Mesquite Lion
Hello to all my friends here in Mesquite, Eastern Dallas County,
SE Dallas County, and the surrounding area as well.
My name is Sergio Garcia and I want to thank you for taking the
time to visit, read, or write to the Mesquite Lion.
Mesquite lion is a Mesquite-Centric website dedicated to
serving the citizens of Mesquite by providing information and
sparking debate on political and social issues here in our city,
as well as throughout the state of Texas and the nation.
For it is through our Constitution which gives us all the Right to
free Speech and the freedom of the Press that I may undertake
this endeavor.
SE Dallas County, and the surrounding area as well.
My name is Sergio Garcia and I want to thank you for taking the
time to visit, read, or write to the Mesquite Lion.
Mesquite lion is a Mesquite-Centric website dedicated to
serving the citizens of Mesquite by providing information and
sparking debate on political and social issues here in our city,
as well as throughout the state of Texas and the nation.
For it is through our Constitution which gives us all the Right to
free Speech and the freedom of the Press that I may undertake
this endeavor.
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January 21, 2010
District 101 was turning Democratic before Obama's election. It's Democratic right
now. It's certainly and obviously not Tea Bagger -Birther Red like these two
candidates would like to portray it. Rep. Miklos best represents the current values
and thinking of the citizens of TX HD 101. Electing any of the Republican candidates
to the statehouse to replace Miklos, would be a misguided move.
District 101 was turning Democratic before Obama's election. It's Democratic right
now. It's certainly and obviously not Tea Bagger -Birther Red like these two
candidates would like to portray it. Rep. Miklos best represents the current values
and thinking of the citizens of TX HD 101. Electing any of the Republican candidates
to the statehouse to replace Miklos, would be a misguided move.
The 2010 Relay for Life committee held the first team captain's meeting last
Tuesday night (Jan. 19th) at Mimosa Lane Baptist Church.
Co-Chair Carolyn Felkner opened the meeting, introducing the members of this
year's Relay committee to the captains, and going over important upcoming dates
leading up to the night of Relay on May 14-15.
The first of these, will be a Pancake breakfast fundraiser to be held Saturday
morning on January 30th at Applebee's 19035 Lbj Fwy, Mesquite, TX 75150 8:00
AM - 10:00 AM. Next, a Survivor's breakfast honoring survivors of cancer, is being
planned for Saturday March 13th at Mimosa Lane Baptist Church , 1233 N. Beltline
Rd. in Mesquite 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM with an estimate of between 75-100 survivors to
be in attendance.
Team Captain's meeting are to be held once a month thru May. Currently, this year's
Mesquite Relay has 21 teams participating, with new teams expected to be added
each month. Each participating team will have a minimum of 8 people, with a
maximum of 15 people per team. The goal for the number of teams at this year's
Relay is 50, which is expected to be reached. Captain's meetings will be held
February 16, March 16, April 20, and May 4.
Debbie Screws, this year's Relay Chairperson, then made two announcements. First
was the news that First State Bank of Mesquite, had become the first sponsor of this
year's Relay. The second was the that this year's theme for the Mesquite Relay
would be "Color a Cure". Each team for this year's Relay will draw a color from the
Cancer Awareness Color Chart, and then use that color and the type of cancer it
represents as the theme for their team. Examples include: Black for Melanoma,
Pink for Breast cancer, or White for Bone cancer.
If anyone would like to participate in the Mesquite Relay for Life or have questions,
please contact: mesquiterfl@live.com or call 1-800-227-2345.
January 21, 2010
Justice of the Peace candidate Wesley Johnson (D) participated in this past
weekend's NAACP MLK Day Parade in Garland.
Even with a light rain and overcast skies, candidate Johnson, along with friends and
supporters, walked along the Parade route with hundreds of other people Saturday,
in remembrance of the great civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
the leagcy he left our nation. It is an honor for Mr. Johnson to participate in this
event commemorating the life of this great American. Few people in the
history of the United States have made such a profound and lasting impact on the
lives of its citizens. Without Dr. King, we would not have the America we have today.
Mr. Johnson would like to thank the Garland NAACP for putting on this annual
parade, and allowing him to participate in it.
Wesley Johnson is running for Justice of the Peace Precinct 2 Place 2 on the
Democratic ticket. Precinct 2 covers the communities of Mesquite, Garland, Sachse,
Rowlett, Sunnyvale, Balch Springs, and parts of Dallas.
Anyone who would like to contact Mr. Johnson's campaign can email at
votewesleyjohnson@gmail.com or call 214-440-7561
Justice of the Peace candidate Wesley Johnson (D) participated in this past
weekend's NAACP MLK Day Parade in Garland.
