Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 41, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 7, 1987 Page: 1 of 16
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BY NICK WEST"
Beacon Publlther
The fate of a half-million bond
issue to finance a ‘‘citywide
drainage” project will be in the
hands of Palacios voters Sat-
urday when they cast ballots in a
special bond election.
The polling booths at Palacios
City Hall will be open from 7
a.m.- 7p.m. Absentee balloting
on the measure ended Tuesday
with city secretary Veronica
Greene reporting seven voters
having cast absentee ballots as of
Monday motrine.
Approval of the bond issue will
allow the city to accept and repay
a $512,000 loan from the Farm-
ers Home Administration. The
repayment would be over a
20-year period at an interest rate
of 7.875% (as of September).
Passage of the bond issue is
expected to require an approx-
iate increase of 8.5 cents in the
city’s current tax rate of 56-cents
per $100 valuation.
The FmHA approved the
$512,000 loan to Palacios in
September 1986. Although the
city council could have accepted
the loan at that time, it was
prevented from doing so when it
was petitioned by approximately
114 voters requesting that the
loan acceptance be presented to
voters for approval. That petition
was presented to the council in
February by Abel lucio, Jr.
Due to the fact that the loan
was then subject to voter appro-
val, the council also studied
several alternative capital im-
provement proposals that might
also be presented to the voters at
the same time. The Other alter-
natives ranged from an $800,000
proposal for drainage to a much
more encompassing proposal
with a price tag of $2.1-million
for both streets and drainage.
The tax increase that would be
associated with the alternative
proposals ranged from 26% to
65.8%.
After several months^gf meet-
ings with its appointeacmzen’ s
advisory committee, the council,
citing the large tax burden
associated with the other pro-
posals, voted to present only the
$512,000 proposal to voters as
required by the petition.
If passed, the citywide drain-
age program planned by the city
is designed to curtail the poor
drainage conditions in several
areas of the community. Those
areas include a large section of
Foley Audition, two large areas
on Ninth Street, and portions of
the downtown area south of Main
Street along Sixth Street and
along Second and Third Streets.
The work will involve a com-
bination of storm sewer and
culvert installations and ditch
improvements.
Palacios Mayor Leonard Lamar
has noted that the delay in
accepting the FmHA loan, be-
cause of the election petition, has
cost the area in two ways. In
addition to the approximate
$1,500 for conducting the special
bond election, he said the
interest rate on the $512,000 loan
has risen from 6.625% when it
was first approved by FmHA to a
current rate of approximately
7.875%.
Uoi-UMEM.NO. 41
PALACIOS, TEXAS
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7,1987
SIXTEEN PAGES
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BayFest beauty
A LOVELY member of the
Mexican FeUdorico Ballet waits
to perform on the Pavilion aa
part of the featured entertain-
ment of the 1787 Palacios
BayFest last Saturday. Dressed
In elaborate re-creations of
native costumes, the dancers
performed traditional Mexican
dances. The dancers ate mem-
bers of Our Lady of Sorrows
Catholic Church CYO In Vic-
torla. Guest entertainment also
Included Alabama-Coushatta
Indians, Mustang Square
square dancers and a Vietna-
mese Lion Danse. [Beacon
Photo by Nick West]
Annual fund drive
underway by PVFD
Citing the tragic loss of lives
fend property from fire each year
in Texas, Governor Bill Clements
has proclaimed this week as Fire
Prevention Week.
: As part of Fire Prevention
Week, the Palacios Volunteer
Fire Department is also.kicking
off its annual fundraising mail-
out drive. Letters are being
mailed to residents requesting
)ax deductible donations to help
|upd training and to purchase life
saving equipment.
The mailout includes a litter
h|ig with fire prevention tips and
ife telephone sticker listing local
emergency numbers.
“Fire continues to be a major
threat to all Texas citizens, even
though maliy destructive fires
could be prevented,” said Gover-
nor Clements. "We have the
knowledge and technology today
to prevent much of the needless
toss of lives and property in this
state and we urge every Texas
citizen to practice fire prevention
every day in an effort to conserve
out valuable Texas resources,”
Councilmen targeted
Landowner condemns
city over condemnation
BY RHETT CUTSHAVER
_Beacon Reporter
The Palacios city council was
on the receiving end Monday
night of a strong tongue lashing
delivered by an angry property
owner upset over having a
building he owns condemned
after it was cited as a safety
hazard and in violation of the\
city’s building code.
Eddie Sainz, owner of the
Structure at 1000 Main, vented
his anger over the invalidation of
a building permit he had been
issued to make some repairs.
