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ALRIGHT, I'M SORRY FOR THE DELAY.WE WILL, UH, BEGIN HERE JUST, UH, JUST IN A MOMENT AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
TODAY IS, UH, MONDAY, OCTOBER 12TH.
IT IS A REGULAR MEETING OF THE, UH, KAUFMAN COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
UH, WE HAVE A LARGE ATTENDANCE HERE THIS MORNING.
UH, WE'LL COMMENCE WITH OUR REGULAR, UH, HERE.
UH, WE, UH, WE AS NORMAL, WE'LL OPEN OUR MEETING AND I DUNNO IF YOU HEAR ME OR NOT.
WE'LL TRY TO SPEAK UP AS LOUD AS WE CAN SINCE WE HAVE SUCH A LARGE GROUP.
UH, WE'LL BEGIN WITH OUR INVOCATION AND, UH, I'LL ASK, UH, KEN LEONARD, WHO IS A MINISTER TO, UH, COME MICROPHONE AND GIVE OUR INVITATION.
UH, WE'LL THEN HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO, UH, HOLD THE AMERICAN FLAG AND THE TEXAS FLAG.
AND THEN WE WILL MOVE IMMEDIATELY INTO MARCH VISITORS IF YOU ARE HERE TODAY.
AND, UH, WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
WE HAVE A SIGN SHEET, UH, THAT IS LOCATED BY THE, UH, SHERIFF'S, UH, OVER THERE.
AND HE'LL PRESENT THAT TO ME AND WE'LL GO DOWN THROUGH THE, UH, PEOPLE THAT ARE SIGNED UP AND WHAT YOU, WHICH TO, UH, TALK ABOUT.
AND I WOULD ASK, UH, THAT IF YOU HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM THAT YOU WISH TO SPEAK ABOUT, THAT'S ON THE AGENDA, THAT THAT IS THE ITEM THAT YOU WOULD BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON
UH, WHERE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF YOU WHO WISH TO SPEAK TO THE COURT, UH, ABOUT A SIMILAR ITEM.
UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA THIS MORNING.
I WOULD ASK WHERE POSSIBLE THAT YOU COMBINE THOSE AND, UH, AND DO THAT AND HOPEFULLY KEEP IT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, THREE OR FOUR, UH, UH, PEOPLE, MAYBE FIVE.
WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO LOOK AS A COMMISSIONER STEWARD IN OUR RULES OF PROCEDURE A LITTLE BIT LATER ON ABOUT HOW WE, UH, MANAGE THAT, UH, SO THAT WE DO USE OUR VALUABLE TIME TOGETHER.
BUT THAT BEING SAID, THIS IS A DEMOCRACY.
IF YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY SEVERAL TIMES, IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND EXPRESS THEMSELVES.
AND CERTAINLY WE WISH, UH, TO HEAR THAT.
AND BEFORE, UH, MR. LEONARD GIVES OUR OATH PRAYER, UH, I WOULD REMIND EVERYBODY AND, UH, THIS IS A COURTROOM.
WE ARE IN SESSION AS A COURT, AND I WOULD EXPECT PEOPLE TO BE RESPECTFUL.
AND ALSO, UH, WE, UH, ASK YOU TO GET TO THE POINT AND, UH, AND, AND THEN, UH, LET HEAR THE INFORMATION IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER.
IF THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN, AND, UH, CERTAINLY KNOW, AND I DON'T, I CAN, I WOULD NOT IMAGINE THIS WOULD EVER OCCUR.
CERTAINLY, I HOPE IT IS NOT HERE.
BUT IF SOMEONE USES FOUL LANGUAGE OR IF SOMEONE GOES ABOVE, UH, WHAT IS CONSIDERED TO BE RESPECTFUL, IN MY OPINION, SINCE I AM THE JUDGE OF THIS COURT, UH, I'LL ASK YOU TO STOP.
IF YOU DO NOT STOP, I WILL ASK THE SHERIFF, UH, TO ESCORT YOU OUT OF THE OF ME.
SO PLEASE, LET'S NOT EVEN GO THERE.
LET'S HEAR THE BUSINESS OF ME AND THEN MOVE FORWARD AS WE, AS WE DO THAT.
SO IF YOU WOULD JOIN ME NOW IN STANDING AND WE'LL ASK.
