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Future West Point graduate in town
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Garden Club meeting in Lewisville
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Wednesday, 09/08/2010
Main News / Letters
Published 09/02/2010 - 11:44 a.m. CST
Those who have received communication from me for the last 2 years
know
that I have not commented on town or school issues, but the
current tax
increase election by LISD warrants an exception. I have
received several
requests to forward spending and other information
that will probably
urge you to get out and vote against this tax
increase. While I don't
doubt the information, frankly, I do not
have the time to verify the
numbers and don't think I need to.
Instead, I wish to share a different
perspective from someone who is
old enough to have seen better days in
our public schools.
Rating: 0
Published 09/02/2010 - 11:43 a.m. CST
So, after years of service the Denton County Transportation Authority
has decided it is too expensive to take the elderly and handicapped
where they need to go. If you are blind, deaf, mentally retarded or
old
you best move out of Denton County because you are not wanted.
Ignoring
the fact that no ridership fee covers the entire cost of
operating
transportation, that little extra for those in most need
is just too
much to bear. It makes me ashamed to have supported
DCTA.
Rating: 0
Published 08/12/2010 - 3:33 p.m. CST
Once again the new Flower Mound Mayor and Town Council
have showed us
the meaning of poor judgment and pandering. At the
August 2 Town
Council Meeting, it was brought to our attention that
two of their newly
appointed Oil & Gas Advisory Board members
had turned against the
town. The mayor and council had a “deer
caught in the headlights” look
when evidence was presented that
Prakash Parmeswaran and Jennifer
Rogers, two Advisory Board members,
are part of the group suing the town
over the gas drilling
ordinances.
Rating: 0
Published 07/08/2010 - 1:45 p.m. CST
I just finished reading your article regarding the
Border Patrol
agent who shot the Mexican boy and I could not agree
more. Border patrol
agents have to defend themselves and demand
respect. While it is
certainly a shame that the young man died, I
hope the shooting sent a
strong message of intolerance to all
illegal immigrants. What is the
penalty for flagrant disregard of
law and order? With every action there
is a reaction and the two are
not always equal. Border patrol agents
have to defend themselves and
demand respect so that they can
effectively guard and protect our
borders.
Rating: 0
Published 06/24/2010 - 12:07 p.m. CST
With the possibility of negotiations starting-up once again,
Double Oak needs to be cognizant of the fact that while gas drilling
may temporarily benefit our pocketbooks, it may have far-wider
reaching effects long after the money is spent. Our neighbors in
Flower Mound have begun to take the dangers seriously by putting
controls in place to protect its citizens.
Rating: 0
Published 05/13/2010 - 1:51 p.m. CST
I am humbled to know that so many of you cast your
vote for me and
the things I believe in. One of the greatest
pleasures of this campaign
has been to hear your concerns, share
ideas, and make new friends. I
truly have appreciated your support,
kind words, and friendship. To my
opponent, Mr. Lyda, I say,
"congratulations!" I wish him well as he is
thrust into a very
difficult situation. Addressing the Town’s serious
budget issues,
meeting the expressed demands of the electorate, and
maintaining the
rights of mineral owners will be a tall task.
Rating: 0
Published 04/29/2010 - 12:26 p.m. CST
I read recently where the candidates that fared best in
the recent
state primary elections were those who most successfully
tagged their
opponents as being “liberal” and then, by default, were
tied to the most
unpopular policies of the Obama administration. I
see the same thing
happening in Flower Mound’s upcoming council and
mayoral election.
Rating: -1
Published 04/29/2010 - 12:24 p.m. CST
I am disgusted by the recent activities in our very nice
town. I see
paint ball splats on candidate signs along 2499 and I
hear about hate
letters sent to residents. This is hurting our image
and it is
embarrassing to see these antics on the local news and I
cringe to think
it could hit the national news. Flower Mound is a
great place to live,
although recently it hasn’t felt so great.
