staff and council. We typically have a local restaurant provide a meal. I see that
