Wednesday, February 24, 2021
The San Marcos Consolidated ISD Board of Trustees took action on several items regarding its upcoming May 1 election.
SMCISD will hold an election for two at-large board positions. Trustee Anne Halsey is the lone at-large incumbent running for reelection. Five additional candidates will be vying for the two board positions: Nicholas Costilla, Roger Davis, Andrew Fay, Sylvia Muzzy and Mari Salmi.
During Monday’s regular meeting, the board approved poll locations in Hays County for Election Day voting and listed the early voting location, dates and times for the upcoming election.
Early voting will take place at Live Oak Health (formerly Hays County Health Department) 401 Broadway St. #A in San Marcos; Hays County Government Center, 712 S. Stagecoach Trail #1012, San Marcos; and Texas State Performing Arts Center 430 Moon St., San Marcos.
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Hays County Tax Assessor-Collector Jenifer O’Kane reminds property owners that the 2020 property tax payment deadline is fast approaching. She said this year is different than most because the last day to pay property taxes without penalty and interest is typically Jan. 31.
“Per the Texas Property Tax Code, however, if the last day to pay taxes falls on a weekend, payment made the next business day is considered timely,” she said. “Therefore, payments made on Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, will be considered timely.”
O’Kane added that her office has a variety of payment options available to Hays County residents.
Sunday, December 13, 2020
Denise Fonseca recalls sitting in tired, worn out rooms at the Hays County Government Center in 2018 and 2019. She was a victim of domestic abuse and spent time in those waiting rooms preparing to tell her story.
Fonseca was abused for 551 days, enduring years of broken bones, repeated death threats and hopelessness. Fonseca, a Dripping Springs resident, called the Hays County Sheriff’s Office for help in January 2018. After 19 months of waiting in those rooms at the government center, telling her story to attorneys and testifying in court, her abuser was convicted on three counts of continuous family violence.