Horseshoe Bay refuses to extend spec home variance

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  • Outgoing Horseshoe Bay Mayor Pro Tem Jerry Gray gives a “thumbs up” after being told by former Mayor Steve Jordan he can now relax “on the third Tuesday of every month” instead of having to attend council meetings. Behind Gray is incoming council member Elsie Thurman, who now takes up Gray’s seat on the dais. Photos by Lew K. Cohn/The Highlander
    Outgoing Horseshoe Bay Mayor Pro Tem Jerry Gray gives a “thumbs up” after being told by former Mayor Steve Jordan he can now relax “on the third Tuesday of every month” instead of having to attend council meetings. Behind Gray is incoming council member Elsie Thurman, who now takes up Gray’s seat on the dais. Photos by Lew K. Cohn/The Highlander
  • Horseshoe Bay Police Chief Rocky Wardlow, left, praises the work of his assistant chief, Jason Graham, who is celebrating 20 years of service to the city. Graham joined the department in October 2000 after graduating from police academy.
    Horseshoe Bay Police Chief Rocky Wardlow, left, praises the work of his assistant chief, Jason Graham, who is celebrating 20 years of service to the city. Graham joined the department in October 2000 after graduating from police academy.
Horseshoe Bay City Council members declined Tuesday to extend a variance to a local builder that would allow him to build more than two speculative homes at one time. The action — or rather inaction — by the council came after Mayor Cynthia Clinesmith told contractor Dean Blaine of Grandview Homes that residents have asked city leaders to curb the city’s rate of growth to make sure it does not…

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