Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 87, Ed. 1 Friday, October 28, 2016 Page: 3 of 23
twenty three pages : ill.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
LOCAL/STATE
3A
Denton Record-Chronicle
Friday, October 28, 2016
Panel tosses ethics complaint against Bagheri
sions set forth in the resolution.
“What I may deem as respectful
may not be exactly what some-
one else deems as respectful. I
also know that what I deem as
speech that I would participate
in, may not be what others
would or vice versa.”
The issue stems from a Face-
book spat between Gamblin,
Bagheri and council member
Kevin Roden.
Gamblin said Bagheri violat-
ed the city ethics policy because
of the way she replied to a com-
ment Roden made about any al-
leged involvement with a lobby-
ing group that endorsed her
during her bid for City Council.
This was in response to a
question Gamblin posed online
about a political flier she re-
ceived.
A separate ethics complaint
has also been filed by resident
Jodi Ismert against Roden re-
garding personal behavior on
social media, but a hearing date
has not been set.
Since no one had filed an eth-
ics complaint for the last five
years, much of the discussion in
Thursday’s meeting revolved
around proceedure.
Wazny, who served as com-
mittee chairwoman, began the
hearing by suggesting Bagheri
and Gamblin each give short
statements and summaries.
Eventually, though, the commit-
tee members agreed the purpose
of the day’s meeting was to de-
termine the viability of the com-
plaint based on the evidence
that was already presented.
If the committee had
deemed the complaint viable,
the members would have sched-
uled another hearing to receive
testimony from both parties.
After the meeting, Bagheri
said she believed the committee
made the right decision in dis-
missing the complaint.
“The [U.S.] Constitution is
paramount,” she said.
Gamblin said that while she
respected the decision, there
needs to be more discussion re-
garding ethical guidelines.
“I think social media policies
for public officials is something
that should be looked at in the
future,” she said.
In a City Council meeting
earlier this month, council
members agreed to appoint a 21-
member charter committee that
would tackle ethics reform.
There was also talk of calling a
potential charter amendment
election next year.
By Caitlyn Jones
Staff Writer
cjones@dentonrc.com
The ethics complaint filed
against Denton City Council
member Sara Bagheri was
deemed nonviable Thursday
morning on the grounds of po-
litical free speech.
The three-member ethics
committee, comprised of coun-
cil members Kathleen Wazny
and Keely Briggs and Mayor
Chris Watts, voted unanimously
to dismiss a complaint filed by
resident Sarah Gamblin after
coming to the conclusion that
the issue fell under the jurisdic-
tion of the First Amendment,
w
FA
Bagheri
Roden
not the city’s ethics resolution.
The resolution asks that
council members be service-ori-
ented, communicative and co-
operative when dealing with
constituents, but the use of so-
cial media is new territory for
the city.
CAITLYN JONES can be
reached at 940-566-6862 and
via Twitter at @CjonesDRC.
“That’s very subjective be-
havior,” Watts said of the provi-
BRIEFLY
High-rise drill
I \ V v '■ _ I
IN DENTON AND THE AREA
will host a forum Tuesday on
how seniors can navigate their
health care options and main-
tain a healthy lifestyle.
The event will be inside the
Robson Ranch Club House Leg-
acy Room at 9428 Ed Robson
Circle from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Topics addressed will include
how to find a new doctor if the
current provider stops taking
Medicare, how to manage
health issues and how to be a
caregiver to a loved one.
Accolade Home Care and
Hospice, MEDI Care Clinics,
Synergy Home Care and Select
Rehabilitation Hospital of Den-
ton will give presentations at the
event.
the year.
“Many regular donors delay
giving between Thanksgiving
and New Year’s Day because of
holiday activities,” Red Cross of-
ficials said in a media release.
“This often causes a drop in do-
nated blood available for pa-
tients. Therefore, more dona-
tions are needed in the weeks
leading up to the holidays to
help ensure the blood supply is
sufficient through the winter
months.”
People interested in giving
blood are asked to make an ap-
pointment by visiting redcross-
blood.org or calling 1-800-733-
2767. Eligibility requirements
for donors are also available on
the website.
Red Cross plans three
blood drives for county
Three American Red Cross-
sponsored blood drives are slat-
ed for Denton County in the
next couple of weeks.
