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District 3 candidates tout local experience, differ on infrastructure and services

Irving City Council Candidate Forum (ICTN) · April 6, 2023
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Summary

Incumbent Mark Zeske and challengers Abdul Khabeer and Paul Bertanzetti presented competing priorities for Irving’s District 3 at an ICTN forum ahead of the May 6 election, emphasizing fiscal stewardship, economic growth, sidewalks and trash pickup.

Incumbent Mark Zeske asked voters to re-elect him to Irving City Council District 3, highlighting decades of civic service and what he described as a strong fiscal record.

Zeske said the city maintained its triple-A bond rating and that refinancing bonds when interest rates were low saved "about $125,000,000," and he pointed to recent local projects — including two new Irving library branches and a large Las Colinas high-rise development — as evidence of economic progress. "I think…

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