FATHER, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH THAT YOU LOVED US AND THAT YOU SENT OUR SON FOR YOUR SON FOR US.
AND FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR BLESSING US TO LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY, IN THIS STATE, IN IN THIS COUNTY.
AND FATHER, WE SOMETIMES TAKE FOR GRANTED THE FREEDOM THAT WE ENJOY.
FATHER, PLEASE HELP FOR ALL OF US TO REMEMBER THAT, THAT WE ARE HEIRS TO THE GREAT EXPERIMENT THAT WE'RE BROTHERS AND SISTERS TOGETHER.
UH, THAT AND THE ENEMY IS NOT EACH OTHER.
IT IS, IT IS PEOPLE WHO WOULD TAKE AWAY OUR FREEDOM.
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GIVE US TEMPERANCE.FATHER, GIVE US PATIENCE AND HELP US TO REMEMBER THAT, UH, ONCE WE LEAVE THIS CHAMBER, THAT WE'RE ALL NEIGHBORS AND FATHER WOULD HELP US TO CONDUCT OURSELVES THAT WAY.
FATHER, YOU GRANT PROMISED US THAT IF WE'D ASK FOR WISDOM, YOU'D GRANT IT TO US ABUNDANTLY.
AND FATHER, WE ARE ASKING FOR WISDOM AND WE'RE TRUSTING THAT YOU'LL GIVE IT TO US.
FATHER, PLEASE HELP FOR ALL OF US TO BE THE BEST SERVANT FOR YOUTH THAT WE CAN BE.
SEE THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR MR. STANDS, ONE NATION OF INS WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL ON HONOR THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD.
ONE IN, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE SIGNED UP THIS MORNING AND I'LL ITEM HERE AS THEY SIGNED IN.
UH, THE FIRST ONE IS, UH, ELLE FULLER, UH, WHO IS HERE FROM COUNTY ROAD 3 46.
UH, MS. FULLER, IF YOU WOULD, UH, COME FORWARD AND YOU'LL BE SURE TO SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE SO EVERYBODY CAN HEAR.
CAN YOU HEAR US AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM? OKAY.
UH, AND MS AND ANGIE, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO TIME, UH, COURT NOT HAVE MORNING.
GIVE EVERYBODY 15, NOTICE THAT YOUR TIME IS APPROPRIATELY LIMITED TO THE THREE MINUTES BEFORE YOU SET THE TIME CLOCK.
UM, COULD I ASK THAT FOR A MATTER OF RECORD MY NAME AND ON THE SEVEN, UH, 14TH OF SEPTEMBER WAS LISTED AS LYNETTE FULLER AND I NEED FOR THAT TO BE CORRECTED AND THAT YOU SURE.
AND IF THAT DOESN'T COUNT ON MY TIME,
I'M, I'M THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO ATTENTION.
UM, FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
I'M HERE AGAIN, UM, ONCE AGAIN TO ADDRESS A VERY HAZARDOUS ISSUE THAT WE HAVE ON COUNTY ROAD THIRD 3 46.
AND I PRAY THAT THE LORD WOULD FILL MY MOUTH WITH LORD 12 STUFF AND SHUT IT UP WHEN I'M SETTING UP.
UM, RIGHT NOW I'M, I AM A PREVIOUS EDUCATOR AND FOR THE LAST 22 YEARS I'VE WORKED FOR A MAJOR UNIVERSITY IN THE, UM, REGISTRAR'S DEPARTMENT.
I WORK WITH GRADES ON A DAILY BASIS.
AND IT'S CUSTOMARY WHEN A STUDENT HAS NOT FULFILLED THE REQUIREMENTS OF A CLASS, THEY'RE GIVEN AN INCOMPLETE.
AND THEN ONCE THEY HAVE NOT FULFILLED THAT THEY'RE GIVEN AN F RIGHT NOW, I THINK THAT MR. SHANE'S TRANSCRIPT WOULD READ AND INCOMPLETE.
UM, I'D LIKE TO RECAP THE STEPS AND THE RESULTS OF WHAT HAS BEEN DONE CONCERNING THE PROBLEM ON OUR ROAD AT THIS POINT.
