3/26/2012
Grand Prairie

Tony Shotwell received two key endorse­ments today in his bid for re-election to City Coun­cil Dis­trict 5.
First, he was endorsed by the Grand Prairie Police Asso­ci­a­tion, despite his oppo­nent hav­ing been a long­time offi­cer and for­mer police chief. “This is a huge endorse­ment for me”, Tony said. “I have sup­ported all pub­lic safety areas of our city for my entire tenure on the coun­cil, and this endorse­ment, along with the Firefighter’s endorse­ment, only renews that commitment.”

“We think the we are mov­ing in the right direc­tion, as a city and as a department, and Tony Shotwell is the best choice for keep­ing that for­ward momen­tum going” com­mented J.J. Wal­lis, pres­i­dent of the police asso­ci­a­tion, when inform­ing Shotwell of the endorsement.

“I believe in the changes and new ideas being brought for­ward by Chief Steve Dye, and sup­port his ini­tia­tives, espe­cially the new con­cept of neigh­bor­hood involve­ment of the beat offi­cers get­ting to know the res­i­dents and the neigh­bor­hoods, which is some­thing that has a great poten­tial upside to it”, Tony said, “I look for­ward to work­ing with the offi­cers in dis­trict 5, and will do all I can to help them succeed”

Tony Shotwell was also endorsed by the Nor-Tex Board of Real­tors today, after inter­view­ing with them last week. Mr. Shotwell’s oppo­nent chose to skip this chance to debate the issues face-to-face and did not attend this forum. Tony com­mented, “Once again, I am proud to be endorsed by the local Realtor’s Board, these are pro­fes­sion­als who are out there on a daily basis sell­ing the good qual­i­ties of Grand Prairie, and I am hum­bled they con­sider my con­tri­bu­tions to the city wor­thy of this endorse­ment.” Mr. Shotwell has ini­ti­ated many infra­struc­ture improve­ments to dis­trict 5, increas­ing the curb appeal of neigh­bor­hoods as diverse as Bur­bank Gar­dens to Sad­dle Hills. When Tony Shotwell was a rookie coun­cil­man he insisted on street/sidewalk/curb con­struc­tion on all of the streets from Small Street north to Tar­rant Road, stat­ing “How can a neigh­bor­hood have curb appeal when there are no curbs at all?”