Lower property taxes and lower expectations for Elks

Burleson City Council officially adopts property-tax-rate decreasing budget, Elks 0-4 in 2023, plus, more

Sep 15, 2023

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City Council officially adopts budget

Cody O'Brien

September 13, 2023

“There’s been some people that have been trying to call attention to themselves by saying we’re raising the tax rate,” Mayor Pro Tem Dan McClendon said. “We are not raising the tax rate. We’re lowering it as we have in the past four years straight.”

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City Council officially adopted the fiscal-year 2023-24 budget, including a property-tax-rate decrease, Monday at its special session at City Hall.

Although the budget includes an 8.8% increase in property-tax revenue, Mayor Pro Tem Dan McClendon reiterated Burleson is lowering its property-tax rate.

Burleson 0-4 after 38-7 loss to Midlothian-Heritage

Cody O'Brien

September 15, 2023

Burleson 0-4 after 38-7 loss to Midlothian-Heritage

“I think, alignment wise, it was our best game lining up correctly and doing our job,” Burleson head coach Chad Worrell said. “We still had some breakdowns, but we’re going to continue to get better, and I thought we got better tonight.”

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The Burleson Elks (0-4) turned the ball over twice in a 38-7 loss to the Midlothian-Heritage Jaguars (4-0) Thursday at Burleson ISD Stadium.

Burleson was outscored 38-0 after taking a 7-0 lead with 4:15 left in the first quarter.

Burleson has been outscored 150-41 through its first four games of 2023.

Burleson faces the Mansfield-Summit Jaguars (1-2) at 7 p.m. September 21 in Mansfield.

Railroaders eliminated

The Cleburne Railroaders were eliminated from the 2023 Wolff Cup Playoffs by the Chicago Dogs Saturday.

Chicago beat Cleburne 12-5 in game-three at Impact Field in Rosemont, Illinois, to win the East Division Series after evening the best-of-three series with a 5-2 victory over Cleburne in game two Friday.

Kasey Kalich (5-3) earned the loss after surrendering three earned runs off eight hits and two walks through five innings pitched in the win-or-go-home game-three loss.

Cleburne’s bullpen surrendered eight earned runs on nine hits and two walks through three innings pitched after relieving Kalich.

Johnathan Tripp (3-3) earned the loss after surrendering five earned runs off five hits and a walk as Chicago beat Cleburne 5-2 to even the series in Rosemont Friday.

Chicago’s Nick Green (6-5) pitched a quality start as he surrendered two runs and struck out nine Railroaders over seven innings pitched in Chicago’s 5-2 win Friday. Steven Lacey (2-1) earned the win as he held Cleburne to one run through five innings pitched in the series-clinching win Saturday.

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“Crisis Of Meaning.” Dustin Neathery. 2023. Acrylic on 24-by-36 canvas.

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Coming up

Spartans v. Colonists. The Centennial Spartans varsity football team (3-0) faces The Colony Cougars (1-2) at 7 p.m. Friday at Burleson ISD Stadium. Coming off a 40-13 win against the Saginaw Rough Riders (0-3) Centennial looks to remain undefeated as The Colony looks to maintain momentum after beating South Hills 48-7 for its first win of 2023 Friday.

Be healthy, Burleson. Burleson parks and recreation will host the “Be Healthy Burleson 1K, 5K and 10K Fun Run and Walk” at 8 a.m. Saturday at Mayor Vera Calvin Plaza.

“You’re killing me, Smalls!” Burleson parks and recreation will play “The Sandlot” in the “Old Town Picture Show” at 7 p.m. Saturday at Mayor Vera Calvin Plaza.

Learn to code. City Council will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday at City Hall to discuss updating codes, abandoning right-of-ways, the parks-and-recreation capital-improvement plan and more.

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