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Lueck
Dublin City Council Place 4 candidate Tyson Lueck has called Dublin home since his family moved here in 1986 so his dad could open a dairy.
“I left in August of ’99 to get in Basic,” said the 48 year-old veteran. “[Dublin was] always my home of record.”
Lueck was stationed in Hawaii before a two-year stint with the Texas National Guard. He went back to active duty in December 2004 and sent to serve in Iraq from Fort Campbell. In 2007, he returned to Fort Benning to serve with Ranger School as a Staff sergeant. His service returned him to the battlefield as he shipped out of Fort Knox to Afghanistan before being selected as a drill sergeant at Fort Sill, where he served from 2013 to 2015.
He was stationed at Fort Polk when family duties called him home following a divorce.
“I had to leave to be a dad,” Lueck said.
Lueck has three daughters, ages 23, 20 and 12.
The newest member of his family is his wife, Derris.
“We got married on New Year’s Day,” Tyson said. “I finally found my person.”
After returning home, Lueck went to work for USIC, the Indianapolis-based company responsible for locating and marking utility lines in an effort to prevent damage and service disruptions as well as keeping excavators and communities safe.
Lueck said the job wasn’t the right fit at that time so he went to work for the city of Stephenville in the water department.
“It’s rough work sometimes,” Lueck admitted of the active job.
Lueck left the Stephenville job to work for another location company which taught him a lot but required a lot of driving to job sites. The new experience brought him back to USIC, which “has been great.”
“It feels like everything has fallen into place,” he said.
This sense of place made the idea of running for council attractive.
“I was asked by a few people to run,” Lueck said. “[Serving a city office] has always been something I’ve had on the back burner.”
If elected, Lueck wants to make sure the city employees in demanding jobs receive a fair wage for the hard work. He also wants the city to repair dated and damaged infrastructure.
“Since I’ve been a kid and lived here, the roads have been the same,” he said.
“Staying on top of infrastructure is important,” he said, noting the expansion of Stephenville and Tarleton. He said Dublin needs to make sure it invites businesses in as this expansion continues.
“Businesses are going to come out this way,” Lueck said. “We could use a lot of good small businesses here. I would love to see entrepreneurs come out of here and do good. I’m a big supporter of small business.”
“Whatever people want I will try to do to the best of my ability,” he asserted. “I want them to come to me with concerns and I will try to find a solution to fix it.”
In his spare time, Lueck likes to spend time with family and help out in things like the Revitalize Dublin work days.
Lueck said he thinks his values align with the community: “I believe in a strong family unit; I support small business; I want to see Dublin thrive; I want it to be a place [where] everyone wants to come.”
Lueck will face off against fellow challenger Jacob McCullough for Place 4 City Council on the May 4 ballot.