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with employee morale in the for a different reason.
Hull said the board will
In hindsight, I hadn’t been
Parks
corroborated there long, and I had no idea
districts, such as your school they want to proceed.
now,” Hull said.
and it was horrible. It was away. That’s when Doug blew
up,” Parks said.
According to Hull, the administrative review, and
Parks said she witnessed claimed that May and Banks
notice in June 2014.
Barrett
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Harvest Fest planned
Harvest Fest at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church will be held
Oct. 18th at 5 p.m. Come for stew, chili and dessert, fellowship
and music provided by “On My Way”, Pleasant Grove Baptist
Church is located at 245 CR 4340 off FM 1000. For more
information call (903) 572-6270.
offered Parks $58,000.
“I had been working at
families at no cost starting at 5:00 p.m. Hie Harts Bluff Choir
will perform at 7:15 p.m. in the cafeteria.
Old Union Festival
'There will be a Fall Festival at the Old Union Community
Center on Oct. 11, starting at 5 p.m. The Fall Festival will
be a fundraiser for much-needed repairs at the community
building. There will be a silent auction and a live auction to
be conducted by Tammy Overstreet with Bubba Collier and
Tim Thompson.
There will be chicken stew, chili, hot dogs, coffee, tea and
soft drinks served up. Activities will included bingo and kids
games.
instructor, honor guard,
Intoxylizer operator, and
background investigator.
He joined the Mount
Pleasant Police Department
in 2003 and worked until
2006 as a patrol officer. He
served as a patrol sergeant
from 2006 to 2013.
He became a sergeant in
the Criminal Investigation
Department in November
2013.
Barrett said he decided
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The annual Sugar Hill Fall Festival will be held at
the Sugar Hill Community Center starting at 5 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 4. Cost for the Stew and Chili Supper
is six dollars for adults, four dollars for children
under 12; children under six eat free.
There will be a silent auction. Starting at 6 p.m.
there will be old-fashioned carnival games, including
a dart throw, a duck pond, and lots more fun for kids
and the young at heart. There will also be bingo.
There will be a gun auction, and two guns will also
be raffled off. For more information, call 903-379-
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responded to requests for However, Hull confirmed trumping up their security
information. she did request security because of the world chaos,”
Hull said if there were issues cameras for the office, but Hull said.
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constantly
Hull said.
Isbell was out of town
this week attending the
Texas Municipal League
convention in Houston.
When contacted, he said
“I hate to lose a good
employee, but good for
him!”
Barrett said he will run
for a full term in 2016.
Lou Antonelli is managing
editor of the Daily Tribune.
Email: lou@dailytribune.
net
if anyone wants to come to their attention in an
standards are into a meeting they can. We executive session and they
being raised,” don’t always have staff after continue to support me fully
to seek the constable
appointment “because it
would be a new challenge.”
Judge Lee said
after Friday’s meeting
commissioners will probably
set a date for Barrett to take
office at their next meeting
on Oct. 14.
Barrett said he needs
to meet with Police Chief
Wayne Isbell to give his
notice, but Isbell knew he
had applied for the position.
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Parks also said in the open
meeting of the board of
directors in July, Hull asked
for security cameras for the
office.
“Geraldine asked for
security cameras to be
installed in every office so
that she could prove employee
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PITTSBURG - Pauline
Looney Carpenter, 94, died
Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014 at
her residence. Services will
be held at 3 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 5, at the Erman Smith
Funeral Home Chapel in
Pittsburg, with Bro. Ken
Manley officiating. Interment
will follow in the Leesburg
Cemetery. Pallbearers are
David Carpenter, Andy
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December 2013 as deputy of the employees unless it everything, I just knew that
chief appraiser. Parks had 23 was work-related. She’s so he should not have raised
years of experience working paranoid because she doesn’t his voice at her, and my
in an appraisal district. Hull want anyone to know she’s reaction was immediate.
“We have to hours to be able to see who’s
She was preceded in death in Mount Vernon under
by her parents, husband WB. the direction of Richard
“Bill” Carpenter; daughter Rutledge. Burial will
Sharon Carpenter Burruss; follow with graveside
grandson Ronny Carpenter; services at Mount Vernon
great-granddaughter Skylar City Cemetery.
and Cason Keith. Honorary Carpenter; brother William
pallbearers are Larry Shelton, Looney; and sister Blanche
Lee Landers, Dan Anderson, Chetlain.
