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Page 4, The Hondo Anvil Herald, Thursday, November 5,1992
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TODAY'S CHUCKLE
Dan Quayte can't spell
‘potato*! Ha! Ha! Ha!
THE LIBERAL PRESS
WEATHER
Ozone hole expands.
Bush held responsible.
SEPTEMBER l«
IlSmVua
K..MI
ELECT BILL CLINTON!
Inept Bush Panics—
Accuses Media of Bias
Clinton Correctly Views Coverage as Fair
In an effort to revive his falter-
ing rc-election campaign,
George Bush today whined
about the media and its coverage
of his presidency. Looking silly
and frenetic, he claimed
reporters tend to favor the dis-
tinguished Governor of
Arkansas, whose insightful
anolvcic nf nirrent affairs has
Clinton appeared totally in con-
trol and in charge of the facts
as he disputed the soon to be
ex-President's charges of unbal-
anced reporting. "I think the
press coverage of this cam-
paign has been just fine," said
SmOIOROE, A4, CoL i
Sections
A News/Editoriali
> Metro/Obituaries
Voting for
GOP Linked
To Cancer
Many people who vote
Republican wind up con-
tracting cancer, according to
a recent medical survey
conducted by the non-parti-
san Democratic Medical
Doctors for Clinton
Association. While no clear
See OIORQE. A4, CoL i
Tnf»nt Rush
SfcS.
Dear
Boss
• • •
Well, boss, was I ever wrong! Bill
Clinton not only won, but he won by
a knockout.
v- So what am I going to do? I will
accept it, but I certainly don't have to
like it.
The issues I did not like about
Clinton are still there. His winning
did not change them. And they will
: remain there so long as he is presi-
: dent.
If you don't believe me just wait
and see how he goes on taxes,
spending, pro-choice, family leaue,
mandatory health insurance, the
environment, cutting the defense
system and on-and-on.
» 1 think interest rates will sky-
rocket again and inflation will go out
^of sight. Welfare programs will ex-
pand and ultra liberals will be ap-
pointed to the Supreme Court.
His winning bodes no good for
i the overall situation in our country.
eOsSWS mmmmmmm
mwmu.
Have you heard this rumor, boss?
f§ Rumor has it that Governor Anne
Richards may call a special session
£. of the Legislature to handle the
HEdwards Aquifer problem,
t; It seems that Texas Water
"“ Commission Chairman John Hall is
Z urging her to do so. He harbors
thoughts of his plan being accepted
and adopted by the Legislature.
Which, he thinks, would put a big
feadier in his cap and give him a ton
of bragging rights.
- See, Hall’s thinking is that with
Bill Clinton winning the presidency
his Texas campaign manager Land
Commissioner Gary Mauro will be
appointed to a Washington position.
This, in turn, will give Richards
;^the opportunity to appoint Hall as
land commissioner.
Lofty dreams, eh, boss? But eve-
rything has worked out so far, why
won t it go all the way?
Bob Thompson was thrilled this
past week when Mary Fisher of the
San Antonio Times reviewed his
book on the Hondo Air Field.
Mary gave the book a good review
and winds up her discourse by saying:
"Short on synthesis but long on
human interest, the lively narrative
assures that the long gone Hondo
Army Air Base will not be forgot-
ten.”
The San Antonio Water System,
already has built a lobby team that
includes such heavyweights as
George Shipley, Stan Schiueter (a
former House itiember who served
as the chairman of the Calendar
committee). Dick Brown (a veteran
lobbyist), Cliff Johnson (a former
Democratic Representative turned
Republican, who was appointed to
the Texas Water Commission by
Gov. Bill Clements and resigned
when Richards won) and Bob
Strausser. Others will come later,
I'm told.
And not to be outdone, the "right
to capture" groups in Medina and
Uvalde counties, as well as the Med-
ina County Underground Water
Conservation District, supported by
the Texas Farm Bureau, will be lin-
ing the palms of lobbyists and law-
yers to get their points across.
Last, but certainly not least, the
Edwards Underground Water Dis-
trict has budgeted $200,000 for lob-
bying efforts.
