Registration opens for Flower Mound Citizens Academy - The Cross Timbers Gazette

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Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Flower Mound Town Hall, photo courtesy of the town of Flower Mound

Registration is now open for the popular Flower Mound Citizens’ Academy.

Attendees will gain a better understanding of the town’s government and the services provided in the program, according to a news release from the town. It will be held about three times per month, from 6-8:30 p.m. at different town facilities, beginning in January and concluding in April.

Each week will feature presentations from different town staff representing various departments. It is free to Flower Mound residents and business owners 18 and older, and participation is first-come, first-served. Due to COVID-19, the class size is limited to 10 participants and classes may be a mix of in-person and online sessions, according go the town. To apply and find more information, visit www.flower-mound.com/fmca.

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November 04, 2020 at 10:57AM
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Coworking space coming to Flower Mound and more DFW-area news - Community Impact Newspaper

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Pearl Cup Coffee closes its Richardson location

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Local election results - The Cross Timbers Gazette

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Election Night was a good one for most local incumbents.

Incumbent republicans held onto the U.S. House seat for Denton County, the area’s State Senate seat and two State House seats, as well as the county sheriff and Precinct 3 County Commissioner. Democrat Michelle Beckley was able to hold off challenger Kronda Thimesch in a tight race for State Rep. in District 65.

At the local level, a few incumbents didn’t fare quite as well. Ann Martin easily unseated Claudio Forest for Flower Mound Town Council Place 5, while Sandeep Sharma held on for a close victory over challenger David Johnson. Martin and Sharma took hard anti-apartment stances in their campaign platforms.

Voters in Northwest ISD rejected all aspects of a $986 million bond package to address growth and aging facilities and technology.

One election is too close to call, even with 100% of precincts reporting. Four votes separate the yea and nay votes about whether to create a Municipal Development District in Argyle.

As of Friday, the county had received 27,772 mail-in ballots, which is more than usual but still a small percentage of the total number of votes cast. Mail-in ballots that were postmarked by Tuesday and received on Wednesday will count, and some overseas ballots can be counted if they arrive up to six days after Election Day. While the number of mail-in ballots received after Election Day is expected to be relatively small, it’s not impossible that they could impact a close local race.

An overwhelming majority of voters cast their ballots early. According to the county, 67% of registered voters voted early, so the early voting results in almost every race were indicative of the final unofficial results.

The total voter turnout in Denton County was 74.17 percent.

Listed below are the complete unofficial results for local races, starting with the local seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, then the local state senate and house seats, followed by county offices, local town council and school board seats, with all districts reporting at 100%. The unofficial numbers are courtesy of the Denton County Elections Office (and some include Tarrant and Wise County voting numbers, when applicable). The following list does not include every single race that was on Denton County ballots. If you are interested in a race not listed below, click here.

U.S. Rep., District 26

• (R) Michael Burgess (i): 257,134
• (D) Carol Iannuzzi: 158,029

State Senator, District 12

• (R) Jane Nelson (i): 206,123
• (D) Shadi Zitoon: 129,070

State Rep., District 63

• (R) Tan Parker (i): 73,114
• (D) Leslie Peeler: 35,283

State Rep., District 64

• (R) Lynn Stucky (i): 47,990
• (D) Angela Brewer: 39,389

State Rep., District 65

• (R) Kronda Thimesch: 38,065
• (D) Michelle Beckley (i): 40,416

District Judge, 431st Judicial District

• (R) Jim Johnson: 224,880
• (D) Diana Weitzel: 166,715

Sheriff

• (R) Tracy Murphree (i): 279,130
• (D) Freyja Odinsdottir (write-in): 16,743

Denton County Commissioner, Precinct 3

• (R) Bobbie Mitchell (i): 43,470
• (D) Delia Parker-Mims: 31,578

Argyle

Place 1 

• Bryan Livingston (i): 1,161
• Tom Irwin: 952

Place 3

• Sherri Myers (i): 1,262
• Richard Spies: 885

Place 5

• Rick Bradford: 1,314
• CB Standridge: 886

Prop A (Creation of Municipal Development District)

• For: 1,499
• Against: 1,495

Prop B (Subject to Prop A’s approval, termination of the Argyle Economic Development Corporation)

• For: 1,456
• Against: 906

Town of Bartonville

Prop A (1/2-cent sales tax dedicated to street maintenance)

• For: 877
• Against: 144

Copper Canyon Town Council

Place 5

• Bill Castleman (i): 271
• Jeffrey Alan Mayer: 617

Prop A (Extend the Crime Control and Prevention District)

• For: 732
• Against: 192

Flower Mound Town Council

Place 2

• Sandeep Sharma (i): 19,885
• David Johnson: 17,877

Place 5

• Claudio Forest (i): 9,097
• Ann Martin: 27,245

Belmont Fresh Water Supply District #1

Two at-large seats

• Charles Beagle (i): 312
• Matthew Brown (i): 758
• Travis Cooper: 798
• Steven Glickman: 509

