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To The Editor: No matter what we look like or where we live, most Fayette County residents work hard for our families. But the same corporations that hold down our wages are bragging to their Wall St. shareholders about raising our local prices. And every time Democrats tackle price gouging, Trump Republicans try to block it, including the newly enacted Inflation Reduction Act that makes healthcare more affordable, lowers energy and prescription drug prices, and ensures corporations pay what they owe in taxes.

To The Editor: In response to Mr. Green’s letter last week, let me clear up some things for you. To your comment on “illegal possession of highly classified documents….” This comment is just like many the lame stream media push every evening to those who would rather have their opinions handed to them than get facts and form their own opinions. As usual, the Democrats scream and holler “Trump did something illegal!” but prove nothing. At this point, it appears necessary to remind everyone that President Trump has been found guilty of nothing. For the entire term of his Presidency and beyond, the democrats have had one mission…destroy President Trump with a barrage of threats, lies, baseless charges, lawsuits, etc. Impeachment charges were brought against him twice, yet he was not removed from office. Why? Because there was no credible evidence. The Russian Collusion hoax; no evidence was ever found. Remember Adam Schiff saying, “Ample evidence of collusion in plain sight.’ Shifty had nothing and he flat out lied. It appears the only people not involved in the Russia Collusion hoax were President Trump and the Russians. Hillary Clinton, however, was neck deep in the scandal with Mr. Durham finding that her campaign and the DNC paid for the false dossier which was the basis for all the charges. There’s also proof that she kept unsecure servers in her home and emailed classified documents out. Why aren’t you screaming and hollering about no charges having been filed against her? Oh right, because you only get your information from the lame stream media, who have been the voice of no information and disinformation for the Democrats for years. To be clear, it is the Democrats who committed treason when they attempted to unseat a duly-elected President. And to this day, they continue the onslaught against him. And to date, they have found nothing. The January 6 Commission found nothing; the ridiculous raids on his home will find nothing as well. Even the New York attorney who oversaw a lawsuit against him, declined to prosecute because he had no evidence. Just because the Democrats level accusations, doesn’t mean any of them are true, which to date, none of them have been.

My life is full of patterns not normally registering on my radar. What time I eat breakfast, how I brush my teeth, where I leave my shoes, how I hang my shirts up, are all habits I have adopted due to convenience or laziness.

The Fayette County Record on Sept. 16 ran a real nice, free ad for Dinesh D’Souza, a millionaire who was convicted of campaign finance fraud in 2014 on charges brought by the Public Corruption Unit of the U.S. Attorney’s Office after a successful investigation by the FBI. The “ad” was a letter to the editor written by Frank Cernosek of Ammannsville, who encouraged everyone to buy and view D’Souza’s newest video and promised that it would probably anger us to see it. D’Souza’s business model is to anger us and to divide us on issues such as election integrity, race, and how miserably corrupt everyone is who doesn’t think like us. He must be pretty good at it, as he has a big repertoire of books, videos, gimme caps, and even coffee cups in his online store.

C APITAL Highlights The U.S. Census Bureau released its latest estimate, which indicates Hispanic residents in Texas make up more of the state’s population than white residents.

The Wellness Council of Greater Colorado Valley September is National Suicide Awareness Month. For some people, feelings of deep depression, paralyzing anxiety or feeling overwhelmed becomes the constant backdrop to their life.

After any dry spell, it is not unusual for people to call me and ask what to do about the ant mounds in their yard or pasture. I usually ask what kind of ants do they have and the answer is “The kind that bites.” Ant mounds are prevalent in much of this area. At the family ranch, all you see are native ants. The ranch has deep sand which fire ants hate. Of course native ants can cause problems, but it is usually the imported fire ant to which they are referring. These ants were imported to Houston from somewhere in South America and have taken up residence, and don’t want to leave.

T EXAS History In what was becoming an all too common occurrence in the Central Texas boom town, a constable was shot to death in the streets of Mexia on Sep. 23, 1921.

A friend of mine died last week, and it has left me wondering about the impact his passing will have on the community, his family, and his friends. And that bit of wondering led me down the path of thought as to what impact any of our lives have on the town, the environment, the people, the slice of existence we have touched.

To The Editor: As a retired Texas public school teacher, I want a governor who: • supports teachers being able to accurately teach science and history. • supports teachers having access to a school library with diverse reading materials.