Responses to PAC mailer

Southlake Friends:
 
You have probably received a mailer from a PAC that obviously supports my opponent in our upcoming election for Southlake City Council, and which misrepresents my voting record on the Planning & Zoning Commission and my positions on multiple issues.  Here are the facts and the truth:
 
#1 MY MOTION TO DENY THE KROGER TOWN & COUNTRY APPLICATION AT THE NOV. 20, 2014 PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION MEETING
 
I made the MOTION TO DENY the Kroger application at our Nov. 20, 2014 Planning & Zoning Commission meeting, and I VOTED TO DENY the Kroger application. A 1 minute video clip of my MOTION TO DENY and VOTE TO DENY is attached. A video of the entire meeting, and the minutes from that meeting, are available at the City of Southlake’s website.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqW4iXP163c
 
#2 MY VOTE AGAINST MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENCES IN SOUTHLAKE TOWN SQUARE AT THE AUGUST 22, 2013 PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION MEETING
 
At the August 22, 2013 Planning & Zoning Commission meeting, I voted AGAINST the application for a permit for the multi-family high density residences in Town Square. A video clip of the vote is attached. The video of the entire meeting, and the minutes of the Aug. 22, 2013 meeting, are available at the City of Southlake website (see agenda item #6, case ZA13-054).
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9MgJg-YFEs
 
#3 NO EXPANSION OF CONTINENTAL BLVD.
 
Again contrary to the mailer from my opponent’s PAC, I have not advocated or proposed to expand Continental Blvd., as it runs along (1) our neighborhood (the Hills of Monticello), (2) Carroll Elementary School (where 2 of my children go to school), and (3) Old Union Elementary School. Not only have I not proposed to expand Continental Blvd., the City of Southlake does not have any plans to expand Continental Blvd. My opponent, a 30 year career city politician, should know what Southlake has planned and not planned.
PLEASE share and forward this information to your Southlake neighbors and friends.  EARLY VOTING starts on Monday April 27 at Town Hall.  THANK YOU!
 
Shawn McCaskill

 

 

Shawn's Record on Voting Against High Density Developments

Shawn has a consistent voting record against high density developments in Southlake, including voting against both the Parkview multi-family residences in Town Square (August 22, 2013) and the Super Kroger store (November 20, 2014) while serving on the Planning and Zoning Commission. While serving on City Council, Shawn made the motion to deny, and voted to deny, both the Town Square apartment application on February 18, 2020 (cases ZA20-0001 and 0002) and the Creekside Point hotel application on April 6, 2021 which only proposed to preserve 14% of the trees on its site at State Highway 114 and Kirkwood Blvd. During Shawn's time on City Council, Southlake had the lowest residential density of any city in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, and City Council made multi-million dollar investments to acquire multiple tracts of vacant land for preservation as open/green space and possible city parks.

Shawn's Record on Cutting the City of Southlake Property Tax Rate and Implementing the Maximum Homestead Exemption Allowed Under Texas State Law

Shawn's record on City Council includes implementing the maximum residential homestead property tax exemption allowed under Texas state law, and 3 consecutive years of property tax rate cuts in 2019, 2020, and 2021, to the lowest property tax rate in Southlake since the 1980s. In addition, during Shawn's 6 years on City Council, Southlake paid down its debt from $76 million in 2015 to $29 million in 2021, with City Council mandating (1) refinancing of debt at lower interest rates, (2) accelerating the repayment of debt each year, and (3) cash funding for capital improvement projects such as roads, sidewalks, and underground infrastructure.

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