Members of Hispanic Community Outraged in City Council Meeting
Shouting, threats of arrest, a Bexar County Sheriff Deputy, and a Univision news crew were all part of a City Council meeting held on April…
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City Council Fails to Get Audit, Violates Another State Law
The Sandy Oaks City Council has violated another state law by not having had an audit conducted and by now having a financial statement recorded…
Citizens Skipped in First Bulk Pickup
Tiger Sanitation held its first city wide bulk trash pickup on March 19, 2016. The collection skipped over a large portion of the city, leaving…
Tired of Complainers?
At the March 10, 2016 City Council meeting the Council went into a closed session and forced audience members out of the cafeteria room where…
Micki Ball: The Female Jim Clement
The City of Sandy Oaks has a new Mayor, but Micki Ball seems just like the previous Mayor Jim Clement. The similarities between the two…
Mayor Micki Ball Slanders Citizen In Character Assassination Attempt
At the February 11, 2016 City Council meeting Mayor Micki Ball slandered a citizen, falsely accusing her of representing the city and making threats. The…
City Rewards Those Who Violate Deed Restrictions
The people claiming to be in charge in the City of Sandy Oaks have established a habit of wanting things to work “both ways.” They…
City Loses $75,000 CDBG Grant
Mayor Micki Ball announced on February 11, 2016 that the City of Sandy Oaks lost a $75,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG). According to Mayor…
City Council Takes On WPPOA CPS Bills; Violates Texas Law
On January 14, 2016, the Sandy Oaks City Council unanimously decided to take over the CPS energy bills of the Waterwood Park Property Owner’s Association…
7 months later, Still No Police Cars & Another TOMA Violation
On January 14, 2016 the City Council discussed the transfer of vehicles from a Bexar County parking location to the City of Sandy Oaks. The…
New City Council Member Without Application or Election
The Sandy Oaks City Council filled a vacancy on the Council on January 14, 2016 at its regularly scheduled monthly meeting. The position, Alderman Place…
City Council Bans the Sale of Fireworks
On December 15, 2015, the Sandy Oaks City Council banned the sale and storage of fireworks. Before approving the ordinance regarding fireworks, the Council heard…
Who Controls the City Marshal?
A dramatic episode has erupted on social media regarding an invitation to the Sandy Oaks City Marshal, Jesse Gutierrez. The invitation was sent by Catherine…
Ball Wants Property Tax to Cover Trash Collection
Alderman Micki Ball stated on July 9, 2015 that city wide trash collection should be paid for with property taxes. She said trash collection would…
Poor Turnout at Animal Control Hearing
On March 28, 2015 the City Council held an Animal Control Hearing at the WPPOA clubhouse. The meeting had originally been planned at a prior…
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…
Art Martinez de Vara Announces His Pay
On March 14, 2015, City Attorney Art Martinez de Vara announced what the City of Sandy Oaks was paying him as City Attorney. Martinez de…
Alderman Micki Ball Hides Public Information
On March 7, 2015, Alderman Micki Ball met with citizens at the WPPOA clubhouse in a City Council sponsored meeting. Alderman Ball was directly asked…
The Required Need For Recording
Sandy Oaks News began taking detailed records and recordings for the community directly after incorporation and before there was even a city government. The desire…
Who Owns the Roads?
On February 26, 2014 the City Council met to fix the tax debacle they created when they created an illegal amount of sales taxes. The…
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…
City Council’s Sales Tax Woes
The Sandy Oaks City Council held a special meeting on February 26, 2015 to discuss the illegal amount of sales taxes they created last fall.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…