MAR 14, 2025
RNS fact checks City of Aledo Mayor Nick Stanley, details found here.
FEB 26, 2025
"I am not going to start WQA until 2025 so I can stick it to the people of Aledo 1 more time" City of Aledo City Manager - Noah Simon. Details here.
FEB 24, 2025
RNS receives anonymous tip that there are emails dating back to 2023 concerning the issues at the wastewater treatment plant and sewage dumping. Allegedly, the Public Works Director, Assistant Public Works Director and the City Manager Noah Simon where aware of the issues. Despite being aware, the PWD and CM recently mislead Aledo City Council as to the the status a they knew of the issues a year prior. It should be noted that the APWD emailed a request as to when the repairs would be made. RNS has submitted a request for the emails. More to come.
FEB 20, 2025
RNS receives communication from former City of Aledo Fire Marshall/Code Enforcement - Cliff Moore . He confirms the TOXICITY at Aledo City Hall. Alleges he was pushed to harass the former Bistro Restaurant (now Press Cafe) via Code Enforcement, Aledo is corrupt and more. Details are here.
FEB 19, 2025
Posted anonymous submission to RNS alleging additional lies from Mayor Nick Stanley.
The post can be found here.
CONFIRMED - The Director of Public Works has resigned. Updating the TOXIC work place page.
FEB 18, 2025
A source that wishes to remain anonymous has shared with RNS that the Director of Public Works has resigned and last day is MAR 5, 2025. Working to confirm.
FEB 11, 2025
The City of Willow Park hires former City of Aledo city secretary Deana McMullen.
FEB 5, 2025
Just a thought......
The Fraud Triangle
The fraud triangle is a framework commonly used in auditing to explain the reason behind an individual’s decision to commit fraud. The fraud triangle outlines three components that contribute to increasing the risk of fraud: (1) opportunity, (2) incentive, and (3) rationalization.
Opportunity
Incentive
Rationalization
- There is no other solution
Source and additional information - Corporate Financial Institute
FEB 4, 2024
UPDATE - Blythe reaches out to RNS, details in link below.
CONFIRMED - Blythe (Utilities Billing Manager) resigns, additional details of inside City Hall, calls City of Aledo a TOXIC workplace, Mayor and council commend the City Manager, experts hired to fix water billing issues not experts and more can be found here - UPDATED the City of Aledo TOXIC workplace?
FEB 03, 2025
Another one is gone! More details tomorrow.
JAN 31, 2025
UPDATED the City of Aledo TOXIC workplace? page - can confirm that Jennifer - CFO is leaving city hall. This reminded us that Amber - CFO, left city hall last year under odd circumstances. Details on the page.
JAN 30, 2025
UPDATED the City of Aledo TOXIC workplace? page - Just got word that Amy from permits left some time ago. There is also. rumor a director is leaving FRI. If the rumor is true that will put the number of staff terminated or resigned under this administration at 21. More to come......
JAN 27, 2025
RNS has learned that two more employee's have quit the City of Aledo. Because this is a occurring pattern we will convert the "Assistant City Manager Joshua Blubaugh - Terminated" page into the "City of Aledo - TOXIC workplace?" page. Here we will post turnover, letters from former staff etc.
JAN 15, 2025
Mayor Nick Stanley post on his 3 year old Official Mayor Nick Stanley Facebook page that he is running for re-election and turns his official page into a campaign page and attempts to scrub all official city business (he cannot do that). Several people in turn post negative comments (including RNS) about him and his tenor as Mayor. The comments where professional and provided facts/links to his questionable activities. Several days later he converts his OFFICIAL Mayor Facebook page to a campaign page, turns off comments to the post and blocks everyone who said anything negative about him. It seems that he believes he can circumvent the The First Amendment.
Campaign accounts - Source - Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia
One issue that arises in this area involves social media accounts used by candidates
for office. If you are running for office but are not currently a government official,
then your social media account is not a government-run account for purposes of the
First Amendment. But what if you continue to use your “campaign” account once
you are elected? As with personal accounts, it depends how you actually use your
account after you take office.
While an account used solely as a campaign account is not subject to the First
Amendment rules for public forums, an account that you use as an extension of
your office will be considered an official account whatever label you may give to it.
