VOLUME FOUR I S S U E 35 08.27 . 1 5 VOLUME FOUR ISSUE 35 08.27.15 Rogers on County Budget | Freeman on Sports | Colby on Creeping Socialism PLUS: 7 DAY NEW BRAUNFELS LIVE MUSIC GUIDE PLUS: 7 DAY NEW BRAUNFELS LIVE MUSIC GUIDE "Is it ignorance or apathy? Hell, I don't know and I don't care." — Jimmy Buffett $2,438,046.79 HEB Agrees to Build New Store in Exchange for 1.5 Million Tax Dollars How magnanimous. PLUS: The Golf Cart Menace! First Word, Page 3 LINECRUSHERS returns SEPT 9 @ X o o O o o HAPPY COW BAR & GRILL
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City Hall Tech FailHere’s a peek behind the newsroom curtain for y’all: We don’t actually go to City Council meetings anymore. The City has a live video feed from Council Chambers, which allows us to sit at the office in relative comfort without having to park, sign in, go through a metal detector, shake hands with people we don’t like/don’t like us, not have access to a copious supply of sweet tea, and be quiet. At this week’s meeting, the guys in the tech booth over there screwed up so bad that it derailed this column.
The sound often drops out of the feed, and we expect that several seconds at a time. This week, it didn’t drop, but the sound was so overdriven that much of the meeting was unintelligible. We put a short video clip up on our Facebook page at Facebook.com/txcitizen so you can enjoy the same experience we did. This is a direct result of City Hall’s tech department:
A) Not running a sound check. Every privately employed A/V guy knows you run a sound check before going live. Government A/V guys clearly have a different standard.
B) Not monitoring the live feed. Sure, everything sounds great in Council Chambers, but that’s a different situation. In radio and television, engineers not only listen to what’s happening in the studio, they also have a radio or TV tuned to the broadcast so they can hear/see what the audience does. Is it too much trouble for those guys to login to nbtexas.org with a laptop or smartphone to see what’s actually going out? Yes, it is.
We had intended to give you the arguments and details put forth by Council and City Staff regarding the Golf Cart Menace and the 1.5 million dollars HEB is getting for building their new Super HEB out by Creekside. HEB, in case you’re not familiar with the company, is a Texas-based grocery store chain that apparently needs 1.5 million tax dollars in order to build on land it’s been sitting on for years. Here’s the deal with that:
If HEB wants to build a store on its land and make millions of dollars selling its wares to the local populace, let it. If it would rather sit on that land and pay taxes on it year after
year, LET IT. Let HEB do whatever HEB decides is in their best interest.
They don’t need $1.5 million in public money to do it. It’s not a park. It’s a private business. And they aren’t exactly hurting.
Anyway, as for the Golf Cart Menace, most of the people that use them are the Forbidden Islanders of Booneville Avenue, who allow their nine-year old kids to drive them on public roads, all willy-nilly, this-way-and-that, to and fro the Forbidden Island and maybe Landa Park if they feel like slumming. Whatever that law turned out to be, we really don’t expect any change in Islander behavior. Laws don’t apply down there. They do what they want - just ask ‘em!
This concludes the news portion of this week’s column. I was going to post results from Monday Night Raw here, since the sound on that show worked and it’s what I watched instead of the Council meeting, but we all decided to run a plug which you may have read before. It’s totally cool to read it again.
Hide Your Kids. Hide Your Wife. The Mic is Going Live Again.As most of you know, I come from radio, first out of SoCal and later, right here at KGNB/KNBT. I kind of fell into this print thing by accident. Prior to taking on this column, print always seemed mundane to me, because traditional, daily newspapers are written for the frail and infirm. Microphones, however, are consistently inviting, because, unlike print, nobody can stop you from saying something until it’s way too late. And because the sound of my own voice is my fifth favorite thing.
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County Passes BudgetComal County Commissioners approved a $77 million budget for 2016, likely without increasing the tax rate. The County also set the date for a bond election to build a new jail.
County Judge Sherman Krause’s proposed budget, which was $7 million more than last year’s budget, was passed by the Commissioners Court with some changes.
