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mented that much of what previous
candidates said that he agrees with,
and lamented that Cedric Bettis
has stolen much of his thunder
about working together and not
attempting to individually micro-
manage. He added that he believes
in public service.
Gayland Daugherty, another
candidate for place 1 on the
Hospital District Board, said he
and his wife had fled the metroptex
as quickly as possible after retire-
ment, landing in the Beattie com-
munity some five years earlier. He
said he had grown up in
Lampassas, graduated from Texas
Tech with a degree in accounting,
and has accumulated 45 years
experience in financial and admin-
istrative management, roughly 15
of which has been in managed
health care. He stated his belief
that his work experience could
yield benefits to the hospital's man-
agement. He noted that he did not
have any ready answers for the
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Gayle Stroud, an unopposed
candidate for place 5 on the City
Council, noted with a wry smile
that we would be stuck with her.
But she quickly promised, howev-
er, to be as fair, honest and listen-
ing as she could be.
Marion Quade, candidate for
later worked in both Dublin and 3 on the City Council, began
Comanche, and now is retired and by noting that most people may not
on Social Security, although he
continues to be active in a small
internet and computer services
business. He noted he has had
potentially only one vote among back to the town where she has
six on the City Council. He did lived for the past eight years. She
promise, however, to listen to citi-
zens' problems and to bring them
or wanted to keep all options
active and on the table.
After the vote, Lt. Gov. David
Dewhurst, who presides over the
Senate, said, "1 believe privately
financed road projects play an
essential role in our transportation
future."
But, Dewhurst added, a two-
year moratorium would give the
people of Texas and lawmakers
time to make sure such projects
"actually work and benefit all
Texans."
Property tax protest bill passes
The House on April 27 passed to Council meetings for consid-
’ eration.
Cedric Bettis, a candidate for
place 6 on the Hospital District
Board, noted that he had taught
Pheem.
noted thatkhe couldn't join in with
her husband, John, who was a vol-
unteer fireman, but could serve on
the City Council and give back to
the community and hopefully
make some difference. She added
that she was not much of a public
high school civics for many years speaker, but encouraged everyone
but that this was his first turn as a
candidate for public office. He
• ■ • ■ | Billy Ray Evans was the last
friends and associates in the candidate to speak. He is running
for place 6 on the Hospital District
Board. Evans added that he also
sure that the other was running was n°ta good public speaker, but
until after filing. He noted that he diat he was long winded. He noted
was not running against Billy Ray, L-------------—-- ---;
a pilot program to provide ballot eral legislation passed last year by
Cedric Bettis and Fred Turner. Eady voting has already begun.
Candidates Meet Voters at Friday's Forum
a measure to give landowners
more flexibility to postpone and
reschedule their property appraisal
AUSTIN - Out of those thou- protest hearings.
sands of bills lawmakers have filed HB 538 by Rep. Bill
in the 80th Regular Session of the Callegari, R-Katy, allows a land
Texas Legislature, about 150 owner to postpone their property
already are on their way to the tax protest at least once without
governor, having passed both showing cause, and lets a land
House and Senate. owner make additional postpone-
Hundreds more will land on ments upon demonstration of rea-
Gov. Rick Perry’s desk before the sonable cause.
Legislature adjourns on May 28. The bill also increases the
Perry will have a 10-day peri- amount of time for the postpone-
od following adjournment to sign, ment of a protest hearing from 15
veto or ignore legislation on his to 30 days,
desk. Bills he chooses not to sign Under current law, appraisal
or veto will take effect without his districts may choose to allow a
signature. land owner to postpone their
Here are just a few bills of appraisal protest hearing if the
general interest awaiting action by owner or their agent show good public service
the governor. cause for the postponement. A
• HB 5 by Rep. Leo Berman, hearing may be postponed by no
R-Tyler, cuts the homestead prop- less than five days, and no more
erty tax of the elderly and disabled, than 15. The law does not allow
• HB 1098 by Rep. Dennis additional postponements.
