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Heres a peek behind the

newsroom curtain for yall:
We dont 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 dont like/dont like us,
not have access to a copious supply of sweet
tea, and be quiet. At this weeks 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 didnt 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 Halls 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 thats a different situation. In
radio and television, engineers not only listen
to whats 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 whats 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 youre 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 its been sitting on for
years. Heres the deal with that:
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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 dont need $1.5 million in public
money to do it. Its not a park. Its a private
business. And they arent 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-wayand-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 dont expect any change in Islander
behavior. Laws dont apply down there. They
do what they want - just ask em!
This concludes the news portion of this
weeks column. I was going to post results from
Monday Night Raw here, since the sound on
that show worked and its what I watched
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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 its way too late. And because the sound
of my own voice is my fifth favorite thing.
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$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 Krauses
proposed budget, which was $7 million more
than last years 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 were very behind in a lot of ways, so the
catch-up game is a painful one, said District 4
Commissioner Jen Crownover. But thats what
were faced with, so we had to make some tough
decisions. We added a lot to the Sheriffs 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 Sheriffs 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 Courts 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 doesnt 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 were 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. Were 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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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 were disabled.
In business just six months, eQuality Home
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first licensed caregiver-owned co-op in Texas.
Being licensed means that we are
regulated by the Texas Department of
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administrator Pete Goodwin. We have a
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everything has to be securely documented.
The business model is unique and there
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entire United States. Unlike other operations
where the profits go to the administrators
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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,
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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
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Most people who call on eQualitys
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Probably the biggest need is just household
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the toilet and shower, Goodwin said. We also
prepare meals, especially for men who have
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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,
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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 dont get out anymore, they dont
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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.
The caretakers can provide as much
service as the client needs, whether it be as few
as two hours, overnight or even 24-hour care.
They are not, however, medical professionals.
The company serves not only Comal, but
Guadalupe and Hays counties as well.
Being still new, eQuality is looking for
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Another week in the books! Lets 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 teams 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 years 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
Nolans Batman films and watching them on
the road is like Joel Schumachers.
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.
Theyve 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 isnt 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 Nelsons unfortunate injury, the reigning
champion of the NFC South is Carolina
(7-9 last year) and in the West theres Seattle
(again) followed by a bunch of question marks.
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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 youll
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 hes not Brandon Weeden.
WEEK AHEAD: Dallas hosts Minnesota
on Saturday and the Texans are at New
Orleans on Sunday. The regular season cant
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, Canyons 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 family tree (never mind that the Cherokees

had no royalty). In fact, the only cryptoDear Mexican: I recently received Mexican who has ever panned out is also the
the biography of Rolling Stones most unlikelyTed Williams. Yep, America:
guitarist Ronnie Woods. While reading Teddy Ballgames mami was Micaela Venzor
about his friendship with Jimi Hendrix, of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

I came to a part in which Ronnie

describes Jimi as part black, Cherokee
and Mexican. Ive always read about
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but this was the first I read about him
being Mexican. I Googled Hendrixs
name with the word Mexican and
received many hits. Is this another
mentira originated by Mexicans, like
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name being Quintana??
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Dear Wab: Man, the locuras some
people believe and repeat, qu no? Ive
seen mentions of Hendrixs supposed Mexican
heritage everywhere from the aforementioned
Ronnie: The Autobiography to mainstream
American newspapers to even the bloody
BBC. But dont believe what you find on the
Internetits 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 rumors 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
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most thorough genealogy of Hendrixs family
Ive seen, going back through both sets of
grandparentsthe guitarist did indeed possess
gabacho, negrito, Canadian and Cherokee
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Mexicans claiming a major historical
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Ive read that Thomas Alva Edison was from
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thinking all of it, just like the many gabachos
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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 words
origins. The Mexican usually consults the Royal
Spanish Academys dictionary for such queries,
but even the worlds foremost body of espaol
has no clueits entry describes the etymology
as disputed. Heres what we know: Gringo
did not originate during the Mexican-American
War as a result oftake your pickthe
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 Annas
armies. Both explanations are self-serving
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On Creeping Socialism

by government. Democratic socialism may

system has only further increased costs, and very predictable course to ruin. Things

and Education

operate at a creeping pace, but the intent is

only resulted in the left calling for actual

always begin with simple and sometimes

still to get to utopic communism in the end.

nationalization of the healthcare industry.

reasonable regulation. Once regulation

Communism has been almost entirely That Sanders wouldnt have bothered with

has been established as proper, regulation

The campaign of Bernie Sanders has brought

socialism back into the national conversation.
This isnt 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 its used to mean just about
everything,

including

money.

