The Colony Courier (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 6, 1978 Page: 1 of 12
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In close contest
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Welty, Harris
win MUD vote
The chief said that two
bicycles have been turned
into the Police Department.
One is a red Positron Open
Road and the other is blue
with no seat. If you recog-
nize one of these as being
Beltran reports that Coun-
cilman Dave Dall brought to
his attention that there are
It was a long wait Saturday night for votes to be
counted in the Colony’s municipal election. Then
the word came that Bill Longo was the new
mayor. It was a happy moment for Longo and
many Colony residents who
like to ride skate boards
and at present there is no
place designated for this
sport. Beltran said that effec-
tive immediately Colony re-
sidents may use Sutton Place
which is located South of
Hetherington, the first street
East of 423. He asks that
those using this area go to
the extreme south end.
The Colony Police De-
partment again will offer a
speedometer check for Colony
residents on April 9 from 2
to 4 p.m. at Merrell Lane
and Blair Oaks in The Colony.
Chief Beltran said that the
service will aid motorists in
knowing that their speedo-
meters are registering the
exact speed. He said speedo-
meters on new cars are some-
times off by several miles
per hour and that older cars
become less accurate with
age.
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Voters in the Colony Mu-
nicipal Utilities District went
to the polls and returned
two incumbents to the MUD
Board, unofficial returns
showed.
Art Welty received 518
votes, Jesse Harris got 444.
Harris has been board presi-
dent since the district was
formed in 1974. The third
candidate, William Mabry,
got 238 votes.
Welty of 4921 Colony
Boulevard is a patient at
Presbyterian Hospital in
Dallas after undergoing sur-
gery recently.
3 hopefuls lose
The Colony had its own
polling place Saturday for
the first time in the Lewis-
ville Independent School
District but still its three
candidates fared poorly, un-
official returns showed.
For Place I on the board,
Joe Forish, a Colony resi-
dent, got 354 votes and lost
to Bill Ferris who had 1,051.
In the Place 6 election,
Julia Perry of the Colony
and George Butler of the
Colony lost to Jerry Camp-
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Colony voters chose Bill Longo mayor
Saturday in a close contest over Linda
Adams and David Dall.
They also elected Clint Davis to Place 1
on the City Council, Sandra Shearer to Place
3, Gary Shipman to Place 4 and Gene Pol-
lard to Place 5.
The unofficial returns for mayor showed
Longo with 279 votes and Adams and Dall
tied with 234.
Longo, an unsuccessful candidate for the
council a year ago, has questioned council
members closely at public sessions on budget
matters and the Police Department.
Adams was elected to the first City Coun-
cil after being chairman of the old Home-
owners Association’s Incorporation Committee.
She was chosen mayor pro-tem and served in
that post after Luis Guerrero resigned as
mayor in January.
Longo will fill the unexpired one year of
Guerrero’s term, and Adams has a year left
on her term as council member.
Shearer is the only other original member
of the council who will be serving. She got
464 votes and defeated Robert F. Brown
with 247. A third candidate for Place 3,
Nelson Viles got 22 votes. He had announced
his withdrawal earlier to support Brown but
his name was on the ballot.
In the race for Place 1, Davis got 315
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Official Newspaper for the City of The Colony
APRIL 6, 1978
Applause heard
at Council meet
The mood was more jovial and often there was laughter and
applause at the City Council meeting Monday night two days
after the city election.
During the weeks as the election neared there had been more
tension apparent at council meetings.
There was applause after the winners of the Saturday election
were introduced. They were Bill Longo, mayor; Clint Davis,
Place 1 on the council; Sandra Shearer, Place 3; Gary Shipman,
Place 4, and Gene Pollard, Place 5.
There was applause at the end of the meeting for council
members who are retiring. They are David Dall, Kathy Bock
and Joe Gaulden.
The new members will be sworn in at 8 p.m. Friday at the
Colony First Baptist Church. The ceremony had first been sche-
duled at the United Methodist Church.
Bill Devlin, the new police officer, was introduced by Chief
Jim Beltran. Beltran said Devlin was responsible for getting the
toll free police telephone Une from the Colony to the Denton
County sheriff’s office.
Devlin said it was a major decision to become “all law en-
forcement.” He had been a member of the city’s police reserve.
He said he looked forward to working with the Colony Volun-
teer Fire Department.
The council approved a 37-page personnel police manual for
city employes.
Before it was approved a member of the audience questioned
whether it was fair for the present council to approve the policy
since new council members would soon be sworn in.
Mayor Pro-tem Linda Adams replied that it was only policy
and the new council could change it.
The council also:
—Approved an ordinance granting zoning changes for the
proposed Colony Square Shopping Center.
—Accepted the canvass of returns of Saturday’s municipal
election.
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votes, Ed Rose 258 and Michael Mayo 145.
Gary Shipman won the Place 4 contest
against Richard Turner, 476-256.
Gene Pollard was the victor in Place 5
with 439 votes. Larry Ellis was second with
224 and Edward McConlogue third with 57.
The 1 per cent city sales tax was approved
410 to 255.
Longo said Tuesday he was “concerned
that the Colony had isolated itself” from
other nearby towns and began work to ce-
ment relations.
He phoned John Clanton in Frisco and
Mozelle Crawford in Eastvale and offered con-
gratulations on their elections as mayor.
Longo said that Clanton who defeated in-
cumbent Harold Bacchus offered 100 per
cent cooperation with the Colony. The Colony
and Frisco have had a dispute because of
Frisco’s extra-territorial jurisdiction around the
Colony.
But Frisco and other neighboring towns
have common problems they should discuss,
Longo said. They include fire protection and
ambulance service.
Longo said he would contact officials of
several other cities quickly seeking solutions
to common problems. The towns include
Little Elm, north Carrollton, Lewisville, He-
bron and Lakewood Village.
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Blalock, Jack. The Colony Courier (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 6, 1978, newspaper, April 6, 1978; Little Elm, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1519825/m1/1/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Colony Public Library.