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Recapping Eagle recommendations
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| Published Friday, May 09, 2008 |
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Saturday is Election Day. Local voters will fill four council seats and two school board positions, decide a school bond issue and consider a senior tax freeze. The races and the issues are critical to the future of the two communities and it is impo ...
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Letters for May 9
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| Published Friday, May 09, 2008 |
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The wrong emphasis
I was appalled Tuesday morning when I pulled The Eagle out of the plastic wrapper and looked at the front page. Top and center in big bold letters was the headline "Aggieland could see Castro on Thursday."
Down in th ...
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Letters for May 8
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| Published Wednesday, May 07, 2008 |
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Salute our flag
Is any one else bothered by Barack Obama not saluting the flag of our country? I had heard that he did not salute the flag. Then I saw something on television that showed a very large crowd. The Star-spangled Banner was pla ...
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Council campaign reaches a new low
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| Published Wednesday, May 07, 2008 |
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Just when we thought local politics couldn't get much worse, along came last week's despicable mailing by College Station City Councilman Ron Gay.
In the mailing, which went to some 4,000 College Station homes just a week before Saturday's city ...
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Letters for May 7
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| Published Tuesday, May 06, 2008 |
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Arts Council responds
The Arts Council of Brazos Valley is saddened to see that politics appear to have no boundaries. What we do know, however, is that the arts are for everyone without respect to his or her political affiliation or agenda. ...
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Letters for May 6
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| Published Tuesday, May 06, 2008 |
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CS must grow
As a lifelong resident of Bryan-College Station and a student at Texas A&M , I am concerned with the beliefs of certain candidates for College Station City Council. The idea of limiting growth seems to be focused on a tiny p ...
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Letters for May 4
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| Published Sunday, May 04, 2008 |
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A delicious thanks
On behalf of Congregation Beth Shalom we want to express our gratitude to the Bryan-College Station community for their generous support of our second annual "Deli on the Brazos," a New York-style deli boxed lunch fundrais ...
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Everyone pays for uninsured Texans
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| Published Sunday, May 04, 2008 |
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Now that the party primaries are behind them, Texas legislators should turn their attention to the critical issues that will be on their agenda when they meet in Austin in January. Although the legislative session is more than eight months away, it w ...
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Letters for May 5
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| Published Saturday, May 03, 2008 |
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Seniors need freeze
The estimated first year's cost of a College Station senior tax freeze is $67,000 out of an expected city income of $226 million -- 0.0003 percent, which is minuscule.
Using population and property tax projections, ...
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Letters for May 3
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| Published Saturday, May 03, 2008 |
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Diverse community
Hearne Mayor Milton Johnson talks about making city government more racially diverse. If Johnson's hand-picked slate of candidates wins, Hearne's six-member city council would be composed of five African Americans and one C ...
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Help our Scouts feed the hungry
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| Published Friday, May 02, 2008 |
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Hundreds of Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts will fan out throughout the community Saturday morning, hoping to collect 30,000 pounds of badly needed food for the Brazos Church Pantry.
The annual Scouting for Food drive -- part of a nationwide effort - ...
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Letters for May 2
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| Published Thursday, May 01, 2008 |
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No consensus
Chris Scotti describes himself as a "consensus builder" on the College Station City Council. That is an ironic self-description, since his sole mission of late has evidently been to seed confusion and misinformation.
At a ...
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Letters for May 1
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| Published Wednesday, April 30, 2008 |
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School board team
Having worked closely with our schools for most of the 24 years we have lived in Bryan, I feel compelled to offer my strong support to David Stasny in his candidacy for school board.
Through his position on the b ...
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Letters for April 30
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| Published Wednesday, April 30, 2008 |
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Growth is inevitable
I've been following the upcoming city council elections in College Station since I live in a neighborhood that is about three-fourths college students. Additionally, our little East side neighborhood on Rock Prairie Road ...
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Letters for April 29
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| Published Tuesday, April 29, 2008 |
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Vote for bonds
The Bryan school district has a very important bond election coming up for a vote on May 10. In order to provide the children of the community the best possible future for their education we hope that the citizens of Bryan wil ...
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Letters for April 28
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| Published Monday, April 28, 2008 |
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A soldier's thanks
I'm an American soldier serving in Iraq. This letter is to thank the American people, specifically those in Clay for your support of the military.
