{"id":1264458,"date":"2023-10-03T12:18:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T17:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1264458"},"modified":"2023-10-05T00:05:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T05:05:10","slug":"frederick-announces-commissioner-re-election-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1264458","title":{"rendered":"Frederick announces Commissioner re-election bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/10\/Pam-Frederick-200x149.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"149\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1264464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/10\/Pam-Frederick-200x149.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/10\/Pam-Frederick-175x130.jpg 175w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/10\/Pam-Frederick.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>TYLER \u00e2\u20ac\u201c According to our news partner KETK the Smith County Precinct 1 Commissioner Pam Frederick announced on Monday that she is running to be re-elected in 2024. Frederick, who is running as a Republican, was elected to the position in 2022 to fill the term of Neal Franklin, who replaced Rep. Nathaniel Moran as Smith County Judge. Previously she served Bullard for 20 years as member of city council and then as mayor.  Frederick said her work as commissioner on the mental health crisis has brought tangible results. Specifically, Frederick said she was proud of creating a mental health diversion officer position at the Smith County Jail. Frederick concluded her announcement by saying that it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been an honor to serve the community as commissioner. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153As part of the commissioners court, I am proud to have been part of creating a position for a mental health diversion officer in the Smith County Jail, which is one of several steps that will make real improvements in the way offenders with mental health issues are addressed,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Frederick said.<br \/>\nRalph Caraway Jr. announces Smith County Constable Precinct 1 campaign<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, she said that work continues on Phase 2 of a voter-approved road and bridge bond that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s supposed to improve more than 280 miles of country roads in Smith County.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll continue to be responsive to community members as they express concerns related to their roads,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Frederick. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Working closely with the county engineer, I am able to communicate to residents both immediate and future solutions for road issues.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It has been an honor and a privelege to have been given the opportunity to serve in this role and I would appreciate your support and vote as I seek to continue to serve you,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Frederick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER \u00e2\u20ac\u201c According to our news partner KETK the Smith County Precinct 1 Commissioner Pam Frederick announced on Monday that she is running to be re-elected in 2024. Frederick, who is running as a Republican, was elected to the position in 2022 to fill the term of Neal Franklin, who replaced Rep. Nathaniel Moran as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1264458\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Frederick announces Commissioner re-election bid<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1264466,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/10\/Pam-Frederick-200x149.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Frederick announces Commissioner re-election bid","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1264458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 20:15:35","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/10\/Pam-Frederick-200x149.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Frederick announces Commissioner re-election bid","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1264458"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1264473,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264458\/revisions\/1264473"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1264466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1264458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1264458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1264458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}