Election
BY AMANDA CUTSHALL & SHANNON WEST
KEY: *Incumbent
Kyle City Council, District 1
Why are you running for this o ce, and what’s the central issue you’re hoping to address? I’m running because I’m passionate about serving the community where my family lives, works, goes to school and volunteers. We need to keep working toward a future we can all be proud of - one that ensures a great quality of life for everyone who calls Kyle home.
If elected, how do you plan to address future growth? Growth is coming to our city, whether we expect it or not. Families and businesses will continue moving here because Kyle is a great place to be. Our job is to guide that growth so new projects improve quality of life and bring value to our community.
Bear Heiser* Occupation & experience:
Consultant; 3 years experience on Kyle City Council, Creator of multiple successful social programs, Community leader www.bearforkyle.com
The focus for our city is on streets, signage, sewers, and public safety, while also lowering property taxes. This means addressing high water rates, xing neglected roads, reducing congestion, and equipping rst responders with personnel, training, and resources to serve our rapidly growing community.
I will focus on balanced development that prioritizes water, roads, signage, and public safety before new projects. Growth must be sustainable, scally responsible, and improve quality of life for families and businesses, building our city at its nest without increasing property taxes.
Kyle LeVell Occupation & experience: Predictive Planning Analytics; Supply chain project leader, Local civic engagement, Nonpro t volunteer www.kylejlevell.com
I’m motivated to serve the people of Kyle on City Council by a long family history of service to community and by our community cry for transparency, low-cost solutions, inclusiveness and partnerships.
Growth happens, but long-term considerations is important to avoid past decisions resulting in problems. Kyle still retains the old small-town Texas, friendly and connected atmosphere. That is silver lining to our growth, where we can build a unique, caring, connected and historic community culture and develop as regional tourist destination.
Ellen Ermis Occupation & experience: Retired Texas State University, Phd in Ed., Honors & Psy; Grant writing/ management, public/private partnership, strategic planning, event planning, nonpro t management. Facebook: Ellen Ermis for District 1 Kyle City Council
Many people in our community do not feel heard by the council. I have seen many decisions where I thought they made poorly educated choices. I want to restore the people’s voice.
We are at a very critical point in our city where the cost to improve our infrastructure to accommodate the rapid growth has far exceeded our ability to pay for it without signi cantly raising costs to the citizens. Future development is going to have to be phased in more slowly...
Courtney Goza Occupation & experience:
Commercial and residential Realtor; Public Administration, Government Contracting, Negotiation, Planning and Development Facebook: Courtney Goza for Kyle Council
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