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Your vote greatly influences local elections
Read moreLegislation is one of the most important instruments of government in organizing society and protecting citizens. It determines amongst others the rights and responsibilities of individuals and authorities to whom the legislation applies. Election laws regulate who votes, when and how they vote, for whom they can vote, how campaigns are conducted, and how votes are recorded, counted, and allocated. Gov. Greg Abbott designated five emergency items, which are matters the Legislature can vote on within the first 60 days of the session that began Jan. 12. One of those items is termed as “Election Integrity”.
Read moreAll the people who organized and worked the COVID vaccine event on Saturday need a big “thank you.” The drive through vaccinations went so smoothly. It was impressive.
Read moreLast week, I received a strange email from classmate Susan Baumgart. She sits on some type of Cardinal football statistical committee. She said they are compiling some Cardinal football statistics for Matt Schobel and he listed all playoff teams from 1935 to 2020. Susan asked me why there was no mention of the 1974 Cardinal Football team.
Read moreAbout a month ago while mowing my yard I noticed a strong smell of natural gas. Upon further investigation I noticed the gas riser coming up near the slab of my house was very rusted and corroded, actually to the point that gas was significantly leaking. Since it was after 5 and the city offices were closed I called 911 to report the leak. Within minutes several firemen and the city inspector showed up. All were very professional and very concerned with my situation. The city inspector along with the firemen agreed the leak needed to be fixed for our safety. I assumed it would be the next day but they said no, immediate action must be taken. The inspector called out the on call city crew who showed up and worked late into the night to mediate the risk of an explosion by plugging the pipe underground. I was so impressed with the professionalism and concern of all those involved from the Fire Chief, to the Firemen, the City Inspector and the City Crew that fixed the leak. Many of these people are my friends and neighbors who probably don’t get the recognition they deserve. So I would like to publicly say “thank you” to everyone who was involved in correcting this potentially dangerous situation in such a timely manner. It frightens me to think of the potential outcome if this dangerous issue was not addressed. Good job and thank you.
Read moreA couple of weeks ago, I was out shopping and lost my bracelet. I had worn it for almost 30 years and it had great sentimental value to me. I contacted all the places I had been and left my name and telephone number hoping some good samaritan would find and return. As I was wrapping presents last week, I found a receipt from the Silver Barn. On Saturday I thought I might as well check and dropped by and asked if they had found a gold bracelet. Cynthia, the owner was there and said yes, that they had knew it must have special meaning for someone and she reached down and held up my bracelet. From my reaction she could tell that she had found the owner. This is just another reason we should all shop local. If you haven’t been to the Silver Barn lately please go. We need business owners like Cynthia to stay in business during the pandemic.
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