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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 and transit authorities can only impose an extra 2% of sales tax. The Sandy Oaks City Council, however, went beyond the legal limit. The Council Wanted The Maximum Above is […]

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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 who pushed for the creation of, and took charge of,  the only committee to address problems.  She’s also one of the few who shows up to meetings prepared and is […]

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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 interest is a situation in which a person (or organization) is involved with more than one set of interests and where one of those interests can negatively affect the person’s […]

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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, but the city is already in debt and won’t say how much. Before the election in August 2014 for the first City Council, many of the candidates stated they wanted […]

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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 WPPOA clubhouse for a meeting that lasted an hour before ending in angry shouting.  Towards the end of the meeting, paramedics and Bexar County Sheriffs were both called in. The […]

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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 a cell phone.  This includes holding the cell phone while talking, but it also includes using the phone to text or use the phone for apps that require operation while […]

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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 offer any news, or even better, an excellent joke.  Imagine the TV show Cheers, except the setting is in the woods, the jokes are cruder (and better), there are always […]

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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 order for an item to be placed on a meeting agenda it must be submitted by no less than 2 aldermen.  However, the item to “Review and consider credentials of […]

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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, 2014.  The school served as the only polling location for citizens of the City of Sandy Oaks for the November election.  Clement met voters to convince them to vote in […]

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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 citizens of the newly formed City of Sandy Oaks. The only items on the ballot specifically pertaining to the city were 4 propositions that dealt with sales taxes.  The first […]

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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 part of a 4 part conversation with the mayor. Mayor Clement admitted that he was in favor of a retroactive property tax on the City of Sandy Oaks.  It would […]

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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 151 votes for (51%) 145 votes against (49%) Proposition 3 1/2% sales tax for road maintenance 194 votes for (65%) 104 votes against (35%) Proposition 4 Vote to keep VIA […]

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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 be the envy of the neighborhood, then now’s the time to plant your seeds.  Planting now ensures enough time for germination, the process in which a plant grows from a […]

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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 Von Ormy as being the second city within Bexar county to “abolish” property tax.  Von Ormy recently announced that it would be getting rid of its .25 residential tax, one […]

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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 taxes.  When the City Council voted to have the election for sales taxes all Aldermen except for Micki Ball were in favor of the new tax.  If approved, the sales […]

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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 was established charged with working to develop a comprehensive plan to present to Bexar County for clarification of services required by the City of Sandy Oaks. I was nominated to […]

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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 about a man who tampered with the lives of 4,000 people, lied to them, marginalized them, and mislead them. As the Chairman of the Committee to Incorporate Sandy Oaks, Pedro […]

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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 interviewed people on the topic of whether or not the Committee to Incorporate Sandy Oaks (CISO) did a good enough job announcing the vote to incorporate. Arthur first interviewed Catherine […]

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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 Tiffany Aguillen. In the first meeting on August 16, 2014, Aguillen made her authority known when she threatened to arrest Cathleen Recio, who recently lost the election for an alderman […]

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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.  Micki Ball was the only Alderman who voted against all of the proposed propositions. The first proposition is a 1/2% sales tax for street maintenance.  The second proposition is for […]

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