Texas: Man loses home after Bastrop Co. leader plants ‘no trespassing’ sign

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Man loses home after Bastrop Co. leader plants ‘no trespassing’ sign

5 December 2018, 8 October 2019

Frank Vickers was sitting on his couch watching “Jeopardy!” when he heard a knock at the door one evening in late September. Before he could stand up, a Bastrop County Sheriff’s deputy was standing in his living room. Vickers said the deputy told him to gather his belongings and get out of the house. The property was sold to a new owner. Vickers was stunned. He had been renting the home from a friend for 19 years. “Nothing adds up here,” Vickers said. “I’m an innocent victim sitting in my underwear watching TV when a police officer rips down a ...

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Bastrop County Commissioner Bubba Snowden to be laid to rest Monday

4 January 2019

Bastrop County Precinct 4 Commissioner Gary Lynn “Bubba” Snowden, 73, will be laid to rest Monday in Elgin after dying at his home on Thursday, three days into his new four-year term in office. Snowden’s funeral services will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Elgin, 205 W. Second St., with interment following at Pleasant Grove Cemetery, 229 Pleasant Grove Loop, according to his obituary. “It is with heavy hearts we announce the passing of County Commissioner Bubba Snowden, late yesterday,” Pape said in a statement Friday. “He was a valuable and respected member of our ...

Real estate deal gone awry: Most recently, Snowden was in the spotlight after finding himself embroiled in a legal dispute over his purchase of a rental home that forced the eviction of an Elgin tenant without notice. In November, Austin real estate attorney William Gammon filed suit on behalf of Francine Lankford, who owned the home at 418 Taylor Rd. in Elgin and claimed it as her homestead, and Frank Vickers, the man who had been renting the home for years, requesting that the home be returned and for monetary compensation. Snowden’s daughter Tracy Ortiz in September purchased the home ...

Abuse of official capacity: While in office, Snowden was sentenced to one day in jail and ordered to pay a $2,000 fine and $2,500 restitution after pleading guilty to one count of abuse of official capacity. In December 2017, Snowden was indicted by a Bastrop County grand jury on three counts of abuse of official capacity for using county property and personnel to resurface 0.8 miles of Wilbarger Creek Drive and put limestone base on Moon Brake Road, both private roads, “with the intent to obtain a benefit and harm and defraud another,” according to the indictment. “I am proud ...

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Bastrop County fills late Bubba Snowden’s vacancy with his widow

14 January 2019

Bastrop County Judge Paul Pape has named Donna Snowden to fill the the vacancy in left by the death of Commissioner Gary “Bubba” Snowden’s. Snowden died on Jan. 3, just days into his second four-year term. Donna Snowden is the widow of Bubba Snowden. The appointment means she will serve at least until the next general election, which happens in November 2020. Texas law requires the county judge to make an appointment to fill a vacancy. The statute does not provide for a special election to fill the vacancy, only that an appointment would serve until “the next general election.” ...

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