Duncanville Mayor Has Councilman Arrested in Meeting

The Duncanville City Council reportedly does not utilize Robert's Rules of Order, given the fact that Green arbitrarily canceled a publicly posted meeting last month because city officials took a taxpayer-financed trip to Washington, D.C.

At the April 7 council meeting, District 3 Councilman Paul Ford is arrested -- arrested! -- for disrupting a council meeting when he attempts to speak out on Duncanville Mayor David Green's new "councilman conduct" policy. Ford is no stranger to controversy, but to have a sitting councilman - an elected official running for re-election no less - arrested is beyond overstepping boundaries.




If Green can get away with breaking a Texas Open Meetings Act law by canceling a publicly posted meeting without the consent of a quorum, Ford did nothing wrong. What rules are these guys following? It's rule by fiat in Duncanville.


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