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1,$ SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCILOF~HE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, AUGUST 24, 1964 Present: Mayor Frank Taylor I AI dermen: Wi II iam C.Pool Ruben Ruiz Ell is Serur Mark H. ~hittenberg City Manager City Secretary Asst. City Mgr. City Attorney Special Counsel Corp. Judge B.R. Fuller Dorothy O. Worrell Bi:'uce McElroy Albert M. Walker Tom Curtis Kenneth E. Sutton Absent: Alderman A.G. Tuttle Visitors: Addison Buckner, Wi Il,iam Veidt, Col. J.W. Hi II, Tom. Buckner, H. Gar I and Stokes, Don R. Uzze II, Johnny Morales Espin02a, Johnny Cantu Morales, Clifford Inglet and others I The Mayor called the meeting to, order at 7:30 p.m. Members of the Counci Is i gnedConsent. to Meet i ng. Mr. Taylor stated the purpose of the meeting was to consider items contained in a letter from Jo,hnny Cantu Mora I es to the Counc i I ,dated August 19, 1964, a copy of which is attached and made a part of the Minutes. He noted that Mr. Morales was not, present in the Council Room, although he had been notified by registered mail that he would be given an opportunity to be heard at this hour. Mr. Taylor started reading the letter aloud. Mr. Morales came into the Council Room shortly thereafter, and the Mayor invited him to make his plea in person. Mr. Morales asked Mr. Taylor to continue I'eading the letter. I At the conclusion of the I'eading, the MayoI' asked Mr. Morales if he had anything to add and he said: "No". The/Mayor then recog- nized Corpol'atian Judge Kenneth E. Sutton, in ol'der that he might answer the charges made against him in the letter. Judge Sutto'; sa i d he had been constant I y harassed in h is court by Mr. MOl'ales; that Mr. ,Morales had printed statements about him in his publ ication, "EI, Reportero", which were untrue, citing one as an example.Hesaid he had consulted an attorney about his duties, responsibi IHies, and the extentaf his authority, and th.at, insofar as he could detel'mine, Corporation Court had been conduct- ed in a strictly legal manneI'; that his cases, some 800 in the past sixteen months, were entel'ed in the docket book and signed. "Gentlemen",he concluded, "you put me down there to handle the cases, not to make money. I have neveI' Ii ed;1 have never cheat- ed; I have tried to do my duty." . Col. Ja~es W. Hill was recognized from the floor. Me stated his purpose in asking to speak as a private ~itizen and an old sold- ier was two-fold: fil'st, to question the pl'opriety of bl'inging ~ ;- :?J !~" (;g(',