The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 81, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 29, 1982 Page: 32 of 36
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have to travel to the Dallas
Farmers Market. Instead,
Active political involve-
ment began for Richard
May when he was asked to
serve as a Republican can-
didate recruiter, and party
leaders decided their first
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farm-grown fruits and vege-
tables will be available at
ers Market beginning this
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May's Was Only Vote
Against Higher Taxes
Collin County Precinct May says the tax in-
4 commissioner, Richard crease could have possibly
May was able to help hold been avoided if more seri-
taxes constant for the ous consideration had
first two years of his term, been given to $600,000 in
In the third year, he savings and efficiency
was the only commission- measures which were pro-
er to vote against an in- posed by him and the
crease in County taxes. County Judge.
May says the tax increase When the budget is
was necessary, primarily, prepared in 1982, Richard
to compensate for an May will continue to fight
error. discovered late in to redirect the priority of
the budget preparation budgeted expenditures to
process. more aggressively address
The tax increase was problems associatd with
made distasteful by the growth and traffic in
fact that the higher budg- South Collin County and
et did not cover what May countywide drug traffick-
considers to be the coun- ing and juvenile crime
'ty’s top priorities; road problems.
improvements in the Pla- If the problems of
no, Allen, and Richardson South Collin County are
portions of the county to not more adequately ad-
serve the overwhelming dressed in the 1982 budg-
majority of Collin County et process, May vows to
residents, and funding for vote against the budget
additional staff in the and continue to be your
Sheriffs Department to out-spoken “independent
deal with the growing nar- Republican Voice” on the
cotics and juvenile crime Collin County Commissin-
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page 4 AN INDEPENDENT REPUBLICAN VOICE
RICHARD MAY INITIATES FARMERS MARKET
Richard May's Accomplishments
It was 1977 and Richard was requested to be a mem- agreed his was the needed ty roads, and conversion to summer due largely
May,"msnative“Texan,hhad ber of the candidate re- vL. .on Coilin County cost-effective diesel equip- Richard May’ eforlSsouth
mnwd to Plano with his fa- cruitment team to solicit a Commissioners Court. ment. c ... ° A 85. „2n
mayedomesixy"arsdrlier Precinct 4 Republican no- Richard May’s philoso- Farmers Market: Fresh Collin County residents
as a mini-computer manu- minee for Commissioners phy of government is re-
facturer’s branch sales Court. fleeted in the accomplish-
manager He had never run And when Republican ments of his first term in
for political office but he officials sat down to consid- office:
er their quaified alterna- Road Improvements
tives, they recalled Richard’s While certainly not a sin-
contribution to local party gle-issue or one-dimension-
affairs and leadership of the al candidate, Richard feels
recruitment team and his effectiveness has been
found they could do no bet- greatest in improvement of
ter than the well-spoken, the road funds distribution
thoughtful member of their system and the opportunity
own ranks, Richard May. for Southern Collin County
They listened to Rich- to begin receiving an equi-
ard’s personal philosophy table share of road dollars,
of government—that less is He takes special pride
best: that practically all the good
—That government business practices he ap-
should only do for people plied to his former Road
what people cannot do for Division 4 (which excluded
themselves; the incorporated areas of.
—That government serv- his precinct) have been
ices should be provided at adopted countywide by the
minimum levels and that new Director of Public
which is left undone should Works.
be performed by the His accomplishments in
free enterprise system and applying job cost account-
volunteerism; ing principles to road im-
—That government offi- provement projects in his
cials should perform fully division take on the signifi-
their legally mandated cance they deserve only
duties but be cautious of when one realizes that such
stepping beyond them; fundamental practices did
—That services beyond not exist in Collin County
mandated requirements be until Richard May intro-
provided only upon a peti- duced them.
tioned request from a broad Other May initiatives
base of the public stipulat- which have since been
ing they want their tax adopted by the Director of
money spent differently or Public Works in every pre-
taxes raised; cinct include: competitive
—That any level of gov- bidding for materials, road
ernment must live within spending based on objective
its income as individual ci- criteria such as traffic
tizens must. count and adjacent proper-
The Republicans lis- ty values, classification and
tened to Richard May and numbering system of coun-
Collin County’s own Farm-
A cooperative venture between
the county and its citizens is the
new Farmers Market, initiated by
Richard May and scheduled to
begin operation this summer.
Fruits and vegetables grown by
small farmers in Collin County
will be offered for sale to other
residents in the facility funded by
the county on FM 2170 (McDer-
mott Road), located about three,
miles north of Clarke Field bet-
ween Custer Road and North
Central Expressway in Allen.
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Johnson, Sherry. The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 81, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 29, 1982, newspaper, April 29, 1982; Allen, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1430600/m1/32/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Allen Public Library.