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Press Release From Mike Hanson and Citizens of the City |
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of Gonzales Texas: |
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October 13, 2011 |
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This press release is to announce that I, Mike Hanson, |
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along with many good citizens of the City of Gonzales |
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Texas, have presented a petition with approximately 417 |
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signatures to the Gonzales City Secretary. The petition |
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is for the repeal of a recently enacted Gonzales city |
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ordinance No. 2011-22 titled, "An Ordinance Regulating |
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Garage Sales And Providing Penalties; And Declaring An |
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Effective Date". |
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While our grievances with this ordinance are stated in |
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the petition, we would like to make a further statement |
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about and increasing loss of transparency in the actions |
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of our city government. This ordinance was passed with |
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almost no citizen input. When the public announcement of |
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this ordinance being enacted was posted in the Gonzales |
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Cannon Newspaper public notices section on September |
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13th, it came as a complete surprise to many of the |
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citizens of Gonzales, including some city employees. |
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The appearance of this announcement in our paper of |
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record prompted me to start asking questions of our |
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public servants in city government, and of Nikki Maxwell, |
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a reporter with the Gonzales Cannon Newspaper who |
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attended the city council meeting when this ordinance was |
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voted on. |
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According to Maxwell, this ordinance was on the Gonzales |
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City Council agenda. It was discussed by city council for |
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less than ten minutes, then voted on and passed |
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unanimously. |
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I asked the city manager and city secretary why the |
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citizens were not informed before hand that this |
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ordinance was being considered. In the past, it has been |
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a city council policy to inform the citizens 3 times |
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before an ordinance is voted on, allowing ample time for |
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public input before a vote is taken by city council. I |
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was informed this policy was a "Courtesy" afforded the |
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citizens by city council. I was also told there is no |
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provision in the city charter to inform the citizens at |
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all, and that this "Courtesy" was not given to the public |
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in this case. |
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This so-called "courtesy" should be a permanent fixture |
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in our government. I also found out, that citizens will |
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no longer be allowed to speak on specific agenda items |
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during city council meetings, and will only be allowed to |
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speak for 3 minutes during citizens communications. These |
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two new "policies" show a trend that Gonzales City |
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Council seems to be deliberately exluding the citizens |
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from participation in their government. This is a |
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disturbing dictatorial trend, and this petition is also |
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designed to address the lack of transparency. |
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This ordinance is absolutely an un-American attack on out |
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inherent right to private property. Without the right to |
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use out property as we wish, we are not free, and simply |
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servants for the government. If this trend continues, |
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maybe we should rewrite the last stanza of the Star |
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Spangled Banner to say "Land of the permitted, and Home |
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of the Timid". |
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The first signature on this petition was mine on |
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September 26th, 2011. We achieved this petition drive in |
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17 days. A monumental and historic task in my opinion. |
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I'd like to thank all the good people of Gonzales who |
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helped move this petition forward, and stood for freedom |
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once again as is our noble heritage. |
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God Bless, Mike Hanson 512-656-0521 [email protected] |
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Date Published: 2023-05-14 19:28:43 |
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