UM, FIRST IT'S ALWAYS BEEN OUR DESIRE TO AT LEAST HAVE A WATER TRUCK PUT ON THE ROAD TO, UM, AIM INCREASING THE DUST AND SO THAT WE CAN HAVE BETTER VISIBILITY WHEN THE ROCK TRUCKS ARE ROLLING.
TRINITY AGREED TO PAY $3,500 A MONTH FOR THE EXPENSE OF A WATER TRUCK AND PROBABLY AN EMPLOYER TO, UM, RUN THE TRUCK.
COMMISSIONER SHANE AT SOME POINT DETERMINE THAT THIS WAS NOT ENOUGH TO COVER THE COST AND ALSO THAT HE DID NOT HAVE A WATER TRUCK THAT WAS LARGE ENOUGH AVAILABLE TO HIM TO DO THE JOB, UM, THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE TOO MANY TRIPS BACK AND FORTH TO OUR ROAD FROM TOWN FILLED WITH WATER.
SO IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT WATER BE TAKEN FROM THE ROCK BOARD IN WHICH HE SAID THAT HE DID NOT HAVE A DRIVER THAT WAS CERTIFIED TO ENTER THE MINE TO, UM, GET THE WATER TO PUT INTO THE TRUCK.
SO THE MANAGER OF TRINITY SUGGESTED THAT TRINITY COULD PUMP THE WATER VIA A PIPE TO THE ROAD SO THAT A TRUCK COULD EASILY BE FILLED.
SO, UM, TRINITY OVERCAME THIS FIRST OBJECTION TO THE WATER TRUCK ISSUE.
NEXT, THE COMMISSIONER VOICED A CONCERN THAT HE DIDN'T FEEL THAT $3,500
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WAS PROBABLY ADEQUATE TO COVER THOSE EXPENSES AND TO FACILITATE THE DROP THE JOB.SO TRINITY OVERCAME THAT OBJECTION AND RAISED THE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO $5,000 A MONTH TO COVER THE COST OF THE WATER TRUCK AND SOMEBODY TO OPERATE IT.
IT WAS OUR UNDERSTANDING AFTER A CONVERSATION WITH COMMISSIONER SHANE THAT A WATER TRUCK HAD BEEN OBTAINED AND WAS IN EDGEWOOD BEING PAINTED.
YEAH, 15 SECONDS AT THIS POINT AFTER NEGOTIATIONS AGAIN.
AND STILL WE HAVE NOT SEEN A WATER TRUCK ON OUR ROAD.
IT WAS DECIDED BETWEEN TRINITY AND THE COMMISSIONER THAT TRINITY WOULD PROVIDE ALL MATERIALS NEEDED TO TRIP SEAL OR SEAL COAT THE ROAD SO THAT, UM, SO THE TIME HAS EXPIRED.
QUESTION ON THE, UH, AGENDA IS JAMES FULLER WHO ALSO WISHES TO SPEAK ON COUNTY LEVEL 3 46? I'D LIKE TO MY TIME TO THE
SO YOU MAY, YOU'LL HAVE 40 MINUTES.
UM, SO AT THE TIME THAT IT WAS AGREED THAT TRINITY WOULD PROVIDE THE MATERIALS TO CHIPS, CHIP COAT OR SEAL COAT OUR ROAD, UM, THE WATER TRUCK OFFER WAS PUT ON HOLD, STILL THE DUST BILLOWS.
AND WE REMAIN HAVING AN ENORMOUSLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT ON FRIDAY OF THIS PAST WEEK, THAT OUR COMMISSIONER CONTACTED A RESIDENT ON OUR ROAD WHOSE, WHOSE NAME I CANNOT GIVE BECAUSE WE COULDN'T REACH HIM FOR PERMISSION AND TOLD HIM THAT THE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS WERE NOT GOING TO PROCEED FORWARD.
HE WOULD NOT ALLOW THE CHIP SEAL TO BE PLACED ON THE ROAD BECAUSE TRINITY DID NOT PAY FOR AN EMULSION THAT OUR COMMISSIONER FELT WAS NEEDED.
TRINITY WAS NOT IN AGREEMENT THAT THIS EMULSION WAS NECESSARY FOR THE SHORT TERM THAT THE UM, ROAD WOULD REMAIN A COUNTY ROAD.
IT IT IS ON THE DOCKET TO POSSIBLY BECOME A FARM TO MARKET ROAD IN THE FUTURE.
