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Jefferson E. Boyt
From Ballotpedia
Jefferson "Jeb" Boyt was a 2014 candidate for District 7 of the Austin, Texas City Council.
Campaign themes
2014
On his campaign website, Boyt highlighted the following issues:[1]
Affordability
- Excerpt: "This is an issue that requires our immediate attention. We need to consider every alternative available for increasing the availability of housing. And if we’re going to have affordable housing, we need to build a variety of types of housing to meet the variety of needs in Austin. The rewrite of the City’s land development code through the CodeNext process offers an excellent opportunity to examine how the City adds costs and delays to the construction of new housing and places burdens on businesses. Affordability is a concern that must be considered when taking up other issues such as tax equity, transportation, parks, and utility rates."
Taxation
- Excerpt: "The property system is flawed, and it needs to change. The Council must take the concerns of citizens to the legislature in seeking a fairer tax system and a property appraisal system that relies on the best possible data. Our City Council cannot take an insular approach. As the Council makes decisions that will impact the tax burden placed on Austinites, it must keep a watchful eye on the cumulative taxes assessed by other jurisdictions including counties, Central Health, ACC, and local school districts."
Transportation
- Excerpt: "We need to pursue multimodal solutions so that people have real choices as they plan and make their daily trips around the city. A practical way to move forward is to expediently work to improve connections across I-35 throughout Austin and increase the ways people can get home safely after a late night. We must also look into alternative an innovative forms of transportation such as ride sharing services that have been successfully implemented and utilized in other cities."
Accountability
- Excerpt: "The first Council inaugurated under the new 10-1 system, will bear the burden and have the privilege of building the practices, procedures, and culture of governance that will impact the effectiveness and success of our local government for years to come. In particular, the new Council must structure its meetings so that there are better opportunities for citizen input. We also need to avoid having policy discussions after midnight to make “time certain” actually resemble something close to certainty."
Energy
- Excerpt: "As members of a conscientious community, Austinites are rightly concerned about how the process Austin Energy employs to generate electricity may contribute to climate change and place demands on our limited water resources. Austin Energy’s generation plan is designed to balance the various sources of power – solar, hydroelectric, biomass, gas, coal, and nuclear. With the price for solar power at an all-time low, we should encourage Austin Energy to make its goal for solar power generation more ambitious."
Water
- Excerpt: "Due to the drought, people are using less water, and Austin Water has said that they will need to raise rates to cover their fixed costs. Questions about those fixed cost, particularly the expenses incurred in the construction of Water Treatment Plant 4, have led many to be weary of Austin Water’s financial management. The drought has also raised concerns about the severely low water levels in the lakes, and whether we will have enough water for the future. As a city, in collaboration with the county and the state, we must make water conservation a top priority."
Parks
- Excerpt: "Our parks, pools, and trails are used by Austinites of all ages as a source of hours and hours of affordable fun and active exercise. Yet despite the value it adds to our city, our parks system still faces difficult challenges. Many neighborhoods still lack parks, underserved communities lack access to the resources our parks and recreation facilities have to offer, and the Parks Department is having to do more with less after undergoing substantial budget cuts. We must work to ensure our parks system is well equipped to continue to provide and expand these important services and that all of our communities have access to the beautiful outdoor spaces our City has to offer."
Elections
2014
- See also: Austin, Texas municipal elections, 2014.
The city of Austin held elections for city council on November 4, 2014. The candidate filing deadline was August 18, 2014. Because of redistricting and term limits, there was no incumbent for District 7.[2] Candidates included Jefferson E. Boyt, Edwin E. English, Zachary R. Ingraham, James A. Paver, Leslie Pool, Pete Salazar, Jr., Darryl R. Wittle and Melissa A. Zone. Because no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote in the general election, the top two vote-getters - Boyt and Pool - faced each other in a runoff election on December 16, 2014.[3][4] Pool was the winner.[5]
| Austin City Council, District 7, 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
 Jeb Boyt |
16.9% | 3,299 | |
| Leslie Pool |
32.1% | 6,275 | |
| Ed English | 13.8% | 2,701 | |
| Zachary R. Ingraham | 3.1% | 612 | |
| James A. Paver | 10.8% | 2,107 | |
| Pete Salazar, Jr. | 5.9% | 1,148 | |
| Darryl R. Wittle | 2.2% | 429 | |
| Melissa A. Zone | 15.1% | 2,951 | |
| Total Votes | 14,994 | ||
| Source: Travis County Clerk - 2014 Official Election Results | |||
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Jeb for Austin "Issues," accessed September 26, 2014
- ↑ City of Austin, "2014 Election Calendar," accessed May 14, 2014
- ↑ Travis County Clerk, "2014 Unofficial Election Results," accessed November 4, 2014
- ↑ City of Austin, "2014 Candidate List," accessed September 4, 2014
- ↑ Travis County Clerk, "2014 Runoff Election Results," accessed December 16, 2014
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