(Editor’s note: author Bobbi Kessler also addressed the Flower Mound Animal Services Board in favor of allowing backyard chickens.)
From Bobbi Kessler: Flower Mound residents advocating for an ordinance that would allow backyard chickens on residential lots presented their case to the Animal Services Board Tuesday evening. Continue reading »
From Pathfinders Fun Cycling / Bicyling of Flower Mound / North Texas: Federal support for bicycling is in trouble, again. The U.S. House and Senate have released bills that would reverse 20 years of progress toward making bicycling safe and stress-free for all Americans.
The current Senate transportation bill eliminates essential biking and walking programs. To improve the bill, we’re asking senators to vote for a bipartisan amendment that guarantees our local governments a voice in transportation decisions, allowing them to build bikeways and sidewalks that keep people safe.
Take action today to help preserve the successful, cost-effective federal investment in biking. Contact your state’s two U.S. senators (John Cornyn | Kay Bailey Hutchison) to encourage them to vote for the Cardin-Cochran amendment. (You can find your senators, review basic suggested text for your email, and send your note directly from this link above.) You can read more about the Cardin-Cochran amendment here.
Thank you for speaking up to save bicycling,
Tim Blumenthal
Director, Peopleforbikes.org
From DallasNews.com: The Flower Mound Town Council will hold a special meeting Wednesday to address concerns that the recently convened Charter Review Commission is being rushed to get amendments on the May 12 ballot. The six-member commission, which has met twice since January, is discussing several ballot issues, including term limits, stipends for elected officials and a measure to require a supermajority council vote for changes to the oil and gas ordinance.
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From Flower Mound Leader: The Flower Mound Town Council on Thursday unanimously approved an ordinance that will ban the auctioning of dogs and cats in town limits. With a recommendation from the town’s Animal Services Board, the action followed an incident last October when the Flower Mound Chamber of Commerce was planning to auction off a puppy during a silent auction at the Fiesta Live event. Read more@
From NBCDFW.com: Chickens may soon be roosting in more backyards in Flower Mound. Flower Mound currently bans chickens in small yards, but the Town Council is expected to review the policy after the first of the year. Chicken owner Regina Fierke is attempting to change the town’s ordinance. >> Read more@
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From Town of Flower Mound: With meteorologists predicting the drought affecting the Dallas/Fort Worth area will continue through next summer, North Texans have begun taking measures to protect water supplies, our most precious natural resource. In accordance with the contract between Flower Mound and Dallas Water Utilities, one of the community’s two water providers, the Town is enacting the following water conservation measures beginning Dec. 19, 2011: Continue reading »
From Facebook:
Flower Mound is looking at updating the Chicken Ordinance to allow backyard, urban chickens. Here is a group that provides information and discussion of the benefits and pleasures of backyard chickens. Check out this new group and join to get more information.
