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        <title>Watchtower: Trinidad FY2027 Budget</title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Two Budgets, No Audit: What Trinidad's Numbers Show and What They Leave Out]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2026 14:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[My corrections to my budget coverage, then Trinidad's numbers: an FY2025 audit more than seven months past due, two versions of a budget unadopted a month into the year, a $291,723.78 meter proposal, and my recommendations.]]></description>
            <author>Ron Helms</author>
            <category>Opinion</category>
            <category>Trinidad, Texas</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[Three Aldermen Showed Up. Trinidad's Budget Meeting Needed Four.]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 15:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Trinidad's council came to vote on a budget and $291,723.78 in water meters Tuesday night. The meeting ended on a quorum count before either vote. Video of the meeting comes out today at 2:00 PM.]]></description>
            <author>Ron Helms</author>
            <category>Trinidad, Texas</category>
            <category>City Council</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[What's Wrong With Trinidad? Everyone Had an Answer. The Records Have Another.]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 01:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[I asked Trinidad's council candidates and community figures what's wrong with the city. Then I went through the records: a $291,723.78 meter vote set beside a budget that's 27 days late, carries no meter line, and shows no fund balances, debts or tax rate.]]></description>
            <author>Ron Helms</author>
            <category>Opinion</category>
            <category>Trinidad, Texas</category>
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