{"id":336593,"date":"2026-06-15T02:36:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T02:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/336593\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T02:36:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T02:36:15","slug":"goodloe-ready-to-attack-budget-running-to-keep-taxes-low-as-number-one-priority-in-district-4-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/336593\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodloe ready to attack budget \u2013 running to keep taxes low as \u2018number-one priority\u2019 in District 4 race"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boyd Goodloe insists on keeping property taxes low in his bid for District 4 City Council \u2013 the special election on June 27 election to replace outgoing councilman Brayden Rose.<\/p>\n

He described the City Council\u2019s approach as \u201craising taxes year after year after year.\u201d<\/p>\n

He\u2019s not a fan of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a homeowner and taxpayer, my priority is that the City Council uses financial discipline to adopt a budget annually that does not involve a tax rate increase. I think that\u2019s the number-one priority,\u201d Goodloe said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTaxes are going up just because valuations are going up. So, the city\u2019s got more revenue every time based on an increase in appraisal,\u201d Goodloe explained in his interview with LubbockLights.com.<\/p>\n

Last year, as one example, the council lowered the property tax rate but did not bring it down to the no-new-revenue rate. It was a big factor in his decision to run for office.<\/p>\n

Boyd Goodloe at a glance:<\/p>\n

Occupation: Lubbock Area Director of Access Rentals, former youth minister, former HR professional.<\/p>\n

Age: 60.<\/p>\n

Education: Lubbock High School, Texas Tech University.<\/p>\n

Hometown: Born in Lubbock, family moved around during his childhood.<\/p>\n

Residence: Melonie Park since 2007.<\/p>\n

Public service: Volunteer Services Council (former president), statewide MHMR volunteer leadership, former candidate for Lubbock ISD school board.<\/p>\n

Family: Father of one, stepfather of one.<\/p>\n

When Mark McBrayer ran for mayor for the first time, he won in a runoff.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an overwhelming victory for him, which to me was a mandate saying, \u2018Hey, we\u2019re not going to raise taxes,\u2019\u201d Goodloe said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs much pleading and begging as Mark McBrayer and [David] Glasheen did \u2013 I mean \u2013 they sat there over and over and said, \u2018Hey, anything\u2019s on the table [for budget cuts],\u201d Goodloe said.<\/p>\n

Goodloe talked to a council member about it during budget season.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe just basically said, \u2018Stuff costs a lot of money,\u2019\u201d Goodloe recalled.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have City Council persons who got far less votes than Mark McBrayer ever got that think they know better. \u2026. A lot of people like me are just sick and tired,\u201d Goodloe added.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving spent 18 years in youth ministry working as a professional minister in church work, I understand stewardship. We had budgets and that was other people\u2019s money,\u201d Goodloe said.<\/p>\n

The candidates of District 4<\/p>\n

Voting locations<\/p>\n

Other priorities<\/p>\n

Road repair was also high on his list of priorities, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne that jumps to mind, because I drive it often, is 50th and Indiana to the South Loop on Indiana. If you drive down that, you\u2019ll see basically every lane is crumbling right before our eyes,\u201d Goodloe said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to have to get a handle on maintenance and our infrastructure \u2013 or it ends up having to be a major, major expense. So, I\u2019m concerned about that,\u201d Goodloe said.<\/p>\n

And without being asked, he mentioned proposed data centers for Lubbock.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s really been no forum that the city of Lubbock citizens can go to and share their concern.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the City Council owes it to the people to really study this, have a lot of facts in place, understand people\u2019s concerns and then bring that to meeting after meeting for the public to be able to hear,\u201d Goodloe said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think too many times we make major big decisions with very little input from citizens of Lubbock,\u201d Goodloe added.<\/p>\n

He thinks the city should not offer permits to data center projects for the rest of 2026 and probably 2027, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd furthermore, I don\u2019t think there should be any tax abatement. If there is, it should be very limited,\u201d Goodloe said.<\/p>\n

He had not seen the specifics of Stephen Sanders\u2019 petition drive<\/a> to force the city to either adopt an 18-month moratorium or take it to Lubbock voters for approval. So, Goodloe was not certain if he supported that effort.<\/p>\n

LubbockLights.com asked Goodloe about public safety.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like we have excellent assets in our fire department and our police department. I believe [police chief] Seth Herman\u2019s selection a couple of years ago was key to our city and quality of life and safety. I know our crime statistics have gone down,\u201d Goodloe said.<\/p>\n

He also thinks Lubbock should help people understand how precious water is, saying sometimes businesses will allow water from a sprinkler to run off into the street.<\/p>\n

\u201cI see a sign that says \u2018water by private well.\u2019 It\u2019s still all our water. It\u2019s an underground resource of all of us and just because you have a well doesn\u2019t mean you should be able to run it off on the road,\u201d Goodloe said.<\/p>\n

Born in Lubbock, came back to Lubbock<\/p>\n

Goodloe was born in Lubbock, but his family moved to South Texas when he was six months old, he said. The family moved to cities near San Antonio and near Fort Worth.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started sixth grade at Nat Williams Elementary,\u201d Goodloe said.<\/p>\n

From there he attended Evans Junior High (before it was designated as a middle school) and Lubbock High School. He also got a degree from Texas Tech. He took a sales job after college.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026 Then eventually found my way into youth ministry and served at First United Methodist Church in Lubbock for three years as associate youth minister \u2013 and then to two very large churches in Houston where I served nine years before coming back to Lubbock in 2007,\u201d Goodloe said.<\/p>\n

He served seven more years at FUMC as a youth minister. He also did HR and capital expenditures for an energy company.<\/p>\n

More recently he\u2019s been the local director of a rental equipment business in Wolfforth that also has a location in Granbury and soon in Snyder.<\/p>\n

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