Nine Questions all the Candidates Should Answer.

1. Name three “discretionary” programs that you would cut to reduce the City’s spending?

2. What if any type of incentive would you give to businesses to locate in League City?

3. What do you think the municipal government of League City's role in economic development should be?

4. Do you support a Houston to Galveston commuter railroad?

5. How do you balance individual property rights vs. zoning?5

6. Should the mayor be given the right to vote?

7. Do you favor the ballot proposition to change municipal elections to every two years?

8. How would you encourage greater citizen involvement in City government?

9. Should elected official be paid a salary? If you think they should be paid, then how much?

If you have other questions you would like answered, post them here. Maybe, there will be some responses from the candidates. Keep it polite and honest please.

Any candidate should feel free to post your answers. If you choose to answer, please do so under a verifiable identity please. No Anon responses by candidates please.

I am disappointed in this year's campaign for League City Council this year. The Rhetoric from the Tea Party seems irrelevant to me. I can't remember when big government in League City was intrusive in my life. Further when I look at League city government, I see a city that had exponential growth in the last 10 years that is trying desperately to catch up. When I look at the operations of the city, I don't see a government that lacks transparency. I see a government that in the last 10 years whose operation has gone from Opaque to translucent. I see a staff that is working hard to catch-up with the growth of the past and plan for the future growth. All this takes money and time. I am not interested in candidates that want to say "NO" to everything in our municpal government because they are mad at the Federal Government and the budget issues it has. Municpal Government is the government that impacts us most closely and has a different purpose than that of state and federal governments. Let's not get these three types of governments confused. I chose to live here because our city delivers its services with excellence. If you call 911, in most cases an ambulance arrives within 4 minutes. If you call the police, they arrive within 4 minutes. I am a Republican and I am willing to pay my fair share of taxes to keep our city safe and prepare for the future. I am not interested in candidates that want to take us back to the stone age by reducing government in League City to untenable levels.