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I tried a little social media experiment on Bandera County Chat on the Fourth of July, and I’d like to share the results. (For those not familiar, BCC is a group on Facebook known for the often outspoken nature of the opinions expressed.)
Read moreThe Texas Legislature convened in special session last Thursday and GOP legislators introduced a fresh set of voting bills after Democrats blocked an earlier attempt during the regular session by walking out in May, preventing a quorum.
Read moreThe Gospel of Luke, Chapter 6, verses 20-38 is called the Lukan Beatitudes.
Read moreLast week we began a suggested process for eventually starting to pay down our very high 34 trillion-dollar deficit in this generation, avoiding kicking the problem down to our children to begin paying a much higher deficit.
Read moreHomegrown fresh vegetables not only taste better; they are more nutritious. Plus, you can control what products are applied to the plants to control insect pests and disease.
Read moreLeaves of three, come and see, so pretty, do touch me. Isn’t that how that goes?
Read moreOur goal is to begin paying down our deficit of 34 trillion dollars in our generation rather than passing the huge debt we have caused on to our grandchildren to pay. The first thing we need to look at is to eventually balance our federal budget which now adds to our deficit every year. Once we have a balanced budget, we can begin chipping away each year to our deficit. The second thing we need to look at is to stop printing money to pay our expenses and bail out troubled banks, corporations and rich people, an act that simply adds to our deficit and devalues our cash.
Read moreEditor’s Note: Columns from county political parties in the Bandera Bulletin were removed shortly before I came on board as Managing Editor. I supported that decision (still do) and have no plans to retread it here. Political columns are welcome at the Bulletin as long as they focus on issues that affect Bandera and the surrounding community. As always, I am thrilled to receive contributions from the community and welcome all submissions regardless of political party or stance, fully reserving my right to choose what content the Bulletin wishes to print. Feel free to contact me at editor@banderabulletin.com.
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