THE PECULIAR THING WITH THIS WHOLE FIASCO IS THAT IT SHOULD BE A LITTLE CONCERN TO OUR COMMISSIONER WHETHER THE ROAD WOULD HOLD UP TO THE TRUCK TRAFFIC WITHOUT THE EMULSION.
AS TRINITY HAS AGREED TO BEAR THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR TO THE ROAD.
IT SEEMS THAT EVERY TERM THAT OUR COMMISSIONER HAS BEEN DOGGEDLY DETERMINED TO THWART ALL EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS AND SAFETY OF COUNTY ROAD 3 46.
WE ARE VOICING OUR CONCERN FOR 11 FAMILIES THAT LIVE ON COUNTY ROAD 3 46 BETWEEN FM 27 28, AND THE ROCKPORT.
IN ADDITION TO THESE 11 FAMILIES, THERE ARE MANY OTHER FAMILIES AND ALSO A SCHOOL BUS IN THE VAN Z COUNTY THAT USED 3 46 DAILY TO GET TO, UM, FM 27 28.
THESE FAMILIES AND CHILDREN ARE ALSO AT RISK OF BEING IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT DUE TO BLINDING DEATH PATH CLOUDS.
WE DO NOT SPEAK WITHOUT FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE.
BOTH MY HUSBAND AND I ARE HOME DURING THE DAY, DURING THE WEEK TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE ROAD.
IT IS A PUZZLEMENT TO ME THAT 3 46 WEST OF 27 28 HAS BEEN BOTH ASPHALTED AND SEAL COATED, YET THE POPULATION ON THE SECTION WITH THE ASPHALT IS NOT MUCH MORE THAN THE 11 FAMILIES THAT RESIDE ON OUR ROAD.
THAT SECTION IS NOT RECEIVED THE TRAFFIC OF THE 80,000 TON ROCK TRUCKS BY NOT DOING THE IMPROVEMENTS ON OUR ROAD.
WHO WINS? WILL IT BE THE SCHOOL BUS LOADED WITH THE CHILDREN THAT IS SMASHED AND TRAPPED BETWEEN TWO 80,000 POUND TRUCKS WHEN ALL THAT CAN BE SAID IS IF ONLY, YEAH.
AND YOU'LL FIND THAT YOUR I GRADE THAT YOU HAVE EARNED HAS TURNED TO AN F.
DO YOU WANT THAT ON YOUR PERMANENT RECORD FOR THE REMAINDER OF YOUR LIFE? YOU SAY THAT THIS IS DRAMA AND IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN.
MAY I REMIND YOU THAT THESE, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED? UH, MAY I ALSO, WE HAVE ANOTHER, UH, PERSON HERE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE SAME SUBJECT.
CHUCK SHEPHERD ON COUNTY ROAD 3 46.
YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE YOUR TIME TO, UH, PARDON? OBJECTION.
I DON'T THINK IT MAKES ANY DIFFERENCE WHETHER HE OWN THIS PROPERTY ON 3 46 OR NOT, BUT I MEAN, OKAY.
FOR THE AUDIENCE MEMBERS, MR. SHANE HAS JUST INFORMED ME THAT MR. SHEPHERD DOES NOT ON PROPERTY ON COUNTY ROAD 3 46, YOU MAY BEGIN.
YOU SAY THAT THIS IS A DRAMA AND IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN.
MAY I REMIND YOU THAT THESE SCENARIOS PLAY OUT ALL OVER OUR COUNTRY.
DAILY ROCK TRUCKS BEING ONE OF THE WORST, UH, UM, CAUSES OF SEVERE ACCIDENTS IN THE COUNTRY.
THEY PLAY OUT IN THICK FOG, WINDING SNOW, BLIZZARDS,
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SMOKE FROM GRASS FIRES, TORRENTIAL DOWN PORTS IN A HURRICANE.ALL OF THESE CONDITIONS HAVE LED TO HORRIFIC ACCIDENTS.
OF COURSE, THOSE CONDITIONS WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER.
DENSE DUST IS EQUALLY AS HAZARDOUS.
UM, IT SERIOUSLY IMPEDES VISIBILITY CAUSING MUCH OF THE SAME CONDITIONS THAT YOU WOULD FIND FROM.
