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1st WordMike Reynolds yields this weekscolumn to former District OneCouncilman, Richard Zapata,
wit h delight ful resul ts .3
The Beer HunterWhen Mi tc he ll dri nk s,we al l le ar n so me th in g. 13
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Sound Out Of TownBecause Austin and San Antoniooccasionally have live music too.
SpoilersWe se e mo vi es so yo u do n t ha ve to .
The CountysMost WantedLook, Mommy! Daddys in the paper!
Ask a MexicanGustavo offends in two languages.
8Citizen SoundcheckThe ONLY guide of its kind forthe NB/SM Metroplex!
4Citizen Hottie
Reagan graces our lens.
Citizen on TourWh en in Ro me , se nd us a
picture to prove it.
6Music Sour Bridges drops a new one.
Advice fromUncle Esel
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El PitmasterWi th BB Q go d Er ne st Se rva nt es .
DiversionsKaraoke, trivia, pool tourneys,and such.7
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So Long City Hall
I am proud to have served the
people o my district and the
citizens o New Braunels,
mostly. I have to say that it
wasnt always easy and
in particular the last ew
years have proven not only
bad or the olks, but bad or my blood
pressure. I came into this as a novice politico
to ght a rezoning request or apartments.
Now, Im not like so many o the apartment
haters who just ght or ghtings sake. I rmlybelieve that we need apartments and diversity
in housing. My ght was because the roads
(Morningside and Rueckle) were awul and now
that they will be xed, my arguments are gone.
Needless to say, some o the ormer allies will
still ght it because they are concerned about
these types who rent. I know what some o
you mean by that and I resent it. Shame on you.
Now on to some observations:
ONE - Governments arent nice.
Dont interpret this as an indictment o
all the people in City Hall, the State, or even
Washington (well, maybe in Washington).
There are many wonderul people in City Hall
and I truly appreciate them or doing what
they do, but there are also some people that
are wonderul one-on-one that nonetheless
become part o the machine, and there are
some people, a small minority, that have no
business doing what they do.
You see, the institution o City Hall can
be a beast. Over the last ew years I have
witnessed lies, deception and manipulation. I
saw a select ew called the Kitchen Cabinet
manipulate a City Manager, sta, Council and
even the Chie o Police. How can I say this?
Because they did it with me too. I met withthem, I listened to them, and I agreed with the
need to x many issues, but I also heard them
and others viliy decent working class people.
They threatened business people with
eviction, and used strong-arm tactics to silence
voices. A ormer County ocial stopped talking
to me or speaking against the container ban
ater years o courting me or County Oce,
all because I realized that the City had ailedmost miserably on river management. He
called me a disappointment or our one and
only dierence o opinion. But, this
isnt the container ban driving me, as I
have oten said I could have voted or it i it
was the answer to all our problems. It was not.
No, I dont want to talk about the container
ban because its really about this:
TWO - Failed leadership
At the time o our greatest strie and
distrust, our Mayor just stuck her head in the
sand and reused to even discuss opposing
views. Her emails with ormer Council Member
Valentine and others clearly stated that she
was 100% behind Valentine and his pals, and
she never took any action to help bring downthe strie. Why? Because she is lazy.
Now she will go to all kinds o public
events and hold dozens o town halls, but as
ar as the democratic process is concerned,
shes lazy. Ive watched closely and when it
comes to discourse on public agenda items,
she has no patience or discussion, or most o
all dissention - and her eye rolls are requent.
For several years, when I think o the
Mayors style in meetings, I get a mental
image o the Staples easy button. Lets just
get through the meeting and not air any o the
Citys dirty laundry or oer up opinions and
alternatives. I think or at least a ew Council
Members, this makes it dicult or us to get to
the business o protecting the citizens.