“After the budget was presented, we found some mistakes totaling about $113,000,” Krause said. “When those corrections were made, it lowered the proposed budget by that amount.”
The County Judge also said there was a proposed amendment to increase funds to parks to $450,000 from $300,000. There were also changes to supplements, which will primarily affect district judges.
“I think this year we fulfilled a lot of needs but we’re very behind in a lot of ways, so the catch-up game is a painful one,” said District 4 Commissioner Jen Crownover. “But that’s what we’re faced with, so we had to make some tough decisions. We added a lot to the Sheriff’s Office and added staff to several different offices, and those offices will be well served by that.
“I think what we did was smart for all, a prudent stewardship of our taxpayers’ money,” she said.
The Sheriff’s Office is by far the largest recipient of County funds, budgeted for $16 million next year. Of the total $7 million budgetary increase for 2016, $3.6 million will go to 16 new employees and replacement equipment, according to a County news release. All Comal County employees will also see a three-percent wage increase for the coming year.
One budget cut hit Crownover personally as Commissioners voted to kill the newsletter she sends to her constituents.
“I was only asking for $1,000 out of a $77 million budget,” she said. “I primarily distribute it electronically, there are very few that are actually sent by mail. When my constituents contact me, it is usually after they read something in the newsletter. So the decision was not only insulting but such a disservice to our community.”
While Crownover describes her own complaint as a “quibble,” she did note that it flies in the face of the County Court’s own assessment that the public is dissatisfied over how the County distributes information.
Commissioners also set a bond election for November 3 to raise $76 million to build a new jail, which would house 589 inmates. The new facility would be constructed to allow for future expansion to 900 beds if necessary.
The current Comal County Jail is 30 years old, is almost at full capacity (sometimes forcing Comal to send prisoners to Guadalupe County) and requires a great deal of upkeep. At $9.75 million, the jail is the second largest recipient of budget funds. Of that, building and equipment maintenance is slated to run $220,000 and improvements are expected to cost $160,000.
The bond would be paid for with a one-cent hike in the tax rate (about $20 per year on a $200,000 home), according to a County news release.
The budget for 2016 is expected to be paid for without an increase in the tax rate, Krause said.
“During the public hearing on the tax rate, we discussed adopting the same rate we currently have – $0.345721 per $100 of valuation,” the County Judge said. “The proposed tax rate was an increase of $0.0028, but we discussed that since we have a very healthy reserve, we could fund any needed increases out of the reserves.”
However, Krause noted, that although the County rate will stay the same doesn’t mean people will necessarily see a lower tax bill next year, since many homes have seen an increase in property values. The increased valuation, though, does allow the County to raise near the same amount of funds without a tax rate hike.
“It looks like we’re going to be able to keep the rate at where it has been,” Crownover said. “The very small difference between that and a tax raise can be pulled out of the general fund so that the rate can stay the same. Plus, valuations are up in certain places and so is new construction. We’re very blessed for that and it allows us to do a bit more.”
A vote on the tax rate is scheduled for September 3.
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Continued from page 3. Back in the Pospisil Era (2012-13), I
used to satisfy my radio jones with a daily podcast called Citizen Radio, which worked as a companion product to the print edition of the TX Citizen. I eventually shut that project down because those few minutes of audio gold took two to three hours a day to properly research, write and produce, and running this here newspaper doesn’t allow for that kind of luxury when it comes to time. It was cutting into my yoga, and I was lucky if I could carve out maybe even 90 minutes for lunch.
Well, guess what? Daddy’s going back into the podcast business. Oh yeah. And it’s going to be sweet. Say “Howdy” to the Texas News Grinder with Mike Reynolds. Tasty.
This new show will run once a week, and be available on demand, right there on your smart phone and your iTunes and whatnot. And we’re going to bundle it with the digital edition of the TX Citizen. You can avail yourself of it free, or you can pay for it. If you want to get it free for the first year, send us an email at [email protected] and we’ll put you on the guest list. You can even leave the subject line blank, we don’t care. If you insist on paying for the News Grinder (and TXC online), you can wait until launch, at which time it’ll cost you about 50 bucks per six months.
