The proposed Colorado County Emergency Services District was voted overwhelming against during the May 3 election.
The 827 against the 292 for votes in the unincorporated areas underlie the belief that voters were not convinced enough that the area needed an ESD.
Many town hall meetings failed to get across to the public the potential need for an ESD for building up fire de partments that are already struggling to make ends meet through what the city and county provide and the annual fundraisers.
The public was shy about yet an- other tax hike and the lack of confident answers centering around non-answers about “you have to pass it to see what’s in it,” where the ESD supporters could not give definitive answers to serious ques tions until an ESD board was formed. But that is the law as it is written.
Austin County Election Results Brazos ISD : - Prop A - Passed, 406 to 83 - Prop B - Passed, 343 to 142 - Board winner - Florian Sliva, 309 to Hunter Janicek, 153 Entities that cancelled their elections: Bellville ISD, City of Bellville, Bellville Hospital District, Sealy ISD, City of Sealy, City of Wallis, City of South Frydek, Brazos Country, Town of San Felipe, City of Industry and Columbus ISD.
Colorado County Election Results City of Eagle Lake: Votes for three councilmen - Jim Wood, 122 - Rene’ Cooper, 111 - Chris D. Parker, 70 - Randy Turner, 66
City of Weimar: Councilmen - Place 1 - Becky Roberts, 165 - Place 3 - Ronell Wilson, 106 to Stephen Helmcamp, 99 - Place 5 - Kurt Scardino, 169
Rice Consolidated Independent School District: Board of Trustees - Position 4 - Jason Pausewang, 371 - Position 5 - Bridget Belman, 314 to Anthony Johnson, 173 Proposition A - Against, 1,199 to 668
Fayette County Election Results City of Flatonia: Council Member Vote for three - Jeff Brazill, 135 - Ginny Needham Sears, 114 - Kevin Laney, 92
Town of Round Top: Vote for three - Jeanette Burger, 34 - Melody Nagel, 34 - Karen Duddlesten, 23
Round Top-Carmine ISD: Board of Trustees - Place 1 - Owen Massey, 289 - Place 2 - Dusty Bernhausen, 301 - Place 5 - Kyle Fricke, 278 to Bryan Kirts, 91 - Place 6 - Jason Wagner, 300 - Place 7 - Byrn Behnke, 295
City of Schulenburg: - For Mayor: Connie Koopmann, 158 to Michael Ohnheiser, 82 - For Councilman: Greg Thomas and Frank Wick, III, ran unopposed
Schulenburg ISD: Board of Trustees (2) - Joel Blansitt, 267 - Shannon Hollas, 245
