Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 28, 2008 Page: 4 of 25
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IslandLife
Port Aransas South Jetty
Mayor’s supporters speak out
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ferent directions,” he said. “The
citizens who live here need help
with the infrastructure of the city,
the streets and drainage, and that’s
what I’d like to see you address.”
Keith “Kit” Gutherz simply told
the council, “I support the mayor. I
appreciate him because he’s always
accessible. I believe without get-
ting into details that his heart is in
the right place and he’s concerned
about the welfare of the people who
live here.”
Two other speakers urged council
members to consider promoting
someone to police chief from
within the ranks of the police de-
partment.
“I... know nothing about the po-
lice department or the chief, nothing
that hasn’t been in the paper, but
I am interested in policing here,”
Noyes Livingston said. “Please
consider in your search for a new
chief that you consider anyone
eligible who can be promoted from
within who knows the town and the
people.”
Marion Fersing agreed, saying,
“It’s important that we get a good
chief, and it’s a good idea to pro-
mote from within. But,” she added,
“I wish when they drive down the
beach they’d look over to see what’s
happening. They just drive down
looking straight ahead.”
(The city charter provides that,
with some exceptions, the city
manager, and not the city coun-
cil, appoints department heads. It
states, “The city manager shall be
required to:
(1) Appoint, and when he deems
necessary for the welfare of the city,
suspend or remove all city employ-
ees and appointive administrative
officers provided for by this charter,
except as otherwise provided by
law, this charter, or personnel rules
adopted pursuant to this charter.”
The city charter is available for
anyone to read at city hall, at the
Bill Ellis Memorial Library or on
the city’s Web site at www.cityof-
portaransas.org.)
Another speaker, Millie Collins,
took issue with City Attorney Mike
Morris, who ruled in July that the
council was within Texas Open
Meetings Law provisions when it
went into closed session to discuss
issuing city vehicles to certain
employees.
Morris quoted a Texas Attorney
General’s opinion on the matter
in a letter to Kovacs (South Jetty,
I came here tonight to
thank Mayor Brown
for his hard work in
putting down pilings
that are going to hold
up the museum for
the next 100 years.
Betty Bundy, board member
Port Aransas Preservation and
Historical Association
July 24).
“I agree with Mayor Brown,
because the (Texas) Open Meeting
Law requires that government be
open to public and that the agenda
be specific enough to apprise citi-
zens of subjects that will be dis-
cussed,” Collins said.
Brown had requested that the top-
ic be put on a later council agenda,
saying that the subject discussed
in closed session wasn’t as it was
listed on the agenda for that month’s
meeting. The agenda justification
for going into closed session was to
discuss job duties, which falls under
the “personnel” section of the Open
Meetings Law.
“I believe the city attorney made
Johnson on job as interim PAISD chief
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years at ACISD. He held positions
including middle school and high
school assistant principal, high school
principal and assistant superinten-
dent. He served as superintendent for
seven years until retiring in June.
Trustees interviewed Johnson and
Lister in closed session, then voted
in open session to offer the job to
Johnson.
Johnson accepted the trustees’ offer
and will be paid $400 a day. He will
be acting in place of Billy Wiggins,
who has resigned as superintendent
of PAISD to take the job of super-
intendent of the Salado Independent
School District, about 40 miles north
of Austin.
Johnson’s first official day on the
job will be on Monday, Aug. 25 - the
first day of school. But he spent Fri-
day visiting PAISD’s three campuses
and getting familiar with facilities
and staff.
“I’m extremely impressed with
the quality of the teaching staff and
administrators,” said Johnson, who
lives in Port Aransas. “They’re very
professional. They’ve left an awe-
some impression on me as interim
superintendent.”
Trustees have hired a Houston-
based firm to search for a permanent
superintendent. The firm, Texas
School Solutions, is headed by Carol
Moffett, former superintendent of
the Flour Bluff Independent School
District.
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a point of saying that was the same
as when you appointed members
of the Planning and Zoning Com-
mission, and I believe that’s quite
different,” Collins said. “When you
say ‘job duties,’ that doesn’t address
whether a vehicle is assigned to an
individual.”
Grady Cartright, part owner of a
taxi service in Port Aransas, urged
the council to exclude any taxi com-
panies not based here.
“Other cab companies aren’t here
365 days, they’re only here when the
gravy comes in,” he complained.
Cartright said in Rockport, taxi
permits are issued by vote of the city
council instead of by one person, as
is done in Port Aransas.
“Let them own a house here,” he
said of other taxi companies. “Let
them run 24/7. If they can’t run
24/7, they shouldn’t be allowed.
In Rockport, if you can’t run 24/7
you can’t get a permit from the
council. So what’s wrong with this
city council?”
