Last week, longtime Blanco City Councilman Bobby "Mack" McClung announced he was resigning in order to force an election, rather than allow a vacant council seat to be appointed by the newly-elected city council. That plan did not come to fruition. Instead, at the June 16 Blanco City Council meeting, members voted to appoint Bharat Patel to fill the unexpired city council term of deceased Councilman Al Turner. Patel, owner of the Blanco Best Western Hotel, was one of four applicants for the vac ...