Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 24, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 15, 1994 Page: 2 of 14
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Page 2-Palacios Beacon-Wed., June 15,1994
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Keeping ar rye on Texas
Profile of Texas inmates
Texas' state prison population averaged 59,750 for the
year ending August 31.1993-dunng which bme the
prison system received
BEHIND
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sion’ for the city; especially sipce Palacios essentially has no tax
base left. ifW
"In order for us to win a state facility we have to convince
everyone here in town that this would be good for Palacios," he
said. *
The project is a joint effort between Palacios City Hall,
cities such as Bay CUy
as the Chamber of Com
their endeavor.
Frangullie has pointed out that with approximately 1,400
ople on probation in Matagorda County alone, there is a des-
~rate need for more prisons in Texas, but with so many towns
and cities in Texas vying for state prison*, it is essential that
Palacios pull together is a community to work toward obtaining
a facility here.
COUNCIL
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area, and almost impossible to
spot children who may dart
into the street.
Alamia suggested that a 'No
Parking' sign be placed on the
west side of 6th Street to help
eliminate the problem.
Having had the misoppor-
tunity of driving down 6th
trucks will still need to roll Street during a ballgame,
chase of three 1994 Ford
Ranger pickup trucks for the
city's use.
The city will pay $10,058
each for the vehicles, slightly
over the $10,000 amount bud-
geted for the purchase last
year.
The workers using
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PAEMS director receives
2-weeks suspension from
board for ‘policy breech’
trucks will still need to roll Street during a ballgame,
down the windows to keep Mayor Geo. Holst agreed, with
cool. Air conditioning is not Alamia’s concern. He sug-
included in the price of the gested that softball participants
vehicles. be asked to use the park-and-
BALLPARK PARKERS ride facility located just south
Alamia noted the increasing of the ball field instead of
problem with parking at the parking in the street,
new Railroad Park softball Holst also asked Alamia to
field. She explained that cars look into getting a recommen-
are parking on both sides of dation from Palacios Police
6th Street during the games, Chief Emil Sliva regarding the
making it hard for motorists to placement of a ’No Parking*
make their way through the sign on one side of 6th Street.
BY MCK
WEST
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The director of the Palacios Area EMS (PAEMS) has been
suspended for two weeks by the PAEMS Board of Directors for
what one boardmember termed a “breech of policy.”
The board voted unanimously lor the suspension without pay
of director Ronnie Callahan when it met in executive session
Saturday evening
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on a congenial basis” and added there had been "allegations of
sexual harassment."
Schulze declined to comment further on those allegations.
However, he said that the allegation came from one individual,
and that there had also been “previous problems which existed
between the board and the director.”
Callahan, who has served as director since the inception of the
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PAEMS three years ago, told the Beacon Monday that he felt the
situation was being idown out of proportion" and that he felt
Collins Drive was arrested at
2:57 a.m. Jv
he was being made a “scapegoat
"The directors can call it what
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said it was a "disagreement between two individuals which arice-
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the “directors got a little worried about what would
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me for two weeks thin way they did something and
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happen to them if they
to suspend me for twe
It's aU been put to rest”
Callahan termed the problem as an “internal one, not an
external one” and had nothing to do with the operation of the
PAEMS
“TO continue, after these twos weeks, to do what I ’m paid to
do which is to manage an EMS service which has done nothing
ive Hoot the day it was started," said Callahan,
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