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To The Editor: Regarding the opinion published in your paper of October 14, under the heading of GOP Hypocrisy. Our Democrat leaders lies only work with a biased media, which places no value on honesty and like-minded voters.

When Hurricane Harvey hit La Grange five years ago, people from all across the nation and world immediately sent aid. One excellent example of that was a gift of five million Czech Crowns ($237,437 US) from the Czech Republic “for humanitarian assistance to displaced families in La Grange, Texas.” On Sept. 28, 2022, Hurricane Ian hit the east coast of Florida. It was the fifth-strongest hurricane on record to make landfall in the contiguous 48 states, and there were 129 deaths in Florida alone.

I add my best wishes to the 106-year-old Mary Mewis and I pray God grants her more healthy and happy wonderful years. I remember going to her shop in her home and if my memory serves me right, she walked with a bit of a limp as she went about doing my hair.

Early voting in the Nov. 8 general election begins Oct.

Fearing for their lives after the murder of the Mexican political boss, the Anglo residents of El Paso sent for the commander of the Texas Rangers Frontier Battalion on Oct. 24, 1877. At first glance the killing of Luis Cardis looked like nothing more than the violent climax of a particularly nasty personal feud. But in reality the trouble in El Paso was all about salt. Massive formations of the natural resource were located near Guadalupe Peak 100 miles east ofTexas’westernmost town. Under Spanish rule private ownership was forbidden making the highly coveted commodity free for the taking. Generations of poor Mexicans eked out a modest living hauling salt to El Paso and into the interior of Mexico. Following Texas independence and annexation by the United States, the practice persisted in open defiance of a new law which declared that the salt was no longer public property. Anglo arrivals did not learn of the existence of the salt until 1862, but the Civil War made private exploitation impossible. On the heels of the Confederate collapse, Radical Republicans took over in El Paso and elsewhere throughout Reconstruction Texas. They formed the secret Salt Ring in 1868 for the purpose of reaping enormous profits, but dissension in their ranks and fear of the Mexican reaction postponed seizure of the Guadalupe deposits. By 1872 the Republican machine was in shambles, wrecked by internal strife and the anti-Reconstruction backlash sweeping the state. Lawyer Charles Howard showed up that year in El Paso and in a matter of months became district attorney thanks to election rigging by Luis Cardis, an Italian whose dictatorial power was based on absolute control of the Mexican vote. In the beginning, their alliance functioned smoothly and Cardis rewarded his obedient servant with an important judgeship. But the relationship soon soured, and Howard was badly beaten two years later in a bid for reelection when the Mexican bloc vote went to his challenger.

Since my friend and neighbor was the newly named director of the Texas Quilt Museum on the La Grange square, I decided to visit the place. The plan was to check out the new juried exhibition, Seeing in Color and to give the whole space a quick perusal and then approach the individual quilts with scrutiny. What’s this quilt business all about anyway?

Did you ever have a job that you just hated? Well, pulling weeds might be one of those jobs. I have pulled weeds as long as I can remember. When I grew up, we had a quarter-acre truck garden, meaning that the produce my family didn’t eat, we sold from the truck. Dad would send us out to the garden to pull weeds for chores and punishment and Mom would send us out for time alone.

OP Antiques Show It’s antique show time. The Fall Show has kicked-off and Round Top is bustling with visitors.

To the Editor: Responding to a recent letter in the Record by Mrs. Reid I can say I whole heartedly agree. “Americans are tired of division and do not accept anyone who promotes violence.” “If you see anybody from that cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gas station, you get out and create a crowd. And you push back on them. And tell them they’re not welcome anymore, anywhere! Maxine Waters (Democrat) “Well, we gotta stay on the street and we’ve got to get more active. We’ve got to get more confrontational. We’ve got to make sure that they know that we mean business!” Maxine Waters (Democrat) “I want to tell you, Gorsuch. I want to tell you, Kavanaugh. You have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price! You will not know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions. Senate leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat) Rep. Rashida Tlaib celebrating her victory to congress at an event yelling to supporters “We’re gonna impeach the m_________!” (Democrat) “Lets make America Great Again!” Donald Trump (Republican) Man inspired by Schumer’s comments shows up at Justice Kavanaugh’s home. Nicholas Roske charged with the attempted assassination.

To The Editor: Do the Republicans not understand irony? Do they not recognize their hypocrisy? Do they not understand that they continue to lose credibility with the American people with their ever-evolving apologetic approach for the inexcusable behavior for their Representatives?