THE COMPASS

It is election time again in Little Elm. We face municipal elections every spring and sometimes it gets a little bit wild around the community.

One of the foundations of our form of government is the separation of politics and administration This means that we have an obligation to serve the elected officials that are selected by the public and not influence this process. One of the tenets in our Code of Ethics speaks directly to this.

It says:

Respect the role of policy making body and refrain from local political involvement. One of the foundations of Little Elm’s form of government is the separation between politics and administration. We must respect the decisions of the Town Council and make our best efforts to carry them out successfully.

Except exclusively allowed by law, we should avoid any participation in the election of the local governing body and never lend endorsements to candidates for any public office based on our positions with the Town of Little Elm. Public resources should not be used and endorsements should not be given based on our positions for any question or issue before the voting public.

All team members should be encouraged to utilize their right to vote and should be able to do so without any pressure or persuasion from any member of the Town of Little Elm team to vote a certain way.

I would encourage you to lean into this tenet during the municipal campaign season. We are very fortunate to have elected officials who respect our roles and don’t purposely try to cross into our area of administration In return, we must meet our obligation to stay out of their political realm