The blood drives are sched-
uled for:
■ Noon to 6 p.m. Wednesday
at McConnell Hall on the Uni-
versity of North Texas campus,
1705 W. Sycamore St.
■ 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday,
Nov. 10 at Waste Management,
520 E. Corporate Drive, Suite
100, in Lewisville.
■ 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday,
Nov. 12, at the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints,
11000 Eldorado Parkway in Fris-
\
>
Lunch is included and prizes
will be raffled at the event, but
require registration by contact-
ing Tracy Miller at 940-297-
6500 or tracmiller@selectmed-
ical.com.
— Staff report
co.
According to Red Cross offi-
cials, blood donors are needed to
stock shelves with donated
blood for the last few months of
Health care forum slated
at Robson Ranch
Jeff Woo/DRC
A Denton firefighter pulls a hose up a flight of stairs during a high-rise training drill
at an abandoned building near East McKinney and Oakland streets on Wednesday.
Robson Ranch in Denton
— Staff report
Texas to see premium spikes
Lawmakers order
revised CPS plan
By David Warren
Associated Press
DALLAS — Large popula-
tion hubs in Texas will see the
sharp increases in health premi-
ums under the Affordable Care
Act that federal officials an-
nounced earlier this week, but
the sting won’t be felt as deeply
in some more rural settings, an
analysis for The Associated
Press shows.
Meanwhile, Oklahoma is
among five states that will have
only one participating health in-
surer in 2017.
Premiums for a midlevel
benchmark health plan will in-
crease an average of 25 percent
across the 39 states served by the
federally run online market,
which include Texas and Okla-
homa, according to a report
from the Department of Health
and Human Services.
About 1 in 5 consumers will
have plans only from a single in-
surer to pick from, after major
national carriers such as United-
Health Group, Humana and
Aetna scaled back their roles.
A county-by-county analysis
by AP and Avalere Health shows
premiums in Austin, Dallas and
Houston continue to rise as in-
surance providers pull out, leav-
ing fewer options for those not
covered under an employer’s
plan. It’s not clear that insurers
bailing out is the main reason
driving double-digit increases
across many parts of the coun-
Health
demanded that Whitman
add higher pay to his plan, as
most caseworkers are paid
starting salaries as low as
$34,000.
Last week, Whitman an-
nounced he wanted to hire
more than 800 investigators,
caseworkers and staffers at a
cost of $53 million.
Records show that as of
Oct. 17, more than 15,000
children had not been seen by
Child Protective Services in-
vestigators, as required, be-
tween 24 and 72 hours after
an abuse report.
Department consultant
John Stephen testified that
child abuse complaints have
increased to about 240,000 a
year.
AUSTIN - A Texas Sen-
ate committee has ordered
the commissioner of the
state’s Department of Family
and Protective Services to
provide a revised plan for
caseworkers or law enforce-
ment officers to visit thou-
sands of youth reported as
abused or neglected.
“Get the National Guard
or the Texas Rangers or who-
ever out to each house to see
these kids now,” said Sen.
John Whitmire of Houston
told Commissioner Hank
Whitman.
Senate Finance Commit-
tee Chairwoman Jane Nelson
of Flower Mound said Whit-
man’s deadline was the close
of business Thursday. Nelson
m
JET*
*
J
\
■
Andrew Harnik/AP file photo
In this Oct. 6, 2015, photo, the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insur-
ance, is displayed on a laptop screen in Washington.
insurers served the county last
year, but there will be just two in
2017.
Kirsch, senior policy director at
the University of Texas’ Dell
Medical School. “It will take
time to measure the full extent
of change in insurance enroll-
ment and the impact on Texans’
health.”
The number of Texans en-
rolled in the federal exchange
stands at more than 1.3 million,
up from about L2 million a year
ago. Texas is the federal health
care exchange’s third-largest
market, after Florida and Cali-
fornia.
pected, and not enough younger,
healthier people signing up to
help defray costs. Also, the fed-
eral law’s internal system to help
balance out gains and losses
among insurers has not worked
well.
Bell Avenue Self Storage
304 E. Sycamore | Denton, TX 76201
South of the historic Central Fire Station off Bell Ave
Call Us Today!