Even with a light rain and overcast skies, candidate Johnson, along with friends and
supporters, walked along the Parade route with hundreds of other people Saturday,
in remembrance of the great civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
the leagcy he left our nation. It is an honor for Mr. Johnson to participate in this
event commemorating the life of this great American. Few people in the
history of the United States have made such a profound and lasting impact on the
lives of its citizens. Without Dr. King, we would not have the America we have today.
Mr. Johnson would like to thank the Garland NAACP for putting on this annual
parade, and allowing him to participate in it.
Wesley Johnson is running for Justice of the Peace Precinct 2 Place 2 on the
Democratic ticket. Precinct 2 covers the communities of Mesquite, Garland, Sachse,
Rowlett, Sunnyvale, Balch Springs, and parts of Dallas.
Anyone who would like to contact Mr. Johnson's campaign can email at
votewesleyjohnson@gmail.com or call 214-440-7561
January 18, 2010
Wesley Johnson's Campaign is in full swing but he still has a long road ahead, and
he knows he can't do it without support from valued supporters.
Come join Wesley at the Generator Coffee House, 107 N. 6th Street Garland, Tx
75040. January 28 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM to Meet and talk with him about his race to
become our next Justice of the Peace.
With assistance from supporters like you that are ready to help change Precinct 2
and give the People's Court back to the People, by electing Wesley Johnson,
because Dallas County Tax payers deserve a JP that works for them.
Wesley Johnson's Campaign is in full swing but he still has a long road ahead, and
he knows he can't do it without support from valued supporters.
Come join Wesley at the Generator Coffee House, 107 N. 6th Street Garland, Tx
75040. January 28 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM to Meet and talk with him about his race to
become our next Justice of the Peace.
With assistance from supporters like you that are ready to help change Precinct 2
and give the People's Court back to the People, by electing Wesley Johnson,
because Dallas County Tax payers deserve a JP that works for them.
February 15, 2010
Happy President's Day DACED friends,
The month of February is moving right along, and come next week (on Feb. 24) it will
be time to hold our next General meeting.
At last month's meeting our Speaker was Dallas D.A. Craig Watkins, and we held a
watch Party for President Obama's State of the Union Speech. Due to both, we had
a huge turnout. It was a great way to start off the new Year. I recently received a
Thank you letter from D.A. Watkins CLICK HERE to see the Letter.
The next DACED executive committee meeting will be held this coming Sat. Feb. 20th
I would like to remind our clubmembers that have not yet renewed their
memberships that they are now due. We will have some votes on By-law
Amendments that will be made at our next meeting and I want to make sure those
wanting to participate on those votes are able to. So please renew your
memberships.
At our meeting on the 24th the Program will be "Focus on the Candidate" each
candidate will be given 4 minutes to speak, and will take one (1) question from the
audience. Since our meeting will be taking place in the last half-week of early-voting
and will be one of the last Democratic club meetings before Primary Election Day, I
expect we'll have many candidates on hand. If anyone has a question, please email
me.
One last thing, for the March 2nd Primary election many local districts are short of
Precinct Judges. For example, 101 has 8 precincts without judges, The precincts
are 2301, 2308, 2313, 2315, 2317, 2320, 2327, 2328. Anyone who wants to be a
Judge does not have to live in the precinct to do so. Please check with the DCDP or
local Chair coordinator for more information.
Happy President's Day DACED friends,
The month of February is moving right along, and come next week (on Feb. 24) it will
be time to hold our next General meeting.
At last month's meeting our Speaker was Dallas D.A. Craig Watkins, and we held a
watch Party for President Obama's State of the Union Speech. Due to both, we had
a huge turnout. It was a great way to start off the new Year. I recently received a
Thank you letter from D.A. Watkins CLICK HERE to see the Letter.
The next DACED executive committee meeting will be held this coming Sat. Feb. 20th
I would like to remind our clubmembers that have not yet renewed their
memberships that they are now due. We will have some votes on By-law
Amendments that will be made at our next meeting and I want to make sure those
wanting to participate on those votes are able to. So please renew your
memberships.
At our meeting on the 24th the Program will be "Focus on the Candidate" each
candidate will be given 4 minutes to speak, and will take one (1) question from the
audience. Since our meeting will be taking place in the last half-week of early-voting
and will be one of the last Democratic club meetings before Primary Election Day, I
expect we'll have many candidates on hand. If anyone has a question, please email
me.
One last thing, for the March 2nd Primary election many local districts are short of
Precinct Judges. For example, 101 has 8 precincts without judges, The precincts
are 2301, 2308, 2313, 2315, 2317, 2320, 2327, 2328. Anyone who wants to be a
Judge does not have to live in the precinct to do so. Please check with the DCDP or
local Chair coordinator for more information.