I was born and raised in Clay. I attended Snook High School and gradu ...
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Eagle recommendations in Bryan city, school races
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| Published Sunday, April 27, 2008 |
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Although the May 10 contested Bryan city and school races may not be generating as much interest as the three College Station City Council contests, they still offer important choices.
In addition to the races for school board and city counci ...
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Vote yes on school bonds
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| Published Sunday, April 27, 2008 |
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Bryan school district voters will be asked to approve a $37.5 million bond issue on May 10. We recommend that they do.
The bond issue addresses some shortfalls from the $104 million 2005 bond package, as well as some issues caused by shrinking s ...
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Vote no on CS senior tax freeze
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| Published Sunday, April 27, 2008 |
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In addition to electing three City Council members in the May 10 election, College Station voters will decide whether to freeze the city property taxes of disabled homeowners and those 65 and older.
The issue was placed on the ballot through a peti ...
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Eagle recommendations in CS council races
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| Published Saturday, April 26, 2008 |
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Eagle Editorial Board
Despite a number of contested races and propositions on the ballots in Bryan and College Station, it is the three seats up for election on the College Station City Council that have drawn the most interest. Incumbents J ...
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Letters for April 26
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| Published Friday, April 25, 2008 |
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Recommendations
The Eagle's recommendations in the College Station City Council races and the College Station senior tax freeze proposal will appear on the Opinion's page on Sunday.
Monday's Opinions page will feature The Eagle's recomm ...
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Election letter deadline is May 2
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| Published Friday, April 25, 2008 |
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All letters concerning the May 10 city and school elections must reach The Eagle by 5 p.m. May 2. All political letters will run by Wednesday, May 7.
No more than one letter per writer will be printed each 30 days. Letters should be no more than ...
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Letters for April 25
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| Published Friday, April 25, 2008 |
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I am baffled by the proposed senior tax freeze on the May College Station ballot. The cause sounds worthy, that the tax freeze will help the seniors who cannot afford increases in home appraisals and property taxes. A closer look at the numbers, how ...
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Letters for April 24
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| Published Wednesday, April 23, 2008 |
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Election myths
This election season there are even more myths floating around concerning the candidates than usual.
Myth No. 1 is that there are three "bought and paid for" candidates. Looking at the campaign finance reports reveals al ...
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Letters for April 23
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| Published Tuesday, April 22, 2008 |
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Plan a unique city
Early voting in the College Station City Council election begins on Monday and I am compelled to write in support of John Crompton, Dennis Maloney and Lawrence Stewart, all exceptional men of quality and vision.
These ...
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Letters for April 22
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| Published Tuesday, April 22, 2008 |
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Terminal myopia
When one looks at the programs of College Station City Council candidate John Crompton and his cronies, the only proper description of their policies is terminal myopia. One can say that Crompton has cost the city millions in ...
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Letters for April 21
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| Published Monday, April 21, 2008 |
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Most experienced
I've known David Stasny for many years and I personally know he's an honest, hard-working person. I've seen the business and family sacrifices he makes and countless hours he spends to be the best school board member possibl ...
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Chief Michael Ikner a good choice for CS
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| Published Sunday, April 20, 2008 |
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For the second time in less than a year, the community welcomes a new police chief, this time for College Station. Michael Ikner, an assistant police chief in Arlington, will begin his duties on June 2.
The 44-year-old joins Bryan Police Chief T ...
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Letters for April 20
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| Published Sunday, April 20, 2008 |
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Should be grateful
Karen Sparks (Eagle, April 19) cites the Republican president Theodore Roosevelt that the United States has room for only one language: English. But there were Republican presidents before TR who were much wiser in their l ...
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Letters for April 19
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| Published Saturday, April 19, 2008 |
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Only one language
Am I the only person who thinks English should be the official language of the United States? Am I the only person who is tired of seeing the Spanish translation written on almost everything, including groceries, billboards ...
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Letters for April 18
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| Published Friday, April 18, 2008 |
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True equality
I totally agree with Bob Presley (Eagle, April 17) in that the actions of those in the Yearning for Zion compound were "reprehensible." The words appalling, loathsome, and detestable, would have made for a far better understan ...