Will they be lobbying the same
old faces? No, they won't There will
be at least 37 new faces in the House
of Representatives once all the
swearing in is done.
One thought going around is that
perhaps an early session might be
more favorable for the niral areas,
simply because the 37 new faces will
be more urban than rural. Good or
bad? Who knows?
Did you see the 747 land at the
Hondo Airport Monday evening? I
missed it, but I hope I can be there on
Sunday or Monday when it takes off.
The latest I heard was that it will
not take off until Monday even
though the paint job should be com-
pleted by Sunday.
Being as large as it is, everyone
wondered if die pilot would have
trouble landing at Hondo Airport.
The answer is no. I understand he
took only a little over half the run-
way and made a beautiful landing.
Old Unk always insisted he was a
man of his word, and anyone who
was not and did not do what they said
they would do aroused his anger.
And when he got mad his sarcasm
soared.
HeandAuntie bickered most of the
time and she was always telling him
she was going to do something or
other. And never did.
One night the argument raised
voices a few decibels and the roof
swayed a little.
"Unk," shouted Auntie, "I swear
you sometimes make me so mad I
could kill myself!"
Old Unk didn't skip a beat when
he fired back, "Promises, promises,
promises."
Your Roving Reporter,
BKL
State a Capital
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HIGHLIGHTS
By Lyndell Williams
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
School funding still hot
AUSTIN — While the limelight
focused on elections last week, a
handful of staffers labored back-
stage to prepare the Capitol for the
Nov. 10 special session on school
finance.
Gov. Ann Richards is bringing
lawmakers back to Austin to at-
tempt to remedy their third consec-
utive botch — the “Robin Hood”
plan, which the courts declared un-
constitutional.
The new plan was such a well-
kept secret until after Election Day
that left-out lawmakers speculated
there actually wasn’t one.
Of course, there was, but with
every state House and Senate seat
up for election, only a fool would
bring up the subject of new taxes.
Or illegal taxes. The Texas
Supreme Court struck down the
Robin Hood plan for creating an
illegal state property tax.
The tax was collected all summer
anyway, and still is today — even as
lawmakers sit down to the opening
gavel.
It is the third time that lawmakers
— most of them lawyers — got a
failing grade in bill writing.
No, this is not the stuff political
careers are made of.
Session A Gamble?
Some observers see little chance
the legislature will approve any-
thing in a special session; some be-
lieve it is a big gamble by the gover-
nor, now riding high in popularity
polls.
In the Democrat-dominated leg-
islature, Republicans still have
more than one-third of the House
votes, enough to stop a proposed
constitutional amendment.
7 Despite a high number of lame
ducks, the votes may not be there
for a routine tax increase so soon
after balloting.
The best Richards and Lt. Gov.
Bob Bullock may hope for is to
repeal the illegal aspects of school
finance and try only for a consensus
on a statutory concept of fair play
for school funding with no tax
increase.
Actual funding — the dollar
amounts - would be minimal at
best or delayed until new members
meet in the January regular session.
The gamble for Gov. Richards
is the special session may produce
nothing, expanding her image of
ineffectiveness on the school fi-
nance issue.
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor:
We learn something every day. I
learned something Monday morning
in the Courthouse that I wish I hadn't.
As a veteran building contractor, I
have attended many public bid open-
ings tts a bidder, or as foreman for my
boss. Never, at any time, did we have
someone recommend one bidder over
another. This is contrary to anything
that is honest and decent in business.
I am outraged to think that such as
this goes on in the Commissioners'
Court Thank goodness at least one
commissioner had the courage to
Outraged
stand for what he knew was right
The job I am referring to is the
addition to the juvenile detention
center. There has been a lot of furor
about this job. It all could have been
avoided with a little common sense.
The specs used on the job clearly
show a lack of construction knowl-
edge. The fact that the bids were as
close as they were speaks very well
for the contractor, in that they had
practically nothing to go by.
Sarge Ney
Hondo
NOTICE OF TAX FORECLOSURE
SALE
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF MEDINA
Date and Time of Sale: The first tuesday
in the month, December 1, 1992 at 2:00
p.m.
