Ladies & Gentleman your newly elected Plano City Council

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NotEmerald@reddit

They were all endorsed by the Democratic party

See here: https://www.reddit.com/r/plano/comments/1k6unqe/plano_area_democrats_endorsed_candidates_for/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

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Southern_Cause7647@reddit

Maria Tu is Maga-light, but I don’t think she was up for re-election. I’d love to see her go but I didn’t see her on the ballot when I voted.

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GheistHund374@reddit

Correct, she wasn't, but reminder that there is no such thing as maga-lite

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ShaoMinghui@reddit

Amazing

So happy for y'all

Maybe I'll move to Plano Next year

Farmers Branch is getting on my last nerve

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Ur-Upstairs-Neighbor@reddit

MAGAs got overwhelmingly voted out across Texas.

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redditedoutagain@reddit

I’m assuming you mean City Council only, correct?

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redditedoutagain@reddit

Gotcha. I asked because I was wondering if you meant in Texas politics as well.

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Yet Abbott and his cronies are still in office. He, Paxton, Patrick, and the majority of those in the House and Senate. Hell, even Cruz supports him after Trump talked shit about his wife. So, how were they voted out?

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pokeyporcupine@reddit

I love that. Idk why person is getting downvoted, it's a valid question.

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sfa1500@reddit

Probably because they are so apparently concerned about them being MAGA without doing any research, and clearly not voting in the elections.

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KGLO2791@reddit

Not everyone here is from Plano. I live in a neighboring city.

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FloweredViolin@reddit

They might not live in Plano. I'm subbed here because I work in Plano, and it's nice to know what's going on. But I'm not eligible to vote there, because I don't live there.

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ShaoMinghui@reddit

Here here! Happy to hear that so much. What a relief.

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Quick-Eggplant-715@reddit

NO IT WAS A BLUE WAVE SHHHH ( quietly )🤔🤔👏👏🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

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ContentMushroom5119@reddit

All of them were endorsed by Plano Area Democrats.

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roadsidegunfight@reddit

as long as none of them were named Mohammed, Ibrihim or Sultana I’m good with it

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cuberandgamer@reddit

Are these people going to try to destroy the bus, rail, paratransit, and GoLink services the most vulnerable residents rely on?

That's what the previous Plano council attempted

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Stafford4Collin@reddit (OP)

That’s the state legislature’s job.

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cuberandgamer@reddit

It was filed on Plano's behalf, Shelby Williams got the council on this anti-DART kick. Mayor Muns testified in support of HB 3187 when it got a committee hearing. I wish he wouldn't though

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helic_vet@reddit

Are a lot of the East Asians and South Asians in Plano not like citizens?

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This-Speech4659@reddit

Correct. They’re all here as part of the H1B1 visa scam. Then they have kids who hear who are granted birthright citizenship. Overall good immigrants. There is one downside, a lot of Indians bring their parents who are elderly to “visit them”. They then “fake” a medical emergency to get them into the hospitals and don’t pay the bills. So the rest of pay for through higher premiums. And don’t get me started on they’re conduct in Costco.

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Meli_mel63@reddit

How many ran this time? They have to be willing to run. Also, it would help if the voting percentages went up.

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SnooRobots7974@reddit

Maybe these folks can figure out how to not be in a budget deficit and figure out how to get the taxes right.

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Stafford4Collin@reddit (OP)

The city is not allowed to run a deficit.

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Meli_mel63@reddit

So happy to see Chris Krupa on it!

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Lone-Specialist@reddit

Buncha old farts

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Stafford4Collin@reddit (OP)

The demographics of your city council, new members in bold. Don’t complain if you aren’t running yourself.

Place 1: Maria Tu, Asian female 61 (seat will be open in 2027 for someone who lives east of Alma)
Place 2: Bob Kehr, white male 63
Place 3: Rick Horn, white male 72
Place 4: Chris Downs, white female 54
Place 5: Steve Lavine, white male 70
Place 6 Mayor: John Muns, white male 65
Place 7: Julie Holmer, white female 51
Place 8: Vidal Quintanilla, 39 Plano’s first gay and Hispanic city councilor

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Lone-Specialist@reddit

🤢🤮figured a way to make it worse

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GlocalBridge@reddit

Your statistics are not right. The Asian percentage is definitely too low. Here are better statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau for 2024: White (alone) 53.2%, Black 9%, Asian (alone) 22.6%, Two or more races 10.9%, Hispanic/Latino 16.2% (White but not Hispanic 48.2%).

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azwethinkweizm@reddit

I'm still curious as to why the police association didn't endorse Vidal. Every other candidate they endorsed won. Don't kid yourself, candidates take that stuff personally.

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sasquatch_Plano@reddit

Every other candidate that got the endorsement including Hayden (who also got it) used the same political consultants. Vidal had more prerequisites than anyone. Let that sink in!

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sasquatch_Plano@reddit

I tried to expose this on Sasquatchslate.com

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Stafford4Collin@reddit (OP)

Bill, you endorsed Hayden, not Vidal.

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GlocalBridge@reddit

Not really reflective of the ethnic diversity of Plano.

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Stafford4Collin@reddit (OP)

The Plano City Council is now 75% white, which is an improvement from the 88% white council we had last term. 70% of the May 3 voters were white. If you want an ideal racial distribution the council needs one more non-white member (at the 2020 census Plano was 62% white, 18% Hispanic many under 18, 11% black, 5% south Asian, 4% east Asian). But that’s not who ran. If you want a more diverse council encourage more diverse people to complete Leadership Plano (the pipeline for council members).

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sfa1500@reddit

Did members of the ethnic diversity of Plano run and campaign for positions? And were they qualified?

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kanishevilya@reddit

Also, the majority of Plano’s ethnically diverse communities probably just don’t have voting rights due to not being US citizens.

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Sirsnacksalot23@reddit

They got their token in in the gentleman named Vidal

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ShaoMinghui@reddit

Hahahaha of course it isn't lol

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caranza3@reddit

Ah yes the city council that reflects the ethnic make of Plano

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Stafford4Collin@reddit (OP)

The demographics of your city council, new members in bold. Don’t complain if you aren’t running yourself.

Place 1: Maria Tu, Asian female 61 (seat will be open in 2027 for someone who lives east of Alma)
Place 2: Bob Kehr, white male 63
Place 3: Rick Horn, white male 72
Place 4: Chris Downs, white female 54
Place 5: Steve Lavine, white male 70
Place 6 Mayor: John Muns, white male 65
Place 7: Julie Holmer, white female 51
Place 8: Vidal Quintanilla, 39 Plano’s first gay and Hispanic city councilor

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This-Speech4659@reddit

God damn! Too many worthless old bastards.

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emeraldpixiedust@reddit

Thought the language was a little strong, but it seems your comment history follows suit. It's harmful to be hateful, moreso to yourself than others

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heinzenfeinzen@reddit

Did you have the same comment and sentiment on all the Shelby Williams "hate" posts?

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emeraldpixiedust@reddit

I encourage kindness whenever I can. Hate needs to make its way out of politics, period. It's not correct when used by anybody. Focusing on facts and finding a productive compromise should be the goal for all

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heinzenfeinzen@reddit

I agree! But the people posting here about Shelby Williams obviously don't share this sentiment.

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emeraldpixiedust@reddit

Tried to find the post you mentioned (or at least a similar one) and I see what you mean. There's a lot of work to be done!

I appreciate your responses and the attention to existing double standards. Unnecessary aggression is definitely more common than people like to admit

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