Political maneuvering fills meeting
The Friday Van Zandt County Commissioners meeting opened with dispute and settled into calmer debate on road and bridge maintenance. Don Plemmons urged scrutiny of the Van Zandt County Historical Commission, accusing hidden deals in member appointments and urging proper reappointment and new appointments as presented.
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Jan Adamson
van Zandt County Commissioners
van Zandt County Historical Commission
Sparks
Don Piemmons
Grand Saline
Commission
Richard Lawrence
Plemmons
Historical Commission
State Historical Commission
State Commission
van Zandt Historical Commission
Precinct 2
Cary Hilliard
Commissioners Court
Lawrence
Elvis Allen
Fruitvale
Dorothy Barnes
Wills Point
Julie Barnes
John Bryant Beall
Van
Lavona Blackwell
Canton
Linda Brown
Glynn Ellis
Eleanor Stewart Hamaker
Aldene Hill
Neill Hays
Ben Wheeler
P.W. Hubbard
Pattito Humphries
Edgewood
Alice Jett
Brenda Kellam
Jack Kellam
Ruth Nell Massey
Authura McLemore
Don Plemmons
Annette Plemmons
County budget plan sparks friction at Commissioners Court
Commissioners continued a meeting amid disputes over a county-wide plan for road and budget work. Precinct 2 and Precinct 4 members argued about control and funding, while Lawrence defended the plan as lawful and potentially the first county-wide effort.
School board weighs poles for lights at districts fields
Side told the engineer nine light poles are stressed while six baseball field poles pass, softball poles ignored. Trustees push for certified signoff, boosters may add funding up to 15000 dollars as 12 poles with six lights each are approved while district seeks certification for two nine light poles. New member Mike Maciel sworn in to fill vacancy. district discusses tech upgrades and weather station gear funded by KLTV. lawyer and judge spar over compliance, plan and potential mandamus action. courthouse security system approved at 7880 dollars with monthly 157 dollars monitoring. nine members chosen for county Salary Grievance Committee and board reappoints East Texas Economic Development District board members.
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Side
Lide
Jim Jarvis
Jarvis
Gilbert
Mike Maciel
Joe Sellers
Sellers
David Darnell
Maciel
Tyler Junior College
Grand Saline High School
Lance Caffey
Caffey
KLTV
Channel 7
Tyler
Lawrence
Precinct 3
Leonard Morris
Ellis
Betty Goodwin
Joyce Clements
Ben Wheeler
Tony Cooper
Ray Sewell
Karl LyBrand
Wills Point
Bobby Noble
Doug Pickens
Jeff Ingrim
Edgewood
Nolan Black
Canton
Finis Skinner
Bob Hudson
East Texas Economic Development District Board of Directors
Justice of the Peace
Sherry Dearing
Tammy Williams
Jery Cockerham
Pat Jordan
John Parrish
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Chris Bell
Precinct 4
Loy Dean Hutchins
Morris
Hilliard
Leslie Poynter Dixon
Dixon
Ruth Abbott
Mary Helen Castleberry
Laverne Conner
Mohank
Mable Cook
Sibyl Creasey
Joann Driver
Elizabeth Ellis
Lynda Frazier
Clara Hoover
Felix L. Massey
Sarah Norman
Kitty Wheeler
Don Hackney
Emmitt Paul
Don Foster
Ronnie Fugate
Ada Lou Bowman
Travis Deen
Carol Deen
Fairway Security
T.’ Ing
John CR
Sonoma
JW Ponti
GMC Sonomas
GMC, Inc
Words OF Wisdom
Post'n Tell
Timex
Grand Plaza
Speedy
Speedy's Pizza
Perry's and
Brookshires
Hwy
Mineola
David Davis
Donna Limberger
Melissa Allen
Shirley Yarbrough
Howard Publishing Co., Inc
N. Main Street
Texas
van Zandt
Grand Saline Sun
P.O. Drawer
Texas Press Association
North and East Texas Press Association
Texas Newspaper Advertising Bureau
CBS
Grand Saline Police Department
van Zandt County Sheriff's Office
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