We’d rather you sign up now for free, not because we don’t love your money, but because all those pre-launch subscriptions will allow us to shake down a sponsor. Heh. #capitalism
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And if you’re serious about riding on our coattails, throw down $1000 or more and get THREE stickers, the “Presented/Made Possible By” mentions AND promo on the weekly full page ad in the TX Citizen for a FULL FLIPPIN’ YEAR. Yeah, that’s right. A whole year. Whoa dang. I’m bleeding out of my eyes and wherever.
Rest assured, those numbers aren’t even close to what we’ll be charging after we go live. Oh, goodness no. No, no. Latecomers to this party are going to pay dearly for a place on the bandwagon. Send us an email at [email protected] to get yourself a slice of this action.
BONUS: Every time we do one of these cash drives, for Open Records Requests to berate City Hall or some such thing, a certain number of people come forth and say “Hey, I really love what you do. Take this pile of money, but leave my name out of it.” These are usually members of the Chamber of Commerce, or elected officials, or local government employees, or people that live near the Forbidden Island. I want those folks to know that, yes, we will take your money, and yes, we will keep our stupid moufs shut about where it came from. We won’t turn you in to Michael Meek or the scary lady from the Island with the 80s-era video camera.
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eQuality’s Caregiver Co-opTo make the decision that we or a loved one needs care support is a dreadful one to make. But if that unfortunate decision has to be made, we all want someone who can help make that process easier.
New Braunfels, indeed all of Comal County, has a large population of elderly and retirees, so there is a need for home care, even if its just to help with some of the menial but necessary chores that can become difficult as we age, or possibly impossible if we’re disabled.
In business just six months, eQuality Home Care may be the newest kid on the field, but it is quite a different operation in that eQuality is the first licensed caregiver-owned co-op in Texas.
“Being licensed means that we are regulated by the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS),” said administrator Pete Goodwin. “We have a license and are audited periodically and everything has to be securely documented.”
The business model is unique and there are only 5-6 such similar operations in the entire United States. Unlike other operations where the profits go to the administrators or owners, eQuality splits it profits (after administrative costs are covered) amongst its employees based upon how many hours they worked during the year. The caregivers are paid $10.20 per hour and, at the end of the year, they receive a profit-sharing check.
Besides being good for employees, eQuality is also good for clients because the company can charge less for its many services, said alternate administrator Cindy VanEpps.
“We provide non-medical services, such as transportation, meal preparation, assistance getting around in their homes,” VanEpps said. “We can’t dispense medicines from a prescription bottle, but we can do medication reminders. Mostly we are there to just help ensure that people are able to continue to live independently either in their own homes or in assisted living centers.”
Most people who call on eQuality’s services usually just need help around the house.
“Probably the biggest need is just household upkeep because when you get to 84-years-old,
it gets hard to push that vacuum around, clean the toilet and shower,” Goodwin said. “We also prepare meals, especially for men who have lost a spouse and have never cooked in their lives, and are only eating TV dinners. We can help them get back onto a healthy diet.”
The caregivers at eQuality can also help people get around their homes, do laundry, help with paperwork, shower assistance, incontinence care, dressing, care for dementia and, importantly, offer some companionship.
“Depression is a big problem with aging and will manifest itself in the person no longer preparing meals, not taking care of personal hygiene or the home,” VanEpps said. “We offer some companionship as well as being an extra set of eyes and ears for the family.”
Depression is common among seniors and the disabled, often because the person feels isolated, Goodwin noted.
“They don’t get out anymore, they don’t feel comfortable driving, or they have a bad knee or hip, or their friends have passed away or moved,” he said. “Sometimes, an elderly person will then self-isolate and become anxious. Just having a caretaker there for companionship, even if just for a few hours per day, can really make a big difference. A little bit of social contact goes a long way.”
The caretakers, however, do much more than provide companionship.
“They are there to take care of business,” Goodwin said. “They are there to keep that household clean and functional, see to it that the senior is dressed and well fed, and makes it to doctors’ appointments, take their medications, or get the sheets changed on the bed.”
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Another week in the books! Let’s get right to it.MLB WEEK IN REVIEW: Well hot damn
Houston. I spent all of last week lamenting how much the Astros had been slipping lately due to their hot-garbage on the road. Put them back in Minute Maid Park and PRESTO! Houston went 7-3 during its most recent home stand, a stretch that featured the team’s first single-pitcher no-hitter (thrown by Mike Fiers against the Dodgers last Friday) since Darryl Kile threw a no-no versus the Mets at the Astrodome in 1993. To give you an idea just how long ago that was, the Houston Oilers played in the Astrodome four days later.
In their sweep of the Dodgers, the Astros beat NL Cy Young candidate Zach Greinke and won a game started by last year’s NL Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw the following day. Four of the seven wins were walk-off victories. Just a phenomenal home stand… and on the first game of their six game road trip on Monday night, Houston lost at New York 1-0. Watching the Astros at home is like Christopher Nolan’s Batman films and watching them on the road is like Joel Schumacher’s.
Meanwhile the Texas Rangers have gone from two games under .500 on August 12 to five games over .500 going into this week and currently hold the second AL Wild Card spot. They’ve been the anti-Astros in doing this too: Texas actually has a losing record at home but has won 36 road games, more than any other team in the majors as of Monday night.
WEEK AHEAD: Well, the Rangers play six games at home this week and the Astros play six on the road. So much for all of that.
NFL WEEK IN REVIEW: The Dallas Cowboys are going to be really good again this year if for no other reason than because the NFC as a whole just isn’t that strong. Start with Dallas’ division: even though the Philadelphia Eagles added ex-Cowboy running back DeMarco Murray, the Eagles have no receivers to speak of, the defense is suspect at best and their quarterback Sam Bradford has the durability of a dollar store laptop. The New York Giants have a sensational receiver in Odell Beckham Jr. but scream 8-8 and Washington is a train wreck of a franchise.
Around the rest of the NFC, Green Bay is the darling of the North but the Packers are now without their best wide receiver after Jordy Nelson’s unfortunate injury, the reigning “champion” of the NFC South is Carolina (7-9 last year) and in the West there’s Seattle (again) followed by a bunch of question marks.
With that said (and with the talent they have back) there’s no reason to believe the Cowboys shouldn’t finish in the top 3 of the NFC this season with a decent chance at a first round bye… as long as nothing happens to Tony Romo. Romo threw all of one pass in Dallas’ preseason game at San Francisco and the Cowboys’ other three quarterbacks (Brandon Weeden, Jameil Showers, Dustin Vaughn) went 17 of 38 throwing three picks and took four sacks. Ye gods. If Romo misses any significant playing time this season you’ll start hearing Cowboys fans reminiscing about the days of Quincy Carter.
As for the Houston Texans, they lost to Denver 14-10 on Saturday and the only touchdown they scored came from the defense. Quarterback Brian Hoyer went seven of 11 for 52 yards and was sacked twice. Two days later, he was named as the Texans’ starting quarterback for the season opener. At least he’s not Brandon Weeden.
WEEK AHEAD: Dallas hosts Minnesota on Saturday and the Texans are at New Orleans on Sunday. The regular season can’t get here soon enough.
Fortunately, the high school football season starts this week to give us some meaningful football to follow. New Braunfels gets to show off its new scoreboard against Alamo Heights, Canyon’s got Cedar Ridge at home, Smithson Valley plays historic Midland Lee and Canyon Lake plays its annual rivalry game against Blanco.
Until next week, enjoy your Friday night!
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By Gustavo Arellano
Dear Mexican: I recently received the biography of Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Woods. While reading about his friendship with Jimi Hendrix, I came to a part in which Ronnie describes Jimi as part black, Cherokee and Mexican. I’ve always read about Jimi’s grandmother being Cherokee, but this was the first I read about him being Mexican. I Googled Hendrix’s name with the word “Mexican” and received many hits. Is this another mentira originated by Mexicans, like Anthony Quinn’s supposedly real last name being Quintana??
