Mayor Dean Stone of Van, Texas skipped two news conferences about his city's recovery efforts from a recent tornado to play golf. According to the golf club, the mayor arrived at 7am to golf and stayed until 10:30am, missing a 9am conference. He was absent from another conference at 3pm as well. The mayor was unavailable for comment, while a constable declined to comment on the matter. The mayor later spoke to another news station after returning from golfing.