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Sorry, Bruce.Last week, I unfairly referred
to former Mayor and currentDistrict Judge Bruce Boyer as
the guy that forced the still
incomplete Walnut Avenue
project upon us. Sure, the fiasco
was authorized during his watch
as Mayor, but (according to equally former
Mayor Stoney Williams) he voted against it.
We got in touch with Judge Boyer, and asked
him to clarify the situation for us. Heres what
he had to say, via the electronic mail:
As I recall I voted against passing
the bond issuance for the project because I
believed it should have been put back before
the voters on a bond election ballot. That
was because the voters had previously voted
against the project. And that is still my opinion.I was in the minority on that vote. So no, I did
not vote to go forward on Walnut without the
approval of the voters.
Granted, it was his administration (for
lack of a better word) and choice of City
Manager that that did the actual shoving,
but conscience demands we give Boyer a
pass on this one. Council members haveshown their contempt for the public on more
than one occasion, and this situation was no
different. To the Judge, we apologize for the
unfair stigmatization and want to thank you
for giving us a prompt, straight answer. And
for voting no, for that matter.
From here on out well place the blame
for this on the City Council that served with
you as a whole, rather than you specifically,
with special contempt heaped upon former
City Manager Michael Morrison. Henceforth,
we will refer to the Walnut debacle simply as
the Morrison Parkway, rather than the Boyer-
Morrison Parkway. Former Mayor Gale Pospisil,
however, will still bear full blame for allowing
City Staff to screw up the project over the last
three years. Hopefully it will be complete beforeMayor Casteels first term is up in 2017. Hey,
maybe we should call it the Morison-Pospisil
Parkway. Yeah, thats got a nice ring
to it. Lets do that.
The Parks
Department loves
yo money.
ParkingOver at Parks and Rec, we got action on two
fronts. First, the parking pass situation hastaken a turn for the worst, as one might have
expected. When parking fees were reinstated
for Prince Solms Park, local tennis players
stormed City Hall to protest. City Council
came up with a plan to allow parking passes
to be purchased for $20. Everybody seemed
happy with that, until it was discovered that,
while the park is equipped with picnic areas,
a disc golf course, basketball courts, and riveraccess, that the parking passes are only good
for people that play tennis. The public at large
didnt see that one coming.
At first, the passes were issued without
photographs. Then pass holders were asked to
come back to the Parks office to get new passes
with their photographs on them.
Of course, the passes are supposed
to be good for an entire family, not just the
purchaser. Now the purchaser will need to be
on the grounds and visible in the tennis area
to avoid being ticketed. And Rangers will
need to go to the cars, memorize the faces
on the passes on the dashboards, go back
to the tennis area and check off the people
in the photos.
Maam, Im going to have to ask you to
restyle your hair in order for me to compare
you to the photo I memorized a few minutes
back at your car.
Maam, Im going to have to ask you
to provide me with a photo of your husband
to compare to the photo I memorized a few
minutes back at your car.
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Thats the stupid. Now for the unfair, as
previously mentioned: The parking pass is not
valid if you are in the river, having a picnic,
swimming, playing basketball or disc golf, or
just walking around.
Maam, it appears you played disc golf
and took a walk. Im afraid Im going to have
to ask you to play some tennis in order to
avoid a fine.
Never in the history of history has the use
of a discount for something been contingent
on increasedconsumption of a public amenity.
Never before have parking passes been ruledvalid or invalid on the basis of what the parker
is doing at any given moment. This is madness.
PicnickingOn the second front, weve got the picnic
table thing going on in Landa Park. As you
might know, theres a $10 fee to use a Landa
Park picnic table (although the first ones free
if youre a local). What you may not know is
that the same $10 fee applies if you bring your
own table. But wait. Check this out. As usual,
the City itself doesnt know its own laws. This is
from the Citys website, emphasis ours:
Per Article 1. Sec. 86-2 of the City of
New Braunfels Code of Ordinances, individual
picnic spacesare available throughout the parksystem on a first come, first served basis. Park
rangers will collect a $10 per picnic spacefee
in season. With proof of residency, citizens
living inside the corporate city limits of New
Braunfels will not be charged for the first picnic
space. A picnic spaceis defined as the use of
one picnic table for the purpose of picnicking
or for additional setup areaswith table and
chairs per day.
So we went and checked Article 1. Sec.
86-2 of the City of New Braunfels Code of
Ordinances, and wouldnt you just know it? It
says something completely different. Theres a
chart with all the rates for things like the gazebo
and various permits. There is no provision,
at all, for a picnic space. Individual picnic
tables are mentioned at $0 to $10 per. This
refers to park equipment, like the dance slab.
Its clear that certain activities and things
brought into the park require permits, not just a
fee. Live music, foot races, and inflatable games
require permits. There is no permit required for
privately owned tables, per ordinance. There is
no fee noted for picnic spaces. The City madethat distinction when it passed the law, and now
the Parks Department is trying to make an end
run around it. The distinction stands. If a ranger
tries to charge you for your privately owned
table, show them the law and tell them to
#### off. Or Take a hike. They like to hike.
Much like parking passes that only work
if you play tennis, charging someone to setup a table on land that would otherwise be
free (say, for sitting on or playing catch)
should be considered good for a one-way
ticket to Crazytown.
If youd like to check out and print the
code for yourself, navigate to tinyurl.com/
nbparkscode, and click on Chapter 86
PARKS AND RECREATION. And remember,
dear taxpayer: youve already paid for those
picnic tables and that parking lot, many times
over. Might as well enjoy them.
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$20 million to coax an insurance companyscalling center to Austin.The company, Red Shoes Inc., claims
it sells insurance for shoes. The vast sum ofmoney would be used to help build the firma skyscraper in the capital city. The Chamberpromises that the money is well worth it, seeingthat it would bring nine minimum wage jobs tothe area, sort of.
Its a no-brainer, said Chamberspokesperson Charlene Wanton-Hussy. How
could we not take the opportunity to bring sucha large, reputable company somewhat nearNew Braunfels?
I mean, nine jobs are nothing to sneezeat, the spokesperson said. Sure, theyre inAustin, but its a good possibility that at leastone of those jobs could go to a New Braunfelsresident. Its a win-win.
However, what the Chamber seemed tooverlook is that Red Shoes Inc. is a well known
collective front that launders money for Somalipirates and Mexican drug lords.When asked if the Chamber had any
concerns about the criminal element behindRed Shoes Inc., Wanton-Hussy responded thatit wasnt the Chamber of Commerces habit ofinterfering in other peoples business.
While simultaneously offering $20 millionto pirates and drug dealers, the Chamberalso announced that small businesses in NewBraunfels will now have to submit to public
whippings and humiliation if those mom-and-pop shops want to continue receiving Chamberprotection. The small businesses will also haveto pay an extra $200 per month for the service.
Look, were in the business of business,Wanton-Hussy said. If that means beatings andhumiliation, so be it. Were only looking out forwhat is best, financially, for the community.
Asked if Red Shoes owners will have tosubmit to such treatment as well, Wanton-Hussyreplied, Oh, hell no! Theyre pirates and druglords, for Gods sake!
When it was pointed out that she previouslysaid she didnt know about Red Shoes criminalactivities, the Chamber spokesperson quicklyhung up the phone, claiming that she wasabout to drive into a tunnel, of which there arenone in New Braunfels. Also, she was speakingfrom the Chambers landline.
City Appeals AgainIn a fresh example of legal cognitive dissonance,the City of New Braunfels appealed a court rulingin a case that has nothing to do with the City.
Jim Barnes successfully sued dentist ThadHatter after things went awry during Barnesvisit for fillings.
Barnes said he went to Hatter to have
cavities filled in two molars. However, whenBarnes awoke two days later in a seedy motelnear Ft. Stockton, he found that he had becomea woman and was pregnant. He accusedHatter, who was the last person Barnes saw, ofmedical malfeasance.
I wondered why he was giving me amorphine drip just for fillings, Barnes said onthe stand, but I figured, hes the expert after all.
The most damning evidence against Hatter
was a post on his Facebook page: Big daytoday. Turned a male patient into a woman andgot her pregnant.
Naturally, the court ruled in Barnes favor,awarding him $150 million.
The case then took a strange turn as theCity of New Braunfels appealed the decision,irrelevantly claiming that it cant be sued.
In a pitiful exchange, justices on the ThirdCourt of Appeals explained, in the simplest termspossible, that the City cannot appeal a case that
it is not enjoined in nor is part of in any fashion.Confused City attorneys then asked
for clarification.You. Cannot. Appeal. This. Case. the
justices responded.We dont understand you, City
attorneys replied. You are saying words, butthey make no sense.
The justices then had the attorneys removedfrom the building.
The City has since appealed the decisionto the Texas Supreme Court, arguing that courtsare not allowed to rule against the City.
Krueger QuestionsCrownover CashAfter winning the primary runoff for the PrecinctFour Commissioners Court seat, Jen Crownoverhad her political donations questioned bydefeated foe Dan Krueger.
Krueger asked Crownover to come cleanabout money she received from out of state.
Mrs Crownover noted that the moneycame from her parents.
That cant be true, Krueger said. Theirnames arent Crownover.
Krueger then went on to say that he hasstrong evidence that the money actually camefrom a front that represents you-know-who,refusing to elaborate.
Krueger also refused to answer questions
about large sums of campaign funds hereceived from Red Shoes Inc.
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Dear Opa Esel:
I was recently driving to San
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really gave me the creeps. Are there
any other creepy creeks in and around
Comal County?
Just Curious
Dear Just:
Oh, my, yes. Screaming Woman Creek
was named after the ghost of a woman who
screams at passersby. But the creek isnt the
only spookily named waterway by a long
measure. Here are some more:
Syphilis SpringsBack in the olden days, people believed you
could cure venereal disease by swimming in
these springs. They were wrong.
Typhoid River
This river once contained typhoid. It still does.
Dont go there.
Rabid Coon Creek
The raccoons here are rabid and they bite. So
do the people that live along its banks.
Sociopathic Hobo LakeThere arent a lot of hobos here these days, but
there are some businessmen and politicians.
You can find them around campfires, cooking
Sociopath Stew out of old tin cans.
Dead Headless Clown CreekNot as terrifying as it sounds. This is just where
clowns go to die.
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Dear Opa Esel:Whats with all the deer around
here? Should I be frightened?Deer Wary
Dear Deer:
Yes, you should. They are plotting
something. It is a well-known fact that deer
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Ukrainian territory.
The genus of this hard move to the leftcame as businesses started to build into areas
that the deer once inhabited. Pushed from the
homelands, the deer became anti-Capitalists.
The situation was further aggravated after
the deer were given copies of Karl Marxs
Communist Manifesto by malcontent squirrels.
Marxs work served as kindling to the dangerous
fire of angry, establishment-hating deer.
Now, they are planning to destroy us.
When you pass them on the road at night, get
a good look. Those big, angry, hateful eyes tell
you all you need to know.
Good luck.
Liebe, Karl
Karl Esel is a lifetime resident of our fair city, and is wellknown for his sage advice on a wide range of topics. Ifyou find yourself perplexed with no one to turn to, sendyour question to Opa Esel at: askesel@txcitizen.com.Be sure to write Question for Opa Esel in the subjectline of your email.
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Lets go to Texas, he said. Start a new life among the wide open ranges, he said. Now hesgone. Ran off to look for a city made of gold. She told him it was just a myth, but he didnt listenand now hes dead. Idiot. Now, she and her daughter are stuck in this God-forsaken place, aloneand frightened. The oxen with the freakishly small heads arent responding to commands and are
pulling them through a patch of demonic carnivorous plants, which have points so sharp they cutthe very air. She knew they were doomed.
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Dear Mexican: I am a Mexican who
owns a successful wholesale liquidation
business, which happens to be an
industry dominated by Jews and Asians
and some gringos. So why does almost
everyone, including mexicanos, that
visit my warehouse think my business
or any successful business (for that
matter) is always owned by a Jew or a
gabacho? Cant a pinche Mexican own
a successful business? Just cause Im
54, named Armando and dont look
like the typical business type and Idont have a MBA?
My customers always assume Im
the sales rep or the forklift operator
and ask to speak to the owner or El
Arabe and almost always include a
statement like, El dueo es judio,
verdad? Well, no, the damn owner
is not judio: soy yo, si este mexicanito
es el dueno de esta b odega. Like if only
Jews can own a business? Like the
stupid joke says, wo Jews walked into
a barand bought the place. Yeah, I
dont think its funny, either.
Que la chingada, attention everyone:
my pockets may not be as deep as those
camellos but we are getting there.
chame la mano to my Mexican-ownedbusiness. Im thinking about putting up
a sign like during the Rodney King riots
MEXICAN OWNED or maybe not,
mis gabacho clients se van asustar. P.S.
A Mexican designed our website, not
Patrick or Chang, I support the cause.
Mexican BusinessmanBelieve It
Dear Wab: Okay, we get it: youre not a
Jew, and you dont like Arabs (calling Arabs
camels? Everyone knows Mexicans call
Arabs Talibans if they want to be insulting).
But the reason why people are so surprised
you own a business is because theres nearly
not enough of ustedes.
Mexican-American Entrepeneurship,
a 2008 study by Robert W. Fairlie and
Christopher Woodruff, showed that only
5.1 percent of Mexican-American men were
business owners, compared to 12.6 percent
of gabachos. The researchers blamed
surprise, surpise!U.S. immigration policy
that kept Mexicans undocumented and
away from the roads to owning a legitimate
business. On the other hand, recent research
by University of Southern California professor
Jody Agius Vallejo and others show Mexican-
Americans getting into the middle class by
starting their own businesses and in some
ways succeeding more than other immigrants
based on how low they started.
And the Mexican would argue that
Mexicans are born small-business owners.
Selling oranges at freeway exits? Small
businessperson. Tamales from car trunks?
Small businessperson. Jornaleros, cutting
grass for gabachos, screwing wives gabachos
dont screw properly? Small businessperson,
Small businessperson, small businessperson.
Dear Mexican: Why do my
90-pound junior high students wear
three and four white -shirts (all sized
6x or larger) layered one on top another
in 100-degree heatthen complain
about the heat?
Maestro De Foto
Dear Photography Teacher Gabacho:
Por pendejosDUH. Then again, logic and
fashion sense among American high schoolers
of any ethnicity go together like the PRI and
clean government.
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Out here on the ocean, I not only cook what our guests catch, I catch fish as well! We had a
great day fishing, testing out our boats tackle and our on-board fishing guides skills before the
first guests arrived for this weeks voyage on the M/V Liseron. I was lucky enough to catch two
40 lb. halibut! Our guides and deck hands filleted the fish for me and I was off to the galley to
whip up a spicy, yet sweet treat, for you and them!
Alaskan halibut is a very mild and flakey fish. You dont need to season it too much to bring
out its amazing flavor. I like to treat halibut like the steak of the sea, and the recipe I used is
very simple for that very reason. The vinegar and oil is mostly used so that the halibut doesnt
stick to the hot grill grates. The flavor will come from the fish itself, and the mixture of the lime
and sweet chili sauce will add an Asian and Caribbean touch. Wild caught Alaskan halibut
will run about $25.00 to $32.00 per pound in your local grocery stores fish department. It is
worth the money and will make for a great celebration dinner or romantic evening. Pair with
nice warm sak or a chilled white zinfandel wine.
Spicy Grilled Alaskan Chili-Lime Halibut cup rice vinegar
cup grape seed oil
Juice from 1 fresh lime
1 cup sweet Thai chili sauce
cup black sesame seeds
4 Alaskan halibut lets, about 8 oz. each
Combine first 5 ingredients and pour into
a large zip lock freezer bag. Reserve a little
of the marinade for brushing the fish during
grilling. Add halibut filets and ensure the
filets are evenly coated. Refrigerate at least
1 hour. Grill over white-hot charcoals until
filets begin to flake easily with a fork; about
5-6 minutes each side. Brush each halibut filet
with the reserved marinade as needed. Serve
with lime wedges, Asian vegetables, and my
Cilantro-Lime Rice recipe below:
Add 1 cup of white rice to 1.5 cups boiling water, add
Juice from the 1 fresh lime
tbls salt
tsp coconut oil or unsalted butter After rice is cooked, add 4 tbls fresh chopped cilantro; mix with fork
Lets see what I catch next!
Until next time, Eat, Drink & Be Sherri!
Sherri
Copyright 2014 by Eat, Drink & Be Sherri. All rights reserved.Sherri Gallagher is a New Braunfels chef who grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where she began cooking at the age of
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VA Hijinks,
Shenanigans, Tomfoolery
There are quite a few things worth talking
about this week, but before some new scandal
completely removes the VA from the news, I
thought I would use this column to cover it.
Its sad that we have a system in place that
treats our honorable servicemen so poorly
that many die before they can get the medical
treatment they need, but its not surprising.Government does everything badly, and when
you combine that incompetence with perverse
incentives a tragedy was bound to occur.
The media is unlikely to cover this scandal
effectively primarily because there are several
aspects to it that need to be examined, and
none of them fit the comfortable narrative the
media likes to work with.
First is something that many
conservative writers have already talked
about at some length. What we see at the
VA is just a preview for what we will see with
Obamacare. Many liberals during the initial
healthcare reform debate held up the VA as
a shining example of a socialized medicine
success story. This is true in the same way
that many programs in the Soviet Union or
Communist China were success stories: the
government simply lies about the results until
they get caught.