March 7, 2010
Today I received an email from Mr. Phillip Willis of Mesquite. He has a problem with
overnight truck traffic at Town East Blvd. between Forney and Skyline roads. He says
he has already spoken to the City of Mesquite, but his problem has not been
resolved. This is the email he sent to me:
Dear Sirs,
I presented the City of Mesquite with a petition signed by 40 homeowners who
reside in homes next to Town East Blvd. between Forney and Skyline roads, to get
them to address the overnight truck traffic that wakes us every night. They
responded in a letter to me that they had gathered data and basically our idea to
redirect overnight truck traffic one block over through an industrial area just can't be
done. Oh they came out and did a couple of road patches right next to my home in
some attempt to pacify me. They claim that that decibel readings were taken prior to
and after the repairs were done and the sound level had dropped. Well it did not stop
the rumbling and the literally shaking of our properties due to the trucks. They stated
that Town East has been a designated truck route since 1963. Well in 1963 there
were no homes or businesses along this stretch of road. These subdivisions were
just going up 25 years ago when I had my home built. Town East Blvd. was only a 4
lane street with a few trucks traveling it. I had an open pasture across the street
form me with cows roaming. It was pretty peaceful. That pasture gave way to two
large warehouses. That is just two of the many that have been thrown up all around
this area now. The city claimed that they also placed traffic counters on Town East
adjacent to my house and that on an average there are 632 18-wheel trucks that
pass by between the hours of 7:00pm and 7:00am. I found this ammusing for two
reasons. One, I would have noticed the traffic counters next to my house as I do
drive it everyday. I never saw any. Also if you do the math, that would mean a truck
passing by every five minutes during that time. That is just not true and makes a
person wonder where they really got these numbers and do they think we are so
ignorant as to not know any better. If it was that many, I probably would have moved
long ago. But it isn't and my home is payed for and as I am nearing retirement I was
not planning on having to sell and possibly take on another mortgage. They also
stated that they contacted ALL of the businesses on Town East Blvd. between Forney
and Skyline roads and that the majority of those indicated that redirecting the traffic
would put a negative impact on their operations. Now this is interesting considering
that there are only the TWO warehouses that I mentioned before, on this stretch of
road. One of those is vacant but has an entrance off of Chase Rd.,(this is the road the
redirected traffic would take)as well as off of Town East. The other one which is
directly across the street from me, only has an entrance from Chase Rd. You cannot
get into it from Town East. Now how do you get a majority out of that? Come look for
yourself. Again they assume we are ignorant and don't know any better. I did reply
back with a letter to the City Council as well as to the gentleman that wrote the letter
to me, to tell them of these discrepancies and to ask them to look into it again. They
have decided to ignore the homeowners request for some overnight peace and it
seems that they don't dare inconvenience a few truckers by asking them to go a
block out of their way during overnight hours. Channel 8 News did a story one night
on this, which I really appreciate, but when they were at city hall, they did not ask
anyone to explain the facts that they came up with. Whenever it has been brought up
to anyone with the city, they act as though we are asking for Town East not to be a
truck route at all. That is not the case. We are talking about OVERNIGHT traffic. It
bewilders me that this is the way that our supposedly professional leaders of the city
would choose to treat it's taxpaying homeowners. Let me say also that truck traffic
has been redirected in the same way on Gus Thommason Rd. between North
Mesquite Rd. and Town Center. Again, look for yourself. I even took pictures of the
street signs there informing truckers and presented them to the city. I don't know if
you will print this or if you have any influence to the city to study issues like this, but
we would appreciate any help that we can get now since the city has turned a deaf
ear to it's residents. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Phillip Willis
Today I received an email from Mr. Phillip Willis of Mesquite. He has a problem with
overnight truck traffic at Town East Blvd. between Forney and Skyline roads. He says
he has already spoken to the City of Mesquite, but his problem has not been
resolved. This is the email he sent to me:
Dear Sirs,
I presented the City of Mesquite with a petition signed by 40 homeowners who
reside in homes next to Town East Blvd. between Forney and Skyline roads, to get
them to address the overnight truck traffic that wakes us every night. They
responded in a letter to me that they had gathered data and basically our idea to
redirect overnight truck traffic one block over through an industrial area just can't be
done. Oh they came out and did a couple of road patches right next to my home in
some attempt to pacify me. They claim that that decibel readings were taken prior to
and after the repairs were done and the sound level had dropped. Well it did not stop
the rumbling and the literally shaking of our properties due to the trucks. They stated
that Town East has been a designated truck route since 1963. Well in 1963 there
were no homes or businesses along this stretch of road. These subdivisions were
just going up 25 years ago when I had my home built. Town East Blvd. was only a 4
lane street with a few trucks traveling it. I had an open pasture across the street
