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          I. 
          TONY SHOTWELL. 
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I TONY SHOTWELL. 
          AYE. 
          KURT G JOHNSON. 
          AYE. 
          KURT G JOHNSON. 
          AYE. 
          STEVE JUNIOR. 
          INU. 
          AYE. 
          STEVE JUNIOR INU, THE WINNERS OF THE MAY 4TH GRAND PRAIRIE CITY COUNCIL ELECTION ARE NOW ON THE JOB. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          THANK TONY SHOTWELL WILL REPRESENT DISTRICT FIVE, A CD HELD FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES BEFORE STEPPING DOWN IN 2018. 
          FOR HEALTH REASONS, I WOULDN'T RUN THROUGH OFFICE IF I COULDN'T GET OUT AND KNOCK ON DOORS AND TALK TO PEOPLE. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S HOW YOU LEARN. 
          HOW I LEARN WHAT THE NEIGHBOR, WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, EACH SEPARATE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          ONCE THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT. 
          AND IF I DIDN'T GET OUT AND KNOCK ON DOORS AND TALK TO 'EM, I'D JUST BE FELL IN DE SEAT. 
          I WOULDN'T BE DOING THE JOB. 
          DISTRICT SIX, INCUMBENT KURT JOHNSON IS RETURNING AFTER DEFEATING TWO OPPONENTS TO STAY ON THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          BY WORKING TOGETHER, WE CAN ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES FACED IN OUR CITY FROM IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC SAFETY TO EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          I AM COMMITTED TO FOSTERING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER'S VOICE IS HEARD AND VALUED. 
          WHERE WE CAN ENGAGE IN CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE AND WHERE OUR SHARE GOES IS THE GOVERNMENT OF GRAND PRAIRIE AND AT LARGE PLACE AID INCUMBENT STEVE JUNIOR, EASY ONO ALSO BE TWO CHALLENGERS TO KEEP HIS SEAT ON THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE THE CITY A BETTER PLACE THAT'S FAIRER, MORE EQUITABLE, AND WHERE WE TAKE CARE OF EVERYBODY REGARDLESS OF RACE, RELIGION, BACKGROUND, ETHNICITY. 
          WE'RE ABOUT THIS COUNCIL RIGHT HERE. 
          WE'RE ABOUT EVERYBODY. 
          WE'RE ABOUT EVERYONE THAT LIVES IN THIS CITY. 
          AND THAT'S WHY WHEN I LOOK INTO THIS AUDIENCE AND I SEE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE CITY, IT MAKES ME TRULY HAPPY. 
          ALL THE NEWLY SWORN CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL SERVE FOR THREE YEAR TERMS.
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