Opinion

’Tis the season for giving — or, for some legislators, a good time to demand that the government force taxpayers to give others a large gift. A few weeks ago, Rep.

Thank you The family of Hector M. Holguin, Sr., would like to thank everyone who has helped in our difficult time.

The following is the Vision Statement that was provided during my campaign during the spring of 2014. “Vision Statement: Commitment to Inclusive Governance Coordination through collaboration is not only a campaign slogan, it is also what I truly believe must be implemented if we are to prosper as a county.

What we know - you use groups of psychologists, sociologists, and anthropologists called “behavior insight teams” to create and increase fear of COVID in the people. In fact this disease has an infection fatality rate of the flu according to your own research. It also has excellent treatments, the knowledge of which you have consistently blocked from the people by censorship.

My name is Barbara Hoffman, and I lived in the Fort Davis area for 18 years. I very recently moved from the area to be closer to my family, but I left knowing my heart will always be in West Texas.

One day in the not-too-distant future, you may walk into your local supermarket and next to the ground beef, you will see something different. It will look like ground beef, and it might even say “ground beef” on the label, but somewhere in impossibly small type, it will also say “cultured.”

Keeping cars fueled has changed the way many of us live. Just last week, I had to apply for an increase in my credit limit at the bank, and that was just to buy enough gas to get to the service station. Or, more accurately stated, the inconvenience stores that sell gasoline without service. I heard last week that someone called the police claiming they were robbed at the corner gas station. When the dispatcher asked if they knew the thief’s identity, the caller responded, “Yes, it was pump number 6.”

Collaborating for health care Health care resources in the Big Bend are limited, but as the participants in a recent forum sponsored by the Alpine Public Library discovered they might not be as limited as people think. What is definitely limited is information on available resources.

Season’s Greetings to all our area residents. This is a time of joy with family and friends, but it also brings a time of sadness with the passing of a family man and friend of the community.

As a new wave of migrants laps along the southern border, Texas is barricading a key entry point under international bridges in the town of Eagle Pass. Whether Operation Steel Curtain will deter illegal crossers or just reroute them up or down the largely unpatroled Rio Grande is an open question.