Grapevine - Colleyville - Southlake | May 2022

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Seewhat is on the ballot for theMay 7 local election

BY BAILEY LEWIS

Texas Legislature to provide additional tax relief fromschool districts for those groups of homeowners. Proposition 2 will ask voters whether to increase the amount of the residence homestead exemption, which is a tax break for qualifying homeowners, from ad valorem taxation for public schools from$25,000 to $40,000. Every homeowner in Texas is already oered a $25,000 homestead exemption on property taxes from public school districts—meaning the rst $25,000 of a home’s appraised property value does not count against a homeowner’s annual property taxes. If approved, that exemption for home- owners would be raised to $40,000. Five seats up for election on Grape- vine and Southlake city councils were uncontested, so those elections were canceled andwinners were declared. EARLY& ELECTIONDAY POLLING LOCATIONS Here are polling locations in Grapevine, Colleyville and Southlake. To nd the full list of polling locations in Tarrant County, visit https://gisit. tarrantcounty.com/TCVL.

On theMay 7 election ballot are two seats on the Colleyville City Council and themayor’s seat as well as seats on the board of trustees for Grapevine-Col- leyville ISD and Carroll ISD. Early voting began on April 25 and endsMay 3, according to the Tarrant County Elections Department. Voters in Tarrant Countymay cast a ballot at any polling location in the county on election dayMay 7. Colleyville’smayor and City Council places 1 and 2 are up for election. Bobby Lindamood, Colleyvillemayor pro temand Place 2 city council member, is running for mayor. His opponent is David Kelly, former Colleyvillemayor from2005-16. For Colleyville City Council Place 1, homemaker Brandi Elder will be running against technology executive Amyn Gilani. Zac Bunn, vice president of research and strategic partnerships at JohnsenHoldings, is running against George Bond, a self-employed oil and gas lease andmineral broker and owner of GLB Consulting LLC, for Colleyville City Council Place 2. On the Grapevine-Colleyville ISD board of trustees, Place 3 and Place 4 are up for election. NaticoManagement Corp. President Tammy Nakamura is running against Place 3 incumbent Louie Sullins, rst vice president with Merrill Lynch. David Stine, a retired federal agent, will face owith U.S. Wholesale operationsmanager Kathy Florence-Spradley for Place 4. Place 6 and Place 7 are up for election on the Carroll ISD board of trustees. Business developer Alex Sexton is running against homemaker Laura Durant for Place 6. StephanieWilliams, Love and Logic independent facilitator and barre instructor, is running against Place 7 incumbent AndrewA. Yeager, amedia sales director and adjunct professor at The University of North Texas. For candidate Q&As, go online to communityimpact.com. In addition, voters will see two statewide propositions on the ballot. Although property taxes are already frozen for thosewith disabilities and those age 65 and older, Proposition 1 will ask voters whether to allow the

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