Odessa businessman and grassroots activist Chris Wray was recently appointed to serve alongside seven other community members on Ector County Independent School District’s tax oversight committee. Days later he was removed from the committee under dubious...
Odessa businessman and grassroots leader Chris Wray has been reinstated to the Ector County ISD Budget Advisory Council after having been removed from his position earlier this month under dubious circumstances. Wray’s removal sparked an outcry from local taxpayers,...
An ongoing citizen-led effort to amend Odessa’s city charter celebrated a major victory today as the signatures of over 4,200 voters were submitted in a petition to city hall. The petition calls for a May election that gives local residents an opportunity to change...
Petitioners in Odessa have not only met their goal of 2,500 signatures needed to force a May city charter election, but have surpassed it. With 2,700 voters’ signatures collected so far, it looks as though Odessans will have an opportunity to vote for restructuring...
A grassroots effort to recall an Odessa city councilmember continues to gain momentum as the November 21 deadline approaches to file the petition. “After every city council meeting or after another story comes out in the Odessa American, the number of Facebook...