Hardcore

discredited as an ideology, but socialism

the intermediary step makes him more honest, increases until the forces of the market have

still has a good number of adherents, many

but it doesnt make him any more right.

of them Bernie Sanders supporters. Most of

less control on the industry than those of

Sanders is currently calling for free

the regulation. Prices increase for several

them point to Europe, and suggest that there college for all. This may not be an overt

reasons at this point. Some of those reasons

are many democratic socialist success stories.

takeover of higher education, but the are purely economic, but incompetence

I suppose this depend on ones definition of

distinction is a minor one. Were government almost always comes into play as well.

success. Much of Europe is in the process

to provide full-funding to college students Out of control prices result in a complete

of melting down economically, and the fact

even in only public institutions, the result

government takeover of the industry, which

that some countries have had greater success would be complete government control: he

results in more price increases. Eventually,

than others at keeping their governments in who holds the gold makes the rules. For any

price controls are called for. Rationing

check hardly means that those governments

candidate other than Sanders, this would

comes next, and the rationing will continue

wont eventually either fall apart or turn on be just another campaign promise that was

to get worse until either market forces are

their own people.

not intended to be kept, but I dont doubt allowed to operate in the system or whatever

Venezuela provides an excellent look at

Sanders commitment to this idea. He sees

product or service the industry provides is

a truly socialist country. Venezuelas troubles

education, like healthcare, as a right, and

completely unavailable.

began with the simple nationalization of

because of this, he feels its too important to

the countrys oil reserves. Chavez used

be left to the private sector.

the countrys oil wealth to buy himself

Should Sanders get his way on this,

None of this makes Bernie Sanders

or his supporters bad people. I think they
believe quite strongly in government control

unprecedented political support and power.

the effect is predictable. A recent Federal of some aspects of our economy. They see

This allowed him to extend his reach into the

Reserve study found that increases in funding our current system as unfair and cant see

means of production. This spelled economic

passed through to raise tuition at a rate of

how governments current interference in

disaster for the country. Chavez is gone, but

about 65 percent. Spending at the levels that

these industries simply makes things less so.

his legacy remains: a government ineptly

would be required to make college education

But, economic ignorance is dangerous. It can

trying to bend the laws of economics to its

free for all would result in massive tuition result in very real damage.

will and the hyperinflation that results from it.

increases, just as weve seen costs rise under

I dont expect that Bernie Sanders will

But, we dont need to go to Venezuela Obamacare. (Not shocked by how expensive

be the Democratic nominee for President

to find problems with the ideas espoused affordable care has become? Just wait. in 2016, but its possible his campaign
by Sanders and his followers. Critics in the

More increases are coming.) Unfortunately

might influence policy positions. I hope,

in this case at least, that it doesnt. Our

socialists generally take it to mean business United States called Obamacare socialized price increases wont be the end of things.
Creeping socialism does more than education system has been damaged
of all types. And, democratic socialists, as medicine and were mocked for their trouble.
Sanders is quick to insist he is, limit the definition They werent far off of the textbook definition, just creep its way into more and more enough by government intervention, it
to important industries. In practice, none of

though. Government regulation is government industries. It creeps its way to economic doesnt need an injection of democratic

this matters because once government begins control, and Obamacare was a vast catastrophe in its attempts to perfect what socialism at this point.
down the path of socialism, its rare for it to expansion of governments regulatory power it sees as market defects. Venezuela took
turn around on its own. Eventually, all business with regards to healthcare. The vast influx

their ride to the end of this road on a rocket

is sufficiently important to need controlling of government money into our healthcare

sled, but going slower wont change the

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