Lakeside NewsLocal news for Lakeside, TX continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.CORRECTIONS- March 16, 2008 Jeff Grant has resigned as superintendent of the Lakeside water department. The City Council's action on that resignation was misstated Thursday in an article about the department and the resignation of Lakeside's mayor.The deadline to apply for a spring 2009 scholarship through the Tarrant County College District's Stars of Tomorrow program is Nov. 1. The date was incorrect Wednesday in an article about the program. Read morehttp://www.topix.net/city/lakeside-tx/2008/03/corrections?fromrss=1 Turmoil leads to mayor's departure- March 14, 2008 "After a year and a half, the council felt he didn't have enough knowledge in the field. Safety issues are what doomed him." The community of Lakeside finds itself without a mayor -- and with a private company running the city's Water Department -- after a dispute about safety and the mayor's use of city funds.Mayor Bill Walker, 66, who had been in office less than a year, resigned March 3, citing differences with the City Council over business practices.Mayor Pro Tem David Woodle assumed...http://www.topix.net/city/lakeside-tx/2008/03/turmoil-leads-to-mayors-departure?fromrss=1 |