A North Richland Hills City Council member has been publicly reprimanded and stripped of his position as deputy mayor pro tem for calling the mayor a “liar,” writing about employees on social media and violating rules and procedures.
Blake Vaughn , a one-term councilman who is not seeking reelection in May, was disciplined by his colleagues April 9 after a closed meeting that lasted over an hour. The matter came out of a disagreement over language in a resident survey about carports.
The vote to reprimand Vaughn was 6-1, with Vaughn in opposition…