The claims date back years, accusing government officials of not being transparent about information that citizens have the right to know, including land deals and official recordings.
In a packed city council meeting, residents addressed their concerns over city leadership and procedures leading up to the two rejections of a recent petition against the Mayor.
Wondering how to settle an election? Ping-Pong balls will do the trick.
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Mike Foreman, the mayor of Friendswood, and Julie Masters, the mayor of Dickinson, settle a runoff tie for mayor by pulling a Ping-Pong ball from a top hat.Stuart Villanueva/The Galveston County Daily News
But it doesn t stop at voting. While we ve dealt with plenty of lawmakers challenging the validity of the 2020 presidential election over the last few months, here in Texas we can choose our public officials in a much easier way: with ping pong balls.
Dickinson, a suburb about 30 miles southeast of Houston with a population of a little over 21,000, decided to settle a tie between mayoral candidates Sean Skipworth and Jennifer Lawrence with a random draw of ping-pong balls, each signed by one of the candidates from a top hat.