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Feb

17

Letter: The community should show more support

Posted by : Staff Reports | On : February 17, 2012

Category: Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor,
On Monday night, February 13th, we attended the Plummer Family Country Music Show at the Trinidad school. This was a benefit for the Trinidad Volunteer Fire Department (TVFD). For a paltry price of $10 each, we enjoyed two hours of country music that was equal to most Branson shows. So what’s the beef?

The problem is that a large number of seats went begging for a lack of support by the very residents the TVFD works so hard to serve! It pains me to see that large communities like Key Ranch Estates, Beachwood and others located within

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Feb

09

Letter: San Antonio atheist calls for anti-nativity rally in Athens

Posted by : Staff Reports | On : February 9, 2012

Category: Government, Letters to the Editor, Opinion

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Dear Editor,

My name is Patrick Greene. I live with my wife of 33 years Karen. We live in San Antonio. Mr. Richard Riehn wrote a letter to the editor on Dec. 20th last year, defending the Nativity scene and how Thomas Jefferson and the Founding Fathers

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Jan

13

Letter: Oh Little Town of Athens

Posted by : Michael V. Hannigan | On : January 13, 2012

Category: Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor,

Oh, little town of Athens, Texas, how still we see thee lie. That is until those mean ole bullies from up North come to our town demanding that we dismantle our manger scene on the Courthouse Square. And then it’s up-in-arms! Some of us literally.

Every denomination and all the citizens banded together in such a show of solidarity. After all, the Christmas season is the celebration of Christ’s birth. Santa Claus, gift-giving, candies, and parties were just instituted to further the joy and love that the birth of the Christ child began. The manger scene had to remain. And, although some among us would say that they’ve “never been proud of our country until” a certain occasion, I have ALWAYS been proud

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Dec

09

Letter: Hensarling editorial ‘disgraceful’

Posted by : Press release | On : December 9, 2011

Category: Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor,

I sent the following email to Representative Hensarling about his Nov. 22 Wall Street Journal opinion piece:

Your WSJ opinion piece was disgraceful. As an elected representative

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Oct

21

Rep. Gooden talks about Monarch Water

Posted by : Michael V. Hannigan | On : October 21, 2011

Category: Government, Guest Columnists, Opinion

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State Rep. Lance Gooden

Dear Friends,

This update will be of particular interest to the almost 3,000 ratepayers in Henderson County that are customers of Monarch Water. For the majority of the citizens of Henderson and Kaufman Counties, water service is provided by city governments or water supply corporations with a city council or governing board made up of local residents that are held accountable to the people they represent.

As an example, I live in the city of Terrell and the city provides water service to my house. If there was a problem with my water service or a discrepancy with my water bill, I would call the city of Terrell water department and the matter (in most cases) would be resolved quickly. If my problem wasn’t resolved, I might escalate the matter to my city councilman and expect him to get involved. I would also expect to be charged a fair price for water service and not to be billed for water I did not use. That seems reasonable, right?

For about 3,000 citizens in Henderson County that live near or on Cedar Creek Lake or Lake Palestine, the simple scenario I describe above is a dream that never comes true. When many of the housing developments were built along

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