It was most telling when, during a
discussion about our now ailed MPO and
transportation plan, another Council Membertalked about seeing the bigger picture and
her oten cited response came out. I dont
really care about the bigger picture. We see
it mayor, we see it. Similarly, when the topic
o closing down a re station serving the West
Side came up, the Mayor came through not
once, but twice with her other avorite line: Im
not really that concerned when asked about
closing the re station or at least two years.
Continued on page 15.
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Networking mixer at Uptown Piano Bar, co-sponsored by The Hungry
Gypsy. Thursday, May 30, 6 to 9pm.
SUNDAY COUNTRY DANCE
The Good Ole Boys Band will be playing great traditional country dancemusic at Geronimo VFW Post 8456, 6808 N Highway 123, on June 2, 3-6:30PM. Kitchen/doors at 2 PM. $7 donation. Always smoke ree and open to thepublic. Reservations available. For ino call 830-303-9903.
COUNTRY MUSIC SHOW AND DANCE
Geronimo VFW, 6808 N Highway 123, Geronimo, on Tuesday, June 4,
rom 7-10 PM. Adults $7 - 12 & under $3. This month eaturing Cajun fddlerYogi Baird, Diane Farley, and Jim Moorman, along with a antastic house band.Smokeree and always open to all. For reservations call Dorothy at 512-825-2180, or logon to thegatheringmusicshow.com.
GREASE IS THE WORD, YALL.
John Travolta was a big movie star, maybe the biggest star in the WORLD,and Olivia Newton-John was really old, like 30, when the two played randyteenagers in the flm adaptation o Broadways Grease. Go see it at the Brauntexas part o the New Braunels/Canyon Lake Association o Realtors scholarship
flm series on Thursday, June 6, at 7pm. Tickets are just $20 in advance and $25at the door. More ino at 830-625-6954. Note: I you saw Grease as a kid yourein or a ew surprises when you see the Greased Lightning number as an adult.
BENEFIT FOR WEST, TX
Spend Fathers Day at the River Road Ice House with live music, silentauction, live auction, and BBQ, all to beneft the West Fire Department and EMS.
All day, Sunday, June 16.
VOTE FOR PUPPY PLAYLAND
Through July 31: New Braunels Puppy Playland (NBPP) is a contestant inthe Bark or Your Park contest sponsored by PetSae, a pet-products frm.One lucky city will win the grand prize to spend on its dog park, and ourother cities will receive $25,000. New Braunels-area residents are asked to goonline and bark (vote) or unding or their citys dog park. To vote, visit www.petsae.net. Each voter may cast a ballot daily. Bark early and oten, olks. Forinormation on the uture dog park in New Braunels and on the Bark or YourPark contest, go to www.newbraunelsdogpark.com.
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Think youve got the brains, beauty, and marginal personality disorder ittakes to be the frst Miss TX Citizen? Check out the back page o this weeks TXCitizen or details on competing or the title. The winner will get hersel a rockina $595 pin-up photo shoot courtesy o Lisa on Location (lisaonlocation.com) as
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hire part time and/or ull time workers. Estatesale set up, sales operation, retail, urnituremovers, etc. Great un work environment, parttime, fex and ull time depending on ability,availability and experience. Great studentand summer jobs! Apply in person at 311FM306 Bldg.#2 New Braunels TX 78130.
Millennium Medi-SpaLarge, busy spa is looking or a registered
esthetician and a registered massage therapistor ull or part-time employment. Must be
dependable and energetic. Please call (830)608-9989 or more inormation.
Landmark LotsThe Landmark is accepting applications
or a ull time Leasing Consultant.Perorms leasing, marketing, customer
service and administrative duties, to include: Leases and markets vacant and upcomingapartments.
Completes all leasing paperwork. Compiles and processes applications orapproval.
Explains lease and all appropriateaddenda to new resident.
Walks apartments and reports all necessaryimprovements.
Assists with resident relations. Keys in all ees, deposits, and new leaseinormation.
Shows apartments to prospective leases. Accepts and completes Notice to Vacateorms.
Accepts rental payments. Other duties as assigned.
Please apply in person at the LandmarkLots oce, 144 Landa St, New Braunels.
