A McKinney firefighter will now be serving as a city official in a nearby city.
McKinney Firefighter/Paramedic Randy Atchley has been elected as an Anna City Councilman after beating contender Bryan Heath in a Dec. 8 runoff race.
Atchleyâs win comes after almost a year of campaigning for a race expected to end in May before local elections shifted to November in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. For Atchley, who has never run for political office before, the extended stint on the campaign trail served as a learning experience.
âIt was crazy, but it was fun at the same time,â he said, âand (I) had a good time learning about the process, learning about elections in general and what the average voter s looking for and got to meet a ton of people in the city of Anna that I hadn t met before.â