Meet the Candidates: Heather C. Dupree
Heather Dupree is one of two candidates running for Horn Lake Alderman-at-Large in the April 22nd Republican primary runoff election. The winner of the runoff vote will then head to a challenge against a Democrat opponent in the June 3rd general election.
As the only first-term candidate for Alderman at Large, Dupree believes she can offer fresh ideas and has the energy, courage and character to bring to Horn Lake the future that it deserves. She believes the City has started some positive projects that she wants to continue supporting toward completion.
“For instance, the road project was just started two years ago,” Dupree said. “They also have started talking with a company on an audit for streetlights which I think is phenomenal. We have a lot of areas that don’t have lights or have lights that need to be replaced, and I hope that this is a program that we can go with.”
Growth in the city’s parks and recreation program has seen upgrades that Dupree wants to see continue, such as a new playground and in the Fitness Court area at Latimer Lakes Park.
“We also have done a lot working on our parks and not just Latimer,” Dupree said. “We put new equipment over at the park on Choctaw in Twin Lakes and we’re working to get other parks upgraded.”
Another effort Dupree said she wants to see initiated is to bring more community events to the city. A rodeo, Cowboy Up 4 Our Parks, is one example of events to draw people and their dollars to Horn Lake.
With a father having served in the Air Force, Dupree is fully aware of the contributions and sacrifices made by our service men and women and wants to work toward more services and opportunities for veterans, as well as for seniors and children in Horn Lake.
“I want to bring more things for all three of those groups, veterans, the seniors, and the children,” Dupree said. “I want to collaborate with Legislative and personal contacts to help find grant opportunities and services.”
Infrastructure is more than just streets and recent rainfall pointed to several problems Depree wants to address in the city.
“It was a big, big topic about how bad our drainage was and it’s a decades old issue,” she explained. “It’s not going be completely solved even in four years, but I think we can certainly make some progress in getting relief. I think looking at some new ideas or some new opportunities is what we have to do because a complete reinstall would take too long and cost way more than the city could afford in a reasonable amount of time.”
Absentee ballots for the primary runoff election will be accepted at the Horn Lake City Clerk’s office between 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday April 14th-18th and will be accepted on the two Saturdays leading up to the runoff Election Day from 8 a.m.-12 noon.
Whether it is in person on Election Day or ahead of the vote by absentee ballot, Dupree urges registered Horn Lake voters to cast their ballots.
“Going out to vote is probably the simplest thing that you can do as a citizen to be involved,” she said. “Not always, but it usually takes 10 minutes, tops. That is everybody’s opportunity to voice their opinion.”
Note: This article was bought and paid for by the candidate.