J.W. Broadstreet, and Carl The family will receive
Cravey. family and friends from 5-7
Mrs. Carpenter was born p.m. Saturday at the funeral
July 15, 1920, in Troup to home.
Austin Looney and Ida
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She is survived by sons Elizabeth Davidson, 89,
and daughters-in-law Ted of Dallas, passed away
Carpenter of Pittsburg, Thursday, October 2, 2014
Jimmy and Ann Carpenter at Town Village North
of Pittsburg, and Tommy Senior Center in Dallas,
and Melanie Carpenter Services will be held at
of Mount Vernon; nine 10:00 A.M., Monday,
grandchildren, and eleven October 6, 2014 at Sam
Parkssaidshespoke with the board did not approve her all of our accounting audits.”
board about her resignation in request, askinghertoresubmit Hull was hired as chief
an executive session during a bid with a breakdown cost of appraiser for Titus County
the July meeting. each camera. Appraisal District in March
“I remained professional, “They wanted me to have 2011. She has 19 years of
discreet even. But I feel like the vendor resubmit the bid experience, 13 of those years
I made it clear to them the and give us an idea of what as chief appraiser for Camp
reasons behind my resignation, a per camera cost would be, County Appraisal District.
I also told them they would so that we could determine Annette White is a staff
continue to have staffing issues exactly where we needed writer for the Daily Tribune.
within the appraisal district if those cameras for key Email awhite@dailytribune.
something was not changed,” reasons. I think everyone is net.
Parks said. _____________________________________________________________
said. “If you will listen to the
recording, she actually said
that, to prove insubordination.”
A written copy of the
minutes from the July board
meetings did not reflect Hull’s
request for equipment or
Park’s conversation with the
board.
According to Randy
Coppett, the current deputy
chief appraiser for Titus
County Appraisal District,
minutes are only recorded
manually. Audio or video
copies are not recorded.
Executive sessions are not
included in the minutes.
past, she was unaware of them. “I think you will discover reevaluate the bid as quickly
“Morale is wonderful right that a lot of your other as they can determine how
her about it and she ignored the altercation, and she left because of poor treatment
me. She told me she didn’t immediately fired May. by Hull.
want me speaking with any “I didn’t really process Neither May or Banks
Hull did say that when she districts, have implemented Hull also said the board
was hired, the comptroller’s security cameras,” Hull said, has addressed every issue
administrative review scores “What we have established that has come to their
for the district were less than is that we have executive attention.
average. In the three years sessions where we do indeed “They [the board of
since Hull has taken office, the close our doors, but we leave directors] have handled
reviews are now above average our outer doors open so that every issue that has come
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Company of Tyler.
Smith County Appraisal Fuentes’ claim that other the pressure he was under
District for years when employees had quit because and the way Geraldine was
Geraldine called me,” Parks of poor treatment by Hull. making him feel,” Parks said,
said. “I went in for an “Doug May and Chase “I cooled down, and after
interview, and Geraldine told Banks were both appraisers a few minutes, I went into
me that she needed someone that left because of how she Doug’s office and told him
she could trust. She told me treated them,” Parks said. that instead of firing him I
that everyone in the office According to both Fuentes would suspend him. After he
was conspiring against her. and Parks, May reportedly came back, he wasn’t there
When she offered me that had a disagreement with two weeks before he found a
amount of money, it made it Hull, which ended with Hull job with Gregg County.”
worth the 45-minute drive, slapping May’s hand away In reference to the report
regardless of what drama was and May raising his voice at that Hull and May had a
going on in the office.” Hull. physical altercation, Hull
Parks said almost “Doug was leaning over said “no comment” and
immediately she began Geraldine trying to point to paused before adding “I
having issues with Hull. something on a report they never touched him”.
“Right away I saw the way were arguing about, and According to Fuentes,
she spoke to her employees, Geraldine slapped his hand Chase Banks left after a
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every employee to be able Hull said she believes that maintain the elevated
to accomplish what we are security cameras are an issue standards that we need in the
required to accomplish so that that needs to be implemented appraisal district,” Hull said,
school districts don’t lose state so that the appraisal district “We need these standards
funding and get the maximum can have a level of security, in to accomplish all of the
state funding. That is what the case someone comes into the goals set forth by law and
board has hired me to do.” building after hours that they reviewed by the property
Parks said she turned in her need to be made aware of. value study, the comptroller’s
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