Editor: It was my pleasure to attend the celebration of the 121st anniversary of the Greater Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Floresville. I experienced wonderful music, singing, and preaching. Total segregation existed when I graduated from Floresville High School in 1948. I vaguely remember a small wooden African American church. Progress is slow, but evident in the past 65 years. […]

Editor: As a community, we are very concerned for our neighborhood roads. They have been steadily declining for several years now and it seems the way they get repaired is to simply put gravel on them, which in turn causes great damage to our cars. The bumps that we have to drive on daily make our cars develop rattles far […]

Editor: City council action to deny water and wastewater utilities to a local developer on March 14 in effect created a de facto moratorium against real estate development in the city of Floresville and within the extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ). When considering the approval of a 17-acre parcel for Pecan Springs RV Park’s request to purchase water and wastewater services, the […]

Editor: America is headed straight toward destruction. And this destruction will come as a judgment from God. This judgment can only be averted if we seek God, and turn ourselves and our country around. Responsibility for the ungodliness which now prevails in our great country belongs to each one of us. But why me, you are probably thinking to yourself. […]

Editor: First, I am writing this as a citizen of Floresville. That is, I live here, vote here, I pay property taxes here, and more importantly, I’m directly impacted by what the city government does or does not do. For some time now, I have heard — and am bothered by it — how our mayor has essentially no substantive […]

Fair Tax Series By Glen Terrell and Paul Livingston Here is a short list of big problems that tax reform could help solve: •Stimulate jobs and economic growth •Increase disposable income •Regain lost economic and financial freedoms •Reduce taxing power of politicians, lobbyists, and special-interest groups •Reduce poverty •Make federal taxes easy to understand and pay •Improve funding for Social […]

The current administration takes the idea of equality, pluralism, and tolerance to a whole new level. President Obama promotes the idea that, globally, all countries are equal. America is no better and no worse than any other country. Obama applies a philosophy of equality to individuals, as well as to nations. As a nation, America is a country with a […]

I am considering a career move to become a “professional Hispanic.” A professional Hispanic is a person who cries “Hispanic!” anytime they see an opportunity or they want attention. Recently, some professional Hispanics gave their opinions to national GOP leaders and to the national media about how the Republican Party needs to “reach out” and to “embrace” Hispanics. Some hinted […]

A remarkable book titled “Gifted Hands” tells the personal story of Benjamin Carson, a black kid from the Detroit ghetto who went on to become a renowned neurosurgeon. At one time young Ben Carson had the lowest grades in his middle school class, and was the butt of teasing by his white classmates. Worse yet, he himself believed that he […]