With an election and a juicy lawsuit in the works, this is probably a good time to bring back the Killeen Politics blog.
There will be more about the election later. The headline topic this week is Barbara Gonzales's Whistle Blower law suit against the city.
Mrs Gonzales was, until recently, the Director of Finance, responsible for the city budget, management of city debt, accounting and some miscellaneous activities including maintenance of city vehicles. She was fired after an investigation into theft of vehicle parts. Her lawsuit contends that she was not fired because of the theft of parts or for any fault of her own, but because she called attention to improprieties committed by her boss, Glenn Morrison, the city manager.
The case might get complicated later, but it's fairly simple now. There's a good summary in a story by KWTX-TV. Brandon Janes has been a doing a good job documenting events in the Killeen Daily Herald. Barbara's filing (I wish she had used an attorney who can write) is viewable; pay particular attention to the two attachments to the filing, which are allegedly a) Defects in financial controls uncovered by the city's external auditors in 2012; and b) the letter in which Glenn told Barbara sbe was fired.
When you've caught up on your reading, we'll dig a little deeper.
May be worth looking the changes happening at city hall. The new city manager. The addition of new high level staff for $130,000 a year. A raise to information staff, and now a change in the head of finance. Interesting all white and old time Killeen residents.
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