While the Presidential Election is on everyone’s minds for Tuesday, November 6, here in Atascosa County, local races should get voters to the polls. County The Sheriff’s race will see Republican candidate David Soward facing Democrat candidate Eliseo Perez. In Precinct 1, incumbent Constable Percy Medina (Dem.) is being challenged by Adam MacKinley (Rep.). Precinct 2 Constable Antonio Saucedo (Dem.) […]
Pleasanton Class of 1992 planning 20 year reunion
Pleasanton High School class of 1992 will hold their reunion on October 19 and 20. The football homecoming game is on Friday, October 19 against the Poteet Aggies. Plans will be to meet at the game with a possible pre-game tailgate party and then during halftime walk across the field during the halftime performance. The reunion will be held on […]
The Way I See It
A kind manThis past Sunday friends and family gathered to pay their respects to a friend who had passed away. Bob Frere, husband to Carol Lawrence Frere, was honored during the church service at Madison Square Presbyterian Church in San Antonio. Bob, came into Carol’s life a few years after Carol’s husband, Bill passed away. I had a special place in my […]
Governmental Income
I hear the voices now. The raucous calls of the democratic left liberal mob singing tax the rich. Or is it the cacophonic chant of the republican right conservative mob calling for tax breaks to spur growth? Ahhh! Election year politicking, gotta love it. The problem here is the tax code and its attendant institutions. Sorry both groups want to […]
Come to council meetings
I am privileged to serve on the City Council for the City of Pleasanton and invite our citizens to attend Council meetings the first and third Thursdays of the month, 7 pm at the City Hall. We are in the midst of much growth and change and need your input to make the best decisions for the good of the […]
State Capital Highlights
Texas redistricting attempt fails in courtWashington, D.C. court rulings rendered last week tossed out Texas’ (a) redistricting maps and (b) voter photo identification law. In rejecting the maps on Aug. 27 the U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, said Texas “bears the burden of proving lack of discriminatory intent” and “has failed to show that any of the redistricting plans merits preclearance.” In […]
Texas Politics
Swing state Nevada watches battle for Hispanic votesRENO, Nevada – President Barack Obama was here, at Truckee Meadows Community College on Aug. 21, suggesting to students that his rival’s ideas about meeting college expenses reflect his silver-spoon upbringing. “Look, a few months ago, Gov. Romney told a crowd of young people, just like you, that if you want to be successful, if you want to go to […]
Writer’s Roost
Ed’s stories covered New London to The WoodlandsEd Watson was one of the best news reporters I’ve ever known. He was an old-timer when I was a young editorpublisher. His stories, as the headline suggests, covered such huge events as the New London school disaster in the 1930s up to the revelation that a new city, The Woodlands, was being built in Montgomery County, just north of […]
On the Edge of Common Sense
The problem with petsPeople love pets. Let me rephrase that; pets have a welcome place in many households around the country. Approximately 1/3 of all homes in the U.S. have a cat or dog. It is a common response when students are asked why they chose to go into the veterinary medicine or vet tech professions, to say, “I just love little animals!” […]