ECP-TV.com | No Action Taken on Curfew Ordinance

Palmer councilmen voted 3-2 not to take any action on a proposal to adopt a curfew ordinance for the city.

There are two videos that I want to upload from tonight's meeting that pretty much tell the whole story. Stay tuned. But for now, those who voted for and against the "take no action" item:

VOTED TO TAKE NO ACTION ON CURFEW:
Greg Penny
Tony Roybal
Kenneth Bateman

VOTED NO (i.e., wanted a curfew ordinance):
Jeff Vick
Dianne Drewery



I was impressed with this issue and how Mayor Lance Anglin stood up for parents and made a distinction between the city's role (which was not to parent) and a parent. Also impressed with Bateman on this one, as well.

Ironically, I think I like the Palmer City Council every time I drop in.

:)





Parts 1 and 2 are posted below:



Here's Part 2:

Ex-Palmer Mayor Sues City

Former Palmer Mayor Don Huskins and his wife filed suit against the City of Palmer two weeks ago for - I believe - issues related to a rival political faction (who hold a 3-2 majority on the city council right now) slamming Huskins for failure to pay water bills.

That rival political faction, led by former Councilman Mike Greenlee (ousted last year because of this) and his current allies on the city council, as well as their "mob boss" John Templer, has accused Huskins of theft and has sought a vendetta because of Huskins' alignments with councilmen Greg Penny and Tony Roybal. Greenlee and Co. believe Huskins to be Dick Austin, the infamous news editor at the Palmer Post, an underground newspaper that has exposed the Greenlee clique.

Random smattering of Palmer-related videos on ECP-TV.com.











Details are developing about this lawsuit, but the city has kept this issue hush-hush.




Developing...

FEMA Report w/ ‘Removing People’ Missing in Palmer

This story just went global, thanks to my friend Andrew West Griffin syndicating it :)

FEMA report detailing Palmer, TX ‘population removal’ section missing

Joey G. Dauben
Ellis County Observer
Friday, July 31, 2009

PALMER, Texas – The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s reports of how to mitigate potential civil uprisings and disasters have sections dealing with the mass relocation and confinement of citizen populations: except in Palmer, a city 20 miles south of Dallas.

The City of Palmer and the Palmer Police Dept., according to a former reporter for conservative weekly The Ellis County Press who requested the FEMA documents for three months, have the federal plans but the section instituting population relocations came up missing.

“I have already talked to [Palmer PD Chief Mike Zaidle] about FEMA in Palmer the section of the emergency management plan regarding moving people into camps is totally gone from the 3 inch binder,” said Brandy Owen, the former reporter who penned a series of articles on the Trans Texas Corridor last year. “There is a chapter or [section in] it but the section is gone from the plan.

“He [Zaidle] is quite aware of federalization and says he has tried to be “compliant” and make proper arrangements for housing people in the high school gymnasium and other places,” she said. “FEMA always tells him his plans are inadequate.”

Recently, plans were announced by the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office to team up with local church pastors for a “safety seminar.” Some critics of the federal government plans involving local police agencies and churches cite FEMA’s attempt to “quell” dissent and facilitate the confiscation of guns from private citizens.

“A shocking KSLA [Shreveport, La.] news report has confirmed the story we first broke last year, that Clergy Response Teams are being trained by the federal government to “quell dissent” and pacify citizens to obey the government in the event of a declaration of martial law,” Paul Joseph Watson reported two years ago for Austin-based website Infowars.com.

“In May 2006, we exposed the existence of a nationwide FEMA program which is training pastors and other religious representatives to become secret police enforcers who teach their congregations to “obey the government” in preparation for the implementation of martial law, property and firearm seizures, mass vaccination programs and forced relocation.

“A whistleblower who was secretly enrolled into the program told us that the feds were clandestinely recruiting religious leaders to help implement Homeland Security directives in anticipation of a a potential bio-terrorist attack, any natural disaster or a nationally declared emergency.”

When she first approached the City of Palmer, Owen said Mayor Lance Anglin fielded requests to City Administrator Doug Young.