Now that they have been caught, we can
see that a one-payer system is not one that serves
the patient best. As always, it is the customer
that receives services. In a single payer
system, the patient isnt the customer. Worse,
when the payer is the government, a mismatch
of power interferes with the normal economic
relationship between customer and provider.
The government has more power available to
them than just economies of scale. Providers
can be coerced into providing services that
dont make economic sense. When they are,
providers will either seek ways to cut corners
or get out of the market altogether. The patient
is left either with substandard care or no care
at all because of shortages.
This is what will happen with
Obamacare as well. Healthcare providers
forced to participate will look for ways to
offset costs. This will lead to a decrease in the
quality of the care provided. The alternative
option for providers is to get out of the system
entirely. We are already seeing this. Doctors
who are unwilling to work for a pittance or
compromise on their quality of care, are
leaving the profession.
The government has a last option that we
will no doubt see employed for both the VA
and Obamacare: spend more money. When
all else fails, the government inevitably throwsmoney at a problem, and this crisis will be no
different. When faced with the inability to get
services and angry taxpayers, the government
will offer to pay more. This will drive up costs
and lead to more waste.
The larger scandal in the VA story is the
fact that government workers were profiting
from what was happening. The problemof long waiting times for veterans was
something the government was aware of
since the Bush administration. In an attempt
to solve this problem, bonuses were offered
for shortening waiting times. Having no
way to avoid the basic laws of economics,
workers and supervisors colluded to create a
system where not all of the veterans waiting
for care were placed on line. A separate,
secret line was created, preventing the
records from showing any overflow. As a
result, they were given bonuses.
While this behavior is reprehensible,
criminal even, its probably worth understanding
that the bureaucracy was reacting at least in
part out of self-preservation. One can expect
that after the carrot, the stick would be quick
in coming out. There was no way to solve the
problem they were presented with, and I have
no doubt that many were convinced that they
would soon be held responsible for something
that was outside of their control.
As I suggested before, the next step in this
process will be to throw money at the problem.
Expect to see calls for more funding for the VA
soon. It wont matter that spending has already
been ramped up. It will be assumed that only
more funds will get results.
In some respect this is correct. If enough
money is spent, we probably will be able
to hire enough doctors and other provides
to decrease wait times, but it is also sure
that most of the additional money will be
wasted. Much of it will be eaten up in the
bureaucracy. Fraud and waste will also takea good-sized chunk. When all is said and
done, the costs will be far and beyond those
in the private sector.
Beware a call for vouchers from the
Republican side. This is almost certainly the
direction they will see as a solution. They
will forget that this is no different than the
low-interest loans that we offer for collegestudents. Government pumping money
into any market will only increase costs.
Vouchers offer a better solution than the
standard think-happy-thoughts-and-keep-
growing approach, but it is still a form of
market interference.
The way the administration has handled
this is shameful but also no surprise.
President Obama seems to ignore problems
until they become so large that they are
impossible to ignore. The VA seems to have
worked this way; after all, the problem
was specifically pointed out by the Bush
administration when Obama came into
office. Nothing was done until the media
uncovered that the system was so broken
that veterans were dying.
Once Obama was forced to address
the issue, he was far too slow to get
Shinsekis resignation, and he still has not
taken any real action. Part of this comes
from Obamas belief that he already has the
best people in place for the jobs they do. If
that is true, he would argue that there is little
to be gained by removing the person most
capable of solving the problem. We saw the
same attitude with Sebelius. Of course, it
might not be true that these people are the
best ones for the job, and regardless of how
smart the technocrat in question, Obamas
attitude simply ensures that there wont be
any accountability.
What Obama fails to understand is that
leadership requires accountability. Shinseki
was the head of the VA. The responsibility
for this failure is his for that reason alone.
Shinseki may not be the source of the
problem; it may even be true, as he says,
that he relied on people who deceived him.
None of that matters. There may be a good
many heads that need to roll at the VA, but
Shinsekis must be the first.
That has occurred now, but it is a little
late in coming. The truth is that there is no
way to solve the problem at the VA, but
that doesnt mean that people shouldnt be
held accountable. Shinseki has lost his job
already, now its time to get rid of everyone
who misled him, gave him bad advice, or
sought to cover this up. This can be followedup with the firings and criminal prosecutions
of anyone who sought to profit from filing
false reports.
There are others who should be punished
for this too, but their firings arent possible until
November 2014 and 2016.
You can read more from Kelly Colby at yourfirstshrug.blogspot.com.
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