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Coverage of Italy, Texas local government, including city council decisions, infrastructure concerns, water quality issues, and leadership transparency. Italy is a small city in Ellis County with a long history of governance questions.
The Italy Economic Development Corporation met to discuss putting the demolition of 101 E. Main Street out for bids, but the project still needs final details before that can happen.
I had a half-hour conversation with Brandon Torres. He left me cautiously optimistic, but the mold problem at the police department isn't going away on its own.
The city called back about the candidate forum. They won't let me use city hall, and the alternative costs more than it's worth. So I'm doing it my own way.
Italy has never hosted an open candidate forum in recent memory. I called City Hall this morning to change that.
ITXN is done. I'm not. Here's what we built, why I'm walking away from Italy, and where this work is taking me.