“For three months I asked and checked back in with Palmer City Hall,” she said. “Mayor [Anglin] turned all of his emergency plan responsibility to Young. Lots of sections are missing but specifically relocation of people.”

http://www.prisonplanet.com/fema-report-detailing-palmer-tx-population-removal-section-missing.html

Judge Sue Schmidt Fired

The question now becomes, since Palmer's revenue is derived from municipal court fines, fees, etc. on a 51 percent scale (meaning other revenues come from sales taxes, property taxes), how much higher will Palmer citizens pay?

The current council majority, fueled in the May 9 election when all three incumbents won - including Mayor Lance Anglin - despises the fact the police are on Interstate Highway 45 writing tickets after tickets. However, being that 51 percent of the city's revenue coffers are filled in this fashion, what will new Judge Bill Scott do? That remains to be seen...

Videos courtesy of Megan Gray/The Ellis County Press. Available at ECP-TV.com.

Police Chief's Ultra-Job Security Policy

I personally like Palmer Police Department Chief John Zaidle. I think he does a good job for the crap he has to deal with, but this decision last night by the city council is totally uncalled for (this could have been for any employee, and I’d still criticize it):


Source: Waxahachie Daily Light

Following an executive session, the council approved a city policy covering the police chief from political dismissals. The action came at the request of Police Chief John Zaidle, who asked the council for a policy that would protect him in the event of an administration change and “political dismissal.”

“I like what I do and like working in the city of Palmer, but I need some type of coverage for myself and my family,” Zaidle said.

Councilman Greg Penny told the council members they need to look past Zaidle.

“I’d like to make a point to the council. Do we want to put into place any type of security clause to protect him from political change? Do not look at this as a John Zaidle issue, but an issue of any police chief in the city to follow,” Penny said.

The council agreed on a motion by Kenneth Bateman, saying, “The city of Palmer is to put into place a policy to protect the police chief from termination due to political action due to no fault of his own with compensation up to 120 days plus paid time off.”

It must be nice to have that type of job security. Again, personal opinions aside, this is a slippery slope. What if Zaidle sucks? What if he is breaking the law? By the very theory and language of the ordinance and policy, Palmer can’t fire him.

What kind of brain damage are the Palmer “leaders” suffering from? Can they not legitimately think about what they are doing before they vote for asinine policies?

I think the decisions of an elected majority of a city should be carried out with the citizens vote those people to make the decisions.

Good God. Who’s next? The city administraitor? (that’s misspelled on purpose)

See Also: PalmerPolitics.com

Archives | Palmer's Mike Greenlee

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And to find out who on the Greenlee Gang is running for re-election, click below the link:

[Background and Archives on Mike Greenlee]

Greenlee Gang Running for Re-Election
Mayor
Lance Anglin

City Council
Dianne Drewery
Kenneth Bateman

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May 9 Election | Palmer City Council, School Board

Palmer City Council Election
Mayor
Lance Anglin - Incumbent

Roy Edgar

Jenny Burnett

Council At-Large (2 spots)
Kenneth Bateman – I

Dianne Drewery – I

Joe Poss

Cary Scott Lynch

Analysis: The candidates in green are those who back/favor/support former Palmer Councilman Mike Greenlee, who was defeated for re-election after all these big, bad things became public. Cary Scott Lynch is the former police chief. Joe Poss is on the planning and zoning commission. Jenny Burnett, I believe, is the same Jenny who owns Jenny's Cafe :)


Palmer ISD
At-Large (3 spots)

Mike Kahler - (I)
Vice President-Operations

Gary Barnes
Outside Sales

Dianne Epps
Graphic Artist

Lillian Saucedo
Business Owner

Rodney Winn
Branch Manager

Analysis: I know Dianne Epps and she would be a great fit on the PISD school board. Gary Barnes ran last year and would probably fare better this time around.

Palmer, Texas on YouTube

Things have been heated at Palmer, Texas City Council meetings before:



Selected video footage of Palmer, Texas City Council meetings:















Town retard Charles Clark ran into The Ellis County Press in his attempt to buy up all of our papers after controversial coverage of politics in Palmer was too much for him to handle:





Charles Clark's stone columns that have been the center of much controversy in the town...