Juana—Juana Camareno is adopted family to Nick, helped him raise his daughter, and is a partner in THK. She also resides on the property.
Phil—Phil Ownbey is a friend of Nick’s who felt THK would be not just a great investment, but also a way to help his friend realize his life-long dream.
Lisa—Lisa St. George is Phil’s investment partner and friends with Nick and Juana.
Some people who have worked with THK on the septic system:
Andy Grubbs—Designed our septic system and is well known to the Hays County EHD as a septic system designer. Andy is a Professional Geologist with more than 30 years’ experience with groundwater in Central Texas and 26 years’ experience in the specialized field of carbonate hydrology. He has been a Licensed Installer of septic systems for 11 years, a Registered Sanitarian for 10 years, and a Certified Site Evaluator for 9 years.
Doug Wheatley—We have contracted with Doug to maintain our septic system. He is licensed to install and maintain septic systems.
Some key county employees whose names we mention on our web site:
Tom Pope – Employee of Hays County EHD, Environmental Health Chief Sanitarian for more than 20 years
Tom Forrest – Currently the head of Hays County EHD
Allen Walther – Former Director of Hays County EHD
Jacqueline Cullom Murphy – Special Counsel to Hays County Commissioners Court until end of January 2007.
Mark Kennedy – Special Counsel to Hays County Commissioners Court after Murphy.
The Commissioners Courts:
Previous Commissioners Court
James L. Powers, County Judge
Debbie Gonzales Ingalsbe, Commissioner, Pct. 1
H.S. “Susie” Carter, Commissioner, Pct. 2
Will Conley, Commissioner, Pct. 3
Russ G. Molenaar, Commissioner, Pct. 4
Current Commissioners Court
Elizabeth “Liz” Sumter, County Judge*
Debbie Gonzales Ingalsbe, Commissioner, Pct. 1*
Jefferson W. Barton, Commissioner, Pct. 2
Will Conley, Commissioner, Pct. 3
Karen Ford, Commissioner, Pct. 4*
*These folks are the ones who voted to revoke our permit.
People and organizations who have been opposing our septic permit:
Neighbor—Neighbor is a woman who lives next door to the THK property and who apparently opposes our opening a catering business next door to her property. We are omitting her name out of consideration for her privacy.
Other Neighbor—Other Neighbor is friends with Neighbor and lives across the street from THK. He also doesn’t want us to open a business. We are omitting his name out of consideration for his privacy.
Dr. Charles O’Dell—O’Dell is a cofounder of HaysCAN. O’Dell has been instrumental in helping Neighbor to oppose our permit. He is so tight with Commissioner Ingalsbe that she actually emailed him about our permit situation and asked him what she should do. (See Ingalsbe Exposed for more details.)
HaysCAN—Hays Community Action Network. This group styles itself as a government watchdog, but we can only suggest that someone should be watching the watchdog. You won’t believe the unsubstantiated accusations that O’Dell, representing HaysCAN, has made about us to the Commissioners’ Court, and his behind-the-scenes machinations with some of the members of the Court to further his agenda are disgusting, if not unethical. And why? You have to wonder. Our septic system poses NO health threat. (See Not About Public Safety for more details.) Not one single threat to public safety or health has been identified or proven. So who exactly is HaysCAN serving in this matter? Neighbor isn’t the only member of the community who has property rights. HaysCAN, but they really SHOULDN’T.
Other Terms and Abbreviations
OSSF – On-Site Sewage Facility
EHD – Environmental Health Department
TCEQ – Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
