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Denton, Texas
Matthews’ ousting spurs questions
right of free speech.
City leaders claimed Matthews
didn’t follow the chain of command
with a string of emails to the city secre-
tary requesting information about the
city manager/police chief’s employ-
ment contract. Nick Ristagno serves in
both jobs. He and Mayor Anthony Ma-
rino alleged that Matthews’ actions vio-
lated the city charter.
Section 3.08.03. of Lake Dallas’ city
charter discusses interference with ad-
ministration.
“Except for the purpose of inquiry
and investigation as provided by this
Charter, the city council and its mem-
bers shall deal with city officers and em-
ployees who are subject to the direction
and supervision of the city manager
insight into what lies
ahead for the lakeside
community of 7,500
people. And no one
believes the political
chaos
Thursday night when
the council voted 4-0
to remove Matthews
from office for violating the city charter
before she was even sworn in last week.
Dorwin “Trey” Sargent, Matthews’
attorney, declined to comment Friday.
Sargent said he and Matthews will meet
next week to determine their next
move.
How Lake Dallas will
fill City Council seat,
possible suit up in air
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concluded
By Christian McPhate
Staff Writer
dmcphate @ dentonrc.com
Now that Lake Dallas city leaders
have ousted newly elected City Council
member Julie Matthews, everyone is
wondering what will happen next.
Will the council try to fill Matthews’
seat with someone else or try to hold a
special election to replace her? And will
Matthews file a lawsuit claiming she has
been turned out of office illegally for no
good reason?
The
Matthews
Matthews hired Sargent just a cou-
ple of days before the City Council
meeting on Thursday evening because
she felt city leaders were punishing her
for exercising her First Amendment
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Former Lake Dallas City Council member Julie Matthews and her attorney
Dorwin “Trey” Sargent speak to members of the audience after the council
took action to remove Matthews from her seat on Thursday in Lake Dallas.
Dmton-Record-Chronicle
reached out to both parties Friday to get
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Part of new law on
in-person visitation
makes facility exempt
By Bj Lewis
Staff Writer
blewis @ dentonrc. com
In-person jail visitation is now a must
in the state of Texas, but not in Denton
County.
On Wednesday, Gov. Greg Abbott
signed off on House Bill 549 filed by Rep.
Eric Johnson, D-Dallas, which, effective
Sept. X requires the Texas Commission on
Jail Standards to adopt rules that allow
county jail inmates a minimum of two in-
person, non-contact visitation periods per
week.
WikiLeaks is in the pro-
cess of pubfishing more
than 500,000 Saudi
diplomatic documents to
the Internet, the transpar-
ency website said Friday, a
move that echoes its fa-
mous release of U.S. State
Department cables in
2010.
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Northwest High School senior Austen Williams is shown using a flight simulator at the Aviation Career Edu-
cation Academy Program’s ACE Camp, co-sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration, University of
North Texas and Tarrant County College, at Alliance Airport on Friday in Fort Worth. The week-long camp
brought high school juniors and seniors to the airport, where they learned to fly airplanes, competed in races
with model gliders and drone copter quads, and learned the science of how aircraft fly.
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The new law ends a trend of county
jailers executing contracts with video-visi-
tation companies that require bans on in-
person visitation. Some jail administra-
tors argue that video-only visits enhance
jail security by eliminating in-person con-
tact between inmates and their family and
friends.
Denton County does not allow in-per-
son visitation outside of special circum-
stances.
Denton and other counties that ended
in-person visits before this law was passed
do not have to restore it.
“My biggest regret is that I wasn’t
aware of — and the Legislature didn’t ad-
dress — this issue sooner, before any coun-
ties ever got rid of their in-person visita-
tion,” Johnson said. “I sincerely hope that
counties like Denton that have eliminated
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of two young children.
“He [the man] acted
as if he was making a
purchase and pulled out
a gun and shot her point
blank in the face, proba-
bly killing her instantly,”
Brockway said in a pre-
vious interview with the
Kingston entered the store, pointed a fire-
arm at a store clerk and demanded money
from the cash register, according to a news
release.
After taking the money, Kingston ran
from the store, according to police.
On Thursday, Frisco police officers said
they placed Kingston in custody on a
charge of aggravated robbery with a dead-
ly weapon in connection with the May 20
robbery.
By Megan Gray-Hatfield
Staff Writer
mgray @ dentonrc.com
A man arrested by Frisco police Thurs-
day afternoon could be finked to the death
of a Denton woman.
The Colony Police Lt. Darren Brock-
way said Deon Kingston, 19, is “a person of
interest” in the June 10 shooting death of
Samira Siwakoti, 31.
Siwakoti was shot and killed during a
robbery at the Rapido Convenience Store
at 7420 Main St. in The Colony.
She owned the store with her husband,
Nadaraj Siwakoti, 37. She was the mother
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Iran’s support for in-
ternational terrorist
groups remained un-
diminished last year and
even expanded in some
respects, the Obama
administration said
Friday, less than two
weeks before the dead-
line for completing a
nuclear deal that could
provide Tehran with
billions of dollars in
relief from economic
sanctions.
Kingston
Denton Record-Chronicle.
Frisco police said that at 4 p.m. May
20, officers responded to Snap E. Jack, a
convenience store on Main Street, for an
aggravated robbery call.
Police said a man they identified as
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“Frankly, it’s distressing that the state
I’ve worked for for 24 years treats me like a
second-class citizen,” Leliaert said. “I want
to be treated equally as other state em-
ployees who enjoy the benefits of state-
supported family health coverage.”
The couple married legally in Califor-
nia in 2008 after being in a relationship
for seven years, and they share a home in
Shady Shores. When Woolworth retired
in 2011, Leliaert called the human resourc-
es department at UNT to add Paula to her
health insurance plan.
By Jenna Duncan
Staff Writer
jduncan @ dentonrc.com
Deborah Leliaert, a vice president at
the University of North Texas, and her
wife, Paula Woolworth, have sued the Em-
ployee Retirement System of Texas.
The federal lawsuit, filed last week in
U.S. District Court in Austin, claims the
retirement system’s denial of benefits for
Lefiaert’s spouse is unconstitutional and
that their marriage should be recognized
for purposes of insuring Woolworth
through Lefiaert’s state-supported health
and medical policy.
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Attorney Kenneth Upton, left, Deborah Leliaert, middle, and Paula Woolworth
stand in front of the federal courthouse in Austin last week after filing a lawsuit
against the Employee Retirement System of Texas.
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