BUT THO THOSE THINGS THAT WE CANNOT CONTROL, ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR IS A WATER FOR A WATER TRUCK FOR SOMETHING IN THE MEANTIME BEFORE A MORE PERMANENT SOLUTION COULD BE MADE FOR OUR PROBLEM.
AND TRINITY HAS AGREED TO PICK UP THE COSTS FOR THAT.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM, OR THE NEXT PERSON THAT HAS SIGNED UP IN I APPRECIATE, UH, MRS. FULLER, UH, FOLKS THAT RELENTED THEIR TIME, UH, THAT WE KEPT IT TO THREE PEOPLE.
I THINK YOU GOT YOUR POINT ACROSS AND I WOULD ASK THAT OTHERS CONSIDER THAT AS WE MOVE DOWN THIS FAIRLY LONG LIST OF PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE TODAY TO SPEAK.
UH, THE NEXT WOULD BE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK CONCERNING THE MEMORIAL OR MS IF YOU WOULD COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
WELL, I, I, I THINK I CAN TALK LOUDER FROM HERE.
WE'RE RECORDING THE MEETING AND IT HELPS THE, UH, CLERK'S OFFICE HAVE, UH, I'M ALLOWED NOW, JUST RIGHT HERE IF YOU WOULD.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I KNOW THE MICROPHONE MIGHT BE A LITTLE, A LITTLE UNUSUAL FOR YOU, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
YOU MAY BEGIN WITH THE COURT'S PERMISSION.
I WOULD LIKE TO RELINQUISH MY TIME TO CARL THOMAS.
YOU'D LIKE TO, UH, UH, RELINQUISH YOUR TIME.
AND, UH, MR. THOMAS, UH, SHERIFF THOMAS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UH, COME FORWARD.
UH, AND YOU'RE ALSO HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS SAME SUBJECT, THE, UH, MEMORIAL, UH, AT THE UH, KAMAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
PLEASE FORGIVE ME BECAUSE MY VOICE A LITTLE BIT, WE
UH, I, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY, COMMISSIONER.
UH, WHY YOU OPPOSE IT, WHY ANYONE WOULD'VE WANT TO OPPOSE IT.
I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE TEA PARTY FELT THERE WAS ADEQUATE TO ATTACK ME, MY DECEASED SON WHO THE MEMORIAL WAS GONNA BE NAMED AFTER AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE.
I'M GONNA ASK YOU IF YOU AGREE WITH THIS PUT OUT BY PEOPLE.
I KNOW THERE ARE SOME HONORABLE PEOPLE IN THE TEA PARTY, BUT I KNOW THERE'S SOME PEOPLE IN THE TEA PARTY THAT ARE NOT HONORABLE, THAT WANT TO DO NOTHING EXCEPT DESTROY LAW ENFORCEMENT MISDEMEANOR IN THIS COUNTY.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, I'M AFRAID YOU'RE NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DECIDED TO.
CARL THOMAS, MY SON, YOU KNOW, WHEN I READ THIS, HAVEN'T SLEPT HARDLY AT ALL.
THE LAST COUPLE, THIS HAS REALLY BEEN ON MY PERSONALLY, DAUGHTER ON MY LIFE WHO IS DISABLED, CAN'T EVEN GET OUT THE BED.
I DIDN'T EVEN TELL HER ABOUT THIS ARTICLE UNTIL DISTRICT I SHOWED IT TO HER.
SHE READ THE ARTICLE, SHE CRIED ALL NIGHT BECAUSE OF THIS.
IT'S NOT EASY TO SIT, STAND HERE AS A FATHER WHO HAS LOST A CHILD AND SEE THAT CHILD ATTACKED BY A COMMISSIONER AND BY MEMBERS OF THE KAMAN COUNTY TEA PARTY.
NOBODY IN THIS COUNTY IS MORE CONSERVATIVE THAN WHAT I AND WHAT MY FAMILY ARE.
AND WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF THE TEA PARTY, BUT I FIND THIS ATROCIOUS.
IT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE TO BEING ACCURATE.
AND FURTHERMORE, THE PERSON WHO WROTE THIS OPED, IT'S LIKE A THIEF OF THE NIGHT, DIDN'T HAVE THE COURAGE TO EVEN SIGN.
