Denton Candidate Running on LGBTQ and Free Stuff
LGBTQ fatigue.
Some already consider Denton, a city in the northern DFW metroplex, to be “diet Austin.” So far, their beliefs have been validated.
George Ferrie (pronounced “fairy”) is an LGBT activist running for Denton City Council Place 5 (at-large). He has been open about his ideological views and has suggested broad support from a coalition of current and former lovers from his “community.” The below video is his self-introduction.
In the above video, he details why he’s running, what brought him to Denton, and his theater experience. Overall, he claims to bring change, and he wants to “be that change.”
The red (or in this case rainbow) flags don’t pop up until after the two minute mark. Ferrie details his efforts to promote LGBTQ activity within Denton.
“I have had the absolute honor to call the board of Pride Denton my family. These individuals have helped create opportunities that have not existed, including the first pride parade on the downtown square in 2019 called Night Out.”
— 2:17
“I’ve worked with Equality Texas and Deb Armintor when they [sic] were a council member to pass a non-discrimination ordinance.”
— 2:35
For those wanting information on the aforementioned LGBTQ ordinance, Current Revolt covered it four years ago.
Anyway, Ferrie goes on to claim he runs a positive campaign.
“I want to run a race where at the end of it, I can look back and say, I’m really proud of what I put out there.”
— 4:15
“When I win, I can truly feel that I can be proud of myself and that I didn’t play into political games and I didn’t try to throw shade at folks and that I ran the honest race I want to run.”
— 4:28
Ironically, Ferrie does throw shade at his opponent (more on that later). He continues on to explain his plans for economic development, (which involve talking to local colleges and universities), his strong liking for community events, how city council bickering sets a bad example, and how he wants “to work with every single council member” (which is easy for him due to it’s Left-leaning majority.)
The rest of the video is Ferrie’s policy priorities, and how his priority is supposedly “the people.” Around the 9:30 mark of the video, it seems Ferrie’s top priorities involve “the arts” and “events,” which coincidentally cater to more LGBTQ demographics.
“I also see it being a culture where we have working families at the forefront center mind of what we can do to help ensure that housing is affordable and that there are programs in place to support individuals.”
— 9:44
While he does talk about “accountability” for who Denton gives money to, “programs” is almost always code for “free stuff” accompanied by a lack of accountability or efficiency.
Ferrie emphasizes “community engagement” a lot, but Let’s take a look at his “community engagement” strategy.
It’s no wonder he got a tough crowd at the hardline GOP retirement community of Robson Ranch. Robson Ranch Conservatives hosted a forum for Denton candidates, and Leftist candidates faced a hostile crowd that didn’t like the anti-ICE, pro-LGBTQP, and “lax on hobos” views spouted by them.
Ferrie posted a long-winded press release moaning about the event, and throwing shade at his opponent, Erica Garland.
Even if the “downright mean” charge rings true, it’s nothing compared to what Denton-area Republicans endure while doing advocacy in blue areas (Ferrie’s constituency). Disapproving elderly and a hostile moderator would pale in comparison to Leftist terrorism.
Overall, I highly doubt the Robson Ranch forum affected his Ferrie’s election chances. Denton is sadly trending blue, and the city may have an economy revolving around LGBTQ events.