Common sense and legal aren’t the same thing for Schoolcraft

You don’t think that this:
MySA.com: Metro | State

A state district judge on Friday granted a request by two Helotes City Council members for a restraining order against Mayor Tom Schoolcraft, stopping him from altering agenda items.
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The complaints from the 2006 campaign were filed in August, and those regarding the 2007 campaign were [...]

Maybe there was more than just smoke coming from the mulch pile

Do you think there is something in the water in Helotes?
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Whitehead, who was elected in May, approached Laughlin in early July on the property and told him that he and Moore were violating the ordinance.
“When I first came into office, someone made me aware that (Moore) is using temporary lighting on a [...]

What is Tom Schoolcraft’s problem?

Memorial park is in the works for Helotes - San Antonio Business Journal:

The Legislature approved $1,125,000 to establish the Frank L. Madla Memorial Park on 33 acres of land near Scenic Loop Road in Helotes. The Helotes Park Foundation has secured $118,000 in contributions to pay for the purchase of the land. In addition, Pulte [...]

Hmm, a little bit of disharmony in Helotes

MySA.com: Metro | State
HELOTES — Against the advice of the city attorney and in apparent violation of city policy and procedure, Mayor Tom Schoolcraft did not allow some items to be placed on the agenda for Thursday’s City Council meeting.
On June 5, councilwomen Alina Matutes-Eckhardt and Guillerma Contreras submitted the requisite request forms for three [...]

How do you recount nothing?

MySA.com: Politics
A recount Thursday of the nearly 1,700 ballots cast in the May 12 mayoral election in Helotes yielded no change in the number of votes, officials said, confirming that incumbent Jon Allan lost to Tom Schoolcraft by 21 votes.Allan picked up one more vote from a provisional ballot that was verified after Election [...]

Developer funds three Helotes candidates

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HELOTES — The amount of money contributed this year to municipal election campaigns here is markedly higher than in previous years, due in part to $10,000 in contributions made by an area developer.
On March 19, Alfred “Tom” Rohde gave a total of $10,000 to three candidates who are running against three City Council incumbents. [...]

Helotes can finally breath easier

MySA.com: Helotes debris fire may be out, but battles remain in aftermath
Helotes can breathe again.The monster debris fire that confounded county leaders, mocked the state’s environmental agency and grabbed national attention for three months has officially gone poof!

Finally!! Three months of this fire burning and it is finally out. We [...]

Clean air or clean water?

MySA.com: Clean air, clean water interests collide over Helotes debris fire
Into this toxic haze steps an angry man, Helotes Mayor Jon Allan, perhaps the lone heroic figure in this 2 1/2-month disaster.
When Allan speaks everyone listens, and this is what he’s saying: Resume fighting the fire with water. The strategy of using a crane [...]

Helotes fire still going

MySA.com: Environment | Water
Officials revealed Tuesday that wells apparently polluted by firefighting efforts at the Helotes debris pile also are showing bacterial contamination with high levels of fecal coliform.It’s unclear whether the fire and bacterial contamination are related. State and local officials are planning more talks today to determine the next step in dealing with [...]

Who is going to pay?

MySA.com: The next big mulch fire battle will be over who’s going to pay
If everything goes as planned, the state’s environmental agency should be sending Henry Zumwalt a fire cleanup bill in a couple of weeks.
By then, we’re told, the fire that’s been burning on Zumwalt’s property since [...]