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Presidential Contest Shapes Pearland Mayoral Race

Andrew Schneider

Posted on October 26, 2020 · Kevin Cole and Quentin Wiltz are vying to succeed Tom Reid, one of the country’s longest-serving mayors

Tags 2020 election City of Pearland Kevin Cole Pearland Mayor Tom Reid Quentin Wiltz

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Texas audit finds some problems, but not fraud, in Harris County’s handling of 2020 general election

Andrew Schneider

Posted on December 20, 2022 · The report from the Texas Secretary of State’s office pointed specifically to chain-of-custody issues involving close to 185,000 cast vote records.

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Pearland fires city manager Clay Pearson in wake of budgeting miscalculation

Adam Zuvanich

Posted on November 22, 2022 · Trent Epperson has been named interim city manager for Pearland, which is trying to make up for a $10.3 million budgeting shortfall as a result of a miscalculation of its taxable property values.

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Pearland City Council to consider hiring independent auditor in wake of budgeting snafu

Adam Zuvanich

Posted on November 21, 2022 · Leaders in the suburb south of Houston are trying to make up for a $10 million budgeting shortfall as the result of a miscalculation in property tax values.

Tags Brazoria County Tax Assessor-Collector budget shortfall City of Pearland Harris County Appraisal District municipalities Property Tax Rate

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2020 changed how America votes. The question now is whether those changes stick

Miles Parks, NPR

Posted on October 28, 2022 · The pandemic led to a historic rise in early voting, as 70% of the electorate cast ballots before Election Day in 2020. In 2022, it looks like more of the same.

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