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Waco
– The Commissioners Court will meet Monday morning at 10 a.m. to
decide who will conduct its business, admit estates to probate,
adjudicate mental patients and juvenile offenders, and bank and
disburse the taxpayers' money.
After
adoption of a new, higher tax rate and a budget for fiscal year 2013,
McLennan County Judge Jim Lewis and County Treasurer Danny Volcik,
both of whom have two years to run on their elected terms, decided to
opt out.
They
both resigned.
They
will be replaced by appointment, thus obviating the process of
nomination through a party primary election and selection by the
voters in a general election.
They
are both Republicans.
County
Judge Jim Lewis announced he would be leaving at the end of the
fiscal year on the last day of September. County Treasurer Danny
Volcik made an identical announcement only a day or two later.
Judge
Lewis told news outlets he wants to spend more time with his wife and
family. Mr. Volcik said he has some health problems.
According
to the local daily newspaper, The Waco “Tribune-Herald,” “The
pool of applicants includes longtime McLennan County Clerk Andy
Harwell and Lynne Lockwood, who has worked as Lewis’ chief
administrator since 1991.
“Kimberly
Schott, a prosecutor in the McLennan County district attorney’s
office, is one of multiple lawyers to apply. The list also includes
Ralph Cooper, who (running as a Democrat) unsuccessfully tried to
unseat Lewis in 2010.
“Other
applicants are: Shelly Cawthon, Gary Cunha, Galen Edwards, Scott
Felton, J. Douglas Froneberger, Richard Fry, Nate Goldenberg, Laura
Harrington, Michael Holcomb, Charles Hutyra, Jayhugh Beecher
Leutwyler III, Jewel Lockridge, Fred Swaner and José Villanueva.
Applicants
for the Treasurer's job include “Sheriff’s Capt. Paul Wash, a
certified public accountant and former assistant county auditor, and
James Garrett, who works for a Waco accounting firm.
“They
join former county treasurer Bill Helton, assistant county auditor
Staci Britton Stone, attorney Kevin McKethan and banker William S.
Martin in seeking the appointment.
I
guess it is a good old boys' club, after all. Aren't you glad you
aren't a member? Just imagine what a strain it must be to pay the
dues and other annual assessments appertaining thereunto, etc., etc.
- The Legendary
What about the sheriffs association now backing McNamara,I GUESS THEY DO NOT WANT TO LOSE THERE JOB. NOW THEY GOT IT MADE,TRASHED McNamara now support him.
ReplyDeleteOf course they have to back him... It's been made perfectly clear you are either with the posse or against it........
ReplyDeleteY'all folks are stupid. Y'all would probably not support your next boss. Makes since only if your a retard looking for unemployment.
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