A divided Bandera City Council decided on Wednesday, May 20, to appoint retired businesswoman Rosielee Smith to a vacancy on council over Darcy Hasty, a recent appointee to the Bandera Economic Development Corp.’s board. Hasty’s appointment to that board was probably a deciding factor in the decision to name Smith to the council’s post. Councilmen Don Clark and Jerry Russe said they felt that with Councilwoman Lynn Palmer already part of the EDC board, two council members on the board would be too many, so they opposed Hasty’s nomination to council. Mayor Suzanne Schaumann eventually sided with Clark and Russe and cast the ...