AAA Bail Bonds IISeeking Oce Sta/On-Call Bond Agent.Please e-mail [email protected]
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The Mund Group - Property and CasualtyAccount Manager
This person will Assist the producer byhandling the marketing o new business andrenewal submissions including preparingapplications, surveys and other documentsor submission, selection o markets,negotiations with underwriters, preparationo proposals, processing o policies as well
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the reservation oce at Camp Huaco Springs.Must work the 3 major holiday weekends andhave excellent phone etiquette. Were superfexible with hours - part time or ull time, andwe can schedule around your needs. Seasonalwork only. Please stop by the RV Store onRiver Road to pick up an application. Wewould really like to hire some Scooter Storeemployees that have been laid o!
Mile High Yard Works is hiring ullor part time workers or un work outside!Kick the cubical! We are looking or Laborand a delivery driver. Contact Tommy at830-626-3455.
Eclipse Window Tinting is now hiring.Contact Aaron at 830-237-2267.
M4 Cleaning Services is hiring 6housekeepers or residential & commercialcleaning in New Braunels. $9.00/hour. Call210-386-6429
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I you havent heard o Sour Bridges yet, it
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quickly propel them to household name status
among Texas music acionados.
Comprised o guitarist brothers Bill and
Matt Pucci, along with Jack Bridges on bass,
Kat Mama Kat Fiddle Wilkes on strings and
Dalton Chamblee on percussion, Sour Bridges
is a tight browngrass (its like bluegrass,
just a lil dirtier) band that is sure to get you
out on the dance foor.Its not oten you see a local band put
out an album with 15 original songs, and
even less oten to be able to say that any one
o the 15 could be the lead track. Catsh
Charlie is that album.Right o the bat, Sour Bridges rocks the
speakers with the title track. It doesnt take long
to realize youre listening to something new. The
band takes traditional bluegrass, mows it down,
then replants it with seeds o rock-n-roll, Texas
olk and a little doo-wop. The end result is a new
branch o Americana thats sure to take root.
Proving theyre no one trick pony, the band
moves rom the rocking tracks o Catsh Charlie
and J-Train right into Midwie Crisis, with a richthree-part harmony and a crying ddle thats
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variety the band throws at listeners, you will be
hard pressed to pick a single avorite track.
Catsh Charlie hit the shelves on Tuesdaythe 28, but you can head out to the Ocial
Album Release Party this Friday, May 31, at
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E 4th St.) in Austin at 8pm. Clyde and Clems
Whiskey Business and All My Friends will be
opening up the show. Wear your dancing
boots, because you wont be leaving the foor.
Be sure to check the band out at
sourbridges.com, and go pick up Catsh
Charlie along with their rst LP, Workin OnLeavin, then get on up to A-Town this Friday.
You wont be disappointed.
MUSIC:By Chase Cochran
Sour BridgesCatfish Charlie
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This Week: The Mighty Tri-Tip!Theres no question that bee rules in Texas, especially steaks cowboy cut, ribeye, porterhouse,
and llet are all popular choices or grilling but or my money nothing beats the rich beey
favor o a grilled tri-tip.
The tri-tip roast comes rom the bottom o the sirloin. The cow exercizes this muscle more
than those near the loin, which means the meat isnt quite as tender as the major steaks, but with
a brie marinade and grilling to still-pink medium its the avorite o many serious carnivores.
Because its well marbled, its always juicy.
Pure bee favor is intensied when you give the bee a bit more dry aging in the ridge.
One to two days is perect, but the roast seems to benet rom just an overnight rest on a rack,
uncovered, in the coldest part or the rerigerator.
Remember that tri-tips are sold trimmed and untrimmed. This means the layer o at on oneside has been removed by the butcher. Dont be upset i its untrimmed when purchasing rom
places like Granzins, as theyll be happy to trim the at or you. I you preer to do it yoursel,
just use a sharp knie, and leave about inch o at on the meat. Most o it will melt o when
grilled and it improves the favor.
