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Dear Editor, In mid-January, I was hit in the Dollar General parking lot while walking to my car after shopping. After more than 10 surgeries, a long hospital stay, and rehab, I am finally home.
Read moreDear Publisher, Grimes County values are under attack from economic interests who view our ranches and family homesteads with dollar signs in their eyes. It is a relentless assault from every direction. Internationally owned solar farms which destroy the green pastures of Grimes County and carry the threat of environmental contamination. Construction companies pound our county roads with increased traffic and heavy equipment, leaving roads unsafe and barely navigable. Out of county developers attempting to lower or subvert subdivision standards and maximize profits at the expense of the Grimes County community. It is a time of competing visions for the future of Grimes County. Do we defend our values by establishing standards for development which protect and preserve our community, or do we allow outside economic interests to dictate and determine the future of Grimes County? For me, the answer is obvious and clear.
Read moreDear Publisher, When I read “Move over bridesmaid, here comes the bride” by Connie Clements in the April 3, 2024 edition of The Examiner, I was grateful to see someone give some solutions to the “solar panel heaven” and high-speed rail issues. Maybe it will spur on other solutions
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Upon reading the article “Council faces tax increase to fund city needs,” it was extremely disturbing to see that the city lost $284,000 on the Texas Birthday Bash, that they have never made money on the event, and that they feel that it is justified because it brought people to Navasota.
Read moreNISD School Bond - Dear Publisher, Wow, I wished this happened when I was on the school board years ago! I was on the school board about 13 years from the late 1980s to the early 2000’s. How the time flies! I remember that we had some school bonds that passed and unfortunately, some that failed. i don’t ever remember having a significant bond election that had a zero tax increase!
Read moreElections at the national and state level over the past years have served to numb Americans to mudslinging and over the top rhetoric that has helped fuel the current divide in our country. Unfortunately, it appears that this type of politics has come to Grimes County and the race for Sheriff. This is both unfortunate and sad at the same time. We deserve better from those running for office in our county and those that support them.
Read moreI was sorry to hear recently that the Horlock House Navasota Artist-in-Residence program, which has been part of the Navasota community through the Arts Council of the Brazos Valley for the last 7 years, has drawn to a close. With the residency gone, I wonder what will happen to the Horlock House, and all the stories it holds. The Horlock House was built during Navasota’s railroad boom-town days. No doubt it has seen its share of violence, love and loss. But perhaps that is the way of history: one story stacked on another, until eventually, they are forgotten.
Read moreDear Editor, I would like to thank Navasota LP Gas Co., Inc. and its owner, Chad Ross, for Saturday’s after-hours service call. People had just begun arriving for the Grimes County Crime Stoppers Law Enforcement Awards Dinner when we discovered that the propane tank had an undetected leak, and we had no heat.
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