Northlake Town Council

Place 2

• James Lambert (i): 1,051
• Michael C. Ganz: 1,074

Argyle ISD

Place 1

• Craig Hawkesworth (i): 3,950
• Phyllis Clark: 3,731

Place 2

• Dr. John Bitter (i): 4,030
• Chad Gibson: 3,515

Northwest ISD

Place 6

• Lillian Rauch (i): 26,750
• Jennifer Zazula: 13,654

Place 7

• Ron Hastings (i): 15,606
• Jennifer Murphy: 24,679

Prop A ($938M for school facilities and capital improvements)

• For: 21,573
• Against: 32,123

Prop B ($24M for recreational facilities)

• For: 18,417
• Against: 35,332

Prop C ($9M for stadium renovations)

• For: 15,413
• Against: 38,138

Prop D ($16M for technology devices)

• For: 23,603
• Against: 29,950

Prop E (Voter-Approval Tax Rate Election)

• For: 18,781
• Against: 33,702

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November 04, 2020 at 11:34AM
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Sharma, Martin lead in Flower Mound Town Council elections as Election Day results continue to be tallied - Community Impact Newspaper

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Lines were practically nonexistent at several polling sites across Denton County on Election Day. (Sandra Sadek/Community Impact Newspaper)

Updated at 12:25 a.m. This story has been updated to reflect the latest results.

Sandeep Sharma and Ann Martin held leads in their respective Flower Mound Town Council races after all Denton and a majority of Tarrant county vote centers and precincts have been counted.

Latest results indicate a lead for Sharma by a slim margin over challenger David Johnson in the race for Place 2 based on the latest totals. Sharma is leading with nearly 53% of votes over Johnson.

For Place 5, Martin currently leads the race with close to 75% of votes, compared to 25% of votes for candidate Claudio Forest.

Forest and Sharma are incumbent council members running for re-election.

Forest is facing a challenge from Martin, a skeptic of dense residential development. Martin has criticized Forest on the campaign trail for being too willing to amend the town’s master plan. Forest has said he is open to working with developers who want to bring projects to the town and negotiating with them to include new public amenities as part of their work.

The reverse dynamic is playing out in the other race, where Sharma is fending off a challenge from David Johnson, a member of the Flower Mound Planning and Zoning Commission. Sharma has said he is a proponent of low-density growth and a low property tax rate. Johnson favors a variety of project types that he said would expand the town’s tax base and enable the city to provide more amenities.

More than two-thirds of registered voters in Denton County cast ballots before Nov. 3, a higher share of the electorate than voted in the entire 2016 election cycle.

Ballots are still being counted. These results are unofficial until they are canvassed and certified by the county clerk. Under Texas election law, the clerk accepts and counts mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day and received by Nov. 4 if they were sent from inside the U.S. or Nov. 9 if they were sent from outside the U.S.

Visit communityimpact.com/voter-guide/election-results to see results from all local elections in your community.

