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CASE INDEX: CASE: BLANCO COUNTY: TRAINER WUEST LOW WATER CROSSING & ROAD RE-ALIGNMENT PROJECT: This capital budget case centered on construction of a low water crossing and associated road re-alignment. Clickable documents below are shown in the order of relevance or sequence within the article. • Main Case Article, 8-25-2023, by Kenneth Welch • Tommy Weir Rebuttal 9-14-23 in docx format • Tommy Weir Rebuttal 9-14-23 in pdf format • Aerial Photo of Property • Trainer Wuest Definitions • The Pipe Purchase • Tommy's Qualifications • Well Repair Cost • Preliminary-Grading-Quote-$29K • Givler Professional Services Agreement • Public Notice requesting Trainer Wuest Bids • Construction Quote-$436K • Finished Low Water Crossing Photo-Top View • Finished Low Water Crossing Photo-Side View CASE: CITY OF BLANCO: OPEN GOVERNMENT AND TRANSPARENCY DECLINE WITH NEW CITY ADMINISTRATION: This Case reveals the degradation of Open and Transparent Government in the City of Blanco during a four month period since the new mayor took office. Listed below are clickable documents, sequenced to provide email and text message evidence of two failures: selection of a potential US 281 relief route; and an effort to investigate the previous administration. • Main Case Article-Inexperience Or Big-Problem?, 9-19-2023, by Kenneth Welch, in docx format • Main Case Article-Inexperience Or Big-Problem?, 9-19-2023, by Kenneth Welch, in pdf format • Mayor's Four Month Timeline, in pdf format • TXDOT 281 Route Emails, June 2023, in pdf format • Mayor's Digitized 281 Route, June 2023, in pdf format • City of Blanco-TXDOT 281 Route Task Force Resolution, Aug 9, 2022, in pdf format • Mayor Invitation To 281 Task Force, June 23-Redacted, in pdf format • Invitation To Mayor-Controlled 281 Task Force-Redacted, in pdf format • Mayor's Request For Surveyor's Digitized Map, June 2023-Redacted, in pdf format • Mayor's Transparency Committee Invite Purpose, June 2023-Redacted, in pdf format • Financial Transparency Committee Goals, Aug 2023, in pdf format • Mayor's Transparency Committee Investigatory, June 2023-Redacted, in pdf format CASE: CITY OF BLANCO INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRESS: This Case reveals a favorable step made most recently within Open and Transparent Government in the City of Blanco. Listed below is a clickable document, in both .docx and .pdf formats, that details the "story". • Main Case Article - Infrastructure Progress, 9-24-2023, by Kenneth Welch, in docx format • Main Case Article - Infrastructure Progress, 9-24-2023, by Kenneth Welch, in pdf format CASE: BLANCO COUNTY TAX STATEMENTS: This Case reveals the components of the just released Property Tax Statements. Listed below is a clickable document, in both .docx and .pdf format, that details the "story". • Main Case Article - Your Property Tax Statement Has Arrived-Oct 2023, 10-6-2023, by Kenneth Welch, in docx format • Main Case Article - Your Property Tax Statement Has Arrived-Oct 2023, 10-6-2023, by Kenneth Welch, in docx format, CORRECTION, 10-16-23 • Main Case Article - Your Property Tax Statement Has Arrived-Oct 2023, 10-6-2023, by Kenneth Welch, in pdf format CASE: BLANCO COUNTY SALARY DECEPTION: This Case reveals the actions by the County Judge to avoid disclosing the full salary of certain elected officials in violation of Texas statutes. Listed below are clickable documents evidencing the notice of future salaries to officials, the lesser amounts published for the public information, and charts showing actual salaries for county officials. Clickable documents below are shown in the order of relevance or sequence within the article. • Main Case Article - Blanco County Salary Deception-Oct 2023, 10-13-2023, by Kenneth Welch, in docx format • Main Case Article - Blanco County Salary Deception-Oct 2023, 10-13-2023, by Kenneth Welch, in pdf format • Public Notice re Salaries, 8-16-23, in pdf format • Supplemental Salaries, 7-23, in pdf format • Salary Chart, 10-23, in pdf format • Cumulative Salary Increase, 10-23, in pdf format CASE: CITY OF BLANCO: US 281 RELIEF ROUTE: This Case reveals the status of the City communication with TxDOT regarding the study of a Possible US 281 Relief Route around the City of Blanco. • The Mayor Has Gone Off The Deep End On US 281, AGAIN!, 1-19-24, by Kenneth Welch, in docx format • The Mayor Has Gone Off The Deep End On US 281, AGAIN!, 1-19-24, by Kenneth Welch, in pdf format CASE: GROUNDWATER DISTRICT: GM VACANCY: This Case is about concern for our Blanco County Groundwater Conservation District and their General Manager vacancy during current severe drought. Note, their website is: www.bpgcd.org • Groundwater District General Manager Vacancy, 2-29-24, by Kenneth Welch, in docx format, UPDATE: THIS POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED. CASE: BLANCO COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS PROJECT: LATE, HUGELY OVER BUDGET, OF QUESTIONABLE BENEFIT, AND SERIOUSLY MIS-MANAGED: This Case is about The Fairgrounds project, originally conceived and planned for a cost of $800,000 and it has cost Blanco County taxpayers over $4,379,248 without public input or voter approval. • Blanco County Fairgrounds Cost, 8-6-24, by Kenneth Welch, in pdf format CASE: BLANCO COUNTY OLD JAIL PROJECT: EXCESS OFFICE SPACE OF LITTLE BENEFIT & POOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT: This case is about the construction of the Old Jail Office Complex in Johnson City, estimated to cost $1,137,000 that actually cost $1,630,247, 43% over budget. • The Old Jail Story, 10-20-2024, by Kenneth Welch, in pdf format CASE: BLANCO COUNTY: BLANCO COUNTY COURTHOUSE: THE SAGA OF THE SAGGING ROOF: This case reveals the collective dereliction of duty by the Blanco County Commissioners Court when knowingly ignoring the worsening structural integrity of the Courthouse roof structure, risking the safety of the employees and the public. Listed below are clickable documents that provide supporting evidence of structural conditions and communication with the Commissioners Court about the conditions and alternative actions. • Main Case Article-Blanco County-The Saga Of The Sagging Roof, 11-4-2024, by Kenneth Welch • Photo of Courthouse & Sagging Roof • Email from KRW to Commisioners: Courthouse History & Ice Hazard, 2-2023 • Email from KRW to Brett Bray: Raise Courthouse Funding Priority, 10-30-2023 • Email from KRW to C Riley: THC Programs & Grant Funding Schedule, 10-23-2023 • Letter from Jeffrey Smith, PE: Vacate Courtroom, 6-24-23 • Public Communications Urging Actions-11-4-2024 CASE: Stay tuned for more cases that are being prepared. |
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