SUIT NO. 90-12-11,711-CV
MEDINA COUNTY
VS.
LA COSTEX CORPORATION, ET AL
38 425 acres, more or less, Julio Cortez
Survey #26, Abstract 182, Medina County,
Texas, as described in Volume 24, page
465, Medina County Deed Records, to-
gether with all refining plant improvements
thereon, including tanks and fixtures.
(Acct #R2873 & P29317)
Date of Judgment: July 22, 1992
Date of Levy: October 30, 1992
Listed in the caption above are delin-
quent tax suits in which Judgments of
Foreclosure have been rendered and
Orders of Sale have been issued. The
listing for each suit sets out: (1) the Cause
Number; (2) the Plaintiff Tax Unit; (3) the
Defendants; (4) the date of the Judgment;
(5) the date of Levy; and (6) the property
description.
Under the Order of Sale issued pursu-
ant to each Judgment above listed, I did at
the time specified for each suit levy upon
each Property in such suit as described
above as the property of the Defendants
named or designated in such suit. On the
sale date specified above, which is the first
Tuesday of said month, I will offer and sell
at public auction, for cash, each property
described above, and all the right, title,
interest and estate in and to each such
property owned or claimed by the Defen-
dants named in connection with each such
property; PROVIDED, however, that no
property shall be sold directly or indirectly
to anyone other than a Tax Unit which is a
party to that specific suit for less than the
total amount of taxes, penalties, interest
and costs due against that particular prop-
erty or any adjudged value decreed,
whichever Is lower.
The Foreclosure Sales under this No-
tice will be held on the first Tuesday of said
month, at the Courthouse door of said
County, at the time set out above, by and
through the STEEN AND STEEN, P. C.,
3001 N. Lamar Blvd., Suite 306, Austin,
Texas 78705 (Area Code 512) 476-4688
and Telecopier (512) 476-0325, my au-
thorized representative.
The sale of each property shall be sub-
ject to the rights of the Defendants named
in connection with each particular prop-
erty, and any successors in title, to redeem
such specified property in the time and
manner provided by law; and subject also
to the rights of any defendants to have
each particular property owned or claimed
by such defendants divided and sold in
less divisions than the whole as provided
by law The sale as to each property is to be
made to satisfy the Judgment rendered
against that particular property and the
Defendants named in connection with that
particular property. The proceeds of the
sale of each property are to be applied to
the satisfaction of the Judgment against
that particular porperty, and the remainder
of the sale proceeds, if any, are to be
applied as the law directs.
Dated at Hondo, Texas, this the 3rd day
of November, 1992.
Wesley Scott
Sheriff
Pub. Nov. 5, 12, 19, 1992
NOTICE OF THE APPOINTMENT OF
WILKES O. MARTIN, INDEPENDENT
EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF
SAMUEL M. CHRISENBERRY,
DECEASED
Pending in the County Court at Law of
Medina County, Texas -
Matters of Probate No. 5883
TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN
THE ABOVE ESTATE:
WHEREAS, on the 2nd day of Novem-
ber. 1992, in the County Court at Law of
Medina County, Texas, the undersigned
duly qualified as Independent Executor of
the Estate of SAMUEL M. CHRISEN-
BERRY, deceased;
Notioe is hereby given that original Let-
ters Testamentary on this Estate were
granted, and this is to notify all persons
having daims against said Estate to pres-
ent the same to the undersigned within the
time prescribed by law. Any person In-
debted to said Estate Is hereby notified to
pay same to the undersigned.
WILKES O. MARTIN
Independent Executor of the Estate of
SAMUEL M. CHRISENBERRY,
Deceased
2601 AveD
Hondo, Texas 78861
ANNE E. DAVIS
P.O. Box 236
Hondo, Texas 78861
State Bar #05458000
ATTORNEY FOR ESTATE
Pub. Nov. 5.1992
BEST AVAR
■* 1
Ken Clapp was an educator in Uvaide several years ago, worked
for the Leader News there, and also served on Governor Dolph ,
Briscoe's staff in Austin. He is now retired in Salado, and writes for a ;
publication there. His thoughts on politicians and Social Security
caught my attention, and I hope they are as interesing to you.
