Dana Peak Park
The Harker Heights mayoral race has three candidates, all hustling for your vote. And during campaign season, attention‑grabbing claims are everywhere—sometimes meant more to spark reactions than to share real facts.
That recent online petition is a perfect example of how fast emotional claims can spread. And you’ve probably noticed some candidates spend a lot of time pointing out problems but offer very few details on how they'd actually solve them.
Anyone can point to what's broken — that takes no courage or skill. Real leadership means following criticism with solutions, operating with transparency even when it's uncomfortable, and offering a vision people can understand and trust. It's showing where you intend to go, how you'll get there, and why you're the right person to lead the way.
Example 1. For years one of the candidates (BS) routinely has stated that "the City" has extra financial reserves "well in excess of city policy".
When asked about the "city policy" the candidate finally admitted he doesn't have a copy (that's because there isn't one). And there is no "city council resolution."
1/ Baloney Scottie declared the action was "well within city policy." Bold claim. So we asked for the authority behind it.
2/ The story shifted.
"Not in the charter. It was a city council resolution, and I do not have the reference to it readily available."
Readily available. Implying it exists — just not at your fingertips right now.
Baloney / BS
3/ Here's the truth: there is no city council resolution.
Not one that's hard to find. Not one buried in old minutes. Not one that slipped your mind.
It doesn't exist. And you know it doesn't exist.
4/ You didn't misspeak. You didn't forget a citation.
You fabricated the authority — and when pressed, you reached for a vague, unverifiable excuse rather than admit you had nothing.
That's not a memory lapse. That's a lie. Told to the public. "Readily available" is a coward's cushion.
The truth was right there. You just didn't want to use it.
Maybe BS needs to follow the guidance he tell's everyone else:
"I made a mistake and I take responsibility" -- Did You? No. No. No.
Sheesh....
From the Killeen Daily Hearld - 4/9/2026
"City Policy" -- No, BS, there is no city policy. You continue to mislead the taxpayers.
Your wrong. Wrong. Really wrong.
Example 2.
BS released a study claiming Harker Heights has "no demonstrated need" for another fire station. Tell that to the families in the eastern corridor whose neighborhoods already see response times that exceed NFPA 1710 benchmarks — and where growth isn't slowing down. A study that ignores the data, skips the people most at risk, and lands exactly where the commissioner wanted it to land isn't analysis. It's cover. Harker Heights doesn't have a fire station problem, according to BS. Harker Heights just has a BS problem.
Groundbreaking stuff. Except when you pull back the curtain, the methodology turns out to be Google Maps. Not actuarial data. Not ISO compliance modeling. Not NFPA 1710 response time analysis. Google Maps. The same tool your teenager uses to find a Whataburger.
That's not a study. That's a predetermined conclusion dressed up in official-sounding language.
9/28/2021 Dana Peak Park
Anyone can point to what's broken — that takes no courage or skill. Real leadership means following criticism with solutions, operating with transparency even when it's uncomfortable, and offering a vision people can understand and trust. It's showing where you intend to go, how you'll get there, and why you're the right person to lead the way.
And the consequences of getting this wrong aren't abstract. Residents in Harker Heights' eastern corridor are already enduring response times approaching 10 minutes — more than three minutes beyond the NFPA 1710 benchmark that exists for one reason: because after 6 minutes, people die. Brain damage begins in 4 to 6 minutes without oxygen. A room fire can reach full flashover in as little as 5 minutes. Every second beyond that threshold is a second the city cannot give back.
Now add 110-plus high-end homes being built east of High Oak Drive and FM 2410. Add the expansion of Evergreen Estates. Add the commercial development compounding pressure on the same corridor. Add the fact that large fire apparatus (trucks) carries a four-year order-to-delivery lead time — meaning the decision that needs to be made today determines whether the department can respond adequately in 2030.
BS looked at all of that and said: no problem here. BS was wrong - and dangerously so. The residents of Harker Heights deserve better.
http://danapeakpark.com/firestation
Example 3.
Lower Excessive Taxation
BS has pledged to "lower excessive taxation" — a bold promise with one glaring problem: he has never once defined what excessive means. Which taxes? By how much? Compared to what benchmark? Funded how? He doesn't say. He can't say. Because the moment he puts numbers to it, the promise evaporates and the accountability begins.
So instead, he keeps it vague. "Excessive" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence — it sounds urgent, it sounds righteous, and it means absolutely nothing without a definition attached to it. It's a word designed to make voters nod without asking follow-up questions.
No baseline. No target. No plan. No substance. Just a carefully crafted phrase loose enough to mean everything and specific enough to commit to nothing.
That's not a platform. That's a political magic trick — say something that sounds like a promise while making sure it never becomes one. Harker Heights residents deserve a candidate who can answer the most basic follow-up question: compared to what?
BS can't answer that. Won't answer that.
All talk. No substance. Guess who? Yep — BS.
Example 4.
Who voted to raise taxes in 2025? Yep, BS's buddies... Myles, Burt, Nash (not pictured) 
This was one of the few times Mr. "Absent" Myles has been in attendance. He's missed more council meetings and work shops then any other elected official in the history of Harker Heights - not to mention he also "claims DV homestaead exemption in Galveston, but he doesn't live there."
Yep, one of "Scotties" besties....
Heights candidate claims DV homestead exemption in Galveston, but he doesn’t live there | Center for Politics | kdhnews.com
Let's not forget the other candidate.
Ok, sure.. And you want to be Mayor. Don't eat yellow snow.
Really.... a picture is worth a 1,000 words