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𝗠𝗬 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗘: 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗖𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗖 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗚𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 Some of you have seen me going around Commerce and giving honor where honor is due. For years, I have personally purchased Excellence in Service Pins with my own money and given them to people I believe deserve recognition. I have done this simply because I care about people, I value service, and I believe that when someone gives their time, talent, sacrifice or effort to h

𝗠𝗬 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗘: 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗚𝗡𝗜𝗭𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗟𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗬 When people hear “first 100 days,” they often think about budgets, infrastructure, public safety, economic development, roads, parks, and other visible responsibilities of government. Those things matter. But the first 100 days should also ask a simpler question: How can the city recognize the people who make Commerce what it is? I would bring forward the

𝐏𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐂 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘇𝘆. But before you judge this post, or even try to figure out why I'm sharing it, 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗱. Yes, I'm in this video. And no, I'm not going to tell you exactly where. You might recognize me. You might not. You might even watch it once and completely miss it. But there's another reason I wanted to share this particular piece. Prince Ea, the aut

So, fun fact, something a lot of people probably don’t know about me: I actually follow in the footsteps of The Honorable Mayor Dan Davis of Manvel, Texas. Mayor Dan Davis was elected mayor of Manvel at just 30 years old, becoming one of the youngest mayors in America. But what makes that mean something to me isn’t just his age or the fact that he became mayor. It’s Manvel. I actually grew up in Houston, but there’s a sentimental part of my childhood that will always belong t