Paul Matney has been a pillar of Amarillo for far longer than the 20-plus years I’ve known him.
When I heard today that he resigned from a downtown Amarillo board over a potential conflict of interest, my first though was: Yep, that’s Paul. He usually follows the right path.
Matney joined a groupĀ that is promoting approval of the Nov. 3 advisory vote on whether to proceed with the multipurpose event venue. He also had served as a member of the Downtown Amarillo Inc., board, which is an arm of City Hall.
He’s now the co-chairman of Vote For Amarillo, which is launching a campaign promoting the MPEV.
Matney issued a statement that said, in part: “Even though I am serving Vote for Amarillo as a private and interested citizen, and not as a representative of DAI, in order to clear up any confusion, I believe the right thing to do is to resign from the DAI board. Thus, I have submitted my resignation from the DAI board.”
There’s enough confusion out there over this issue. There need not be any hint of it as it regards Paul Matney, a long-time educator and college administrator, whose last full-time job was as president of Amarillo College.
Matney’s standing in Amarillo is beyond reproach. His resignation from he DAI board demonstrates it.