940-382-5548
Private & Commercial Storage • Moving Supplies
Hours: Mon-Sat 7am to 7pm Sun 1:30pm to 7pm
BellAvenueStorage.com
Premiums for the same plan
in Travis County jumped 66 per-
cent this year and will go up an
additional 15 percent for the new
year. People in the Austin area
who signed up for the federal ex-
change had nine insurance pro-
viders to choose from in 2015
but that number now will drop
to three.
“With fewer health plan op-
tions and higher monthly pre-
miums, it’s likely that some in-
dividuals and families insured
through the marketplace will
not re-enroll in health insurance
coverage next year,” said lisa
..nfj'i
Blue Cross Blue Shield has
about 603,000 individual poli-
cyholders in Texas and offers
coverage in every county. The
company is seeking increases av-
eraging from 57.3 percent to
59.4 percent across many of its
individual market plans. But 177
counties in Texas — primarily
rural ones that in many cases are
served by just one provider —
will see a premium drop of 16
percent.
For Your Convenience Renting
PENSXF
try.
Sign-up for the 2017 enroll-
ment season starts Nov. 1.
Insurers say they’re confront-
ed with new customers who
turned out to be sicker than ex-
In Dallas County, the premi-
um for a midlevel plan was
about $300 in 2015 but rose to
$369 this year and will rise to
$395 next year. Seven different
Denton Community Band
V<
Carol Lynn Mizell, Conductor
Presents
*
Fall Concert^1
Romance* TFhimseu* JWarches &JWORE
0
tf
Cr Cr
■c Cl
4> I U C
«r Cr
MEAT & PRODUCE
k. k.
lu L.
4*
C £|[ | b L
ti ^
if ii
U if
Custom Cut Meats
& Fresh Produce
Since 1988
0
C- L-
U if
V V
trV
tt1
t L-
L L
L U
t- o u c
L- L- L L-
L, L-
L- O
if t*
Ih
U U
u ulu if
IIl IH nikife.
if
U L
i i
ill*
if t-l L i
u
D O
Meaty Beef Short Ribs... *4" lb
$8" ib
T-Bone Steak,
1 i‘i.uui
i» if
if i< ir
If Cl
if if
if ir if
if if I 1 if if
if if if
l.*n$ch*H|
Liberty Bell JYIareh
Mf.
Hillshire Farm
Split Hot Links
Country Style
.4 lbs/*888 Pork Ribs.......
Metal & Hardware
,4 lbs/*888
•S
h'-'f
Chicken Thighs
or Drumsticks...
Hormel
Hard Salami,
y.
w
*5" lb
89c lb
ft;
Your Steel, Fencing and
Metal Bulldmg Supply Store
Metal Roofing & Accessories
Livestock Fencing & Panels
Ornamental Fence Supplies
Corrugated Culverts
Hardware
Welding Supplies
._a_
' mm
Whole Boneless
Pork Loin..........
Boneless
Arm Roast,
Lamm Trombone
*219 lb
*4" lb
w
Doumton .Lbhey
Red Snapper
Fillets............
Pipe* Tubing •Purlin
Angles* Channels* Beams
Plate*Expanded lists!
Aluminum Shapes
CR & HR Bars
Rebar* Concrete Wire
*4" lb
Tri-Tip Steak
Wisconsin Monterey Jack
Cheese
Sunday, October 30, 2016
6:30 p.m.
*9" lb
*3" lb
Choice Black Angus
Filet Mignon............
*19" lb
Civic Center on Bell Ave.
Denton, Texas
No Admi$$ion Charge
Smoked
Ham Hocks
,3 lbs/s888
*3" lb
Pork Brains
This project is supported in part by a grant from the
GREATER DENTON ARTS COUNCIL and THE ARTS GUILD of DENTON,
the CITY OF DENTON,
the TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS,
and the NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS.
Please call ahead for special orders.
CD
940.898.1423
2736 N. Elm • Denton, TX • 76201
www.DansMeatandProduce.com
TAG
■Jl,
DENTON
ARTS
3100 Fort Worth Drive • Denton, TX 76205
-
(940) 387-1279 • Tues. - Sat. 8am - 6:30pm
JZ
JA
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Parks, Scott K. Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 87, Ed. 1 Friday, October 28, 2016, newspaper, October 28, 2016; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1127315/m1/3/: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .