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Today marks the three month anniversary of the contamination of Skull Creek. In three months, we’ve gone from a dark, black cloud migrating along portions of the creek to a
Read moreThere were 6,722 citizens eligible to vote in the Columbus Independent School District’s school board election, but only 394 people actually voted. That’s less than six percent. The City of
Read more“We need to get together more often,” my cousin, Mary, said to me at the St. Michael Catholic Church Festival Sunday. I looked at her like she was crazy, as
Read moreIf a state agency with a budget of in excess of $800 million dollars can’t afford to conduct tests on water and fish in the Colorado River near its confluence with Skull Creek to determine whether or not to issue an advisory to not eat fish harvested from the area, we’ve reached a pretty pass.
Read moreDuring the 1930s, the highway department built a two-acre impoundment beside the new U.S. 90, named it Borden Lake, and installed roadside picnic facilities. You would think that would mean that the Texas Department of Transportation would claim purview over Borden Lake, right? Well, they don’t.
Read moreSometime last year, one of our longtime readers, Greg Fore, brought me a wooden spoon. Some of you who have visited with me in our offices have seen it sitting
Read moreThe Texas Legislature seems to have a pretty laissez faire attitude when it comes to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and its lengthy record of blunders, delayed investigations, inaction, and failure to hold polluters or industry resp
Read moreI strongly believe it is bad to give terrorists a platform. I hate the idea of providing them excessive coverage. It seems to me that to do so is to
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