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Americans went to the polls today under the shadow of a resurging pandemic, with a substantial increase in cases nationwide and the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 reaching record highs in a growing number of states. Meanwhile, it's still unclear what a second stimulus package from the federal government may look like and how long it will be until that arrives.To add fuel to this, there are several European governments that are starting to lock down their respective countries all over again in order to prevent the further spread of COVID.With all of this uncertainty, what is an investor to do? Adding dividend stocks as a potential defensive play can add protection to your portfolio.We’ve opened up the TipRanks database, finding three stocks whose profile justifies the entry risk in today’s conditions. All three offer at least 5% dividend yield, and backed by several analysts, enough to earn a “strong buy” consensus rating. Let's take a closer loo. AbbVie (ABBV)AbbVie is a pharmaceutical company, one of Big Pharma’s major names. Pharmaceutical and biotech companies are known for their combination of high risk and high reward potential. The rewards and risks are both typified in Humira, the company’s successful immunosuppressive anti-inflammatory drug. Humira is expected to bring in ~40% of AbbVie’s 2020 drug division revenues – but with an expired patent, competition is growing. Against this backdrop, AbbVie had acquired another pharmaceutical company, Allergan, that increased top-line revenues by $16B for AbbVie while the combined companies bring in $2B in synergies. The acquisition showed investors that AbbVie is simultaneously looking beyond their holdings in Humira.Future guidance has revenues moving higher along with earnings. Guidance on revenues has been increased to $10.47 - $10.49 EPS versus $10.35 - $10.45 EPS. The earnings were enough to allow management to raise the dividend from $1.18 to $1.30. At $5.20 annualized, this dividend yields 6.11%, more than 2.5x the average dividend found among S&P listed companies. The payout ratio of 49.7% indicates that the dividend is safe – current earnings easily cover it, and there is plenty of room for further growth.Covering the stock for SVB Leerink, analyst Geoff Porges noted, "AbbVie had another strong beat and raise in Q3, demonstrating their very resilient business during the pandemic and highlighting strong growth prospects for their core business. Guidance was once again raised, and the company’s comments about mid- to long-term revenue potential for their core products were very positive [...] AbbVie’s valuation seems very attractive at today’s price, and we see substantial upside potential as we expect the stock to revert to its more normalized absolute and relative multiple after the current election blues are resolved in the new year."To this end, Porges rates AbbVie an Outperform (i.e. Buy) along with a $119 price target. This figure suggests a potential upside of 35% over the next year. (To watch Porges track record, click here)Overall, Wall Street is very bullish on Abbvie. There are a total of 8 ratings; 7 Buys and 1 Hold -- all add up to a Strong Buy consensus rating. The stock’s current price is $88 and the average price target is $110.13 suggesting 25% one-year upside move. (See ABBV stock analysis on TipRanks)WesBanco (WSBC)Next up is WesBanco, a bank operating in the region of western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky with 236 branches. The pandemic has struck financial institutions because of loans in default. Loan losses, or their potential, have forced banks and lenders to start building up reserve ratios and set aside revenue for loan losses.WesBanco has spent the past two quarters building up their reserve ratio with a large amount being set aside in Q2 and a smaller amount in Q3 and currently has an above-peer ratio level.Turning to the dividend, WSBC currently pays out 32 cents per common share, and even in the coronavirus crisis it held that payment steady. The 52-cent payment annualizes to $1.32 per share, and gives a considerable yield of 5.16%.Raymond James analyst William Wallace is standing squarely with the bulls, noting: "PTPP earnings came in above expectations as noted, driven largely by lower operating expenses and higher fee income. Ultimately, we expect investors to remain honed in on credit in the nearer-term, where the company's bolstered reserve continues to provide us with a certain degree of comfort. All in, with shares trading essentially in line with peers, we continue to view the risk/reward dynamic positively given the company's solid capital levels (+9% TCE), along with both promising core earnings and deferral trends."Unsurprisingly, Wallace rates WesBanco an Outperform (i.e. Buy) along with a $29 price target. This target suggests a potential upside of 15% over the next year. (To watch Wallace’s track record, click here)Wallace is not the only fan of WSBC on Wall Street, as TipRanks analytics exhibit the stock as a Strong Buy. Based on 4 analysts tracked in the last 3 months, 3 rate the stock a Buy, while one says Hold. The 12-month average price target stands at $26.88, marking a 6.5% upside from where the stock is currently trading. (See WSBC stock analysis on TipRanks)CatchMark Timber (CTT)CatchMark Timber is an owner and operator of timberlands located in various parts of the country. The pandemic has not directly affected the timber industry. However, timber itself has maintained higher prices as home builders in the United States have seen increased demand. A lot of this new demand is generated from individuals moving out of cities into suburban areas.In the most recent quarter, Q3 2020 EBITDA for CatchMark Timber was above expectations coming in at $12.4MM versus $11MM consensus. The above-expectation earnings were attributed to cost controls from logging and hauling as well as SG&A costs. At the same time that CatchMark reported Q1 earnings, it also declared the Q3 dividend. The payment remains steady at 13.5 cents per share, yielding a solid 6%. The company has a 6-year history of keeping up its dividend payments, in all economic conditions.Adding to the good news, RBC Capital analyst Paul Quinn, rated 5-stars with TipRanks, has upgraded CTT to Outperform (i.e. Buy), while keeping his price target at $10. (To watch analyst track record, click here)As Quinn states, “CatchMark reported Q3 results that were in line with our forecasts but above consensus expectations. Although there have been minimal changes in business prospects over the last few months, CatchMark shares have moved in a wide range around our target price of $10. With the share price having pulled back to an attractive level and future prospects remaining solid, we are increasing our rating."Overall, CTT’s Strong Buy analyst consensus is derived from 3 "buy" and 1 "hold" ratings. Shares are priced at $8.91, and the average price target of $10.88 indicates potential for 22% growth. (See CTT stock analysis on TipRanks)To find good ideas for dividend stocks trading at attractive valuations, visit TipRanks’ Best Stocks to Buy, a newly launched tool that unites all of TipRanks’ equity insights.Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the featured analysts. 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Flower Mound to host 2021 Citizens' Academy | News - Star Local Media

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Flower Mound residents and business owners are invited to participate in the 2021 Citizens’ Academy.

Attendees will gain a better understanding of the town’s government and the services provided, while town staff will gain valuable insight listening to academy participants’ priorities and feedback. This program will be held approximately three times per month, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at different town facilities, beginning in January and concluding in April.

Each week will feature presentations from different town staff representing various departments. It is free to Flower Mound residents and business owners’ 18-years and older, and participation is first-come, first-served. 

Due to COVID-19, the class size is limited to 10 participants and classes may be a mix on in-person and online sessions. To apply and find more information, visit flower-mound.com/fmca.

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If they have a more minimalistic theme with muted colors, you may want a white flower like an orchid or Peace Lily anthurium. If they have a variety of colors and eccentric designs, you can go all out with a anthurium which come in red, green, pink or variegated colors.

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