A massive press conference at City Hall is set for 5:15pm this afternoon, featuring Council Members Mike Martinez, Lee Leffingwell, Sheryl Cole, Jennifer Kim, and Brewster McCracken, plus Mayor Will Wynn, Mayor Pro Tem Betty Dunkerley, State Sen. Kirk Watson, State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez, and Travis County Commissioner Margaret Gomez.
The topic? According to a press release from the office of council member Martinez, “a public agenda for a public meeting of the Creedmoor-Maha Water Supply Corporation that was posted on the Secretary of State’s Web site lists an agenda item as “Dempsey’s proposed old Harmony Hills tract and possible holding pen for wetbacks.” What?
As you can imagine, the assorted politicos will be calling for the resignation of Charles Laws, General Manager of the Creedmoor-Maha Water Supply Corporation and Mustang Ridge’s Mayor Pro Tem. Writes Martinez, “It’s the posting for an agenda item related to supplying water to an immigration detention center. When I contacted Mr. Laws today and asked him to explain his use of language for this item his response was … ‘that’s what it is, that’s what they are.'”
Some shameful shit, indeed.
This article appears in March 14 • 2008.