Editor’s Note: For the full story about last week’s council meeting, see next week’s paper.
Bandera EDC board member Andrea Jankoski expressed her anger toward the Bandera City Council at March 11’s meeting for comments made in a Feb. 19 Bulletin article regarding the EDC’s funding for the city’s proposed Christmas in the Park budget.
“I would like to take this opportunity to address false statements made in this article,” Jankoski said. “The 39k in donations did not cover the entirety of the purchases made. It was also stated [by council member Brett Hicks] that a few EDC members rallied went door to door with half-truths. I want to clarify that EDC members did not go door to door, and that it is the responsibility of the petition signer to read and understand what the petition regards. To diminish the petition in such a way is in poor taste.”
Jankoski went on to say that not all EDC members had changed their minds regarding the funding – that only one member had, and that the reason for the petition was that not all information had been disclosed to the EDC.
“I would imagine that my coming forward will have an effect on my reappointment to the EDC,” she continued. “It would not surprise me if the council appointment themselves or a city staff member in an attempt to seemingly diminish the voices of the people of Bandera.”
Jankoski closed with a suggestion that the city council review their ethics policy and “get their facts straight.”
Jankoski’s term comes up at the end of the month.
In response to the Bulletin, council member Lynn Palmer stated, “The city council and the EDC will work together for the betterment of Bandera as a whole.”
Palmer also serves as the EDC’s secretary, with fellow council member Debbie Breen serving as treasurer.
The remainder of the city council either declined or did not respond to the Bulletin’s request for comment.
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