I like to use a two-step process, with an overnight marinade ollowed by a dry rub.
The next day pull it out o the marinade, pat dry, and apply dry rub. Make sure to let the
steak rest or 30 minutes ater putting the dry rub on, and then place the meat directly put on grill.
NOTE: My marinade (recipe below) is actually a wet rub made rom a ew simple ingredients,
and when it comes to dry rubs I really like Ritters Just Rub or Obie-Cues Beaumont (availablerom rittersbbq.com and obiecue.com, respectively).
For beeest results, I use western lump charcoal and western mesquite chunks when grilling
outside. Make sure your coals are completely leveled, at a temperature o between 400 to
500 degrees, and place the tri-tip on the grill or ve minutes on each side (until the internal
temperature is at 140 or medium rare although I preer 130 or a nice, juicy rare).
No outdoor grill? No problem. Just sear the roast on both sides in a non-stick rying pan, then
pop it into a 375 degree oven or about 30 to 45 minutes. One tri-tip is enough to eed 4-6 people.
Make sure that once the tri-tip is done to let it rest or at least 20 min beore slicing that steak.
Marinade - Enough for 4 pounds of Tri-Tip1/4 cup lemon juice
3/4 cup oil
1/8 cup white sugar
1/2 cup red wine vinegar
1 tbs black pepper
1/8 cup o your avorite steak seasoning
7 cloves garlic
Chop the garlic in a ood processor tted with a metal blade. Add
in the rest o the ingredients and blend until just mixed. Pour over
meat in a glass pan, making sure the marinade coats the entire
tri-tip, and cover. For best results, marinade or at least 6 hours or
overnight. Enjoy!
Ernest Servantes is the celebrity che behind The Burnt Bean Company, a
competitive BBQ team based in New Braunels. His fre-and-meat-based
skill set earned him national recognition when he captured the2012 Grill Masters Championship, and the accompanying
$50,000 grand prize, on the Food Networks Chopped.
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Fast and Furious VIOur anti-heroes keep a plane rom
taking o by tying it to their bitchin cars.Vin Diesel and The Rock live, but Han getskilled ater the credits. So stay until aterthe credits.
The Great GatsbyGatsby gets shot and hardly anybody
shows up to his uneral.
Java HeatScary bad-guy Mickey Rourke totally
gets killed. They make you think hes goingto get away, but then he gets killed.
Iron Man IIIBen Kingsley isnt the bad guy ater all
he just plays one on TV. The real bad guyis that reak that shows up in the elevator at
the beginning o the movie. Pepper lives, andStark blows all the suits up.
Pain & GainMarky Mark plays a greedy muscle-
head that, ater extorting loads o cash romMonk, tries to o him by getting him drunkand making him drive (like Rollin Hand didwith Cary Grant in North by Northwest!)Monk survives and gets justice. The RockBBQs somebodys cold, dead hands to burno the prints. Marky Mark and another guyget sent to death row. True story.
The Big WeddingNot worth spoiling as it already has
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Dear Uncle Esel,
How are the police chies
HUMMERS doing?
Tanks,
J
Dear J,
As weve said beore, despite a ormer
County Judge declaring a huge prostitution
problem, there is no evidence to substantiate...
oh wait, thats not what youre asking about
is it? You must mean the high water rescue
vehicles that the Chie wanted to add to his
substantial arsenal.
Well, the sel-declared expert on munitions
has not made a peep about them. We think
that i they had come in handy during this past
weeks rain events, there would have been a
huge press release to mislead the public on
what a great idea it was to accept these money-
pit vehicles rom the Feds. So ar we have
received no reports o any MacArthuresque
parades throughout the city in ull battle dress.Were more inclined to think that these
vehicles are sitting there loaded with gas
canisters at the ready to take out some uture
Facebook meme. Maybe we should put a
chalk mark on the tire.
