By Truth Be Told

Oct 26, 2008 8:05 PM | Link to this

DH, just leave me the keys to that full beer truck out front and I'll be happy to go make those deliveries for you. And if you would be kind enough to leave your checkbook with 10-12 signed checks made out to anyone ( you know the Waco banks cash anything) on the front seat, I'll come by and get them tomorrow... Thanks in advance!

By Mandi

Oct 26, 2008 5:57 PM | Link to this

Mills owes the city big bucks. If she gets probation she should be required to work it off at a minimum wage job until the day she dies or pays off the half million. I for one don't want her costing us anymore. If she has done such good for Waco lets use her skills and abilities and let her become an unpaid "employee" of Waco.

By D.Lay

Oct 26, 2008 4:55 PM | Link to this

Why a plea deal? To save the State money? That's what Assistant Attorney General David S. Glockler said Friday when questioned as to why he agreed to a much lesser charge of third degree felony theft. With supposedly enough evidence to proscecute Margaret Mills for first degree felony of misappropriating from $200,000 to more than $500,000 from Downtown Waco, Inc., it appears that by prolonging the trial, it's easier to let her off this massive theft with a slight sentence, or possibly merely probation.
What about the banks that accepted DWI checks to be deposited into Mills' personal account, even when the checks were made out to DWI. Just an honest mistake? I don't think so. With officers of two banks sitting as directors on the board of DWI, their veracity comes into question. Maybe other inquiries will come later into the practicies of the former promoter of downtown Waco.

By PAY IT BACK

Oct 26, 2008 4:45 PM | Link to this

Margret Mills should have to pay back every single dollar that She took. She should also get the MAXIMUM
sentence allowed by law. If that were You or Me ,We would've had to pay back and gotten the MAX. She isn't any differant than We are.Well,She is differant.She's a theif and wer'not.
THROW THE BOOK AT HER.

By Fred

Oct 26, 2008 3:23 PM | Link to this

As more and more people say, Fred, you are a moron.

By Disappointed again!!!

Oct 26, 2008 1:48 PM | Link to this

Goes to show you "money talks"!! What an example to our children!!!!

By Kim

Oct 26, 2008 1:34 PM | Link to this

I think it is a disgrace to society and what kind of message is this sending our kids for Margaret Mills to get off so easy? Why does she not have to pay for her crime, I mean crime's" and other's have to pay a life time sentence in prision? We should not allow this to happen as a society. This is a slap in the face for people who teach their children right from wrong. It is also a slap in the face to people who have ethics! And not to pay back what she has taken which was not rightfully hers? How did she get off not paying it back? Did she pay someone off? That is what this entire thing says..."Money talks!" This isn't justice, it is a mockary.

By WakeUpWaco

Oct 26, 2008 1:13 PM | Link to this

The Mills outcome was predictable to everyone with any knowledge of Waco's legal community when she engaged a lawyer known for influence peddling. Even if the Attorney General's office and Beard got together on a sweetheart deal, Johnson could have rejected the plea bargain as he has done in other cases. Check into the sources of Judge Matt Johnson's campaign contributions and you will find social/business connections to Mr. Beard and his firm among the vast majority of contributions. And it's probably no coincidence that Mr. Beard's law partner hosted the big local fundraiser for Texas Attorney General Abbott. The Mills situation has brought to the public's attention what has been going on behind the scenes in Waco for many, many years. Anyone who cares about having Waco be a decent place to live in should demand a federal investigation and meanwhile boycott those banks and businesses with ties to those who profit from corruption. People on this board can identify for everyone the banks and businesses that should be boycotted. Does anyone want to set up a website?

By Truth Be Told

Oct 26, 2008 11:43 AM | Link to this

The only beneficiaries of this plea agreement appear to be other parties that would have had evidence presented against them. Interesting, and has been mentioned, Bostwick/Beard are now willing to accept McLennan County jury involvement in the sentencing phase versus rendering a verdict where evidentiary matter would have been presented? Conspiracies have surfaced on far less circumstantial matters and discarded by the general public as just that... circumstantial, until further investigation was conducted. Let's hear from John Q. Public's attorneys and representatives - Abbott/Glickler/Johnson on their reasoning of how justice was served and the benefits afforded to the citizens of the State of Texas in this agreement. No doubt Bostwick/Beard/Mills are happy with this deal!

WacoTrib.com staff... Thanks for pointing out the difference between the two blogs. My apologies. How about a link for the Latest News item referencing/explaining the leap from trying to again discuss change of venue to the next link discussing the later plea deal and potential remuneration?

By mec

Oct 26, 2008 11:24 AM | Link to this

"...substantially reduces the resources we would need to expend..."
There's the restitution! By pleading out, she has saved the tax payers a substantial amount of money. A truly communitarian gesture on her part. Should earn her an eventual presidential pardon. If the terms of her probation could effectively curtail her proclivity toward redistribution of wealth, nothing much would be served by throwing her in the clink.