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Alderman Joel Ortega’s Absence Ignored News

Alderman Joel Ortega’s Absence Ignored

Alderman Joel Ortega was absent from half of the City Council meetings in 2015. Texas law says that 3 consecutive absences of an Alderman makes…

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City Council Violates Texas Open Meetings Law, Again News

City Council Violates Texas Open Meetings Law, Again

The Sandy Oaks City Council violated the Texas Open Meetings Act again at its regularly scheduled meeting May 14, 2015.  The Council discussed a topic…

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City Council Convenes In Illegal Executive Session News

City Council Convenes In Illegal Executive Session

March 21, 2015 the City Council met for a special meeting after having cancelled the meeting it had planned for Thursday, March 19th. The 12th…

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City Council Ignores Open Records Request, Violates Public Information Act News

City Council Ignores Open Records Request, Violates Public Information Act

At the City Council meeting on February 12, 2015, the City Council was handed an Open Records Request from Don Hormachea.  He handed the Request…

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City Council Created Illegal Sales Tax 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…

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Jess Fields Strikes Blow Against Sandy Oaks Editorial

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…

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Second Largest Contributor to SOPAC Hands City Council New Ordinance News

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…

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City Council Accidentally Passes Retroactive Property Tax News

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…

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City Council Thanks Committee to Incorporate Sandy Oaks News

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…

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Orduno’s and Clement’s Secret Meeting News

Orduno’s and Clement’s Secret Meeting

The Committee to Incorporate Sandy Oaks (CISO) worked for 3+ years to get the community of Waterwood and the surrounding area to be released from…

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Results of Small Town Politics News

Results of Small Town Politics

The very first City Council of Sandy Oaks, Texas was elected August 9, 2014. 2014 Candidates Political games started the same month that Sandy Oaks…

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3rd Candidates Meeting, SOPAC Still Doesn’t Attend News

3rd Candidates Meeting, SOPAC Still Doesn’t Attend

On July 22, 2014, candidates running for City Council met for a 3rd and final time before the election.  The event was hosted by Catherine…

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Candidates Host 2nd Meeting, SOPAC Does Not Attend News

Candidates Host 2nd Meeting, SOPAC Does Not Attend

People are now starting to call them the “Outsiders” because Micki Ball, Cathleen Recio, and David Tremblay are the only candidates outside of the Sandy…

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Meet the Candidates Meeting News

Meet the Candidates Meeting

On July 8, 2014, a “Meet the Candidates” meeting was held in the Waterwood clubhouse.  The event was organized by Jim Clement, the only candidate…

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Joel Ortega 2014 Platform Op-ed

Joel Ortega 2014 Platform

As of 5pm July 15th,  Earnest Gay, Doug Tomasini, Dale Burmaster, and Jim Clement (all SOPAC members), were contacted and asked to answer the following…

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