AND I'M GONNA ASK YOU MR. ZA AND THE REST OF YOU IF YOU WANT TO SIGN IT, I'M SORRY, I CAN'T HEAR RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, YOU KNEW THAT THE GUARD WAS GOING BE BUILT.
NOW THIS OP-ED HAS INDICATED THE ONLY
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PEOPLE THAT KNEW THIS CAR WAS GONNA BE BUILT WAS COMMISSIONER ALLEN AND JUDGE BRUCE WOOD.AND THAT IS JUST A LINE AND I CAN PROVE IT BECAUSE I HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH OF COMMISSIONER AL, COMMISSIONER ALLEN AND JUDGE WOOD, ALL THREE ATTENDED THE MEMORIAL.
HOW CAN THEY DENY THAT FOR THE LORD TO FURTHER THE ATTACK? THEY'VE LIKENED THE MEMORIAL TO THE HOT DOGS TEAM.
IT IS IN THE OP-ED THAT WAS WRITTEN BY THE CO PARTY SHERIFF.
I THINK I'M GONNA GET SOME MORE TIME JUDGE.
ALRIGHT, SO THE NEXT PERSON TO THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE SAME ISSUE IS WENDY THOMAS.
AND I'D LIKE TO RELINQUISH MY TIME TO MY FATHER.
CAUSE YOU'LL YIELD YOUR TIME TO YOUR FATHER.
I FIND IT, JUDGE, WE HAVE SUPPORTED THIS COUNTY.
WE SUPPORTED ALL JUSTICE CAUSE IN THIS COUNTY FINANCIALLY.
AND WE PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS AND WE ALSO WORK FOR THE JUDGE CAUSES IN THIS COUNTY.
WENDY HAS SERVED ON MANY COMMITTEES, MANY BOARDS.
SHE'S WORKED ON THESE BOND ELECTIONS TO GET THINGS PASSED FOR THE COUNTY.
THIS MEMORIAL HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT IS WRITTEN ABOUT MY FAMILY.
EVEN JUDGE WOOD WAS ATTACKED AND HE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.
THEY MAKE IT SOUND LIKE WENDY WENT TO THE COFFMAN COUNTY JAIL, TOOK A SHOVEL, STARTED DIGGING UP A GARDEN.
THE SHERIFF APPROVED THIS AND IN OUR OPINION, THE SHERIFF HAD THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE IT BECAUSE HE'S IN CHARGE OF THE SECURITY OF THE BUILDINGS THAT TON COUNTY AND THAT, AND THAT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE GROUNDS.
THEY ACT LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD HIGH RISE BUILDING OUT THERE, WHICH IN FACT IS A LIE.
THERE'S A LOT ABOUT A 40 BY 40 SPOT OUT THERE BY THE JAIL.
THE MEMORIAL WAS GONNA BE BUILT TO HONOR MY SON AND THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND KAMAN COUNTY.
IT WAS GONNA BE CALLED THE CARL SKIT THOMAS MEMORIAL.
BUT A WASN'T GONNA BE THE ONLY NAME OUT THERE.
ALL THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE IN COMP COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE GONNA BE ON THAT PLATE, ARE ON SOME FORM OF A PLAQUE OUT THERE.
I DON'T APPRECIATE THE TAX FROM AND COMMISSIONER, I DON'T HAVE MUCH YOU HAD TO DO RIGHT WITH THIS, BUT I'M SURE YOU HAVE A LOT OF, SO WITH THAT IN MIND, I WANT YOU TO TELL ME DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS AND WHY DID YOU VIOLATE THE OATH MEETINGS LAW BY SHOWING UP AT THE MEMORIAL WHEN YOU WERE NOT ASKED TO THE JUDGE WAS THERE, COMMISSIONER ALLEN WAS THERE WHEN YOU SHOWED UP.
I VIOLATED OPEN MEETINGS FORM.
I DON'T SEE ANYBODY COMPLAINING ABOUT THAT.
I'M NOT EVEN COMPLAINING ABOUT IT.
BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THAT IS A VIOLATION OF LAW.
I WANT ASK YOU ONCE AGAIN TO CONFIRM THAT YOU ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS OR TO NOT DENY THE, THAT THIS MY OPINION.
I'LL SPEAK ON THE AGENDA ITEM AND THE AGENDA ITEM.
