• December 27, 2014

Killeen municipal election field has interesting twist

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Posted: Sunday, February 9, 2014 4:30 am




















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  • Alvin posted at 1:23 pm on Mon, Feb 10, 2014.

    Alvin Posts: 253

    @Eliza, How transparent has the present mayor/city manager/city council been? I rest my case.

  • PlayFair posted at 12:34 am on Mon, Feb 10, 2014.

    PlayFair Posts: 10

    Eliza, I agree 100%. Furthermore, Cosper still claims the payment to Green was a good decision. Of course, he doesn't explain why it was a good decision. As for those who remain silent, they also remain complicit. So, Rivera, Cosper and Wells if he runs won't get my vote or the vote of anyone in my circle of influence. Also, consider their stand on recycling. Many places around the country half the size of Killeen reward their citizens for recycling. These people on the city council and the many appointed panel positions seem to be jumping at the opportunity to raise our solid waste fee. It makes one think perhaps they have a dog in the race. It's also very curious that many are land developers, home builders or real estate brokers and voting on zoning and area housing development projects. How is that even legal?

  • Eliza posted at 3:36 pm on Sun, Feb 9, 2014.

    Eliza Posts: 904


    Yes it would be to their possible benefit as far as the future election, to mend the err of your ways
    (even if you were one of the council members who didn't vote for Green's $750,000 pay off). However.

    No one, none, have ever stepped forward from that recalled council, including the mayor, or even, any who didn't vote for the pay off, and gave the people an explanation of Why so much of their tax money was given for the council to be rid of Mr. Green. Even more money then Green supposedly stated he would settle for.

    Green at the time insinuated ,the council were holding illegal meetings as one of his complaints, the council stated they just couldn't work with Green any longer but didn't say why.
    It seemed to be a personal ,private, argument among the council and City Manager Green, But the tax payer was the one that was punished by being forced to pay out the $750,000. Which was paid and check given before the citizens even knew the amount the check was written for.
    Then when Jonathan Okray ( a private citizen at the time) was willing to argue for all tax paying citizens to find why so much of the tax payers money had been given away, when there was no reason given, He literately had to fight city hall at times.
    (Anyone can refresh any memory's by looking up all the news articles done by Antony Scott,the KDH reporter who followed this chaos against the tax payers and documented it very well)

    I'm sorry, but once my money has been taken from me in any form, tax money included, which is what happened when the huge pay off was given. I'm not going to be bimbo enough to want to be involved with the people who not only gave the money away ,but those who knew why it was given, But chose not to tell.
    In my mind,They were just as guilty as the ones who voted to give the money away.