El Habrano
Dear Wab: Man, the locuras some people believe and repeat, ¿qué no? I’ve seen mentions of Hendrix’s supposed Mexican heritage everywhere from the aforementioned Ronnie: The Autobiography to mainstream American newspapers to even the bloody BBC. But don’t believe what you find on the Internet—it’s only good for dailyrotten.com and reading my column. I have no idea why or when people began believing Hendrix was part-wab, but the rumor’s been around since at least the late 1990s. The closest I can peg him to possessing any Mexican roots is gracias to Charles R. Cross’ 2005 book, Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix. In it, Cross cites an interview Hendrix once gave in which he remembered how one grandmother gave him a “little Mexican jacket with tassels” when he was a child—and little Jimi was ridiculed for wearing it. Also, Cross found a Hendrix diary entry that makes mention of his “Mexican mustache.” Cross’ bio is a must-have for any music fan, since it’s the best of the many Hendrix books out there, and he also gives the most thorough genealogy of Hendrix’s family I’ve seen, going back through both sets of grandparents—the guitarist did indeed possess gabacho, negrito, Canadian and Cherokee blood, but no Mexican sangre whatsoever.
Mexicans claiming a major historical figure as one of their own is nothing nuevo. I’ve read that Thomas Alva Edison was from Zacatecas, that Walt Disney was the bastard child of a Mexican, and that Jessica Alba wants her baby to be Mexican. Wishful thinking all of it, just like the many gabachos who insist a Cherokee princess is in their
family tree (never mind that the Cherokees had no royalty). In fact, the only crypto-Mexican who has ever panned out is also the most unlikely—Ted Williams. Yep, America: Teddy Ballgame’s mami was Micaela Venzor of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
My co-worker Maria and I are having a disagreement about the meaning of the word gringo. Would you be able to tell us the true meaning and street meaning of gringo?
Veritas vos Liberabit
Dear Gabacho: I think you and Mary are having the wrong discussion. Even the dumbest gabacho knows gringo is a pejorative Mexicans use against Americans, one nowadays so harmless even gabachos call themselves gringos. What ustedes are probably trying to determine is the word’s origins. The Mexican usually consults the Royal Spanish Academy’s dictionary for such queries, but even the world’s foremost body of español has no clue—its entry describes the etymology as “disputed.” Here’s what we know: Gringo did not originate during the Mexican-American War as a result of—take your pick—the invading Yankees wearing green coats and the terrified Mexicans shouting “Green, go!” at them, or because said soldiers sang either “Green Grows the Lilacs” or “O Green Grow the Rushes” while trampling Santa Anna’s armies. Both explanations are self-serving urban legends repeated by gabachos who get a perverse pleasure out of dominating all aspects of Mexican life, from former territories to our women to even our slurs for ustedes. Besides, etymologists can date gringo in Spain centuries before the Mexican-American War, in the context of referring to strangers. Some say it’s a corruption of griego (Greek, the classic Western European ethnicon for something that makes no sense), while others claim it referred to Irish immigrants in Madrid. Whatever its genesis, the Mexican recommends not using gringo, as it’s an antiquated term like Celestial or greaser, and one should always maintain an up-to-date Rolodex of Racism.
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On Creeping Socialism and EducationThe campaign of Bernie Sanders has brought
socialism back into the national conversation.
This isn’t particularly surprising. Sanders
openly identifies as a democratic socialist,
and even the liberal media recognize that
the “socialist” label is something that will
come up in the general election. To Sanders
credit, he is not shy about expressing his
beliefs. He is both open and honest about
how he sees the world; I think this accounts
for a good amount of his popularity. The
problem is much of what Sanders believes
is wrong, and his ideas have the potential to
do quite a bit of damage.
First, there seems to be a good amount
of confusion about what socialism is.
Current definitions argue that it is a form
of government where “the people as a
whole” own the means of production. “The
people as a whole” used to be referred
to as government in my recollection, and
it is government that ends up holding the
reins regardless of the euphemisms used.
More important is the fact that socialism, in
Marxist theory, is just an intermediary step
to communism.
