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Two Important Events are Coming to Glenn Heights!

First- The Circus is Coming to Glenn Heights!!

Don't miss the Second Annual Kelly Miller Circus in Glenn Heights. Tickets can be purchased at Les Dixon's Allstate Insurance Agency in the Abrams Centre Shopping Plaza (near Shields Elementary) and at many other local businesses. There will be both an afternoon and an evening show as well as a free early morning tent raising with the elephants doing the heavy lifting. Last years second show was canceled due to tornado warnings but the first show was well received by the attendees.

Second- An All Day Fund Raiser for Cole Burgett.

On Saturday, March 17 from 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM, the Armodilla Club has donated the use of their facility for an all day fundraiser to raise money for the Cole Burgett Fund. The day will include the sale of food as well as both a live and silent auction. Also, for two dollars, you can request your favorite song to be "sung" by the person of your choice. If they refuse to sing, they will have to pay an additional two dollars. Please take time to drop by and help out with this very worthy cause and enjoy the company of your neighbors, get a good meal, and bid on the donated items. People wishing to donate additional items for auction are welcome to email me or get hold of any member of the Glenn Heights Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated.

All proceeds will go to the Cole Burgett Fund allowing Cole to soon undergo his second round of Oxygenated Hyperbaric Treatments. The first round cost about $10,000 plus over a month in salary for then Chief Burgett. Chief Mike Burgett and his wife Kim have both served the City faithfully for many years until recently when they were replaced. Let's show our appreciation by giving of our time and money for this very serious cause. Cash donations can of course still be made at Abrams Centre Bank on Ovilla Road.

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Council Heights - Part Two.

The following article is uh uh...fictional. It is meant to be funny because everyone knows that the stuff depicted would not really occur in any town in which sane people reside. It is intended to be humerous and it is recommended that anyone without the capacity to enjoy humor not read the article. Any similarity between characters within the article to people you know is solely a coincidence. However, if anyone feels that the actions depicted are too close to being truthful (and with a few minor changes could be exactly as something has happened), all that person needs to do is email me describing what really happened and I will be happy to change my fictional story to not reflect the real life event so closely. I reserve the right to print the real life event in the non fictional portion of this web site so be careful what you send me.

Part Two

The Council meeting had gone rather well and Harriet Busybody and Sarah Hampsteader had been there to see their Super Hero in action. The entire Council Heights City Council had already seen the wisdom in Super Councilman's Posted Agenda so they peered over his proposals and adopted them unanimously without asking any questions. Well it really wasn't unanimous because a quorum was barely present. Gone were the days when all Council Members needed to be at the meetings to accomplish the will of the uh uh citizens. Gone were the long Council meetings from previous administrations because wasteful deliberation and open discussions no longer occurred. (Super Councilman now took care of all that type of stuff in private and the uh uh ….citizens did not have to see the messy wheels of democracy in action.) It was a much better system of government having Super Councilman to do the work ahead of time and get the City Manager and his staff rehearsed and ready. Even Mayor often commented that she could not stand the thought of running Council Heights Council Meetings without her Super Councilman's new, more efficient methods.

As they strolled from the Council Heights Council Chambers, Harriet told Sarah how impressed she was with the efficient way in which government was run in Council Heights. Almost by accident, she heard herself saying, "I don't know why we even need the rest of the Council and Mayor because they don't really do anything." Harriet had thought this for many years and even Super Councilman had agreed that it would be a much more efficient way to run Council Heights. However, he had cautioned that even the City's name would have to be changed and the time was not yet right. Harriet couldn't believe she had actually spilled her thought out loud. How would her friend Sarah react? She need not have worried because Sarah quickly responded, "I think you are on to something but, as Super Councilman told me, some things just have to happen with time." Sarah and Harriet once had had so little in common but their trust in Suuuuuper Councilman was bringing them and others like them together.

While things looked rosey for Council Heights, not everything was exactly as it should be because of the evil previous administrations were still trying to exercise control through their greedy corporate structured money grubbing machines. If it were not for Super Councilman, the innocent home owners in Council Heights would have been overrun with the greedy development plans approved by previous administrations and subdivisions that will withstand the test of time, like the Twin Developmentplan Housing Project where Harriet lived, would not have ever existed. Harriet was one of the lucky ones that had been able to buy one of the tiny homes on the crammed in lots and she only later learned that she had struck gold when she heard that Super Councilman, using his superior influence, had declared that all the remaining houses in her area would be much larger and of the quality and stature of her friend Sarah's. These new, much larger, houses were going to make the neighborhood so much nicer because they would always be owner occupied like Sarah's house. After all, no one would dare rent a big house.

As you may recall, Sarah Hampsteader lived in a regular brick house and even had a brick fireplace. She was not one of those poor folk with only one bathroom but rather, she had two and a half baths and even had a side entry garage entrance. Suuuuper Councilman had already given permission for homes like Sarah's to be built in the Twin Developmentplan Housing Project but none of the greedy corporate structured money grubbing building machines would agree to adhere to his plan. As Harriet and Sarah pondered the situation, they almost simultaneously said, this problem calls for some immediate action.

Together, they mouthed the now famous slogan, "Suuuuuper Councilman, we need you!" Within a split second, speeding around the corner came a foreign made auto contraption Land out jumped Super Councilman shouting "I'm able to stop major housing additions with one vote, I'm able to stop laziness of City Workers, I single handedly protect the citizens from evil businessmen, from big churches, from over crowded schools. I'm Suuuuuper Councilman to the rescue. It may upset other interests but I only care for what is best for the uh uh …citizens."

