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There has been a lot of uproar and discussion about a certain article that discussed “traitors” in our county recently. Teachers, staff, citizens, and neighbors have all formed different opinions. Bandera County GOP Secretary, Mr. Striegl has asked everyone to take a stand, “get up off your backside and get involved.” He has all but called out the citizens for being lazy and uninterested in our own community. In addition, our elected school board members have been personally attacked and called “traitors” and accused of seeking this company out as a board. The article in question is 90% opinion with little to no merit or fact.
Read moreI sincerely hope you reconsider your decision to close the recycling bins. Will this also include the compactor of regular garbage? It may cost Bandera County to recycle paper, plastic, tin, and aluminum but it costs the Earth a lot more to fill dumps with materials which may deteriorate in several years and maybe not at all. Right now, soft drink manufacturers are facing a lack of aluminum cans which is why some of the slower-selling products are not being manufactured.
Read moreThe letters to the editor in the last two weeks brought back a memory. I went to Cuba in 2017 on an educational trip. It was eye-opening - and that’s really an understatement. One of the most vivid images in my mind from that trip were the giant holes in the sidewalks throughout Havana. I have been to several countries, and I’d never seen anything like it. The holes were so large, that if you’d accidentally stepped in one, you probably would have badly broken your leg. I wondered why it was that no one fixed the holes. I mean, if it was in my neighborhood, I’d have been out there trying to find something to fill it in with. Reading the letters about the vandalized sign reminded me that you have two types of people in the world, those who want someone to fix their problems for them, and those who fix problems. These are diametrically opposing and incompatible world views. Leftists seem to want others (ie the state) to fix a problem. They also want other people (rarely themselves) to sacrifice for the benefit of society - but to quote Thatcher, “...there is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women...” When you ask others to do what you will not, when you expect others to take risks that have no benefit to the risk taker, you have opened the door to authoritarianism and tyranny. Whoever vandalized the sign behaved badly, but Bandera County Democrats, you should have gone down there and cleaned the sign first, before whining to the Bulletin about it. If everyone behaved as Mr. Daniel (thank you for taking your time to clean that sign), we wouldn’t have half the problems we have.
Read more‘Tis a tough tug to loosen a tite lug,
Read moreI don’t know about you, but I enjoy a good fairy tale. Each week, I anxiously await the Bandera Bulletin, so I can read one of the Letters to the Editor or editorial written by some Democrat. They all begin the same with, “Once upon a time” and end the same with, “and they lived happily ever after.”. in between those two statements is how much better life is under Jo Biden than ti was under Donald Trump. Personally, I’m paying a lot more of the necessities of lie, when I can find them, so I need to be reassured of how good it really is(?). For a few brief moments, I escape into fantasy land from the harsh realities of higher prices, fewer jobs, less commodities, unchecked Covid (broken campaign promise), and the possibility of us getting involved in another war in a foreign country. If you liked how Afghanistan ended, you will love dealing with Putin over the Ukraine.
Read moreInflation was obvious whenever we look at a man who ran on nothing other than he was not that man. Joe Biden versus Donald Trump was truly a referendum on character, and due to a single loss we saw oil prices expectantly rise, we saw an ineffective administration explain their own supply constraints without avail creating price increases. Some Donald Trump would have solved, like oil and energy, others required dedication and time such as microchip manufacturing. Inflation on an average though was avoidable, as we know the character of our former president. the longer this presidency drags on, the more obvious Donald Trump was the right candidate. As our lack of acknowledgement for natural immunity is causing distress, the energy independence is now well missed, the problems we faced felt avoidable and now are staring us down. Inflation was the nastiest issue we face and is why Joe Biden resembles Jimmy Carter. A nice guy promising too much and carrying no weight. His words are falling on deaf ears when gas is four dollars a gallon, whenever ships are waiting to be unloaded. This issue, either a consequence of a rigged election or displeasure is the burden we bear.
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In regard to the letter to the Editor that was published on or about January 12, 2022, where that author described “an anonymous and cowardly action and not very neighborly” criminal mischief. For those that did not read the article where someone used red paint and spray painted over the word DEMOCRATICS on the erected public property sign.
Read moreThis letter is intended for the Republican voters in Bandera County. I hope you’ll consider my suggestion, since it doesn’t ask you to change your mind about your political beliefs, your personal values, or even the candidates you vote for.
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