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Residents praise DeSoto's Thorn Tree purchase; youth groups urge transparency over field fees and policing costs
Summary
During citizen comments Feb. 17, residents thanked the council for purchasing Thorn Tree Country Club and youth-sports leaders urged the city to address alleged overcharging and unclear cash-payment procedures; Raising Havoc leaders said the organization had paid more than $106,000 to the city and contested a newly asserted $9,000 balance.
Multiple DeSoto residents and leaders of local youth sports organizations used the Feb. 17 city council meeting's citizen-comment period to applaud the city's recent purchase of the Thorn Tree Country Club and to press the council for transparency around field fees and police security charges.
Residents representing neighborhoods around Thorn Tree told the council the purchase halted the property's deterioration and protected property values. "If Thorn Tree is not thriving, the value of our property will decrease," said Kathleen Ryan Hartless, who identified herself as a Thorn Tree resident. Several other speakers, including Tom Elam and Pam Smith,…
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