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Why Investing in the Denton Community Market is Visionary
Cities all over the country are falling over themselves trying to figure out how to create something like a Denton Community Market. Many communities are investing hundreds of thousands of dollars...
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City Council Preview – August 18, 2015
The city council will begin its Work Session at 1pm followed by a 6:30pm Regular Session – click here for a full agenda and read on to find some topics of interest on this week’s agenda. MAKING WALKING...
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Say Goodbye to a Diving Board, Help Build a Park
Make plans to start your Labor Day Weekend right. Bring your friends and family to the ultimate end-of-summer, beginning-of-fall pool party of the century. If you’ve not been to the Civic Center Pool,...
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To Denton’s Teachers on this First Day of School
Dear Teachers: Today you will start yet another year helping to fulfill one of the most ambitious ideas ever thought: that of a universal, public education. We have decided that the ideals of...
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City Council Preview – September 1, 2015
Your City Council gets to be at City Hall beginning at 9am on Tuesday morning for a special called meeting on the budget. Here’s the full agenda for the morning meeting. We then reconvene at 1pm for a...
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What a City Budget Means – Council Preview for September 15, 2015
If you read the newspaper, you get the impression that a city budget is all about who can make the most cuts. During a recent city council meeting, one citizen tweeted that he couldn’t figure out what...
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Denton to go 70% Renewables by 2019
Denton emerged as a national leader in sustainable energy when the city’s municipal electric provider, Denton Municipal Electric, announced a partnership with a wind energy provider to make 40% of...
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#sschat on Local Government and Education – Oct 10, 2015
Local Government or Why Voting for Mayor is More Important than Voting for President Hosted by Kevin Roden, City Councilman (Denton, TX) @KevinRoden - learn more about me I’m honored to guest host a...
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City Council Preview – October 20, 2015
The Denton City Council begins at noon on Tuesday with a Work Session followed by a 6:30pm Regular Session at City Hall at 215 E. McKinney Street. Click here for a full agenda with backup materials. It...
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Denton Can Do Big Things – City Council Preview for November 10, 2015
Big things are on the horizon for Denton. We’re talking about tackling broadband access and addressing the digital divide. We’re making strides toward addressing homelessness, mental health, and...
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Will Denton’s Energy Future be Determined by a Few Fossil Fuel Fundamentalists?
The Renewable Denton Plan has been six years in the making – the result of a bold step Denton took in 2009 to begin it’s path toward a sustainable energy future when it announced the city would be...
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City Council Preview – November 17, 2015
Today’s Denton City Council meeting begins with a Work Session at 2pm followed by our Regular Session at 6:30pm – both at City Hall at 215 E. McKinney Street in downtown Denton, Texas. Click here for a...
View ArticleCity Council Preview – December 1, 2015
The Denton City Council meets today at noon for a Work Session followed by a 6:30pm Regular Session. There’s much on this agenda worth discussing, so take a look at the complete agenda and let’s...
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Does Denton Need Ethics Reform?
Recent newspaper stories and guest columns have raised the issue of ethics laws governing the behavior of local public officials and have some in our community demanding “ethics reform” in the form of...
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City Council Preview – Public Comment on Renewable Denton Plan
The Denton City Council will meet on Tuesday, December 15 for a 1pm Work Session followed by a 6:30pm Regular Session at 215 E. McKinney Street. Click here for a full agenda with backup material. There...
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Less than 20 Voters from District 4 Involved in Hawkins’ Recall Election
Photo Credit: David Minton, DentonRC The effort to recall Denton City Councilman Joey Hawkins is a joke. Far from being a demonstration of the democratic process, a simple analysis of the voting...
View ArticleCity Council Preview – January 5, 2016
The Denton City Council will meet at 2pm on Tuesday to have a Work Session followed by a 6:30pm Regular Session. Go here to find the entire agenda with links to back-up material. I am traveling on...
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City Manager’s Recommendation on 3rd Party Consultant to Review Renewable...
The Denton City Manager, George Campbell, released a memo to the City Council today outlining his recommendation on a possible 3rd party consultant to review the Renewable Denton Plan as forwarded by...
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Tell City Council to Save Joe’s Home
When the apartment Joe Rivas was living in was purchased by DME in order to make room for a new substation, it became the legal responsibility of DME (under state law) to provide adequate relocation...
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City Council Preview for Feb 23 and Some Thoughts on Citizen Engagement and...
The Denton City Council is set to meet today at 1pm. What was originally scheduled as just a Work Session has now turned into part-Special Called Session at the request of a council member in order to...
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