Alderman Earnest Gay Lies In Speech to Texas Public Policy Foundation
Alderman Earnest Gay was the honorary speaker at a presentation in Austin for the Texas Public Policy Foundation on January 8, 2015. He contributed about…
Sandy Oaks News
City Council Created Illegal Sales Tax
By Texas state law, the maximum sales tax that can be imposed is 8.25%. Of that, the state collects 6.25% which means that local municipalities…
Alderman Micki Ball Drops The Ball
Alderman Micki Ball has been one of the more proactive members of the Sandy Oaks City Council. She is the only one of the 6…
City of Sandy Oaks Defines Conflict of Interest
The term “Conflict of Interest” is heard often when describing what has been happening in the City of Sandy Oaks since incorporation. A conflict of…
City of Sandy Oaks Already In Debt
The City of Sandy Oaks, Texas, is less than a year old and has only had a city government for less than half a year,…
WPPOA Meeting Ends Without Vote
On January 15, 2015, the Waterwood Park Property Owner’s Association (WPPOA) held a vote to amend its bylaws. The vote drew 87 people to the…
New San Antonio Cell Phone Law
Starting January 1, 2015, a new San Antonio cell phone law will go into effect. It will be illegal to drive while trying to operate…
Craftsman Horsing Around In Waterwood
Inside Waterwood, Dennis Schryver’s side yard serves as the common meeting place for the guys on his block. Everyone seems welcome, especially if they can…
New Marshal Applicant Defends Mayor Clement
On December 11, 2014, the Sandy Oaks City Council discussed hiring someone to be City Marshal. By the law created by the City Council, in…
Citizens Banned From Location of City Council Meetings
On December 11, 2014, a citizen (J.G.) told the city council that he had received a letter from the Waterwood Development Company telling him he…
Jess Fields Strikes Blow Against Sandy Oaks
There’s quite a lot of lame reporting when it comes to the creation and running of the new City of Sandy Oaks. Some reporters from…
Mayor Clement Says “Your money is OUR money”
The audio below is the 4rth part of a 4 part conversation with Sandy Oaks Mayor Jim Clement outside of Freedom Elementary on November 4,…
Mayor Jim Clement Lied to Voters Outside Polling Location
Sandy Oaks Mayor Jim Clement stood outside Freedom Elementary School on election day November 4, 2014. The school served as the only polling location for…
Sandy Oaks Mayor Wants To Spend $36,000 On Art
Sandy Oaks Mayor Jim Clement stood outside Freedom Elementary School on election day November 4, 2014, greeting soon to be voters. Bellow is the 2nd…
Mayor Clement Admits He Wanted A Retroactive Property Tax
On November 4, 2014, Mayor Jim Clement stood outside Freedom Elementary School, greeting voters who were about to vote on 4 new propositions. The following…
Results of Sales Tax Vote
Proposition 1 1% sales tax for general purposes 165 votes for (56%) 132 votes against (44%) Proposition 2 1/2% additional sales tax for general purposes…
Plant Your Wildflower Seeds Now
Every spring brings a clash of colors in South Texas as wildflowers pop up all over the place. If you you want your yard to…
Jim Clement Lies to WOAI News Radio
On the 22nd of September, Jim Forsyth of WOAI published a short article about the new non-tax of Sandy Oaks. It couples the city with…
Tax Vote On November 4
The Sandy Oaks City Council has placed 4 items on the ballot in this Fall’s election. New Sales Taxes The first 3 are proposed sales…
Emmanuel Delfin Continues To Mislead City Of Sandy Oaks
This week a new newspaper was presented to Sandy Oaks residents. This one calls itself the “Sandy Oaks Gazette.” In reality, the Gazette is just…
Request For Your Help With Committee
The following was written by Alderman Micki Ball and sent out October 12,2014. During the special meeting held on Monday, October 6, a committee…
Second Largest Contributor to SOPAC Hands City Council New Ordinance
At the city council meeting yesterday all council members had a manila envelope which Jim Clement had delivered to them. Inside was a packet organized for…
Pedro Orduno: Official Town Fool of Sandy Oaks
This opinion piece must be prefaced with the fact that it is not about an arbitrary person for the sake of cruelty. This article is…
Art Martinez de Vara’s Budget: High Taxes For The Status Quo
On September 18, the City Council met for a Budget Hearing to discuss the first proposed budget for the City of Sandy Oaks. The Committee…
City Council Accidentally Passes Retroactive Property Tax
Last night the Sandy Oaks City Council met for a budget hearing to discuss revenue and expenses. The meeting was less formal than a usual…
City Council Thanks Committee to Incorporate Sandy Oaks
Last night the Sandy Oaks City Council voted in favor of of a resolution thanking the Committee to Incorporate Sandy Oaks (CISO), the group that…
How the Committee to Incorporate Sandy Oaks Misled the Community
Even though the election of the new City Council is over and there have been a few council meetings, people are still talking about the…
Sandy Oaks Vs Sandy Oaks: Explaining The Confusion
At the second town meeting for the residents of the City of Sandy Oaks to meet the candidates running for office, KSAT 12’s Myra Arthur…
Hired Von Ormy Marshal Silences Residents
The first two city council meetings of the City of Sandy Oaks were policed by a law enforcement officer from Von Ormy, Texas named…
City Council Wants Maximum Sales Tax, Minimum VIA
At its very first meeting, the Sandy Oaks City Council voted in favor of creating 3 propositions for a public vote on new sales taxes. …