By Dudley Haas

Sep 21, 2008 1:26 AM | Link to this

I hope Margaret Mills gets off. She is an attractive looking hedgehog and she and my wife get their hair done at the same saloon.

By Get Real

Sep 21, 2008 12:18 AM | Link to this

It's pretty obvious this lady stole. Her biggest mistake was cashing the Trib's donation into her personal account. Rumor around town for years has been that Mr. Mills has "taken care of" bad checks written by Ms. Mills all over Waco. Mills has lived beyond her means for a long time. To maintain this "life style" and image, she resorted to stealing. She got caught and should pay the price. Oh, you can say others have done it, but that doesn't make it right. She was in a position of trust and failed. The "others" should also pay the price but in real life it doesn't always happen. For those that think Mr. Mills didn't have a clue, please. He knew, or at least he should have suspected. How do you not wonder where the money came from for the landscaping at your own house, the untold clothes in the closet, and all the other items that just show up. There won't be any spectacular revelations at trial, but it will be interesting to hear the "excuses" from the defense. Ms. Mills should plead out and save her family any more embarassment.

By LDC

Sep 19, 2008 10:49 AM | Link to this

There is no way MM is going to get a fair trial in this town. It's been splashed across the front pages for 2 years. I really wish there had been a change of venue for this.

By Same Ol'

Sep 18, 2008 2:41 PM | Link to this

I, too, have heard all the talk from Mills' true believers that things really aren't as they seem in the news, that it is just a misunderstanding, and that it will all be explained at trial. Of course, one has to wonder why she didn't just explain it to the police and the grand jury and avoid all the personal humiliation and expense of these legal proceedings. Are we supposed to believe that she is going through all this just so she can have her Perry Mason moment at trial when she exonerates herself through some revelation of fact? In the very same breath, her supporters also claim in a hushed tone that a lot of very prominent people would end up in jail if she decided to tell the whole story--a little ironic since supposedly people are to believe that nothing illegal happened anyway. To generate a book or movie, she and her associates would have to have at least some hint of a redeeming quality or value but so far, I'm just not seeing it.

By jimmy terilingua

Sep 18, 2008 1:49 PM | Link to this

To serve the public is to serve yourself better. Just take a good look at all appointed or elected officials, democrats or republicans, past and present, judicial, legislative and executive, local, county, state, federal. As a rule many more of them belong behind bars than the general public on a per centage basis. If they can steal they will! And guess who elected these scoundrels?

By sean

Sep 18, 2008 10:34 AM | Link to this

two1 how can u feel bad for her. she stole. and stole alot of money. if this was some black kid in n. waco robbing a conv. store for 40.00 and cigs. people would want the book thrown at him. it's people like her that keep waco behind the times and a lagging town. in the 6 yrs i've been here, every idea to help waco has had a person in charge stealing from the program. and if she did alot for downtown waco, i'd hate to see what it used to be like. a town with so much potential with ultraconcervative people dragging it down and keeping it a dump.

By Truth Be Told

Sep 18, 2008 8:36 AM | Link to this

Remember:


Downtown Waco, Inc. Board (per Waco Tribune)
Chairman Scott Felton
Treasurer Mark Boyd

Tejas Logistics Systems president Gaylan Beavers, Wells Fargo executive Pat Millar, Insurors of Texas president George Chase, American Football Coaches Association executive director Grant Teaff, MCYC executive director Doug McDurham, Baylor University economist Tom Kelly, Quinn Campus executive director Jewel Lockridge, David Hicks of Compass Bank, Stewart Kelly of Kelly Realtors, McLennan Community College executive Danny Uptmore and Baylor's vice president for finance and administration, Reagan Ramsower.


Executive prowess like this reminds me of that famous quote by the Central Texas master of intelligence... " and, Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job!" CLUELESS!!

By mec

Sep 18, 2008 7:26 AM | Link to this

Her years of service to the democratic party will no doubt weigh in her favor if she is convicted

By Theboard

Sep 18, 2008 2:42 AM | Link to this

Why did the board at DWI run it on trust as indicated early on? These are seasoned business people who don't run their OWN companies on trust alone.

By Midnight in the Cotton Palace garden of good and evil

Sep 18, 2008 2:17 AM | Link to this

I keep HEARING things aren't what they seem and it will ALL come out.
Doubtful. Can you imagine this Steel Magnolia taking the fall from Waco grace for anyone. NO way. Wonder if a movie/book deal is in progress.