Also important is that the term “means
of production” is remarkably vague. Under
communism it’s used to mean just about
everything, including money. Hardcore
socialists generally take it to mean business
of all types. And, democratic socialists, as
Sanders is quick to insist he is, limit the definition
to important industries. In practice, none of
this matters because once government begins
down the path of socialism, it’s rare for it to
turn around on its own. Eventually, all business
is sufficiently important to need controlling
by government. Democratic socialism may
operate at a creeping pace, but the intent is
still to get to utopic communism in the end.
Communism has been almost entirely
discredited as an ideology, but socialism
still has a good number of adherents, many
of them Bernie Sanders supporters. Most of
them point to Europe, and suggest that there
are many democratic socialist success stories.
I suppose this depend on one’s definition of
success. Much of Europe is in the process
of melting down economically, and the fact
that some countries have had greater success
than others at keeping their governments in
check hardly means that those governments
won’t eventually either fall apart or turn on
their own people.
Venezuela provides an excellent look at
a truly socialist country. Venezuela’s troubles
began with the simple nationalization of
the country’s oil reserves. Chavez used
the country’s oil wealth to buy himself
unprecedented political support and power.
This allowed him to extend his reach into the
“means of production.” This spelled economic
disaster for the country. Chavez is gone, but
his legacy remains: a government ineptly
trying to bend the laws of economics to its
will and the hyperinflation that results from it.
But, we don’t need to go to Venezuela
to find problems with the ideas espoused
by Sanders and his followers. Critics in the
United States called Obamacare socialized
medicine and were mocked for their trouble.
They weren’t far off of the textbook definition,
though. Government regulation is government
control, and Obamacare was a vast
expansion of government’s regulatory power
with regards to healthcare. The vast influx
of government money into our healthcare
system has only further increased costs, and
only resulted in the left calling for actual
nationalization of the healthcare industry.
That Sanders wouldn’t have bothered with
the intermediary step makes him more honest,
but it doesn’t make him any more right.
Sanders is currently calling for “free”
college for all. This may not be an overt
takeover of higher education, but the
distinction is a minor one. Were government
to provide full-funding to college students
even in only public institutions, the result
would be complete government control: he
who holds the gold makes the rules. For any
candidate other than Sanders, this would
be just another campaign promise that was
not intended to be kept, but I don’t doubt
Sander’s commitment to this idea. He sees
education, like healthcare, as a right, and
because of this, he feels it’s too important to
be left to the private sector.
Should Sanders get his way on this,
the effect is predictable. A recent Federal
Reserve study found that increases in funding
passed through to raise tuition at a rate of
about 65 percent. Spending at the levels that
would be required to make college education
“free” for all would result in massive tuition
increases, just as we’ve seen costs rise under
Obamacare. (Not shocked by how expensive
“affordable care” has become? Just wait.
More increases are coming.) Unfortunately
price increases won’t be the end of things.
Creeping socialism does more than
just creep its way into more and more
industries. It creeps its way to economic
catastrophe in its attempts to perfect what
it sees as market defects. Venezuela took
their ride to the end of this road on a rocket
sled, but going slower won’t change the
very predictable course to ruin. Things
always begin with simple and sometimes
reasonable regulation. Once regulation
has been established as proper, regulation
increases until the forces of the market have
less control on the industry than those of
the regulation. Prices increase for several
reasons at this point. Some of those reasons
are purely economic, but incompetence
almost always comes into play as well.
Out of control prices result in a complete
government takeover of the industry, which
results in more price increases. Eventually,
price controls are called for. Rationing
comes next, and the rationing will continue
to get worse until either market forces are
allowed to operate in the system or whatever
product or service the industry provides is
completely unavailable.
None of this makes Bernie Sanders
or his supporters bad people. I think they
believe quite strongly in government control
of some aspects of our economy. They see
our current system as unfair and can’t see
how government’s current interference in
these industries simply makes things less so.
But, economic ignorance is dangerous. It can
result in very real damage.
I don’t expect that Bernie Sanders will
be the Democratic nominee for President
in 2016, but it’s possible his campaign
might influence policy positions. I hope,
in this case at least, that it doesn’t. Our
education system has been damaged
enough by government intervention, it
doesn’t need an injection of democratic
socialism at this point.
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