Incumbents win nearly every seat in Grapevine, Colleyville elections
A runoff on June 5 will determine who will win the Place 1 trustee seat in Grapevine-Colleyville ISD.
One school board member was unseated in Saturday s municipal elections, which was the only instance when an incumbent lost in Grapevine and Colleyville.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)
2:55 PM on May 3, 2021 CDT
Voters in Grapevine and Colleyville overwhelmingly chose to keep previously elected officials in office in Saturday’s municipal and school board elections.
In Colleyville, two city council seats were determined. For the Place 5 seat, incumbent Chuck Kelley defeated challenger Amyn Gilani. Kelley garnered 59% of the vote while Gilani got 41%.
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Incumbent Chuck Kelley retains seat in Colleyville City Council Place 5 election
Kelley has served as a Colleyville City Council member for three years and on the Colleyville Planning & Zoning Commission for two years. (Courtesy Chuck Kelley)
Kelley has served as a Colleyville City Council member for three years and on the Colleyville Planning & Zoning Commission for two years. (Courtesy Chuck Kelley)
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The most trickle-down vs. bottom-up quotes of the week
Biden on economics, Thune on taxes, Sotomayor on cheerleaders, and much more.
President Joe Biden speaks during a rally at Infinite Energy Center, to mark his 100th day in office, April 29, 2021, in Duluth, Ga. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)(Evan Vucci)
“My fellow Americans,
trickle-down economics has never worked. It’s time to grow the economy from the bottom up and middle out.”
President Joe Biden (Wednesday,
“Even if the spending is popular, and a lot of it probably will be,
the tax increases I think are going to be a hard sell, not just with people in the country, or with Republicans but I think with some Democrats, too. I think they realize that you really run the risk of stepping on a lot of economic growth.”
True Texas Project supporter says white power to Asian Colleyville council candidate
Fort Worth Star-Telegram 1 hr ago Mark Dent, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Apr. 27 A man involved with the True Texas Project, a Tarrant County-based tea party group, said white power to an Asian City Council candidate as he campaigned during early voting in Colleyville, according to two witnesses and a video of the incident.
Amyn Gilani, who is running for the Place 5 Council seat in Colleyville, said he was in the parking lot of City Hall on Saturday and walked past political volunteer David Medlin and Place 5 City Council member Chuck Kelley, who were having a conversation. David Medlin sticks his fist out and says, white power, Gilani said.
Colleyville council member tied to alleged website domain squatting
The domains currently being occupied feature the names of two city council candidates.
Controversy has come to Colleyville s city council election.(Lynda M. Gonzalez / Staff Photographer)
Controversy has come to Colleyville’s city council election following a report by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that ties a city council member to the registration of website domains that include the names of two rival candidates.
In February, four website domains featuring the names of city council candidates Amyn Gilani (GilaniForColleyville.com and AmynForCollyeville.com) and Kurt Meyer II (KurtForColleyville.com and MeyerForColleyville.com) were registered by Rigney Financial Services, according to the newspaper. The financial company’s principal is Wayne Rigney, the husband of Colleyville City Council Place 6 Member Callie Rigney.