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Letters for April 17
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| Published Thursday, April 17, 2008 |
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Not surprising
Men at the Yearning for Zion compound near Eldorado used force to marry and impregnate dozens of girls aged 16 and younger (Eagle, April 10). This behavior is reprehensible, but I'm sure the men thought they were doing the Lor ...
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Letters for April 16
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| Published Tuesday, April 15, 2008 |
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Clear, steady voice
I am asking residents of College Station to vote for Dennis Maloney for Place 3 on the city council in the upcoming election.
Maloney has years of "boots on the ground" experience in helping the citizens of College S ...
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Letters for April 13
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| Published Saturday, April 12, 2008 |
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The anti-electors
We are like the Romans who thought they had a republic for almost 300 years, when they really had a two-party dictatorship. We are allowed to vote for a presidential candidate in a party primary election. Immediately after ...
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Letters for April 11
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| Published Friday, April 11, 2008 |
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Ignore the letter
Last week, I had a resident of Brazos County come into my office with a letter from National Deed Service Inc., located in Illinois. The letter stated that property owners should have an official or certified copy of their ...
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Letters for April 9
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| Published Wednesday, April 09, 2008 |
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A better comparisonBefore Tony Gonzales compares apples to apples (Eagle, March 31), maybe he needs to spend some more time in the produce isle.
The Tomball school district, a district comparable to the College Station school district both in t ...
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Letters for April 8
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| Published Tuesday, April 08, 2008 |
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Promote the good
I am writing in response to The Eagle's front-page article on Chilifest this past weekend. I am appalled at the negative tone and lack of fair coverage that this annual event received in the article.
Chilifest is a gr ...
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Democrats will vote on Tuesday
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| Published Monday, April 07, 2008 |
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Some Texans will go to the polls on Tuesday to decide who will represent the Democratic Party in the race for the Railroad Commission.
Dale Henry, a retired oil service provider, and Mark Thompson, an advocate for the mobility impaired, are vyi ...
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Letters for April 6
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| Published Sunday, April 06, 2008 |
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Limited supplies
The Brazos County Voter Registration Department has received multiple requests over the past four months from various political parties, groups and candidates who wish to include voter registration applications in voter dri ...
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All legislative votes should be recorded
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| Published Saturday, April 05, 2008 |
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State Rep. Tony Goolsby thinks when Texas legislators' votes are counted, they should be the ones actually casting them.
That seems simple enough, but under a longtime practice, some lawmakers are voting for others who aren't even in the room w ...
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Letters for April 4
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| Published Thursday, April 03, 2008 |
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Pass the salt, please
Under the advice of Zbigniew Brzezinski to President Jimmy Carter, our national response seemed to be creative hand-wringing to the taking of U.S. embassy hostages in Iran, the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Unio ...
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Letters for April 2
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| Published Wednesday, April 02, 2008 |
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Sickened, horrified
I was absolutely sickened and horrified by comments made by defense attorney Stephen Gustitis (Eagle, March 27), regarding his client Walter Williams, the former Texas A&M student who admittedly played a pivotal role ...
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Basketball at A&M provides excitement
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| Published Tuesday, April 01, 2008 |
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Even the Aggies' longtime rivals from Oklahoma and Oklahoma State were cheering for the A&M women's basketball team to win Sunday night.
Win the team did, in a convincing victory over the women from Duke University. In doing so, the Aggies a ...
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Letters for March 31
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| Published Monday, March 31, 2008 |
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The hand that feeds
Perhaps College Station residents are willing to commute an hour and a half to work every day to subsidize a new pay increase for teachers.
The Conroe school district is three times the size of the College Stat ...
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Letters for March 29
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| Published Saturday, March 29, 2008 |
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Anti-protest protesters got their fair coverage
This is in response to the letter from Jim Wilson (Eagle, March 23). Of course there was only one sentence in The Eagle's coverage from the pro-war contingent -- there were only four or five pe ...
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Letters for March 30
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| Published Friday, March 28, 2008 |
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Ogden is wrong
What in the world is Steve Ogden thinking? We have always thought that Sen. Ogden had his constituents' best interest at heart, but he has proven us wrong this week.
To even consider tapping state pension funds to build r ...
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Blinn is an asset to education here
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| Published Friday, March 28, 2008 |
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Congratulations to Blinn College on 125 years of providing quality education to the young people of Central Texas. For almost 40 of those years, the college has been an important part of the Bryan-College Station educational community.
Today, th ...
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