2026 Texas General Election

Kenneth Seligman

Faith & Family

Faithful Catholic and Knight of Columbus member

Devoted husband, guided every day by God, Family, and Country

Lifelong, committed Republican and Community Servant

Ken Seligman for City Council Place 6

Civic Leadership -- Safeguard Princeton

Co-founder of SafeGuard Princeton, a grassroots citizen watchdog effort

Organized multiple Home Rule Charter petitions for Ethics, Transparency & Fiscal Oversight

Winter Quarter Averaging in our wastewater billing delivering fairer billing

Helped elect reform-minded candidates and has stayed engaged ever since

Kenneth Seligman is Catholic and a member of the Knights of Columbus. He is a husband and co-founder of SafeGuard Princeton, a grassroots citizen watchdog effort.

Career Experience

Retired Petroleum Engineer with decades in the field

Managed multi-million dollar projects and budgets

Held contractors and vendors accountable for every dollar spent

Argued that an outside consultant should operate under a master services agreement rather than ad hoc insurance certificates.

Opposes operating a municipal water utility to generate a 30% profit margin.

Opposes the proposed fiscal year 2027 tax-rate increase and urges limiting any increase to maintenance and operations while delaying new debt issuance.

Proposes designing the aquatic center for possible future enclosure and year-round use.

Urges the council to act on findings from the Multi-Gen Center financial audit.

Opposes approving additional Public Improvement Districts, citing the city's existing infrastructure and debt burden.

Opposes build-to-rent zoning, saying rental housing does not build long-term community investment.

As of October 6, 2026, Kenneth Seligman’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Advocates establishing an in-house engineering department because of the volume and cost of outside engineering services.

Ken Seligman for Princeton City Council Place 6

Kenneth Seligman is a Catholic and a member of the Knights of Columbus. He is married and co-founded SafeGuard Princeton.

Kenneth Seligman is a retired petroleum engineer.

Calls for the council to act on the findings of the Multi-Gen Center financial audit.

Opposes the proposed fiscal year 2027 tax-rate increase and calls for delaying the issuance of new debt.

Proposes designing the aquatic center so it can later be enclosed for year-round use.

Opposes the city's development moratorium, arguing it favors developers over residents.

Opposes build-to-rent zoning, arguing rental housing does not build long-term community investment.

Opposes additional Public Improvement Districts, citing the city's infrastructure and debt burden.

Calls for the city to establish an in-house engineering department rather than rely on outside engineering services.

Opposes awarding the drainage study contract without competitive bids.

Faith & Family

Faithful Catholic and Knight of Columbus member

Devoted husband, guided every day by God, Family, and Country

Civic Leadership -- Safeguard Princeton

Co-founder of SafeGuard Princeton, a grassroots citizen watchdog effort

Organized multiple Home Rule Charter petitions for Ethics, Transparency & Fiscal Oversight

Kenneth Seligman is a Catholic and a member of the Knights of Columbus. He is married. He co-founded SafeGuard Princeton.

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Kenneth Seligman is a Catholic and a Knight of Columbus member. He is married.

Opposes a proposed outside-consultant contract, citing its pay, city work-product ownership terms, and lack of a master services agreement.

December 9, 2024 — City Council. Criticized a proposed professional services contract with an outside consultant as excessive in pay (calculated an annualized rate around $464,000). Objected to contract terms giving the consultant ownership of city work product. Argued the consultant should be required to operate under a master services agreement (MSA) rather than ad hoc insurance certificates.

KEN AT COUNCIL | Ken Seligman

March 9, 2026 — City Council. Urged the council to act on findings from the Multi-Gen Center financial audit rather than set it aside. Cited roughly $750,000 spent redesigning the Multi-Gen Center due to a missed scoping estimate. Criticized the drainage study contract for being awarded without competitive bids.

Opposes the proposed fiscal year 2027 tax-rate increase and calls for limiting increases to maintenance and operations and delaying new debt.

August 10, 2026 — City Council. Spoke against the proposed FY27 tax rate increase, urging the council to limit any increase to what's needed for maintenance and operations and delay new debt issuance. Disputed the CFO's projection that debt issuance would remain flat, calling it unrealistic. Raised the unresolved Winter Quarter Averaging (WQA) refund issue, saying it still owed money to residents and had not been properly addressed in the budget.

Economy

October 14, 2025 — City Council. Criticized the lack of transparency in the Multi-Gen Center planning process, noting design exhibits were not attached to the public agenda before the vote. Suggested the aquatic center be designed so it could later be enclosed for year-round use. Raised an unused grant opportunity for community-policing partnerships with school gymnasiums.

July 14, 2025 — City Council. Alleged the city's roughly $1 million wastewater billing overcharge (tied to a failure to implement winter quarter averaging) was concealed from the council rather than disclosed. Criticized the then-city manager's handling and framing of the refund process, including a sample of 28 accounts he characterized as skewed. Argued a municipal water utility should not be run to generate a 30% profit margin. Credited his wife, Teresa McGuinness, and Safeguard Princeton with surfacing the overcharge issue.

Public Services

Opposes build-to-rent zoning, arguing that rental housing does not build long-term community investment.

October 28, 2024 — City Council. Raised transparency concerns about agenda timing and access to documents (e.g., development agreements not being readily available to residents). Criticized the city's development moratorium as effectively favoring developers over residents. Opposed a build-to-rent zoning item, arguing rental housing does not build long-term community investment. Raised safety and incident-reporting questions on a proposed commercial drone delivery zoning ordinance.

October 28, 2024 — City Council. Raised transparency concerns about agenda timing and access to documents (e.g., development agreements not being readily available to residents). Criticized the city's development moratorium as effectively favoring developers over residents. Opposed a build-to-rent zoning item, arguing rental housing does not build long-term community investment.

August 24, 2026 — City Council. Criticized the transparency of the prior week's tax rate ballot decision, describing council's handling of the vote and executive session as evasive. Voiced strong opposition to approving additional Public Improvement Districts (PIDs), citing the city's existing infrastructure and debt burden. Questioned Arcadia Farms park maintenance cost figures presented by city staff, offering his own cost breakdown.

Housing & Urban Development

Public Safety

April 28, 2025 — City Council. Spoke in support of resident Kevin Hiss regarding drainage engineering concerns. Argued the city should establish its own in-house engineering department given the volume and cost of outside engineering services. Criticized the council for moving an item into executive session that he felt should have been discussed publicly.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Energy & the Environment

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