| $49M Bonds sold for Jack Harwell Jail without objection by Kelly Snell even after taxpayers had expressed concerns about the boondoggle. The item was even on the agenda 1-6-2009 and Snell said nothing. (http://countyofmclennan.us/McLennanWeb/Libraries/TestDocument/1-06-09_Agenda_comcourt.sflb.ashx) (Video) |
| Voted in favor of $1.4M NO-BID
contract for video visitation. http://downdirtyword.blogspot.com/2010/12/countys-commission-phone-system.html http://mclennan-county.com/MoreOnMcLennanCounty.htm |
| Voted to fund electronic monitoring (taxpayers got the bill)
but it was never implimented. Fiscal Year '09-'10 and '10-'11 http://downdirtyword.blogspot.com/2010/08/ongoing-drama-hard-deputy-reads.html |
| Made a motion to hold a meeting that was later determined to be illegal. http://on.fb.me/yqADAX |
| Voted in favor of plundering the indigent defense fund to buy the County Judge a new desk and voted the same day to raid the rainy day fund to transfer funds to another department for indigent defense. http://downdirtyword.blogspot.com/2011/07/west-indian-cherry-4-piece-office.html (Video) |
| Voted for several salary increases of $5,000 a year. http://on.fb.me/yqADAX |
| Personally responsible for the Scofflaw program that has
been a catastrophic failure. http://downdirtyword.blogspot.com/2010/12/comedy-on-court.html |
| Gave his own constituents the finger by voting to appoint a magistrate over the person elected by his own constituents. http://countyofmclennan.us/McLennanWeb/Files/2-17-09%20comcourt.pdf See pages 1 and 127 (video) |
| Received campaign contributions from affiliates of a contractor who benefitted from a million dollar county contract. http://downdirtyword.blogspot.com/2011/11/purchasing-travel-roofing-hotels.html |
| Committed Official Misconduct by violating the Texas Public Information Act. (Video) |
| Voted to reduce the responsibilities of the County Judge by 30% but voted to increase his budget by 10%. (video) |
| When the office manager for the county Judge violated the Texas Public Information Act by intentionally withholding information, Kelly Snell voted to giver her a raise. (video) |
| Voted on 2012 budget in violation of Texas Constitution. (Video) |
| After District Attorneys' Office wrote a letter saying the employment of the jail magistrate was in violation of the constitution, Snell did nothing and voted to retain the services. |
| Waco Trib - Thursday, March 06,
2008 |
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