Love, K
Uncle Esel,
A time back you wrote about the
unsae conditions on and around the
city plaza. I asked, and received a
police listing that shows 52 dierent
police reports o accidents (car, and
pedestrian) during the months rom
12/28/12 thru 3/02/13 in and around
the plaza area. I did not receive the
actual reports, as that is only available
or a ee o $5 per report, and I dont
have that kind o money or research.
My wie was one o the accident
victims o the crazy plaza trac
joke (not a very unny joke), and her
situation required 2 surgeries, an 8
titanium plate inserted with 10 bolts, 3
months o NO weight on it, 12 months
o physical therapy, and a still ongoing
inability to run, exercise, jump, or even
walk normally!
I am writing this to ask your opinion
as to whether you think that a person
would stand a snowballs chance in hell
o fling a legal action suit against the
city because o the unsae conditions
o that area. Tis is not about greedwhatsoever; but about that horrible
area, and the large number o accidents
that have already happened there, and
will continue to happen there.
A Concerned Citizen
Dear CC,
Im not a lawyer, so I wont weigh in on
the specics o your accident, but the City has
not ared well in lawsuits even though their
lawyers use doublespeak and sleight o hand
to make people think they do.
This plaza is a variant o a thing called a
roundabout, which is a very popular way o
handling busy intersections in many countries
in Europe and around the world. It is actually
saer (well, at least overseas) than a standard
our-way intersection and has the addeddistinction o being able to handle more than
our roads at an intersection.
What makes ours riskier are the ollowing:
We dont know how to use roundabouts in
America. For example, a car should not go
3/4 o the way around it in the outside lane.
Signals should be used, and once inside,
drivers should yield to trac already in the
circle as well as to cars on the inside lanewho are trying to get out o the circle. With
that said, we arent going to educate all o
America to do this any time soon.
There are recommended striping methods
that are designed or American roundabouts
that make it easier or drivers to understand
where they should be, but or some reason our
city reuses to use them. These striping schemes
would probably cut down on the number oaccidents. One simple solution is to just go down
Comal Street, as those people like to see all the
tourists anyway. Be sure to honk and wave oten.
Love, K
UNCLE ESEL
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ALEXANDRA RAYE
Female 503 120 lbsDOB: 11/05/1990
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By Gustavo Arellano
Dear Mexican: I went to a Los
Angeles Dodger game today and noticed
that they now have Doyer Dogs, which
are disgusting and covered in nacho
cheese, jalapeos and chili. Not that
it doesnt have potential, but this is
Dodger Stadium here, not a ood truck.
But my question: Do you think
that its more oensive to Latinos
(specifcally the Latino population o
Southern Caliornia/Los Angeles) to
advertise Doyer Dogs instead o just
calling them Mexican Hot Dogs? At the
game today, I thought that the Dodger
should do a better job embracing the
Latino community as real ans, instead
o Doyer Fans. I dont think this is a
popular opinion, but ater todays game
(which was my ourth this year,) I eel
like much o the notion about the bad
crowd at Dodger Stadium is just a
majority o white people in Los Angeles
being uncomortable in public around
large groups o Latinos.
I think some white people, who
are not part o a particularly multi-
cultural/ethnic community, might be
uncomortable taking their amily to
someplace like Dodger Stadium where
they might be in open seating with
people who dont look like them. You
think theres any validity in this?
Son o Steve Garvey
Dear Pocho: Far more oensive than any
perceived etymological aront is the Dodgers
eld perormance this season, and your all-
over-the-place question, which is as erratic as
Tommy Lasorda ater hearing a question about
Dave Kingman.
Lets parse through this: theres nothing
oensive about calling Mexican-themed hot
dogs Doyer Dogsits a nod to how Mexican
immigrants pronounced the Dodgers, and to their
children who grew up loving that pronunciation
because it showed that their parents were trying
to assimilate into this country.
