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A 10-year-old copy machine served as the catalyst for her decision. “We were living in a 1,400 square foot house at the time. Nothing
fancy, no extra room, so I had to put this big copy machine at the foot of our bed,” he said. “And I’m the kind of person, if I go to bed with something on my mind, I will get up at 5 or 6 o’clock in the morning and start working on it. I can’t tell you how many times I would get up and quietly go get my paperwork, and whisper, ‘I gotta make a copy,’ and this big green light would go across the top of our bedroom, and my wife would wake up and say, ‘You have got to find an office.’” Lemons fell in love with his wife long before he fell for civil engineer- ing, so she easily won that argument. He says civil engineering never feels boring for him and allows him to apply his talents for problem-solving and design. He’s also bored easily and finding solutions — and the variety — keeps him engaged. “One day I may work on a wastewater treatment plant, the next day I may work on a water tank or a street. I love that mixed fruit salad of things,” he said, adding that he’s most fond of plotting subdivisions. “We’ll design the lots and work on the utilities and the road and the draining and then the fun really begins, that’s going before planning commissions and city councils and convincing them this a is a good project,” he said. Tat last part sets him apart from his colleagues. “Te biggest difference between me and most engineers is — what I
think has helped me be very successful, and I don’t know if it’s my dad’s Baptist preaching -- but I have no problem speaking in public, I have no problem debating in public,” he said. Despite his talent for speaking — and even debating — in a public
forum, he says being a good public servant is really more about listening. Even his counterpart on the quorum court, Roger Lynch, a Democrat to Lemons’ Republican, says he works well with Tim because he’s “logi- cal and reasonable.” “He’s very intelligent, and he has good people skills,” Lynch said. “He is willing to listen to opposing point of view, and that pretty well sums him up.” Lynch says in public service, “You’ve got to like people, and you’ve got to want the best for people,” and Lemons fits the bill. Lemons says he has a problem with people who get into public
service to further their own agendas. He hasn’t yet had to vote for some- thing that directly contradicted his own beliefs, but his quorum court term is up at the end of 2014, and he can imagine it happening if he’s elected to State Representative of the 43rd District. “l like to listen to people, and if I’m elected, I’m going to represent all 25,000 people in my district,” he said. “And whether there’s something out there I agree with or do not agree with, I have to represent their ideas, not mine.”
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