Rating: -1
Published 04/29/2010 - 12:22 p.m. CST
Under Jody Smith's leadership Flower Mound has
experienced the
toughest and strongest Gas and Oil ordinances in the
state of Texas.
This has made us the envy of places like Fort Worth,
South Lake and many
others. We have seen a surge of economic
development bringing us many
restaurants and shopping venues to
choose from.
Rating: 1
Published 07/08/2010 - 1:50 p.m. CST
Re: “Weir Only Human - How Much Abuse Should Officers
Take?” 6/25/10.
As a former 30-year federal law enforcement officer
who can now only
watch with growing concern while our men and women
in uniform at all
levels of government, federal, state, county and
local, are being sold
out in what seems to be a regular basis, it is
encouraging to read a
letter of support from a former cop turned
editor. I have had the
opportunity to watch both versions of the
Border Patrol shooting you
referenced; the government propaganda
video from Univision and the cell
phone video taken from a Mexican
national, who clearly says in Spanish
that the bad guy was pelting
the officer with rocks.
Rating: 0
Published 06/24/2010 - 12:08 p.m. CST
I wanted to take a moment to thank you for the lovely article
written about Coram Deo in your June 11 issue. Of course my viewpoint
is prejudiced, but your kind words would make any reader see the
school in a positive light. I am also a parent of a 2010 graduate and
was honored to have the Congressman speak at the event. We are
residents of Double Oak and receive your paper regularly. I have
always enjoyed the paper, but I now enjoy your publication with
a heartfelt investment
Rating: 0
Published 05/13/2010 - 1:53 p.m. CST
Over the last month, several residents of Flower Mound
have made
public comments regarding the legal expenses of the town
and the cost of
defending lawsuits brought against us. It has been
suggested that the
town’s legal expenses have grown excessively and
that we should give in
to many of the lawsuits we face in order to
save tax dollars. I would
like to present facts regarding our legal
expenses and put the minds of
our residents at ease regarding the
wise use of their tax dollars.
Rating: 0
Published 05/13/2010 - 1:49 p.m. CST
I always enjoy reading your columns, but I especially
applaud your
scathing exposé of the Westboro Baptist Church (Weir
Only Human – False
prophets are ravenous wolves 4/16/10). Let’s call
it what it is, a cult.
This hateful, deviant brand of religion is
anathema to decent,
civilized Americans. Here, we witness a
first-hand example of what
radical religion, taken to extreme by
zealots who cherry-pick the Bible
for scriptures that sanction their
violent rhetoric, can lead to. It is
not unlike the Ku Klux Klan
which praises Christianity as a “whites
only” religion, or the white
supremacist, Nazi skinhead movement based
in the Pacific Northwest.
Rating: 0
Published 04/29/2010 - 12:25 p.m. CST
Many in our nation were eager for “change” and look
where we are
now! We have more debt and more taxes than ever! Here
in Flower Mound
the “NFL Team” is also proposing “change.” If they
are elected, my fear
is, we, as citizens of Flower Mound, will be
burdened with more
lawsuits, which will result in increased taxes.
Both Northern and Lyda
are puppets of Filidoro, who, in my opinion,
has turned into an
unethical opportunist.
Rating: 1
Published 04/29/2010 - 12:23 p.m. CST
Like many Flower Mound residents, I have only recently
awakened to
local politics. I’ve been engaged in national issues
over the years,
reading about the politicians with questionable
motives, the rhetoric
back and forth, the scandals, the spin, etc.
Rating: -1
Published 04/29/2010 - 12:21 p.m. CST
We are urged and could be fined if we do not conserve
water.
However, gas companies are destroying millions of gallons of
water. They
add toxic chemicals to our water to flush out the gas.
This water can
never be used again. It is hauled off in large trucks
and dumped into
the ground to forever pollute and contaminate our
water table, our soil
and our air. Mayor Smith, Robinson and Webb,
if elected, want this
practice to continue.
Rating: 0
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