There is no hope in said Doyer Dogi
the Dodgers were really smart, theyd realize
that Mexicans like their hot dogs wrapped in
bacon, topped with carne asada, and drizzled
with mayo, mustard, and Tapato hot sauce,
not pinche chili and nacho cheese. Youre right
about some gabachos being skittish to attend
Dodger games because o ethnic ear, but it
aint the pochos or wabs they dont like: its
the cholos who are loud throughout the game,
andlittle-known secret!a lot o the pochos
and wabs who are diehard Doyers ans dont
like those cholos, either.
CONFIDENIAL O:
The youngster in Ms. Fiedlers class at
Kepner Middle School in Denver who stole
my book. You got a cool teacher! She read
my book to your class, and you obviously
liked my libro so much that you wanted your
own copythats cool! But taking it rom your
maestra without her permission? Not cool. Iyou wouldve asked her, Im sure she wouldve
let you borrow it or as long as you want.
I dont want to get you in too much
troubleI stole a Beatles CD when I
was your age, and I know how school
administrators love to administer draconian
justice on young Chicanos or any reason.
You dont need a mark on your young lie,
especially over my book.
But I need you to man upstealing stu
puts our raza down, and is disrespectul to Ms.
Fiedler. So tell you what: return my book to her
and coness your sin to her. Shell punish you
the way she sees t, shell let me know once
thats done, and Ill send you an autographed
copy o my libro or learning your lesson and
or taking responsibility. Sale vale? I know
youll do the right thing, son: now, make your
Mexican proud.
Ask the Mexican at [email protected], be his an on Facebook,ollow him on Twitter @gustavoarellano
or ask him a video question at youtube.com/askamexicano!
ASK A MEXICAN!!
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Guadalupe Brewings Rye IPA
Note: This article frst appeared in Volume
One, Issue Three o the TX Citizen.
Leaping rom last weeks review o
Guadalupe Brewing Companys Texas Honey
Ale and my diatribe on the importance o bees,
I think it would be helpul to review another one
o their brews. Its another one o their consistent
tap handles that are easier to nd than their
special release stu, with this a permanent
xture at Oma Gruenes Secret Garten. Dont
worry, I wont get on a big rant about how the
world hinges on the prolieration o rye... or atleast a ew more sentences.
Ive noticed that rye beers have always
stood out to me as pretty good. The Finnish
Sahti beer is made with malted rye, and the
dark, grainy favor has always been one I like
in a drinking type situation, not to mention
that it goes quite well with its sister ood,
pumpernickel or rye bread. I mean, i you
want to talk about beer pairings with ood,
this one is baby-town rolics. Its as obvious
as pairing a chocolate cake with a chocolate
stout, or skittles and a macro adjunct lager, or
a high-gravity malt liquor with a second can
o high-gravity malt liquor. Heck, why do you
think bums love to pair the two so much? Why
do you think some liquor stores will shrink wrap
three o them together? Its just good science.
Now, your mileage may vary when it
comes to a rye India pale ale, rather than a
rye alone. When it comes to pairing IPAs, the
pairings have quite a range: bee, Thai ood,
bualo wings, sh, shrimp; big favor, spicy,
bland, pretty much everything but dessert pairswell. Note: spicy things can have their capsaicin
kick amplied by an IPA bitterness, so only pair
i you consistently nd yoursel reaching or
the pepper sauce. So, what could reconcile
these two pretty dierent favor proles? Well,
let us think or a minute: what can you use or
rye or pumpernickel and also go along with
something or the IPA? The answer is obvious!
A delicious Reuben sandwich on rye! One with
a nice, big portion o bee, spicy mustard, and
o course, rye bread. Thankully Oma Gruenes
had one on the menu. Good stu.
Once I got my sandwich and my mug o
Rye IPA, and I was ready to roll. It pours a
nice light brown amber, with just a bit o a
wet white head. The nose was, in typical IPA
ashion, strong with hops. There was a denite
herbal quality to it, like a resh, resinous
coriander or oregano. Also a good bit o pine,
maybe even citrus. I was surprised at the level
o complexity in the nose alone, but I think the
taste is what stands out.
