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Former Killeen council candidate stirs controversy with letter, issues apology

Killeen City Council members had mixed reactions to a former city council candidate’s controversial letter to the editor alleging discriminatory actions on the part of the council. Chairwoman of the Killeen Senior Advisory Board and former council candidate Patsy Bracey, 76, of Killeen, wrote a letter to the editor on Wednesday, published in Saturday’s edition of the Herald, which asserted that the seven-member Killeen city council favored one race and culture. “I have great concern for the appointed leadership of my community,” Bracey wrote. “We have inexperienced city council members with little or no knowledge of the city ordinances. They seem to be supporting only one culture and race. This is very disappointing to me, since Killeen is a very diverse community. Addressing community situations seems to be for one, not all. Other cultures have stated fear of approaching the council for possible discrimination.”

Killeen reader asserts city council not supporting all races, cultures

Killeen council pulls agenda items; meeting cut short

Tuesday’s Killeen Council meeting, which should have had a relatively full agenda, in fact lasted only 20 minutes, with over a third of originally scheduled items pulled from discussion. As the 5 p.m. meeting got underway, Mayor Pro Tem Shirley Fleming made a motion to pull all discussion items — nine in total — plus the public hearing from the agenda. The council unanimously agreed to Fleming’s motion. This left only the consent agenda items, which were then approved unanimously. A request for a future agenda item, regarding the mayor usurping his authority, was also not discussed. Mayor Jose Segarra said the items were pulled because 72 hours notice is required between when an item is discussed and when it was voted on.

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