Gibson, Karen 2023-04-24
In this second interview, Karen Gibson talks in greater detail about some of the ordinances, bonds, projects, and services that the city council worked on during her tenure. Some of the topics include: Uber/Taxi services, tornado warning system, synthetic drugs, Citibus and other budget measures, texting and driving, and digital signs. She speaks on her work after her council service drug testing, the Imagine Lubbock project, considering parks, roads, and historic preservation within city budget constraints.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Karen Gibson
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: April 24, 2023
Location: Lubbock, TX
Interviewer: Elissa Stroman
Length: 01:38:09 (1 hour 38 minutes)
Abstract
Introduction and bringing Uber into Lubbock; The Tornado Warning Task Force; Citizen’s Tower; Making Citizen’s Tower into City of Lubbock headquarters; synthetic drugs; Building up her own business; thoughts on CBD and THC; Citibus and city budgeting; Tim Cole Memorial; Texting while driving ordinance failure; Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences; Town halls and meeting with constituents; Projects she feels were left unfinished or wished she had more time on
Access Information
Original Recording Format: born digital
Recording Format Notes: patrons may listen to audio in our reading room
Transcript: transcript available on dspace < https://hdl.handle.net/10605/374061>
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