You get the really complex, beautiulbouquet o the hops, but the rye also comes
out to some eect in the malt. It is a kind o
bready, spicy tinge in an otherwise sweet malty
background. Really, it would be an amazing
IPA even without the rye, but the addition o it
really gives it that extra uniqueness to it. IPAs will
tend to ignore the notion o an interesting malt
prole, but I think making it a rye adds a good
patch to it. Guadalupes is superb, and I would
recommend a try or anyone, IPA lover or not.
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you have to move your business at the end oyour lease. Conservative town, liberal tactics.
To make matters worse, the Mayor had atown hall-type meeting just our days earlier,
Manager that realizes that role and will lead thesta without being an autocrat. I insisted that
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Continued rom page 3.
While the Mayors lack o empathy and
consideration o any opposing viewpoints is
legendary, the Council, including mysel, bear
blame also, or allowing the condition to exist
or so long. For years, I believed we were setting
the agenda or what happened in the city, but
it wasnt real. We were merely rubber-stamping
most o the agenda o the City Manager and it
took a long time or all o our eyes (or at least
ve o us) to open and see that change was
due. For me it was two years past due.
THREE Unbalanced consideration.
A ew groups have been very adept at
targeted email campaigns. Like clockwork, you
can nd the trigger dates on any controversial
issue and see the very ocused barrage. Now,I will be the rst to deend this tactic as it is
part o reedom o speech, but when a Council
Member says they just add up the number o
emails or and against a subject to decide
what side o an issue they are on... well, do I
really have to say more?
Now, Im not a power broker in this city.
I dont own a business here and I dont have
any property other than my modest house, sowhen a kind person who I always envisioned
as one o those power brokers was in obvious
ear because he was having a problem at City
Hall, I was foored.
Here was a man that I assumed would have
no problems with any request he made, but he
wasnt in the inner sanctum. It was this, and
the targeting o two riends who are nancially
secure individuals that ound themselves on the
hit-list, that made me realize how the system
could devastate people like me.
How could people with great nancial
resources be ostracized, and what o the
common guy or gal without the nances to
deend against such attacks? What I realized
then was the inherent reason that most people
just decide or are orced to deal with it and
keep quiet. Justice can sometimes have a price
way beyond most o our means.
FOUR - Disagree with the power brokers
and get attacked.
I mentioned some already, but the strie
weve seen in the last two years hurt people,
and damaged a ew marriages. Some wealthy
property owners actually showed up and ordered
tenants to take down their political signage, but
only or messages that were objected to by thelandlord all others could stay up. The message
was clear: Do as I say or you will pay big when
When the upstart NB Citizen dared to
have an opposing opinion, they were targeted.
I was on the phone with an NB Citizen delivery
driven as they were stopped and told they
might have an emissions violation. In less than
20 minutes a State inspection revealed the
vehicle met all legal requirements to operate.
One trac stop had an ocer tell the driverthey stopped them to say that they would cite
them or littering i the driver were to miss the
driveway with a paper. Now ask yoursel this:
how many times you know o someone being
pulled over or driving the speed limit and
given a warning that they would cite you i you
happen to speed down the road? It happened.
I was irate by this point to see our
city STOMPING on the First Amendmentand only ater a scathing email about the
First Amendment and a demand or the
resignation o the City Manager did it nally
stop. And, as in so many cases, the City said
everything was on the up and up, and that
there were no problems here. I disagree. I
love our ocers and I know most o them
would not engage in this, so I have always
wondered where this came rom.
FIVE - Deception or outright lies.
The river issues and the EARIP were two
separate issues. When they suddenly got
mixed together in discussion to the point that
they almost seemed dependent on each other,
red fags started going o. Then, suddenly, the
man in charge o the EARIP, Dr. Gulley, had
private meetings with many o us on Council.
