Appraisal district seeks new bids for offices site
Wilson County Appraisal District rejects two 15 year lease offers from Floresville bank owners Lamberth and Vick. Board opts to invite bids for a new 4000 to 5000 square foot building with parking, location in Wilson County, to move from current county owned offices.
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Floresville
Ray Lamberth
Larry Vick
Wilson County
Lamberth
Vick
Floresville Bank
3Rd
C Streets
Lamberth- Wick
Carlton Pape
Pape
Floresville approves bonds for city golf course project
The Floresville Council vote 4-1 to issue certificates of obligation for a 2 million golf course and park addition funded by a 500000 TPWD grant. Feasibility study financed by the Golf Association projects first year profit around 114000 and decade profits over 300000, with city revenue sufficing for parks. City officials also addressed amusement park location concerns and approved selling the old city hall. New officers Fred Franke Susan Gonzales and Michael Sprowl were sworn in.
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Floresville
Chuck Hall
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Bob Richardson
Floresville Golf
Chuck Smetana
Smetana
Economic Development Corporation
City Hall
Jimmy Bert Jackson
Fred Franke
Susan Gonzales
Michael Sprowl
FELPS Floresville Hites Power Outages Amid Storms
FELPS General Manager David McMillan reports repeated outages from storms. From May 15 lightning damaged a transformer affecting about 100 customers in Canada Verde Graytown. May 18 bird strike hit Floresville substation leaving 300+ customers without power for about 40 minutes. May 20 wind and rain caused widespread outages until about 5 pm. 15 transformers lost with 10–14 days needed for replacements. San Antonio's CPS also suffered many poles and transformers in St Hedwig.
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Canada- Verde
Graytown
Floresville
Path
Kosciusko
Falls City
McMillan
San Antonio
St. Hedwig
Wallace Indicted in Wallace Case Weaves Family Links
Wilson County grand jury charges Patsy Wallace with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and burglary of a habitation in a Feb 8 incident that left J R Vaughan injured. Vaughan is Patty Vaughan’s estranged husband and her missing relative, a 33 year old Adkins resident with three children.
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Floresville
Wilson County
Patsy Wallace
J.R. Vaughan
Wallace
Vaughan
Patty Vaughan
Adkins
Patty
Three Indicted in Wilson County Repair Scam
Three men from Missouri, David Reed Bailey Douglas Houston Carver and George Lester Fogle, were indicted by a Wilson County grand jury for securing and executing a document by deception and engaging in organized criminal activity. Bailey and Fogle were arrested March 14 after bilking a local woman of 63000. Fogle posted bond. a warrant was issued for Carver. District Attorney Lynn Ellison called the operation extensive and organized with funds used for restitution and legal costs.
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Floresville
Missouri
Wilson County
David Reed Bailey
Douglas Houston Carver
George Lester Fogle
Bailey
Fogle
Carver
Restitution Demanded Before Talks in Fraud Case
A speaker vows not to let the trio off the hook and insists restitution must come first before any talks. He accuses them of likely reopening shop elsewhere after settling.
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Little
Catherine Castillo
Chelsea Rae Morin
Elizabeth Silvas
First Baptist Church
WCN
Rachelle Gomez
Council
Floresville Electric Light and Power System
David McMillan
Mother Nature
Lynn Ellison
DA Lynn Ellison
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