Race for mayor has begun City politics can be like a bad joke. Commissioner Sue Pledger claims she saved the City of Mason money by voting FOR the new landfill in the face of stiff community opposition to her transfer station. When in truth her flawed research into building a transfer station, like that of San Saba's, to facilitate hauling our garbage to Brownwood, resulted in more than $12,000 extra engineering fees, lost time, and lots of wasted energy. She cannot take credit for a more ...