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Waco Council Member Andrea Barefield faces city lawsuit over unpaid property taxes | Local Govt. and Politics | #citycouncil

The city of Waco has an ongoing lawsuit against City Council Member Andrea Jackson Barefield over $95,000 in unpaid taxes and penalties on the home she lives in and partially owns. No tax payments on the duplex near Cameron Park have been made since 2013, according to records from the McLennan County Tax Assessor-Collector’s Office. […]

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Council, mayor argue over appointment of attorney | Local News

City councilors and the mayor verbally battled over the mayor’s authority to appoint certain city officials in a debate taking almost an hour and a half of the Roswell City Council’s nearly six-hour meeting Thursday night. At issue was Mayor Tim Jennings’ recommendation of Hessel Edward Yntema IV as city attorney. Current City Attorney Parker […]

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Former Tallahassee mayor facing federal charges

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) – Former Tallahassee mayor and gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum is currently facing federal charges. The U-S Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida says Gillum and an associate, Sharon Lettman-Hicks, conspired to commit wire fraud. The 21-page indictment alleges the two solicited funds through false promises and used third parties to […]

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