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Residents press council on long-vacant property and political booths at Peach Festival
Summary
Two residents raised separate concerns: Marcy Freeman asked the council to abate a deteriorating, long-vacant house at 806 S. Bridal St., citing health hazards; Jeanette Lockett said she was denied access to register voters at the Peach Festival and asked the council to pursue clarification with the Chamber, which staff said is a separate 501(c)(6).
During the city’s citizen-comment period, two residents addressed separate neighborhood and civic concerns.
Marcy Freeman of 401 Norton Street described an ongoing problem at 806 South Bridal Street, where the owner died in 2013 and the house has remained vacant and deteriorating. "The yard has not been mowed since last year" and the property attracts mosquitoes, rodents and vermin, Freeman said, asking the council to abate the condition. City staff accepted photographs and asked Freeman to meet with staff after the meeting to assemble a timeline of complaints and communications.
Jeanette Lockett of 317 Cherry Street said she reported to the Weatherford Chamber of Commerce that the Parkland County Republican Women had a voter-registration booth at the Peach Festival despite prior representations that political booths would not be allowed. Lockett said Democratic groups have been denied similar access in past years and that her emails to the Chamber’s president had not been answered. A staff member told Lockett that the Chamber is a separate 501(c)(6), that festival activities are intended to be nonpartisan, and that the Chamber had committed to follow up with Lockett.
Council thanked the speakers and asked staff to follow up; no formal council action was taken during the meeting on either issue.