Representing the Port Aransas
Preservation and Historical Asso-
ciation, board member Betty Bundy
apologized for not seeming to ap-
preciate work Mayor Claude Brown
had done to help the association
move the historic Mercer House to
a new location.
“Sometimes we think somebody
did it, and nobody did it, and we’re
sorry,” she said.
Brown volunteered his services
and equipment to set the pilings on
which the house sits.
“I came here tonight to thank
Mayor Brown for his hard work in
putting down pilings that are going
to hold up the museum for the next
100 years,” Bundy said. “I would be
remiss also if I didn’t say thank you
to all the members of council who
were here since 2006. If it weren’t
for this council and their approval
and often their donations, that house
might still be wandering around Port
A looking for a place.”
Bundy also urged the council to
approve an application for Preser-
vation America, a federal historical
recognition program.
The council is prohibited from
taking action on or discussing mat-
ters brought up during the citizen
comments section of the meeting
unless those items are also listed on
the council agenda.
Financial
workshop
scheduled
The First Baptist Church, 200 N.
Station St., will host a financial work-
shop titled Good Sense on Sunday,
Sept. 7, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The workshop, open to the pub-
lic, is designed to develop healthy
financial habits and better personal
finances. It is presented by the Good
Sense Ministry, a division of the Wil-
low Creek Association.
The cost, which includes lunch and
a workbook, is $20.
To reserve a seat at the workshop
or for further information, contact
Rene Gamel at the the church office
at 749-6479.
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Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wilson
Courtesy photo by Fonzie Munoz
Joanna Jackson and Joseph Wilson married Aug. 9, at First Baptist
Church of Port Aransas.
Jackson, Wilson wed
In a double-ring ceremony Tomi
JoAnna Jackson and Joseph An-
thony Wilson, both formerly of Port
Aransas, exchanged wedding vows
on Saturday, Aug. 9.
The ceremony was held at the First
Baptist Church of Port Aransas with
the Revs. Richard Safford and Wil-
liam Campbell officiating. After the
ceremony, a reception was held at the
Port Aransas Civic Center.
Jackson is the daughter of Tom and
Kim Jackson of Port Aransas. Wilson
is the son of Mike and Lydia Fires-
tone, also of Port Aransas, and Kevin
and Kim Wilson of League City.
The bride attended Texas A&M
University at College Station ^ndv
received a degree in mechanical
engineering with a minor in busi-
ness administration. She is employed
by URS Washington Division in
Houston.
The groom graduated from San
Jacinto College with an associate’s
degree in automotive electronics
and furthered his education through
the University of Texas petroleum
technology program. He is employed
by FMC Technologies where he is a
subsea controls lead for the British
Petroleum Thunderhorse offshore
drilling project. '
The couple will reside in Rosha-
ron.
The bride’s maternal grandparents
are Doyle and Phyllis Daniel. Her
paternal grandparents are Bobbie
Jackson and the late Ted Jackson. Her
great grandmother is Alpha Daniel.
They are all of Binger, Okla.
Maternal grandparents of the
groom are the late Jose and Mary
Salazar. His paternal grandparents
are Charles Wilson of Galveston
and the late Rosemary Wilson;
Marion Firestone of Seabrook; Lee
Firestone of Antonito, Colo.; and the
late Thomas and Maxine Kennedy of
Erie, Penn.
It takes a
village to
raise a child
Can you be-
lieve school
has started?
It seems like
summer just
started. It also
seems that Port
Aransas had a
very good sum-
mer. Now that
our kids are go-
ing back to school, our community
seems to shift its focus off summer
time tourism.
As a pastor in the community, I
would like to suggest that we shift
our focus more to our school age
kids. Mat 19:14 NLT But Jesus
said, “Let the children come to Me.
Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom
of Heaven belongs to those who
are like these children. ”
Unfortunately, there are those
in every community who are not
looking out for what is best for
the kids. There are even some in
our community who contribute
to underage drinking and drug
abuse. This should stop imme-
diately. I would like to challenge
our community to not allow this
to happen.
Port Aransas is a wonderful place
to live. Since we have tremendous
freedom here, we also have a great
responsibility to make this a safe
environment for everyone, espe-
cially our kids. Jesus also said Mar
9:42 NLT “But if you cause one of
these little ones who trusts in Me
to fall into sin, it would be better
for you to be thrown into the sea
with a large millstone hung around
your neck.
This passage should be very rel-
evant around here. No one would
want a boulder tied around their
neck and thrown into the Gulf.
Jesus said that is exactly what it
would be like if we lead our kids
astray.
William Campbell is pastor
at First Baptist Church of Port
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