Election 2022: Stephenville stadium bond passes; Taylor County liquor option sails
Taylor County voters in Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3, which is in the southern part of the county, by a 3-to-1 margin – decided Tuesday to legalize the sale of alcoholic beverages.
This vote specifically affects Bowie’s Travel Center, which is being built near the split of U.S. Highways 83/84.
The business will be northeast of Tuscola.
Two cities within the precinct already are “wet” – the city of Buffalo Gap, the result of a 2013 election, and the city of Tuscola, which held a local option election in May 2019. The results of Tuesday’s election will not supersede the existing status in those cities.
Elsewhere in the Big Country, Stephenville Independent School District voters approved construction of a $40 million football/soccer stadium for Yellowjacket and Lady Yellowjacket athletes.
However, voters in Blackwell's school district, which takes in both Nolan and Taylor counties, defeated three of four propositions in a bond election.
In Hawley, voters approved two propositions for sales and use tax, including one to provide revenue for maintenance and repair of municipal streets.
And in Scurry County, city voters in Snyder approved two propositions related to the Development Corporation of Snyder, authorizing sales and use tax for various purposes.
In results below, * indicates a winner.
Taylor County
Special option liquor election:
FOR 1,988
AGAINST 611
Blackwell Consolidated Independent School District:
Proposition A: The issuance of $9.08 million of bonds for the construction, improvement, renovation and equipment of school buildings in the district, including necessary sites, and the purchase of new school buses; and the levying of a tax sufficient, without limit as to rate or amount, to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds and to pay the costs of any credit agreements executive or authorized in anticipation of, in relation to, or in connection with the bonds; this is a property tax increase
FOR 24
AGAINST 22
Proposition B: The issuance of $2.72 million of bonds for the construction, improvement, renovation and equipment of athletic facilitates in the district; and the levying of a tax sufficient, without limit as to rate or amount, to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds and to pay the cost of any credit agreements executed or authorized in anticipation of, in relation to, or in connection with the bonds; this is a property tax increase.
FOR 19
AGAINST 27
Proposition C: The issuance of $2.5 million of bonds for the construction, improvement, acquisition and equipment of housing for teachers in the district and the levying of a tax sufficient, without limit, as to rate or amount, to pay the principal and interest on the bonds and to pay the costs of any credit agreements executed or authorized in anticipation of, in relation to, or in connection with the bonds; this is a property tax increase.
FOR 21
AGAINST 24
Proposition D: The issuance of $600,000 of bonds for the acquisition or update of technology equipment in the district and the levying of a tax sufficient, without limit as to rate or amount, to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds and to pay the costs of any credit agreements executed or authorized in anticipation of, in relation to, or in connection with the bonds; this is a property tax increase.
FOR 22
AGAINST 24
Eula Independent School District, Board of Trustees: Vote for 4
Taylor County votes:
Cutter Flatt 56
Corey Jenkins 44
Bill Dean 45
Chad Collins 35
Angel Orozco 29
Kim Farmer 62
Chris Harris 28
Callahan County votes:
Cutter Flatt 460
Corey Jenkins 399
Bill Dean 279
Chad Collins 282
Angel Orozco 235
Kim Farmer 335
Chris Harris 117
Total vote:
Cutter Flatt 516 *
Corey Jenkins 443 *
Bill Dean 324 *
Chad Collins 317
Angel Orozco 264
Kim Farmer 397 *
Chris Harris 145
Select other elections:
Brown County
Brownwood Independent School District, Member Place 7: Vote for 1
Aristeo (A.R.) Cardenas 87
Justin Posey 597 *
Chelsey Flippin 95
Francie Clark 274
Neil Larremore 71
Callahan County
Baird City Council: Vote for 2
Scott Davis 214 *
Debbie Smedley Modrall 161
Laverne Mason 124
Efraim E. Rodriguez 162 *
Baird Independent School District: Vote for 2
William Johnson 144
Jody Gerngross 438 *
John Dyer 252
Krystal Windham Bounds 427 *
Proposition A: Authorizing the board of trustees of Baird ISD to purchase attendance credit from the state with local tax revenues.
