To the editor: As a concerned voter and avid supporter of public school funding, I am writing to express my strong opposition to SBOE Chairman Aaron Kinsey’s recent decision to divest $8.5 billion in public school funding based on a cynical political calculation. This reckless move appears to be driven by the influence of billionaire donors in the oil and gas industry rather than the best financial interests of the Permanent School Fund and Texas schools.

To the editor: I love libraries! They were a part of my childhood and education. My school library didn’t have a large selection of books.

To the editor: I agree with Commissioner Brossmann. On January 22, 2022, at the Republican Primary Forum in Schulenburg, he said, “For us to be able to keep the tax rate low for citizens is amazing; the way we’re able to do that is by the growth we have in the county.

To the editor: I am in agreement with a number of recent correspondents chastising those who parrot Democratic talking points while whitewashing the character of President Biden in contrast with his predecessor. That writer who describes himself as not religious clearly does not know what makes someone a Christian.

To the editor: I am very disappointed with the reaction and rejection of my brilliant ideas to pay for drainage when I appeared in front of city council last week. These past ideas would not have cost the citizens a thing….it was a winwin.

To the Editor: Where to start? We all know by now, that the Biden administration has changed America so much in just a little over three short years, that we may never return to the America we have known and loved. So many tell us to ask ourselves if we are better now than we were four years ago? I’m not a gambler but I would wager that most of John Q Public is not, better.

To The Editor: La Grange has speed limits east of the river bridge, 40 mph east of the bridge. Then a warning sign says begin work zone, traffic fines double.

One of the greatest gifts I received from my parents and others of their generation was their optimism about life in general and about the future. Raised during the Depression (one born in 1920, the other in 1928), they had seen the hardest, cruelest of days during their youth and had nevertheless come through it more or less unscathed.

As youngsters, growing up the only fun we really had on weekends was when my parents visited with their brothers and sisters and I got to play with my cousins. On one such day, we all went to visit my Uncle Frank Kana.

April 5, 1974 When 22 landowners in the area of the proposed Lower Colorado River Authority-City of Austin electric generation plant east of La Grange met, they formed the Cedar Creek Land Owners Association to oppose the project. The attendees represented about 3,000 acres of land in the proposed 6,400-acre plant area.