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Bowie City Council recall petition circulating

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By BARBARA GREEN
Recall petitions for five members of the Bowie City Council and mayor are being circulated around the community, and one citizen is considering filing a lawsuit that could require the city to pay back utility fees deemed “unreasonable.”
Tami Buckmaster, a local businesswoman, has been attending Bowie City Council meetings during the past few months advocating against water and sewer rate increases. Buckmaster demands if there is a rate increase, a similar reduction should come in the electric rate.
On Tuesday she explained the petition asks to recall Mayor Scott Davis and Councilors Wayne Bell, Chuck Malone, Jim Graham, Douglas Boyd and Terry Gunter.
The petition does not include Gaylynn Burris who was appointed to fill a vacancy a few weeks ago. A petition cannot be filed on a person elected within three months of the petition.

Read the full story in the mid-week News.

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Newly elected county officials begin new terms

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While all of these elected officials were incumbents, they took the oath of office for a new term on Jan. 1, 2025. They are: Constable One Harvey Johnson, Constable Two Jerry DeMoss; County Attorney Clay Riddle; Tax Assessor-Collector Kathy Phillips; Sheriff Marshall Thomas; County Judge Kevin Benton administered the oath; Commissioner Three Mark Murphey and Commissioner One Roy Darden. (Photo by Barbara Green)

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Newly elected county officials take oath of office Jan. 1

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Jan. 1, 2025 is the first day of a new elected term for many Montague County officials. There will be a swearing-in ceremony at 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 1 in the courthouse annex.
The public is invited to attend with refreshments to follow.
Officials being sworn in are: Sheriff Marshall Thomas, County Attorney, Commissioner One Roy Darden, Commissioner Three Mark Murphey, Constables Jerry DeMoss and Harvey Johnson and Tax Assessor Kathy Phillips.

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Early morning crash kills Gainesville woman

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One person was killed in a two-vehicle accident in the early morning hours of Dec. 28 on U.S. 81 (U.S.287) 0.2 miles from Fruitland Road.
Texas of Public Safety officials said the wreck occurred at 5:23 a.m. on Dec. 28 on the highway in front of Camper’s Paradise.
The preliminary investigation showed a 2013 Kia Soul driven by Shelley Gene Jewell, 66, Gainesville, was traveling southbound in the northbound lane of the highway. A second vehicle, a 2016 Chevrolet Tahoe driven by Jose Noe Vences, 39, Dallas was traveling northbound.
The two vehicles struck head-on. The Soul continued into the center median where it came to rest. The Tahoe rolled onto its top and came to rest across both northbound lanes.
Jewell was pronounced dead at the scene from injuries in the crash. Vences was transported to Medical City Decatur with non-incapacitating injuries. His passenger, Maria Tinico, 42, Dallas, and a six-year-old male minor were not injured, while a passenger, a 12-year-old minor, was transported to Medical City with non-incapacitating injuries. The crash remains under investigation.

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