This is the case even if you maintain another account that you label “official.” While
occasional and infrequent posts about your official duties will likely not be enough
on their own to convert a campaign account to an official one, more frequent use of a
campaign account for such purposes will have that effect.
In determining whether a purported campaign account is in fact an official account,
a court is likely to look at how the account is used, whether government resources
are used in connection with the account, and how the account is presented. A court
may consider, for example, whether you use your campaign account to share your
official decisions, to solicit input from the public about issues you are dealing with or
decisions you have made as a public official, or to share information about how the
public can participate in your official events.
DEC 12, 2024
Where have we been and more to come is found here.
Assistant City Manager for City of Aledo resignation letter is found here.
City of Aledo weaponizes the State Attorney General against the citizens is found here.
APR 2, 2024
Mr. Frank, "borderline slander" - legal definitions explained for him here.
Mayor Nick Stanley's comments in a local news paper analyzed here.
Beneficial Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) or CASH GRAB for the Mayor’s Business Associates? here
MAR 25, 2024
Five Days ago Troy Austin (who seems to be the leader of CULTivate Aledo) planted a seed online encouraging public private partnerships.
Yesterday, ironically, The City of Aledo announced that it intends to update it's TIRZ boundaries. What is a TIRZ and the added area and who will likely benefit can be found here.
It seems that not only are City Manager Noah Simon and Mayor Nick Stanley destroying our legacy and rich heritage, but we the taxpayer will help pay for their plans to build muti-story red brick buildings and a parking garage. (Master Plan)
FEB 22, 2023
Several sources are reporting and we can confirm that the City of Aledo will VOTE tonight to enter into a agreement with PRESS CAFE to lease property in the Aledo Commons for a private parking lot. The simple terms of the lease are $1.00 per year for 25 years. Oddly, even though City Council has NOT voted to approve the lease, we all have seen the construction and the parking lot completed. Details here.
FEB 13, 2024
The Master Plan, Nick Stanley, Joe Frank , Troy Austin and other CULTivate Aledo members have hinted to the Master Plan of Aledo. " Meet us for coffee or bible study and we will talk about it"- their words.
We can now share more of what we know and believe to be true, you will find it here.
Next up more about the EPCL, Shawna Ford and other members of the CULTivate Aledo property owners.
JAN 21, 2024
City of Aledo does NOT announce 2 council seats up for election.
Miscellaneous changes to he RNS website.
JAN 8, 2024
WATER BILLS - They still can't get it right. Today we all received an email advising that our water rates where going up and winter averaging needed council approval. here
JAN 3, 2024
Why we do not have a Police Department here
DEC 18, 2023
RNS has discovered that Mayor Nick Stanley is NOT the founder of BlueJack Resources, LLC. details here.
DEC 13, 2023
The City of Aledo releases the request from Dean Ranch to be released from the ETJ. A copy can be found here.
RNS receives the agreement between 1882 Partners, LP. (the mayors business partners) and the City of Aledo, here.
DEC 11, 2023
RNS receives FOIA/PIR of executed agreement with 1882 Partners, LP. AKA 1882 Historic District, LLC. formally known as 1882 Partners, LLC. Did the City Manager negotiate with his boss the Mayor for the lease of City Hall?
DEC 9, 2023
OPEN invitation to anyone who can provide to RNS ANY documents that prove what we are reporting is not accurate...Details here.
RNS notices that the City of Aledo has changed Mayor Nick Stanley's BIO to REMOVE his employment at Fieldstone Solar Power Company, LLC. Details and proof here.
DEC 7, 2023
PRESS CAFE may receive a greater amount in TAX PAYER money than originally believed. $675,000 versus $450,000. Details here.
DEC 5, 2023
The FOIA/PIR Request for a copy of the letter from Dean Ranch.... Details here.
NOV 20, 2023
City of Aledo ask Attorney General for opinion of FOIA/PIR regarding abrazoag.com electronic communication.
NOV 16, 2023
Public Records Suggest CIVIL SUIT filed against Councilman Pearson. Details here
Did Mayor Nick Staley lose Dean Ranch? DR files Petition to leave the Aledo ETJ. Details here
SEP 12, 2023
Mayor Nick Stanley lies to the residents of Åledo and The Community News. Details here.
#DefendAledo #RulesForTheeAndNotForMe #RecallNickStanley
