Nothing to see here - stop picking on Wendy
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 10:28 pm
DMN (scared?):
The title insurance business is “all about relationships,” says Wendy Davis in her newly published memoir.
The book, Forgetting to Be Afraid, doesn’t dwell on Davis’ years as a title company executive, other than to say she built relationships for the company run by her ex-husband, Jeff Davis.
Wendy Davis did so from an advantageous perch. Her years in the title business coincided with her time as a Fort Worth City Council member, from 1999 to 2008. Her public duties ensured contact with high-powered developers and business owners, many of whom sought tax breaks from the city.
Davis was at times in a position to vote on items that affected her business — such as projects for which the Davises’ company did title work. Sometimes she recused herself, but on other occasions she did not.
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics ... e-work.ece
TIMELINE
Late 1980s: Davis’ husband, Jeff Davis, starts working at Safeco Land Title.
March 1997: Wendy Davis leaves the law firm Haynes and Boone.
1999: Davis begins to help her husband grow the business at Safeco.
May 18, 1999: Davis is sworn in as a Fort Worth City Council member.
April 2002: Safeco handles the title work for the $34 million sale of the RadioShack technology center to Tarrant County.
July 2002: Davis moves for the council to approve tax incentives for RadioShack in return for its investment in a new downtown headquarters.
June 1, 2004: Jeff and Wendy Davis sell Safeco to a title company chain. Wendy Davis becomes chief executive of the Fort Worth division of Republic Title of Texas.
June 8, 2004: Davis votes for tax incentives for Cabela’s to build a Fort Worth store.
June 11, 2004: Republic Title files a deed of sale for land sold to Cabela’s.
Feb. 28, 2006: Davis moves to approve tax incentives for the Presidio Hotel Group in return for its investment in a downtown hotel. The deed is filed for the $11 million hotel sale, handled by Republic Title.
The title insurance business is “all about relationships,” says Wendy Davis in her newly published memoir.
The book, Forgetting to Be Afraid, doesn’t dwell on Davis’ years as a title company executive, other than to say she built relationships for the company run by her ex-husband, Jeff Davis.
Wendy Davis did so from an advantageous perch. Her years in the title business coincided with her time as a Fort Worth City Council member, from 1999 to 2008. Her public duties ensured contact with high-powered developers and business owners, many of whom sought tax breaks from the city.
Davis was at times in a position to vote on items that affected her business — such as projects for which the Davises’ company did title work. Sometimes she recused herself, but on other occasions she did not.
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics ... e-work.ece
TIMELINE
Late 1980s: Davis’ husband, Jeff Davis, starts working at Safeco Land Title.
March 1997: Wendy Davis leaves the law firm Haynes and Boone.
1999: Davis begins to help her husband grow the business at Safeco.
May 18, 1999: Davis is sworn in as a Fort Worth City Council member.
April 2002: Safeco handles the title work for the $34 million sale of the RadioShack technology center to Tarrant County.
July 2002: Davis moves for the council to approve tax incentives for RadioShack in return for its investment in a new downtown headquarters.
June 1, 2004: Jeff and Wendy Davis sell Safeco to a title company chain. Wendy Davis becomes chief executive of the Fort Worth division of Republic Title of Texas.
June 8, 2004: Davis votes for tax incentives for Cabela’s to build a Fort Worth store.
June 11, 2004: Republic Title files a deed of sale for land sold to Cabela’s.
Feb. 28, 2006: Davis moves to approve tax incentives for the Presidio Hotel Group in return for its investment in a downtown hotel. The deed is filed for the $11 million hotel sale, handled by Republic Title.