SECONDLY OR THIRDLY, I WANT TO ASK YOU TO RESIGN THAT HOW SERIOUS THIS ISSUE IS.
YOU FILE OATH MEETING, YOU HAVE BEEN A PART OF THE ATTACK ON MY FAMILY AND THERE MAY BE SOME LIBELS ISSUED.
I TRIED TO BE GOOD MR. THOMAS, LET ME INTERRUPT JUST A SECOND.
I CUT YOU OFF EARLY THAT I SHOULD HAVE A MOMENT AGO.
YOU HAD BEEN YIELDED AT THE TIME BY MRS. AND MAX BADDEN.
UH, YOU STILL HAVE TWO MINUTES AND 45 SECONDS REMAINING IF YOU WISH TO USE THAT.
BUT YOU STILL HAVE TWO, TWO MINUTES AND 45.
I DON'T MEAN TO, IT'S NOT EASY
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TO ME TO HAVE TO UP HERE LIKE THIS AND TALK.I'M A FORMER SHERIFF IN DALLAS COUNTY.
I'VE BEEN A POLICE OFFICER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR 20 YEARS.
WE'RE A MAJOR EMPLOYER IN THIS COUNTY.
AND I DON'T COME TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT LOOKING FOR TROUBLE.
BUT I'M GONNA TELL YOU, I'M NOT GONNA STAND HERE AND ALLOW MY FAMILY TO BE ATTACKED, ESPECIALLY MY SON WHO'S DECEASED AND CANNOT APPEAR HERE.
BUT I WILL BE HIS CHAMPION ALL AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE NOW BECAUSE I'M CHAMPION BECAUSE OF MY SON.
AND I'M ALSO DEFENDING MY DAUGHTER AND COMMISSIONER.
IT'S A GOOD THING PROBABLY THAT MY WIFE COULD NOT GET OUT BED THIS MORNING TO BE BECAUSE SHE SO DISABLED SHE BED WHEN I SHOWED HER THIS, SHE CRIED ALL NIGHT PUBLIC.
I HAVE A SAID IN ABOUT TWO DAYS, I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT Y'ALL WOULD MAKE THIS KIND OF ATTACK ON IF YOU DISAGREE WITH THIS MEMORIAL.
YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO DO THIS, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE BEING ATTACKED OUT POLITICS.
AND AS SHE SAYS IN THIS OP-ED, SHE'S ATTACKING WENDY BECAUSE WENDY IS BRIAN BEAVER'S CAMPAIGN TREASURER TO BE SURE.
WHAT'S OUR GREAT SHERIFF HERE? RETIREMENT.
SHE'S ATTACKING HIM BECAUSE SHE'S HER.
WENDY IS THE TREASURE OF
AND WE'RE PROUD TO SAY THAT WE'RE, BECAUSE WHEN MY SON PASSED, HE WAS THE FIRST ONE IN MY HOUSE.
HE BROUGHT FOOD, HE BROUGHT COMPANY, HE TOOK OVER THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUNERAL OF MYSELF, WHICH IS, I JUST COULDN'T BEAR.
I HOPE NONE OF YOU HAVE EVER LOST A SON OR A DAUGHTER.
IF YOU HAVE, I WANT TO HUG YOU BECAUSE IT IS THREATENING SITUATION TO BE WITH YOUR HEART OF YOUR LIFE.
AND TO HAVE SOMEONE LIKE THE RADICAL MEMBERS OF THIS PUBLIC COUNTY TEA PARTY AND THIS COMMISSION TO ATTACK SOMEONE THAT CAN'T HELP THEM, CAN'T DEFEND THEMSELVES AND TO ATTACK PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT CARE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY.
GET UP HERE AND WORK HARD AND PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE THE MOUTH IS.
I THINK I WANT TO ASK YOU ALSO, COMMISSIONER, TO APOLOGIZE TO MY OPINION FOR THIS ATTACK.
AND I WANT TO ASK FOR ANY OF YOU WHO FEEL THAT YOU AGREE WITH THIS ATTACK.
I'M GONNA ALSO SIGN, I'M GONNA FRAME IT AND I'M GONNA PUT IT IN THE NEWSPAPER.
SO DON'T BE A COWARD LIKE THE COWARD THAT WROTE THIS AND DID THE SAME OR USE THE BOLD NAME.