Suuuuper Councilman quickly sized up the reason for his two followers distress and declared, "Don't worry, be happy for I have a plan." Super Councilman had been working on his secret plan for quite some time and it was now time to gather some support. He cleared his throat, lowered his voice (like all Super Heroes do when they are going to speak) and said "ladies, as you know, there are evil people out there that do not have uh uh … your best interest at heart. They, unlike me, only want to make a buck and as soon as they make their money they will leave town taking all of their, uh uh I mean your money with them. We need to stop them now while it is not too late. Therefore, this very day I will be starting the Council Heights Development, Building, and Control Company of which I will be the President, CEO, CFO and all of them things. We will need tax money to operate and everything will be just fine. All I need is your unconditional support", (something Super Councilman often requested because regular support is not good enough for a Super Hero), " because those greedy corporate structured money grubbing building machines will certainly fight my uh …uh our just and right cause."

Sarah and Harriet felt so warm and fuzzy they could hardly stand it any longer. They knew the next Council Meeting would be the start of a great project that would begin the demise of private industry as it is known today. As Super Councilman slithered off into the distance, everyone within hearing distance were able to hear them exclaim "Thank You Super Councilman, We just couldn't get along without you."

It had been a very busy day and Super Councilman was wondering, using his superior brain power, if he would be able to do everything himself. Maybe it had been a mistake to do away with the City Manager. After all, he had served a purpose in doing all that research and preparing the necessary reports to get the Council ready to act. Sure it was nice to have the City Manager's parking spot but parking crosswise, behind him, hadn't really been that bad. Fortunately for the uh uh ..citizens the Council no longer needed research to make most decisions. Everyone of stature in the community now realized that it must be okay if Super Councilman said it was okay. Besides, if the Council made a mistake, Super Councilman could always come up with a solution.

Super Councilman was really upset when he heard that the State had blocked his plan to organize and operate the Council Heights Development, Building, and Control Company. He was pondering, using his superior brain power, on how to accomplish his goals and how to get around the laws and regulations that had been adopted by the legislature (and upheld by the courts) to limit his power. The City Attorney was appealing their decisions that very day. Thankfully, he had not fired the attorney because fighting those long drawn out court battles is really time consuming. His response time would have been greatly reduced had he been forced to appear in all those courtrooms. That is why we collect taxes, he thought. If all else fails, Super Councilman surmised, Someday I'll just go down there to the State Capital and straighten things out. After all, the legislature, as well as the courts, were still controlled by the greedy corporate structured money grubbing building machines. He knew that people throughout the entire State, not just Council Heights needed protection. Maybe he needed to re-think his Suuuuper Hero parameters and expand his coverage to include the entire State. This was going to take some real thought. It was at this point, while deep in thought, that he heard the now famous cry: Suuuuuuper Councilman, I need You! After using his superior brain power to deduce the source of the cry he tore off into the streets of Council Heights to answer the call of one of his subjects in need.

It was Freddie Magilicutty and his house had been vandalized and he was not a happy camper. Freddie, unlike Sarah and Harriet, wasn't so sure about this Suuuuper Councilman stuff but with no police department, he had decided to give it a try. Within seconds, speeding around the corner came a foreign made auto contraption and out jumped Super Councilman shouting "I'm able to stop major housing additions with one vote, I'm able to stop laziness of City Workers, I single handedly protect the citizens from evil businessmen, from big churches, from over crowded schools. I'm Suuuuuper Councilman to the rescue. It may upset other interests but I only care for what is best for the uh uh …citizens."

Freddie showed the damage to Super Councilman and asked how someone could be so uncaring and inconsiderate to break down his doors and damage the interior of his bathrooms completely unprovoked. Super Councilman, using his superior brain powers, quickly saw the opportunity and cleared his throat, and lowered his voice (like all Super Heroes do when they are about to speak) and said, "this calls for some immediate action and we can't wait on the Council to meet and pass new laws." He told Mr. Magilicutty how the State Legislature is interfering with local governments and how they have declared that every City has to allow every type of activity and use somewhere within the town limits. (Super Councilman, using his superior evaluation ability, already knew that Freddie would not actually check to see if he was telling the truth.) He told how even vandals need a place to practice their skills but he comforted Freddie, using his superior soothing voice, by stating that he was declaring the City Park as the City's official Vandal Prosecution Free Zone. "From this day forward, private homes will be protected from those vandals, I mean uh uh citizens practicing their State Given rights and all my constituents, like Freddie Magilicutty can rest in uh uh....I mean live in peace from this point on."

So it was decreed that the Council Heights City Park would be the "Council Heights Official Vandal Prosecution Free Zone" and from that day forward all law enforcement activity from neighboring agencies (since Council Heights no longer had a police department) was ordered to stay clear of the Council Heights City Park. Super Councilman knew that this would serve another purpose in hastening the day that all the buildings in the park would be gone. After all, they were signs that reminded the uh uh citizens of the power and influence once held by the greedy corporate structured money grubbing building machines that previous administrations had conspired with to build the inferior park.

Freddie Magilicutty was amazed. He did not care if a little damage happened at the Park because he never would go there anyway. Freddie was now a believer. As Super Councilman went slithering off, everyone heard Freddie scream, "Thank You Suuuuuper Councilman, I just couldn't get along without you."

Stay tuned for more adventures of Council Height's own Super Councilman as evil corporate interference in City Government is discovered to still be present and Super Councilman, and all of Council Heights, rely on Mayor to bring things to order. You won't want to miss this latest arrival to the Council Height's Action Figure Collection. Until then, no matter how big the problem, no matter what time of day or night, when you need him most just say " Super Councilman, I need you!"

And he will be there.

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