Sainz directed the majority of his
criticism dicing the regular
council meeting toward Mayor
Leonard Lamar and city building
inspector Abel Pierce. Several
councilmembers also found th-
emselves targets of the property
owner's wrath.
Sainz told the council he had
purchased the building permit
with the intent of repairing the
roof of the building at 1000 Main.
However, he said that after
obtaining the permit, he was told
by Lamar and Fierce that he
Could not make the repairs.
Laittar told Sainz that thb
permit had been issued after the
building had already been con-
demned: He said that once the
error was caught, he and Pierce
had immediately voided the
permit. The mayor pointed out
that despite whatever repairs
would have been made to the
roof, the structure would still not
be within the guidelines set out
in the minimum housing code.
During the ensuing 45-minute
discussion, Lamar, Pierce and
several council members went to
great lengths in attempting to
explain to Sainz the reasons why
Pierce had inspected the struc-
ture, why it was subsequently
condemned and why the permit
was invalid. ,
The repeated explanations fai-
led to satisfy Sainz who proceed-
ed to harshly attack the character
of several of the council mem-
bers, accusing them of thinking
they were “above God”, and
questioning the conditions of
their own residences. Sainz also
accused Lamar and Pierce of both
lying over the facts. He also
attacked Lamar’s chances of
being re-elected as mayor next
[See COUNCIL. Pace 41
Sweeney holds area town meetings
United States Congressman
Mac Sweeney will conduct two
town hall meetings in Mata-
gorda County on Friday, the
second-term Republican ann-
ounced.
The Bay City town hall
meeting takes place at the Bay
City City Hall council chambers
at 4 p.m. Friday. The town hall
meeting in Matagorda is sch-
eduled for 5:30 p.m. at the fire
station, corner of Market and
Lewis streets.
Town hall meetings are open
forums in a question and
answer format.
A second-term Republican
from Wharton, Sweeney serves
on the House Armed Services
Committee and the Maritime
Committee.
Sweeney said he values town
hall meetings as “an oppor-
tunity to hear first-hand the
questions, comments and criti-
cisms of 14th District consti-
tuents on the issues we con-
front in Congress."
30-CENTS
Softball tourney
meeting tonight
There will be a meeting
tonight (Wednesday) at 7 p.m.
at Palacios Sporting Goods to
discuss the softball tourna-
ment being planned to benefit
the Henry Rojas Liver Trans-
plant Fund. Anyone willing to
help is invited to attend.
Rebel Riders set
weekend rides
The Rebel Riders will have
a ride Saturday and Sunday. It
will begin at Ronnie Kub-
ecka’s house at 8 a.m. and go
to Henry Holt’s house and
back to the Kubeckas on
Sunday.
For more information call
James Gibson at 972-3369 or
David Anders at 972-2000
after 5 p.m.
OES bake sale at
Hamlins Saturday
Order of Easter Star 125 will
sponsor a bake sale at Ham-
fin's Minimax Oct. 10. Each
member is urged to bring a
baked item to sell.
Trinity Baptist
has Lay Reneival
Trinity Baptist Church is
having a Lay Renewal Week-
end Oct. 23-25. The commun-
ity is cordially invited to
attend
Registration starts at 4 p.m.
Oct. 23.
he continued.
This marks the 65th anniver-
sary of the National Fire Preven-
tion Week. The wieMoug obser-
vance was first established In
1922 by President Warren Har-
ding in memory of the so-called
“Great Chicago Fire” of October
8,1871.
That conflagration killed 250
people and destroyed 17,430
buildings at a cost of $168
million. People began thinking in
terms of fire prevention in
addition to fire fighting as a
result of this fire.
Fire departments in Texas
reported 92,737 fires in 1986
which killed 281 people, injured
2,344 and destroyed more than
$434 million in property during
the year according to data from
the Texas Fire Incident Repor-
ting System (TEXFIRS).
When compared to fires repor-
ted in 1985, the number of fires
increased less than one percent
in 1986, but fire-related fatalities
[See FIRE. Page 4]
Browsing on the boardwalk
CROWDS began to gather
early around the craft booths
lining the Pavilion boardwalk
as the 9th annual Palacios
BayFest began to gear up
Saturday. The 1987 event',
which was moved up one
month, eqjoyed beautiful foil
weather and drew one of the
largest turnouts ever according
to organizers. Lining the South
Bay Park area, the BayFest
also featured a number of new
attractions and activities. Pro-
ceeds bom the BayFest will go
to the Palacios Recreation
Center Building Fund and the
Senior Citizens Center. A two-
page montage of BayFest ’87
scenes is Inside on Pag;: 6 A 7.
[Beacon Photo by Nick'Vest]
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