McBride said he wants to raise high school graduation rates in Fort Worth and increase vocational programs. “We don’t need another task force,” Peoples responded. The Tarrant Regional Water District has two at-large seats open for four-year terms.

TCU 360 is an official, student-produced product of the Department of Journalism in the Bob Schieffer College of Communication at Texas Christian University. The city is years behind on adding rail and Fort Worth residents need transportation options now, Peoples said. McBride and Peoples said yes, Price said no. Price said she would invest in quality child care and early education. And we need a mayor who will stand up for all of us. The 2019 Fort Worth mayoral election took place on May 4, 2019, to elect the mayor of Fort Worth, Texas. After Price delivered her closing remarks while glancing down at her iPad, Peoples said she hoped she could speak within the allotted time, “because I didn’t script my answer.”. May 14, … “We’ve been very proud of keeping Fort Worth clean, neat, essentially organized,” she said. The candidates provided a variety of answers when they were asked what they would do with a $1 million grant.

", Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram, https://vimeo.com/312351848","_id":"00000174-20ed-d47e-a1f7-72eddbdf0000","_type":"035d81d3-5be2-3ed2-bc8a-6da208e0d9e2"}">https://vimeo.com/312351848" target="_blank">NBC 5/KXAS-TV and Peoples for the People. Price said education should have been discussed, as too many Fort Worth children aren’t ready to learn when they enter kindergarten, which is why she created the program Read Fort Worth. Transportation, education and discrimination dominated the conversation Monday at TCU’s mayoral forum. McBride said he supports the scooters but that the city would need to implement regulations so it wouldn’t experience the problems Dallas has seen. Mayoral Election Type. Price added that she has worked with Trinity Metro to add bike racks to bus stops and add rideshare services to the Trinity Metro app. [1][2] Deborah Peoples, the chair of the Tarrant County Democratic Party, ran as a challenger.[3]. Three candidates have filed to run for Fort Worth mayor. Price added that these are the kind of issues Fort Worth’s chief equity officer, who will be hired soon, will address. And in Fort Worth, Mayor Betsy Price handily won an unprecedented fifth term, defeating her top challenger, Deborah Peoples, by 14 percentage points. The election was officially non-partisan. “As we were going to protests, we started going to more City Hall meetings and meeting with the chief of police and meeting with [Fort Worth] Mayor Betsy Price,” Osei Jr. said. After 34 years with AT&T, she retired as vice president of U-verse Sales. McBride said he has seen discrimination throughout his years in the restaurant industry, but that restaurants ultimately have the right to turn people away if they’re not following the dress code. Peoples said Fort Worth needs to look at every method available to help those who can’t or don’t want to drive. When Nicole’s not reporting, you’ll likely find her talking politics, iced coffee in hand.
“Quality child care, early education is the linchpin to ending poverty,” she said. Fort Worth Mayor … After running her own business for 17 years, Price was first elected in 2000 to serve as Tarrant County’s Tax Assessor. Peoples said she believes there is discrimination in Fort Worth bars and that the leadership in Fort Worth has been quiet on the issue. (Update: James McBride joined the mayoral race after this article's original Jan. 31, 2019, publication date.). Betsy Price; Election Dates. Time to stand up for Fort Worth and time to stand up for each other," she said at an event. If successful in this election, she would become the longest serving mayor of Fort Worth. The first question of the night was whether the candidates support dockless scooters from companies like Bird and Lime, which currently aren’t permitted in the city. "I'd like to continue on a couple more years. Peoples said she would invest the money in scooters, fixing potholes and improving transportation. Non-partisan with Round run-off (1 or 2 rounds) Local Government Type. She said the problem with scooters is they aren’t docked and tend to be dropped in random places. Mayoral candidates talk transportation, education, discrimination in Fort Worth, How performing arts majors are adjusting to the pandemic, Physician declares climate change a “medical emergency” in Friday Focus talk, What we’re reading: Presidential debate full of insults, murder-suicide in Fort Worth, SGA resolution passed to support in-person class, Student COVID-19 cases near zero as semester reaches midpoint, Patterson: ‘No silver lining’ as football drops season opener to Iowa State, Undergraduate international student population hits lowest level in over a decade. As the forum was nearing the end, moderator Estrus Tucker asked the candidates what question should have been discussed during the forum that wasn’t. ", Published January 31, 2019 at 8:52 AM CST, https://vimeo.com/312351848","_id":"00000174-20ed-d47e-a1f7-72eddbdf0000","_type":"035d81d3-5be2-3ed2-bc8a-6da208e0d9e2"}">, Amy Coney Barrett Could Reshape Interpretation Of The Second Amendment, 'A Monumental Task' — UT Austin Struggles To Follow Through On COVID-19 Prevention Plan, Glass Fire Rages Across Northern California, Burning Thousands Of Acres, New Louisville Police Chief Takes The Helm During Tense Time In The City. Early voting ends Tuesday; election day for the municipal races is May 4. The 2019 Fort Worth mayoral election took place on May 4, 2019, to elect the mayor of Fort Worth, Texas.The election was officially non-partisan. He's Looking At 2020 The Same Way. Price said Fort Worth has a “very extensive” BCycle program, which places docked bikes throughout the city. “Current leadership has kicked the can down the road,” Peoples said. To find your polling location, click here. He said Trinity Metro needs a lot of reform, citing problems with the bus schedules. Municipal elections will take place on May 4.

