I write this in disgust after reading Mr. Winter’s (and apparently, the entire Daily Record's) opinion piece published on July 26, 2020 and the narrow perspective presented. As the publisher of this paper, he put a picture of himself in the Sunday paper with an ominous headline, overtly attempting to instill fear while simultaneously claiming that “plain old fear” is what is holding our community back. This is a classic example of why folks complain of media bias! By the way, I’m also pretty sure that guy doesn’t even live in San Marcos but rather Wimberley or Woodcreek or whatever, though, you know, he’s worried about “our” future here in San Marcos.
His editorial neglected to mention that candidates such as Mark Anthony Rockeymoore are seeking reelection for City Council Place 4 nor did he mention that my classmate from Leadership San Marcos Class of 2012, Omar Baca, has filed to run for City Council Place 5. Mr. Winter seems sincere in his desire and urgency to unearth some new (or recycled) slum-lord Veruca Salttype candidate that would be willing to forcibly wrangle the proverbial “golden goose” into servitude unto wealthy benefactors at the top of America’s trickle-down economic scheme.
He even perversely remarked that our ecologically-sensitive, life-sustaining river is “possibly our number one tourist attraction” when he should full-well know (from his 38 years of publishing, of course) that our dang Outlet Malls (ching! ching!) serve as the second most popular tourist attraction in the entire state of Texas, and according to “The View,” they are the third best place to shop in the world.
