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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.
Read moreI write to express, on behalf of Nagel Clinic patients and their families, extraordinary thanks to the Bandera community for generously donating hundreds of gently used coats, sweaters, mufflers, gloves, and hats so that our patients may know warmth and comfort in the coming weeks of winter cold.
Read moreThe recent vandalism of the Bandera County Democrats Adopt-a-Highway sign is the second incident in the past 14 months. The first defaced sign was replaced “at taxpayers’ expense”. Now there is a second vandalization of public property signage. An anonymous and cowardly action such as this doesn’t seem to be a very neighborly way to show appreciation for community efforts to keep our county clean and free of roadside trash. In the short term, replacement of the sign is wasteful use of taxpayer dollars. In the long term, these trivial misdeeds do accumulate and eventually have a way of coming back round to bite you in the butt. Enough said.
Read moreA recent letter to the editor claimed that America has never been a democracy. A quick review of The Federalist Papers undercuts that fallacy. The Federalist Papers consist of 85 essays published on May 28, 1788, written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay.
Read moreTo our community, friends and family,
Read moreIf Christmas wasn’t so lonely I’d be merry on the twenty fifth
Read moreI honestly think there’s a subject that we all can agree on, regardless of political party, and that is the idea that the values of democracy, that have guided our country since its founding, are vitally important and must be preserved. While it is possible to focus only on the ways that we interpret the Constitution differently, it is also possible to be grateful that we have a system of governance that uses laws to guide our society. If we don’t like the laws, we can vote to change them, but we can agree to prohibit people from simply breaking the laws they don’t like.
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