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By Laura Kestner, Editor
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The DeLeon City Council met in regular
session Thursday, May 10, 2007, and addressed several issues related
to items discussed at the April 26, Council meeting. All Council
members were present, as was Lois Rockefeller, city attorney. >>Full Story<< |
By Laura Kestner, Editor
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When the final votes were tallied,
DeLeon’s $8 million dollar school bond proposition was defeated, May
12, with 54 percent of the voters casting ballots against the measure
and 46 percent in favor.
Supporters of the bond proposal were
visibly disappointed when the results were posted on the City Hall
door at 10 p.m. Saturday night, while two people who obviously did not
support it, cheered. >>Full Story<< |
By Jerry Morgan, Reporter
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DeLeon resident Levy Wayne Alexander has
offered a written apology for his remarks at the DeLeon City Council
meeting on April 26.
Alexander made an angry presentation
regarding the noise levels from a Spanish dance that had been held on
April 21. He included comments that this was not Old Mexico and
threatening violence if the loud dance music was ever repeated. >>Full Story<< |
By Jerry Morgan, Reporter
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COMANCHE -- The views in the southwestern
and southern portions of Comanche County may soon be similar to those
in west Texas, where large, three-bladed wind turbines dominate the
skyline. That is, if the counties and school districts involved are
agreeable to tax abatements for the power generating equipment, the
Commissioners Court was informed on Monday.
The commissioners met in regular session
on May 14, with windmill power generation, bond refinancing, and
District Court records storage needs as the primary items of
discussion on the agenda. >>Full Story<< |
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On May 11, 2007, the Comanche County
Grand Jury returned 30 indictments. >>Full Story<< |
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LULAC
MEETING. Erasmo Martinez, standing, representing LULAC
along with other members to his right (one of whom is busy reading
the Free Press) addresses a group of local area citizens at
Prado's Cafe who were concerned about comments and threats made by
Levy Wayne Alexander at a DeLeon City Council meeting. |
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CHECK
THE NUMBERS. As election results were posted on the door
at City Hall Saturday night, those in the anxiously awaiting crowd
surged forward to check the numbers. Shown here are
candidates Dwight Dodd, Laura Brown, and Fred Turner, as well as
(towards the back) Mac McKinnon, publisher of the Dublin
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