Community: Oakland

Sal Ramos rejoins town commission sparking residents’ anger, allegations of commissioners’ collusion and a recall drive.

Taylor: Commissioners appeared prepared to pick Ramos before applicant work session began; collusion possible.

Town makes popular application process accessible again to fill vacated commission seat and advisory body.

Mayor Shane Taylor: “Why are we doing this and who determined this needs to be an emergency situation?”

Applicants come from the construction, insurance, defense and aerospace/aeronautics industries as well as law, science, banking and healthcare.

“Juneteenth reminds each of us of the precious promises of freedom, equality and opportunities.”

Operation will help reduce town’s reliance on drinking water for irrigation.

Conservation, wastewater and redundancy projects take priority to keep pace with population growth.

Town Manager Steve Koontz anticipates "a lot more golf cart traffic" with the completion of three residential roads.

Commissioner cleans up with 71 percent of the vote.