- June 16, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
SAN ANTONIO – A public feud involving three elected county officials, a local business executive and a boat escalated Tuesday.
The latest developments include Precinct 3 Commissioner Trish DeBerry telling KSAT that she is filing a police report over threatening messages on social media related to the feud.
At the center of the squabble is a roughly $32,000 bill for a vessel that Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar asked County Commissioners to allow him to purchase with funds seized or donated to his office.
When Salazar proposed the idea at a public meeting earlier this year, Salazar told the commissioners that the single-engine boat would be used for rescues and investigations at area waterways, saying that his office does not currently have one and has to request access from other agencies in the area when needed.
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At the meeting, DeBerry asked him for details about the purchase and about why he had not provided advanced documentation. Ultimately,…
