Alex Fairly Discusses The Amarillo Civic Center Trial, It’s Implications, and Running For Mayor In Post-Trial Interview.

In his post-trial interview with Lance Lehnert, Alex Fairly discusses his views and opinions on winning the Civic Center trial, what could have happened, what this entire lawsuit represents for Amarillo, and his future plans.

First, expressing his appreciation over the selection of a judge for the trial Fairly explained that Judge William Sowder not being from Amarillo contributed to the trial. The fact that he there were no external forces that could have affected the trial.

Fairly later, expresses his and what was likely the frustration of many Amarillo citizens which was the fact that the Amarillo City Council tried to slip in this spending plan without anyone's notice. Further expanding on this issue, he stated that he did not believe that it is known by everyone voting what the plan was for due to its intentionally rushed nature.

Highlighting the disconnect between Amarillo's leaders and its citizens, Fairly further expresses his discontent with groups such as the Amarillo Matters group who he notes has a high level of influence on local elections and policy, saying

The unhealthy thing

is that we have a council that's in my

opinion controlled by a group of

people including the Amarillo

matters political action committee and

those people they're they're they know

what they got to do and they know what

they got to do to get elected again and

we got to fix that next May

There's a scenario

honestly where I would consider it but I

do not want that to play out. I'm not

going to talk about what it is

Although there are areas in which Amarillo might need to update such as the Amarillo Civic Center, in this case, an important question must be asked. At what cost should we continue updating our city and who is really in control of what goes through in our local politics?