Garland Has New Leadership and Ideas on the City Council

Garland had a clear choice in the 2006 city election whether to elect a representative that would fight for citizen rights, or return to office those that opposed elections and debate. You chose to elect Douglas Athas as your District 1 Representative.

After one year, Mr. Athas has been chosen by his colleagues as Mayor Pro Tem.

Prior to serving on the Council, Doug was a Garland Plan Commissioner and active in the community for many years. He has been involved with smart development along SH-190 since most of the frontage was still open space, and he has worked to bring quality development to other areas of Garland, including our Downtown.

Doug Athas attended many of the conferences and seminars necessary to learn more about planning and development, and spent much time working with others to advance smart development for Garland.

He has a record of community involvement with homeowner and neighborhood associations, meeting with other associations statewide, and leading the statewide group that represents homeowner and neighborhood associations before the Texas Legislature.

This includes being one of the initial organizers and an annual participant of the Neighborhood Leadership Conference presented in Garland each fall.

Garland’s future requires leadership with vision and a proven record of tackling projects that benefit the community. Garland now has someone on the council that is ethical, experienced, and effective.

Since June, 2006, Garland has been fortunate to now have a City Council that can work together for the betterment of the city.