To say he was worried would be anunderstatement as he lobbied us to make sure
that we all knew that certain proposals, most
notably a certicate o inclusion requirement
or river businesses, were not coming rom
the EARIP group and that they were there
because the City Manager wanted them
there. This illustrated the decades long pattern
o intimidation, harassment and a very high
amount o extra attention put on just onesegment o the business community.
For me it culminated when Watershed
Manager Nathan Pence stood beore us and,
under direct questioning, lied about critical
habitat (he would claim he misspoke). Now
at this point I want to point out that when I
say lie, it is a proessional opinion as I am
a Certied Forensic Interviewer and I make
my living in part by determining truthul anduntruthul statements during investigations. Ive
been doing this work since 1995.
and correctly stated the matter o there being
no critical habitat in the area Pence now
declared as such. Later that week the Herald-
Zeitung carried a correction, but it came only
ater a prolonged conversation in which I had
to battle while she sat in silence.
People, this is rom the inside that I have
seen this. You should know because thishas been happening since the 1980s. I can
honestly tell you that we spend so much time
on this issue that we let many other things go
unattended and you deserve better than this. It
is because o poor timing and planning that we
are now orced to join the San Antonio MPO
instead o having our own. In 2011 the river
issue took up so much time that there can be
no denying that sta lost time they could havespent on many more problems that plague the
city. YOU SHOULD DEMAND BETTER.
As bad as it is, there are many more
things I just cant put in here, a virtual books
worth. But, as bad as it sounds, there are also
many successes and many great stories. In a
turnaround vote (thanks Digges and Goodner
or your ull support) we got a 7-0 vote to keep
Fire Station Two open. We added the Westside
Community Center to the citys acilities,
and the library has established outstanding
programs there. In recent weeks we took great
strides in our permitting process.
We took a strong stance against a
natural gas acility and all the bad that
comes with it (again thanks Digges and
Goodner). Though somewhat controversial,
we have removed properties rom he food
plain as well as purchased land in the foodplain. We also ound the strength to widen
Seguin Avenue at the railroad underpass. I
am proud to have personally brought a real
hotline to the City, as it is the workers in
the City who I seek to represent, and not a
bureaucratic process.
So though it sounds like I am most harsh
on the city I served in, I am not. There are
some recent improvements, but the City as anorganization is not a humble servant o the
people. I am so mortied when I see national
stories about the IRS scandals, the Department
o Justice and the trampling o the First
Amendment, and the countless other stories o
our Federal government not doing right by the
people, and nd that there have been parallel
stories, albeit at a smaller, local level here.
Many o the people are working hard oryou and want to be servants, but it will take a
stronger Council than in the past and a new City
the description or the search or a new City
Manager include the term servant leader, but
now it remains to the Council to hire right. We
deserve it. So that last bit o harsh reality:
SIX - Us. Me. You.
Time to look in the mirror. I ailed or many
years by not questioning the status quo and bybeing a cog in the machine. I was expertly
manipulated when I got there, but I own it
mysel and I apologize to all o you.
Us, Me, and You must get up and get
in it. Start by learning the issues and gain
perspective rom all sides. Too many leaders
are insulated and only listen to their circle o
riends, partners and acquaintances. Dont be
the same. We can get by without petitions andreerendums i we do a better job o getting it
right. We get it right more oten by listening
more. And most importantly, on Election Day,
you have to get up, get o the couch, put down
that rake, delay the lake and VOTE.
Vote or a dierence maker and not or
the guy with the most buildings and biggest
campaign budget, because that tradition hasnt
worked so well. Then ater that, you have to
show up when something matters. I have some
experience in this so let me tell you, some o the
people who want their way and do get out and
do send tons o emails count on you being on
that couch and in the yard or at the lake and
not being involved. They think they know better
than you what is best or you, and by golly, they
will decide it or you. I you got a problem with
that you know what to do about it - now do it.
Richard Zapata
Former District One City Councilman
Zapata Surfng YouTubewith Mayor Pospisil in 2011
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