New member bringing diversity to Dublin City Council

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Sarah McCann

By AMANDA KIMBLE

TheFlashToday.com

DUBLIN (June 18, 2016) – Sarah McCann’s isn’t a face some expect to see serving on Dublin City Council. The municipality doesn’t have a long lineage of female officials, and this one is just 26 years old.

She’s not a political person and only has one agenda – community involvement.

“I was asked to run,” McCann said.

She was appointed to fill the unexpired term of David Zinck in Ward 3 in April. Knowing she could bring diversity to the governing body, McCann accepted the appointment, bringing what she calls a “different view, different voice to small town, rural America.”

McCann has been a Dublin resident for more than six years, the longest she’s ever been in a single place in her life. She was born in Grapevine and lived in Michigan for many years before coming back to Texas during high school. She relocated to Erath County in 2008 to continue her education at Tarleton State University and moved to Dublin about a year and a half later.

McCann obtained her bachelor’s degree in agriculture extension/industry and master’s in agriculture consumer sciences from Tarleton. She was recently hired for an entry-level position at AgTexas Farm Credit Services. McCann said the best part about being a part of the AgTexas team is that the institution encourages employees to get involved with their communities.

She married Jason McCann, a Stephenville High School and Tarleton alumnus, in 2011. He is employed by Texas Farm Bureau.

While the couple does not yet have children, McCann expects to family to live and grow in Dublin for some time, which added to her motivation to serve.

“This is our home, will be our children’s home, and I want to be involved with the decisions that will impact their futures, as well as our lives and the lives of our friends and neighbors. I sat down with my husband and really talked about it and we decided we (younger residents) really weren’t being represented.”

More than half of the residents in Dublin are females, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, and McCann said bringing diversity to the council just makes sense.

“Yes, I am young,” she said. “But men and women, young and old, everybody has a voice and responsibility to take part in their community.”

And making her mark by representing Dublincitizens fits in with a simple philosophy she follows.

“If you’re going to gripe about something, you better have a solution,” she said. “And there were a few things I was griping about.”

On that list are ongoing infrastructure improvements, including major plumbing issues that have been a concern for Dublin and its citizens for a number of years.

“I now have voice,” McCann said. “And I am going to do my part.”

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