Mr. Wayne Weese

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  Published on: 10/1/2007    Last Visited: 10/3/2007  

  Breazeale, Tallent and Weese serve because they love their cities
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  Wayne Weese, mayor of Big Sandy, and John Paul Tallent, mayor of Gladewater, both have full-time paying jobs in their communities.
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  Wayne Weese
  
  On weekdays, Weese, 51, can be found tending to school buses and maintenance for Big Sandy schools, and even filling in on days when a substitute driver is needed.
  
  After he is finished with the morning shift of his full-time job as transportation director, Weese heads over to the Big Sandy City Hall for his volunteer job as mayor.He receives no compensation for that work.
  
  After spending time on city business, he's back at the school district when the afternoon buses start rolling to take the students home.Once the school day is over, Weese will head on over to finish his mayoral duties.
  
  Weese said he's responsible for leading City Council meetings.He oversees the utility and police departments, and all city department heads report to him.
  
  "Anything that can't be handled over the phone with the office personnel comes to me," he said.Weese added that he gets calls from residents on his home phone and cell phone at all hours.
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  Weese said he thinks it would benefit the city to have a full time, paid mayor, but does not see that happening.He said there's no money for a salary.
  
  He said a lot of people have asked him why he ran for mayor.
  
  "No one else was running, and I felt like it was important to invest the time for the position," Weese said.
  
  He added that he had the support of very good city staff and Mayor Pro Tem Monica Dequir.
  
  Weese and his wife, Karen, have been married for 31 years.They have four children, who all graduated from Big Sandy schools, and three grandchildren.
  
  Weese said one of his goals for Big Sandy is to attract investors who want to build three bedroom houses or apartments.
  
  "If we want to survive as a city we must start to attract new business and new housing," he said.Growth will bring a need for better infrastructure, Weese added.
  
  "What I like most about being mayor, is the chance to interact more with the citizens of Big Sandy," he said.

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  Wayne Weese
  
  Church of God member Wayne Weese of Big Sandy, Texas, was elected mayor of Big Sandy May 12, 2007.For an article on Mr. Weese's election, see page 1 of this issue of The Journal.

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  , Wayne Weese, transportation director at Big Sandy ISD

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  "We are exhausting all possibilities we can think of to help the city deal with this situation," Big Sandy Mayor Wayne Weese said.

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  Big Sandy Mayor Wayne Weese said the women were served a nuisance letter several weeks ago for the condition of their front lawn, which was how police became involved.
  
  "I would not imagine this in 100 years.It's not pleasant," Weese said.

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  "Not in a hundred years did I think I'd ever see it," Big Sandy Mayor Wayne Weese said."It was very shocking to me.I was just appalled at what I saw."
  
  Police became involved several weeks ago when the women were served a nuisance letter because of the condition of their front lawn, Weese said.

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  Wayne Weese was sworn in as Big Sandy's new mayor June 12 at City Hall.He had been mayor pro tem for two years and a city councilman.

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  Published on: 8/24/2007    Last Visited: 8/24/2007  

  Weese said "I have a strong stomach, and I went in.But I couldn't stand it and came right back out."
  
  Both Big Sandy Mayor Wayne Weese and Chief Scott said that the trailer will have to be disposed of because it is a health hazard.
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  "It's a Catch-22," Weese said.
  
  "They're not too helpful.

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  Published on: 10/7/2008    Last Visited: 3/20/2008  

  Among the crowd of onlookers was Big Sandy Mayor Wayne Weese.
  
  "It's not going to be salvageable.We're just hoping the rest will be OK," Weese said.
  
  As the night went on, more volunteer fire departments descended on the small town, offering equipment and manpower.
  
  "These old buildings have a brick wall all the way up, and we're just hoping the firewall holds," Weese said.

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  Published on: 12/19/2007    Last Visited: 12/20/2007  

  Still, all bills and city employees have been paid and city services continue without interruption, Mayor Wayne Weese said Tuesday.
  
  The money , $15,166.07 , was kept at Austin Bank.The IRS placed a levy on the account Nov. 20.
  
  The next day, the money was removed by the IRS, Weese said.
  
  "It is still under investigation as to why and how this happened," Weese said.He declined to provide additional details regarding what prompted the IRS to take the money.
  
  The money was taken from the city's 2007-08 general fund.City officials would not immediately provide a copy of the budget, and Weese said he did not immediately know the budget's balance.
  
  "This levy didn't put an undue burden on the city," Weese said in a statement.
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  At a council meeting Tuesday morning, Weese said city officials had discovered an account at First National Bank of Gilmer's Big Sandy branch containing around $2,400.
  
  The funds were placed in the account a few years ago and were designated for the city's emergency siren.
  
  Weese said that when he was elected mayor in May the account with the funds to pay for the siren could not be located, and the siren was purchased with money from an account containing general funds.
  
  After the siren was purchased, officials located the missing account.
  
  The City Council voted unanimously to give Weese, Mayor Pro Tem Monica DeCuir, the city secretary and the public works director access to the account.
  
  Weese said the money will be withdrawn and repaid to the general fund.The account then will be closed.

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