Opinion

Dear Editor, Good Afternoon…You know how something perks along fine and nobody notices what is making it work – specifically because it is perking along fine?!?!?! Well I know of something like that and would appreciate a moment of your time to point out how many people are involved in making the Toys-4-Tots for Blanco families successful. For fifteen years Louann Hayes, Lydia and Doug Bledsoe, and Alyce Sierra have been the powers that be behind this organization.

Dear Editor, Blanco families can be VERY proud of their sons who played tough, played fair and played with their heads as well as their hearts in Saturday night’s game in the Alamodome. This was high school football at its BEST. We visit Blanco frequently but live in CA and we’ve never seen football like it’s played by this year’s team.

Dear Editor, I attended the Blanco Panther/Industrial Cobra football game on Saturday and felt compelled to write to bring your attention to several things. First, let me say that I grew up in Fredericksburg and now reside in Wimberley. My family and I attended the game because we have relatives that live in the Industrial ISD and in Blanco. As my family and I walked into the stadium we came up on a white Blanco Panther trailer that is obviously used to haul equipment for the band, football t

Dear Editor, This is an open letter to the residents of Rust Ranch and Blanco County officials regarding 101 Silver Spur, Lot 157. The abandoned property next door to me sits as a structure that is caving in from the roof, with grass and weeds surrounding the used to be home, so tall that they completely cover a car parked on the back of the property.

Dear Editor, I am writing this letter in response to the events of Saturday November 8, 2008 in downtown Blanco, Texas. It was a a site that touched me deeply. I wish to say "Thank You" to each and every veteran. I wish for each and every one of you to know the deep sense of pride and gratitude I feel for you.

Now that I have your attention, read the rest of the story: That is an order that will never be given by a Democratic government. Democrats will protect Americans’ Second Amendment right to own firearms, and will keep guns out of the hands of criminals and terrorists by fighting gun crime, reauthorizing the assault weapons ban, and closing the gun show loophole, as President Bush proposed and failed to do.

John McCain believes that the right of law abiding citizens to keep and bear arms is a fundamental, individual Constitutional right that we have a sacred duty to protect. We have a responsibility to ensure that criminals who violate the law are prosecuted to the fullest, rather than restricting the rights of law abiding citizens.

Question: Should your faith in God, and your love for God, influence your politics? Separation of Church and State! Separation of Church and State! I can hear it already. Exactly what official document is that found in? The Constitution? The Bill of Rights? The Declaration of Independence? No. It is phrase taken from a letter!

Early voting began this week. Please remember to go and vote! John McCain believes it is strategically and morally essential for the United States to support the Government of Iraq to become capable of governing itself and safeguarding its people. He strongly disagrees with those who advocate withdrawing American troops before that has occurred.

In 2002, as the conventional thinking in Washington lined up with President Bush for war, Obama had the judgment and courage to speak out against going to war, and to warn of an occupation of undetermined length, costs, and consequences. As president he is fully committed to ending the war in Iraq. Obama believes we must be as careful getting out of Iraq as we were careless getting in so immediately upon taking office, Obama will give his Secretary of Defense and military commanders a new mission in Iraq: ending the war.