By Ken Clapp
Sham: the quality of deceitfulness: something false purporting to
be genuine: a spurious imitation." American Heritage Dictionary of the
English Language.
One of the great shams of our times appears whenever the Presi-
dent or members of Congress step forward to discuss the payment of
social security benefits to qualified Americans. Each of these leader-
ship-types, after decrying those who talk about capping the entitle-
ments for older citizens, step forward and shamelessly announce that
"no one is to touch the social security system!" They usually do this at
election time after scaring the old folks by showing pictures and graphs
of our national budget with a large slice marked "social security"
indicating that many of our tax dollars are being spent for this purpose
when it could be spent on other things including a reduction of our
deficit, national debt and a social program or two. This encourages
younger citizens to take a rather jaundiced attitude towards their elders
thinking their taxes are being stolen or misused.
All of this is such a brazen and thoughtless action by lawmakers
and the President that they all ought to be taken out to the woodshed and
spanked! The truth of the matter is that the social security and medicare
trust funds are self sufficient! They should be full of the money that
each worker and his or her boss have contributed over the years to the
total tune of hundreds of billions of dollars! More than enough to carry
the system well into the next century. So what is the problem and why
is social security and medicare being carried as a tax eating expenditure
in the budget? And where is the money? You know that answer I am
sure. Congress and the president have systematically "borrowed"
(read-stolen) from the trust fund and the annual budget figure described
above is nothing more than the amount needed to repay part of the
"loan" each year so the legal annuitants get what is rightfully theirs.
The debate on medicare and social security costs is a farce. What \
each person has paid into the fund is like a payment on an insurance
policy'. If all this were in the hands of a private insurance company and
that company did what our government regularly does with our money
- we would have them up before a grand jury and subsequent trial, jail
time and fines. Not so for those who robbed us "legally". And to make
matters worse - after they steal our money they turn around and ask us
to vote for them because they want to "protect" our future social
security payments. Payments that should not need protection since it is
in a "trusted" government account. How they can do this to us with a
straight face is beyond the pale. Which is where we really should put
these poo-bahs of self righteousness.
State Level Stealing
Lets bring this thievery down to the state level. Texas has two super
retirement trust funds. One for the teachers called the Teacher Retire-
ment System and one for state employees called the employees retire-
ment system of Texas. Both of these control billions of dollars that have
been contributed by members and matched by their employer, which
is the state in these cases. The two systems have made wise and prudent
investments and caused their respective funds to grow and prosper.
They provide excellent benefits when state employees finish the course
and prepare to retire. Millions of extra investment dollars accrue -
dollars that do not come from either the members or the state - and these
dollars in turn are passed on to retirees in the form of higher benefits and
low cost life and health insurance plans. These two Texas systems are
the envy of other states. They are run by professionals and stay as far
away from the political scene as possible. All well and good, but there
is always the specter of interference by members of the Texas Legisla-
ture and the Governor. Especially so when the state budget goes crazy
and lawmakers search for "painless" ways and means of infusing new
money without voting on new taxes. These elected officials want to stay
in office just like their counterparts in Washington. So the easiest thing
to do is cast a covetous eye on the two giant Texas trust funds that hold
retirees' money and seek legislative ways to borrow these dollars (read
- steal) thus delaying any tax hikes needed for another session or two.
Every office holder at the state level should be made to swear on a
stack of Bibles (if Bibles can still be found around the capitol during
these agnostic days) that they will not-if elected - ever touch the trust
funds.
Perhaps Representative Layton Black (our man in Austin) could be
persuaded to introduce a bill that would make such "transfers" (spelled
- thefts) illegal?
The Legislature is about to go into special session this month to try
and solve the school finance problem - one more time. No doubt it is
going to cost us all additional tax dollars. Then in January there will be
a regular session - and they will again be on the lookout for more tax
bucks. Time to hold on to our trust funds and our wallets, folks, cause
when these worthies go to Austin - nothing is safe - neither land, or
money or anything else we have of value.
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