form me with cows roaming. It was pretty peaceful. That pasture gave way to two
large warehouses. That is just two of the many that have been thrown up all around
this area now. The city claimed that they also placed traffic counters on Town East
adjacent to my house and that on an average there are 632 18-wheel trucks that
pass by between the hours of 7:00pm and 7:00am. I found this ammusing for two
reasons. One, I would have noticed the traffic counters next to my house as I do
drive it everyday. I never saw any. Also if you do the math, that would mean a truck
passing by every five minutes during that time. That is just not true and makes a
person wonder where they really got these numbers and do they think we are so
ignorant as to not know any better. If it was that many, I probably would have moved
long ago. But it isn't and my home is payed for and as I am nearing retirement I was
not planning on having to sell and possibly take on another mortgage. They also
stated that they contacted ALL of the businesses on Town East Blvd. between Forney
and Skyline roads and that the majority of those indicated that redirecting the traffic
would put a negative impact on their operations. Now this is interesting considering
that there are only the TWO warehouses that I mentioned before, on this stretch of
road. One of those is vacant but has an entrance off of Chase Rd.,(this is the road the
redirected traffic would take)as well as off of Town East. The other one which is
directly across the street from me, only has an entrance from Chase Rd. You cannot
get into it from Town East. Now how do you get a majority out of that? Come look for
yourself. Again they assume we are ignorant and don't know any better. I did reply
back with a letter to the City Council as well as to the gentleman that wrote the letter
to me, to tell them of these discrepancies and to ask them to look into it again. They
have decided to ignore the homeowners request for some overnight peace and it
seems that they don't dare inconvenience a few truckers by asking them to go a
block out of their way during overnight hours. Channel 8 News did a story one night
on this, which I really appreciate, but when they were at city hall, they did not ask
anyone to explain the facts that they came up with. Whenever it has been brought up
to anyone with the city, they act as though we are asking for Town East not to be a
truck route at all. That is not the case. We are talking about OVERNIGHT traffic. It
bewilders me that this is the way that our supposedly professional leaders of the city
would choose to treat it's taxpaying homeowners. Let me say also that truck traffic
has been redirected in the same way on Gus Thommason Rd. between North
Mesquite Rd. and Town Center. Again, look for yourself. I even took pictures of the
street signs there informing truckers and presented them to the city. I don't know if
you will print this or if you have any influence to the city to study issues like this, but
we would appreciate any help that we can get now since the city has turned a deaf
ear to it's residents. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Phillip Willis
February 13, 2010
The Mesquite Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association has chosen Sergeant
Wes Talley as officer of the month for January.
Sergeant Wes Talley has been a member of the Mesquite Police Department for
thirteen years. He has previously served in the patrol section, served as a LETS
officer and a Detective in Criminal Investigation Division (CID). He has been a
Sergeant for two years and serves as the Department's Training Coordinator.
The Mesquite Citizen's Police Academy Alumni Association congratulates Sergeant
Talley on a job well done. CLICK HERE for Photos
The Mesquite Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association has chosen Sergeant
Wes Talley as officer of the month for January.
Sergeant Wes Talley has been a member of the Mesquite Police Department for
thirteen years. He has previously served in the patrol section, served as a LETS
officer and a Detective in Criminal Investigation Division (CID). He has been a
Sergeant for two years and serves as the Department's Training Coordinator.
The Mesquite Citizen's Police Academy Alumni Association congratulates Sergeant
Talley on a job well done. CLICK HERE for Photos
March 7, 2010
Free Fingerprinting for children identification is provided by the Mesquite Citizens
Police Academy Alumni Association this Saturday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM at the
CPAAA Office located in the Mesquite Police Department 777 N Galloway Ave,
esquite, TX 75149 if you would like futher information or have a question, please
call 972-329-8376
Free Fingerprinting for children identification is provided by the Mesquite Citizens
Police Academy Alumni Association this Saturday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM at the
CPAAA Office located in the Mesquite Police Department 777 N Galloway Ave,
esquite, TX 75149 if you would like futher information or have a question, please
call 972-329-8376
March 8, 2010
Today I sat down and spoke with Brian Hutcheson, who is a candidate for Mesquite
City Council Place 5 He is one of 3 men vying for the position. The other two being
Gary Ward and Robert Drennen.
We spoke about why he is running, some of the ideas he brings to the table, and
what's it like to make his first attempt at elected office.
I left our talk with a good impression of him.
His website is: http://www.brianhutcheson.com
Today I sat down and spoke with Brian Hutcheson, who is a candidate for Mesquite
City Council Place 5 He is one of 3 men vying for the position. The other two being
Gary Ward and Robert Drennen.
We spoke about why he is running, some of the ideas he brings to the table, and
what's it like to make his first attempt at elected office.
I left our talk with a good impression of him.
His website is: http://www.brianhutcheson.com