Bonnen, R-Angleton, prohibits
immunization against human
papillomavirus as a condition for stop shop" on the Internet where
admission to public school. citizens would find a detailed
• HB 2061 by Rep. Jim accounting for all Texas state gov-
Kefifer, R-Eastland, provides that a eminent expenditures earned ten-
county or district clerk is not liable tative approval of the House,
for the disclosure of a living per- HB 3430 by state Reps. Mark
son's Social Security number con- Strama, D-Austin; Bryan Hughes,
tained in a document filed with the R-Marshall; Corbin Van Aredale,
county or district clerk. R-Houston; Juan Garcia, D- He added his agreement with an 1,6 thought about it more and real-
• SB 90 by Leticia Van de Corpus Christi; and Ken Paxton, earlier statement that a board izetl his own personal interests
Putte, D-San Antonio, establishes R-McKinney, is modeled after fed- member's responsibility is to listen wcre 001 “ important as the needs
to the citizens and present their *he greater good and the county
by electronic mail to military per- U.S. Sens. Barack Obama , D-Ill., concerns to the board, but not to 35 a whole. He noted that although
sonnel serving overseas. and Tom Cobum, R-Okla. promise any certain action or deci- hospital is improving, that it
• SB 112 by Sen. John "Direct citizen access to infor- sion> He added that he was inter- has a long ways to go and needs to
Carona, R-Dallas, allows a peace mation has already created a pow- estoj ln wo[vjng for the survival of accumulate financial reserves.
the hospital.adding that he and his -----------
officer to confiscate an individual's erful additional check and balance
firearms and ammunition during a on government and the media,"
state of disaster. Strama said.
• SB 369 by Sen. Tommy The Web site would be
Williams, R-The Woodlands, accessed through TexasOnline and
makes it a misdemeanor punish- maintained by the state comptrol-
able by a fine to alter or obscure a ler.
motor vehicle's license plate. Dog bite legislation is OK’d
HB 1892, which achieved I------ “ “ “ ‘
Senate approval on April 27. slows R-Georgetown. would increase
down by two years the governor's penalties to owners who fail to rea-
plan to close the deal on the Trans sonably secure their dog, if the dog the military and then spent much her to the forum, however.
a 50-year, makes an unprovoked attack on a of his work Hfc in Ausbn The campaign statements and
Georgetown prior to moving to photos as published in the Free
Comanche County two years earli- Prrxx arr available at our web
er. He said that while in
Georgetown for around 25 years.
’ 2 _'5 ‘ ‘ i There were no candidates for
wife and their children needed for DISD Board of Trustees pre-
it to be successful and open when s®*11-
needed. LaJoyce Johnson noted that
Marvin McKinnon spoke *** had letters from Jana Morris, a
next He is a candidate for place 1 Hospital District Board candidate,
on the Hospital District Board. He husband, Benny Morns, a
noted he had been bom in San ’ City Council candidate, with the .
HB 1355 by Rep. Dan Gattis. Marcos,’ raised in Austin, educated request that they be read at the
at Texas A&M and Southwest forum- Johnson said that she had
Texas State, served as an officer in forgotten to bring the letters with
Candidates were allowed University. He completed the bal-
three minutes to make a presenta- ance of his career working in insur-
The Women's Division tion, and questions from the audi- ance in Waco before retiring back
Candidates Forum was held at ence were not allowed. Ruby Park to DeLeon three years earlier. He
DeLeon's City Hall last Friday served as the timekeeper. Other complimented the City gover"
evening, April 27. members of the Women's Division ment and added that he thought..
