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Republican Primary Runoff
ABSENTEE AND EARLY VOTING RESULTS
State Rep. District 10 (Henderson County only)
T.J. Gabby – 236
John Wray – 190
Pct. 4 Commissioner
Kelly Harris – 331
Ken Geeslin – 496
Pct. 2 Justice of the Peace
Kevin Pollock – 349
Dale Blaylock – 288
From the blog of Superintendent Dr. Coy Holcombe
For the past several years, Eustace ISD has received the Gold Leadership Circle Award from the Texas Comptroller’s office for financial transparency. At the time, this was the highest level that could be attained. This year, the Comptroller introduced a Platinum Level that had even more challenging criteria. I am pleased to report that EISD was recently awarded The Leadership Circle Platinum Award by the Comptroller’s office. Out of a possible 22 points, EISD scored 21. If you have not visited the financial page on our website, I encourage you to take a few minutes and take a look at all the resources that are available.
I want to thank our business office personnel for producing the documents that go on our website: Carol Warren, business manager; Debra Meyners, payroll; Kara Weaver, accounts payable. I also want to thank our web designer, Michelle Cavazos. She is responsible for putting this information in an easy to access format on our webpage.
Finally, I want to thank our school board for their leadership and direction: Gary Walsh, president; Michael Cates, vice-president; Ashley McKee, secretary; Cotton Walker, member; Sonny Hodge, member; Bobby Ashton, member; Steven Bell, member.
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS FOR GUN BARREL CITY
Mayoral Race
Jim Braswell: 301
Paul Eaton: 134
For City Council, Dennis Baade and Ron Wyrick were unopposed.
Trinity Valley Community College sophomore Wenceslao “Lightning” Aguilera (right) recently received his saddle for winning the 2012-2013 Southern Region National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association championship. “It was a great experience with Lightning, his roping partner Kolby Miller and Austin Gross all representing TVCC at the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyo., this past year,” TVCC Rodeo Coach Brent Bratton (pictured at left) said. “Lightning has been a blessing to be around and comes from a great rodeo family.” TVCC will once again be represented at the CNFR, this time by steer wrestler Justus Whitcher — who will compete at the event June 15-21.
((UPDATED with explanation and quotes from AMWA attorney Martin Bennett and written statement from AMWA.))
Last week, the Athens Municipal Water Authority (AMWA) board voted to drop the $4 million demand from its lawsuit against the City of Athens. Tuesday evening, AMWA attorneys filed paperwork with the Henderson County District Court to drop its “$4 million dollars in damages for tort claims” against the city.
AMWA board member Ed Gatlin announced the move during a candidate forum at the Cain Center last Thursday, saying, “It was never about the $4 million.”
Pretty straightforward, you would think … but nothing seems to be simple these days between AMWA and the city.
Not long after the filing, city officials issued a response saying they are “disappointed to see that the notice only dismisses some of AMWA’s monetary claims. AMWA’s monetary claims for breach of contract remain …. The filing does not fulfill the intent of the public statements made by AMWA representatives that AMWA intends to drop its $4 million claim against the city for good. AMWA continues to sue the citizens of Athens for $4 million.”
We have to wade into some legal jargon to understand what the city is saying.
In a lawsuit, there can be “alternative theories of recovery.” That means when you sue for montary damages, you can claim you are owed those damages for more than one reason. Same amount of damages, just different reasons you believe you are owed the money.
In the AMWA v. Athens lawsuit, AMWA says it is owed $4 million based on multiple reasons. Breach of contract is one reason; fraud is another.
The document filed by AMWA attorneys Tuesday night (called a partial nonsuit) drops some, but not all, of the water authority’s reasons for seeking $4 million in damages.
Specifically left in place is the breach of contract claim, which says AMWA paid $4 million in bills that the city should have paid. Because the breach of contract claim remains, the city says it is still getting sued for $4 million.