Also, if they think Mary Kelleher answers to anyone other than herself and the man upstairs, they don't know Mary. We do. And so do many of the thousands (nearly 9,000) who voted for her.
Mary has worked in the county for over 20 years, she has made many contacts and life long friends while doing so. She is also a very involved, respected member of her well organized neighborhood group, as well as the farming community of Tarrant County. Neighbors and farmers have all told us the same thing about Mary. She is smart, hard working, trustworthy, capable and determined. We've yet to hear those same words to describe any other member of the water board. Those boys (and girl) are going to have to grow up, Mary is here to stay. And THE PEOPLE are with her.
That 61% increase in voter turn out was only the beginning.
Mary has been flooded, railroaded, threatened and bullied. She's not going anywhere and neither are the people that elected her.
That's a fact, Jack.
The main thing the four multi-term members of the Tarrant Regional Water District board of directors must remember about recently elected member Mary Kelleher is that she won.
Putting it mildly, they said the TRWD has some explaining to do.
Lane and Kelleher engaged in a brief staredown, after which he apologized. Let’s hope that’s the last of the schoolyard behavior at TRWD. Kelleher was elected to a four-year term, she’s on the board, and other board members might as well accept that she’s going to be asking some questions that will make them uncomfortable.
* I originally posted this on DurangoTexas * In the Star-Telegram editorial's last few lines, they remind you who they really are. Sure they tell the board she won, and deal with it, and stop acting your like your on a playground (all things they shouldn't even have to say!).... But then they tell Mary to forget about that record number of voters who put her there. It's better to go along to get along. Deliberate and vote. If she doesn't people might think she has an axe to grind. Well she does! She's been clear on that. She won't vote until she's convinced the secret sub-committee meetings where all the real decisions are made open and following the law. Until then voting on ANY item that was brought to the main board through this secret process would be the exact opposite of what she was voted in to do. So the Star-Telegram comes off a little schizophrenic... Reading this editorial and thinking the Star-Telegram has changed their tune shows just how beat down we are by this "news" organization and how little it takes to impress us. John Austin Basham
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