Biden, Trump visiting the border? Whatever. Texas needs action, not more photo ops.
Wed, 03/06/2024 - 12:00am
Did you hear that Joe Biden and Donald Trump are visiting the Texas-Mexico border Thursday?
Did you hear that Joe Biden and Donald Trump are visiting the Texas-Mexico border Thursday?
Three days after a 7-yearold boy was shot in the head at Houston’s Lakewood Church, his grandmother reported that surgeons had removed parts of the frontal lobe of his brain and of his skull. The boy, Samuel, had “lost a major part of what makes us who we are,” Walli Carranza wrote in a Feb. 14 Facebook post. Carranza blamed the tragedy on “the very same legislators who claim to be ‘pro-life’ (and) believe that unbridled gun rights matter and the right to life does not! Insanity!”
As a writer, I can’t deny harboring an appreciation for the richness of slang, metaphors, similes and colloquialisms.
It’s time for a pop quiz.
A map of the San Marcos Traverse as diagrammed by Christian Hawley
Christian Hawley hiking with his children.
Photo courtesy of Christian Hawley
The pond at Ringtail Ridge between the berms hosts hundreds of black-bellied whistling ducks
Photo courtesy of Christian Hawley
Creating an 18-mile loop to run around town
Niece’s wedding planning charts disturbing course
On Friday, March 1, events sponsored by Mano Amiga San Marcos and Border Network for Human Rights focusing on Texas Senate Bill 4 (SB4) will take place at the Price Center, 222 W. San Antonio Street. There will be a Press Conference at 1:00 p.m., a Community Art Project from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. and a Forum at 6:00 p.m. All events are free and open to the public.
In the recent article “Can Transportation Planning Keep up with Growth?” covering the Transportation Summit covered by Greater San Marcos Partnership and the SM Chamber of Commerce, the main issue talked about is how to handle “the more people on the road, the more the thoroughfares need to evolve to support the additional drivers.” This needs to be rephrased to the more drivers on the road, the more roads need to evolve. San Marcos and surrounding counties need better solutions than recreating the problem of induced demand from cars. More lanes will inevitably bring more drivers. What San Marcos needs is reliable transportation, it will be cheaper in the long run.
The earworm “1-8-77 Kars 4 Kids” always struck me as a stellar example of how insufferable advertising can be when its creators really put their minds to it. The organization behind the long-running ad boasts that the jingle “has quickly become one of the most memorable and catchy radio ads of all time.”
Early voting in the March 5 primary election ends Friday with a host of candidates on the ballot in both parties, including president, U.S. Senate, all 38 Texas U.S. representatives, all 150 Texas House representatives, and down to local races for district attorney, sheriff and other positions.
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