With regards to the dockless scooters, Peoples said parts of the city are already “junky” and need to be cleaned up. Johnson and Avitia are part of the group Enough is Enough Fort Worth. ", Peoples https://vimeo.com/312351848","_id":"00000174-20ed-d47e-a1f7-72eddbdf0000","_type":"035d81d3-5be2-3ed2-bc8a-6da208e0d9e2"}">https://vimeo.com/312351848" target="_blank">told NBC 5/KXAS-TV, "What I'm going to campaign on is making sure that we have a government that has vision, that responds to its citizens, that includes its citizens and works on a long-term plan. Peoples said the quality of leadership in Fort Worth should have been discussed. "Texas politics: Fort Worth mayor Betsy Price to run in 2019 | Fort Worth Star-Telegram", "Fort Worth small business a priority, Mayor Betsy Price says | Fort Worth Star-Telegram", "Deborah Peoples announces bid for mayor in Fort Worth | Fort Worth Star-Telegram", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2019_Fort_Worth_mayoral_election&oldid=974652734, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 24 August 2020, at 06:34. The candidates, including Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price, Chairwoman of the Tarrant County Democratic Party Deborah Peoples and Tarrant County College student James McBride, took questions from moderators Estrus Tucker and Jason Whitley. Peoples could be seen holding back laughter during many of Price’s remarks. Nicole Hawkins is a journalism and political science double major from Tucson, Arizona. She believes the scooters will add to that problem. “As your mayor, I’m going to stand up for what is right.”. “The mayor says you don’t have to be a Republican or a Democrat to fix a pothole,” Peoples said, “but you darn sure have to be somebody who’s empathetic to the plight of people in those neighborhoods.”. Beto O'Rourke Ran His 2018 Campaign On His Own Terms. Price said the city has a new task force, Transit Moves Fort Worth, to try to improve transportation. If successful in this election, she would become the longest serving mayor of Fort Worth.

The candidates were asked whether or not there’s discrimination in Fort Worth bars after a TCU athletics coach was turned away from one for wearing Air Jordan shoes this past weekend.

She also said the city is adding bike lanes and sidewalks where possible. She first ran for mayor in 2011. Peoples received audience applause for most of her comments, while a majority of Price’s remarks were met with silence and sometimes scoffs from attendees.

Potential candidates have until Feb. 15 to file for the May 4 election. Betsy Price, who was serving her fourth term, ran for reelection.
Why you know her: She's the current mayor of Fort Worth, having served eight years in that office. What she says: "I think there's a lot yet to be done," she told WFAA-TV. “As we were going to protests, we started going to more City Hall meetings and meeting with the chief of police and meeting with [Fort Worth] Mayor Betsy Price,” Osei Jr. said. “When you have a city leadership that is silent until something blows up, what do you expect is going to happen?” Peoples said.


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