The ladies hosting the forum were on hand to help dispense cof-
reported having difficulty finding a fee and cookies before and follow- step up and make a contribution to
night that did not conflict with ing the forum. the common good. He added that
The first candidate to speak he thought the city needed "fresh
was Roy Dale Freeman, a candi- ideas."
uation. He described the Hospital
Foundation's role to raise donated
policy, and not in micromanaging funds to assist the hospital in its
the hospital. He added that he had niission to help the needy in the
spent most of his life working with conununity. Evans noted that he
and for a board and also in prepar- initially been opposed to the
ing and then living with budgets, idea of building a new hospital, but
He added his agreement with an
earlier statement that a board
Texas Corridor, a 50-year, makes an unprovoked attack on a
statewide toll road-building pro- person, resulting in serious bodily
jecL injury or death
• The bill, by Rep. Wayne The House passed the bill.
Smith, R-Baytown. and sponsored and it has been assigned to the
in the Senate by Williams, passed Senate Criminal Justice
27-4. "No" votes were cast by sen Committee for further considera-
ators who hoped to get started on tion.
plans io relieve traffic congestion.
know her, but they generally knew
her husband, John, who works at
Pates Hardware. She noted that
her work background was in law
experience with the water, waste- enforcement and that she currently
water and streets departments and worked at Tarleton State as a police
served as the city's animal control dispatcher. She explained that the
officer. He said that he couldn't reason she is running for City
promise voters anything, being Council is that she wants to give
potentially only one vote among *------------- ------■_—
site, www.deleonfrrepress.com.
With that, she invited way-
he had served on various boards one ,o oyoy die refreshments and
and hopefully made things a bit to visit with the candidaies reid one
better while doing so. He added another Her invitation was
that both he and his wife had been accepted by most present.
was not running against Billy Ray, dial he and Cednc Bettis were not
but only to offer his credentials to opponents, but rather friends and
the voters. Bettis and his wife, Christian brothers. He promised to
Betty, have been members of the do as good a job as he possibly
Rucker community for 44 years, could if the voters placed their con-
He noted they both believed in fidence in him, but said he would
_ ■ as a religious duty. die voters placed their
He agreed with the statement that confidence in Bettis, adding that he
an individual board member can- was a B°°d man. He expressed his
not act alone, but only in a legally f’d'cf that whomever is chosen by
constituted meeting of the larger the voters would do a good job on
body. He added that he did not the hospital board. He noted that
have any axe to grind, was not his service on the Hospital
unhappy about anything that hap- Foundation Board had provided
pened in the past, and that he some insight into the hospital s sit-
believed a board member was
responsible for overall operating
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CANDIDATES FORUM. Roy Dale Freeman, standing, was the first of the candidates in the
May 12 election to address the crowd at DeLeon City Hall auditorium last Friday evening, April
27. Others seated at the candidates table included, from the left, Billy Ray Evans, Marion
Quade, Gayle Stroud, Gayland Daugherty, Marvin McKinnon, emcee LaJoyce Johnson, hospital's situation, but planned to
listen and learn. He noted that lis-
tening is important because good
ideas often come from unexpected
places. He cited an instance where
a co-worker's eight year old daugh-
ter found the solution to a problem
that had vexed a team of profes-
sionals when she happened to
,— notice that some of the numbers
had dots (decimals) in them and
was everybody's responsibility to some did not, a previously over-
looked fact that proved key in solv-
ing the problem. He noted that he
other community events, and the The first candidate to speak he thought the city needed "fresh would be on the lookout for new
turnout of both candidates and was Roy Dale Freeman, a candi- ideas." an<^ innovative solutions to old
audience was limited by the date for DeLeon City Council, Fred Turner, candidate for problems.
Comanche County Relay for Life place 4. Freeman noted he was place 3 on the City Council, spoke
event being held at the same time, bom, raised and educated in next. He noted how he had come
LaJoyce Johnson admitted to some DeLeon. He then recounted his to live in DeLeon in 1992 and had
unease in her first experience as work history with Central Freight
moderator for the forum, although Lines and how he earned an
she did a commendable job. accounting degree at Baylor with Donnie Nowlin to continue
residing here forever. He noted he
has served as the City Coordinator,
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