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Galveston County Water Control and Improvement District 12 has issued a 2003 Year End Report. "The year 2003 was a very good year for the water district," began John C. Scott, president of the district, citing completion of the installation of the Clear Lake Shores sewer system and the beginning of work on sewer lines in Kemah that serve the Boardwalk, as well as other projects that are underway or in the planning stages. "Your board of directors has reduced your property taxes once more and increased your homestead exemption to 10 percent for 2003 and added an additional 10 percent for next year," Scott said. Scott complained about the district's relationship with Kemah Mayor William King. "Much of the new plans for water projects are being done with the reallocation of funds that had been set aside for a new water tower to replace the old one on SH 146 in Kemah," Scott said. "Mayor King of Kemah has denied the water district the use of the grant funds for the new water tower and, in fact, told the board of directors that he would not give the water district a permit to build a new water tower." Scott criticized King again in a review of the annexation of the Office Depot property. "The annexation of the Office Depot property by the WCID 12 took almost two years and three times before the Kemah City Council, at legal cost of many thousands of dollars, before it was complete; due to the interference by Mayor King," Scott said. Scott accused King and his followers of disrupting meetings of the water district board of directors, and complained about "the barrage of open records requests made by Mayor King." Scott concluded by thanking members of the boards for helping to bring the water district "to the greatness it is today."
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