FOR 628
AGAINST 229
Comanche County
Sidney Independent School District: Vote for 5
Molly Odgers 76
Colt Caffey 154 *
Rachel Miller 103 *
Paul Lindeque 127 *
Brad Carriger 99 *
Sarah Tucker 84 *
Erath County
Bluff Dale Independent School District: Vote for 3
Hillary Raupe 235
Mark Hall 132
Julie Edwards 278 *
Vincent Parro 135
Julie Anderson 348 *
Curtis Hollingsworth 356 *
Ryan Reed 215
Huckabay Independent School District:
Full Four-Year Term: Vote for 4
Cindy Shipman 488 *
Cody Pike 446 *
Mekka Steinruck 141
Lance Brooks 331*
Lacie Harris 207
Mike Wilfong 409 *
Two-Year Unexpired Term: Vote for 2
Brett Thetford 394 *
Lea Contreras 115
Betty Peterson 319 *
Casey Heath 204
Santo Independent School District: Vote for 4
Amy Bryan 105 *
Misty Mills 52
Donny Herring 77 *
Rusty McIntosh 43
Rachel Edwards Hopkins 35
Rhea Gilbert-Watts 69 *
Cori Lee Rice 70 *
Stephenville Independent School District:
The issuance of $39,978,837 of bonds by the Stephenville Independent School District for acquiring, constructing and equipping a new football/soccer stadium and levying the tax in payment thereof. This is a property tax increase.
FOR 3,878
AGAINST 3,731
Fisher County
Roby Consolidated Independent School District: Vote for 4
Stormy Rasberry 310 *
Jerry Carrion 155
Dakota Rasberry 284 *
Michele Terry 406 *
April Noell 170
Kevin Kelly 374 *
City of Rotan: Vote for 5
Randy Cox 295 *
Loyd Greene 366 *
Joy Dennis 305 *
Frank Miranda 351 *
Gordon Scott Toliver 197
C. Templeton 66
Jones County
City of Hawley - Special election:
Proposition A: Adoption of a local sales and use tax at the rate of 1¼%
FOR 100
AGAINST 99
Proposition B: Adoption of a local sales and use tax in Hawley at the rate of ¼% to provide revenue for maintenance and repair of municipal streets.
FOR 134
AGAINST 66
Nolan County
Highland Independent School District: Vote for 4
Brent Allen 104 *
Brad Thompson 80
Rebecca Gratehouse 82 *
Ashley Bowen 44
Rooster Falcon 54
Kevin Gillespie 86 *
Derek Montgomery 102 *
Runnels County
City of Ballinger - Single member district, Place 3:
Rachelle Williams 34
Ryan T. Lange 69
City of Ballinger - Single member district, Place 4:
Wesley Warlick 81
Steve Gray 214
Scurry County
City of Snyder:
Proposition 1: Shall the Development Corporation of Snyder, Inc. ... be authorized to use its sales and use tax, including all amounts previously authorized and collected, for land, buildings, equipment, facilities and improvements found by the board to be required or suitable for use for professional and amateur sports, including children's sports, athletic, entertainment, tourist, convention and public park purposes and events and related maintenance and operating costs.
FOR 1,500
AGAINST 785
Proposition 2: Shall the Development Corporation of Snyder, Inc. ... be authorized to use its sales and use tax, including all amounts previously authorized and collected, for land, buildings, equipment, facilities, expenditures, targeted infrastructure and improvements found by the corporation's board of directors to promote new or expanded business development.
FOR 1,472
AGAINST 798
Hermleigh Independent School District: Vote for 3
David Digby 195 *
Christy Garcia 74
Leslie Beane 94
Kasey Nachlinger 108 *
Jeremy Hogan 69
Gerald P. Rodriguez 133 *
Ira Independent School District: Vote for 4
Cody Cox 153 *
Jerry Jamison 179 *
Austin Calley 122
Dirk Dunn 199 *
Justin Donelson 139 *
This article originally appeared on Abilene Reporter-News: Stephenville stadium bond passes; Taylor County liquor option sails
