City of Mansfield

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Traffic

So…you think that we have traffic congestion NOW?…just wait as our population continues to grow.

Infrastructure is one of the primary responsibilities of a city. In addition to police/fire protection, and other essentials that are necessary.

Streets are essential in order to safely move people from one point to another. The lack of primary streets is a problem today and needs to be corrected…before it becomes an inexcusable hazard. Safety and convenience should be a priority…for all existing citizens.

At this time, we have the “Cart in Front of the Horse”

Is there a solution?

Responsible decisions of spending taxpayers money need to be made in the best interest of its citizens that live here…approving multi-family developments and spending money to entice people to move here which will only magnify the problem.

The City Council has allocated money to infrastructure but it is not adequate. We spend more money partnering with the private sector or competing with them than we do with the essentials that need to be addressed.

“Growth is inevitable…but Responsible Growth is a Necessity”   

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Realism Idealism

Realistic :

  • Mansfield, Texas approx. 80,000 people
  • Average household income is approx. $126,000.00 per year.
  • Approx. 92% of the working population travel elsewhere to work.
  • They moved here (and travel to their work) because they chose to live in a suburban neighborhood with good schools to raise a family  away from the high-density, traffic and crime of Ft. Worth / Dallas.
  • Those people and the residents before us have established who we are today and paid the price to be…”Minutes from Everything and Second to None.”

Idealistic :

  • To increase population to 150,000 on 25% of the land that hasn’t been developed and add other amenities to accommodate that growth without destroying what has made us unique. Not possible.
  • To bring the majority of those individuals back to work here…that chose to be away from their work? Unrealistic.  
  • To have world-class amenities (not sure exactly what that means).
  • To be “everything to everyone.” Not possible

Growth is inevitable…but the right leadership should focus on making decisions to support what has made us desirable. The wrong growth will eventually drive the current population elsewhere…history will repeat itself if we don’t learn from it.