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City Hall Goes into

Banking Business
Backstory:

Hey,

you

ever

hear of Chapter 380? Its an

Economic

Development

WITH

$100,000 for Roads

$100,000 for Parks
$100,000
to
Keep
Commoners Off The Forbidden
Island of Booneville Avenue
$700,000 for Corporate
Snacks
Now weve got a shortfall
in two other departments because
the pie got all cut up and whatnot. City Hall
will certainly not raise property taxes to pay
for those snacks - but they wont have any
problem doing it for roads. The slack will be
taken up. You like paying off bond debt? Here
comes some more. Enjoy.
By the way, you know why local roads
and drainage remain in a constant state of
less-than-acceptable? Because anytime the City
wants more money, they can point at roads
and drainage and say, We need it for roads
and drainage, thats why. Listen to every
candidate running locally. Its always at the top
of their list, and yet things seldom change. I
mean, Walnut Avenue isnt even finished and
theyre already making repairs on it.

MIKE
REYNOLDS

policy, which means its yet

another way to transfer public
money to large, private businesses
and other entities that have plenty to begin
with. You might think we have a 4-B Board for
this kind of assault on free-market values, and
youd be right, but they can only handout so
much cabbage. Under 380, City Council can
distribute corporate welfare through grants or
loans directly from the Citys General Fund.
Not content to settle for the 2013/2014
budgeted income of over $5.6 million the City
and Chamber of Commerce conspire to offer
as corporate welfare through the 4-B Board,
the usual fingers are about to dip into the Citys
general fund for even more cash. Remember,
4-B makes a very big deal that the money they
spread around to favored companies, like The
Scooter Store and Silver State Helicopters,
comes from a special, three-eighths-of-a-cent
sales tax addendum but this 380 money will
come directly out of the general fund. In other
words, from those other taxes you pay. Which
means they can now raise your property
taxes, either outright or through revaluing
your property, specifically for the purpose of
handing cash over to their pals. They would
probably take a shot at raising sales taxes as
well, but those are capped.
It wont look like a property tax hike, of
course. City Council might even say that they
absolutely wont do that. Heres how theyll do it:
Theyve got a finite number of dollars to
work with. Lets keep the math easy, and say
one million of them. Before 380 becomes an
everyday thing, it might be split up like this:
$500,000 for Roads
$400,000 for Parks
$100,000 to Keep Commoners Off The
Forbidden Island of Booneville Avenue
Then, after the City decides it wants to
give a bunch of money to a company for
snacks or whatever (Unlike 4-B, 380 cash

That Horse Already Left the Barn

The 4-B Board and Chamber of Commerce
President Michael Meek have been running
these deals for years, outside of 4-Bs stated
purpose, and, according to City Development
Coordinator Jeff Jewell, will continue to have a
hand in these arrangements, which raises the
question of why theres any need to formalize the
situation. Could be that theres scrutiny coming
down from the State (doubtful) or theres a deal
so big on the horizon that City Staff wants to
officially and publicly put Council on the hook
for it. Or, it could be that theres another City
contract in it for Meek. After all, Jewell made
it very clear at Mondays Council meeting
that the Chamber of Commerce (a private
business club of which Meek is President, and
which is already on the Citys payroll) will be
heavily involved with the administration of this
government policy. Hooray.
Note: There is no question that Meek is the
smartest and, arguably, the most powerful guy in
New Braunfels. He has proven it time and time
again with not only all-pro political savvy, but an
almost super-human administrative ability.

doesnt come with the strings of job creation).

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Commissioners Court, Precinct 1s Donna
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was sworn in on January 1) are concerned about I will work one day a week out of Bulverderesponding to the Countys continued growth. As Spring Branch Fire/EMS Station 2 (2016 Puter
well, Eccleston is concerned about increasing Creek Drive, Spring Branch) and Canyon Lake
mental health services, while Crownover wants Fire/EMS Station 1 (1074 Scissortail, Canyon
Lake). My hope is that I will be more accessible
improve communication with her constituents.
to my constituents by being closer to them on
a regular basis. I will be able to keep up with
Donna Eccleston
TX Citizen: What are your primary goals for the what is going on at the Courthouse by working
remotely from these locations. These hours will
coming year? What do you hope to achieve?
Commissioner Eccleston: Some of the be published on my County webpage, as well
projects in Precinct 1 include opening the James as my County Facebook page.
C. Curry Nature Center (near Sattler) to the
What are the biggest challenges?
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Keeping up and catching up with the rapid
hope people take an opportunity to enjoy this gift.
growth in our County is a huge challenge.
I have also been participating in the
From roads to facilities to keeping enough law
McKenna Foundations Mental Health Task Force
enforcement boots on the ground, while making
in my capacity as a Hill Country MHDD board
sure we are adequately planning for our future
member, along with the Sheriffs Office, Judge
water needs/shortfalls, all are high priorities
Charles Stephens (County Court at Law 2) and
that must be addressed before we get any
others from the County. I am hoping we can
further behind. Conveying these needs to the
partner with McKenna to employ some of the best
community and educating our residents of these
practices to help not only the people suffering with
needs is difficult, too, as there is no one-sizemental health issues, but their families as well.
fits-all method to communicating with residents.
There is always such a diverse array of
things cropping up. I want to improve what we
What are some of the major projects ahead?
do in smarter, better and more cost effective ways.
I would echo my fellow Commissioners

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the coming year?
Commissioner Crownover: As I begin my
term in this office, I am laying the groundwork
for what I hope to be a successful term of service.
Accessibility and open lines of communication
are priorities for me. I have already set up my
County webpage (mycomalcounty.com click
Commissioners Court, then Commissioner,
Precinct 4), and a Facebook page for my office
(facebook.com/ComalCountyPct4).

and the Judge in stating that catching up

with our rapid growth is a general theme in
all of the major upcoming projects we are
facing. The problem with the outdated and
outgrown jail is pretty well-known, but what
people dont always realize is that there is
a problem with the lack of court space, as
well. These problems feed off of one another:
When there are not enough court rooms for
judges to hear cases, there can be a bottleneck to clearing out the jail.
On the other hand, when the jail is not
clearing out at a good pace (cases being
heard, or inmates being transferred to TDCJ
after their sentencing), then we are faced
with housing our inmates in facilities in other
counties at a premium cost to what they would
cost here in our own jail.
Addressing the outdated space needs for
our County is a major issue that will need to
be addressed sooner than later. We have run
out of closet space to convert into offices, and
something needs to be done. These needs, in
addition to keeping our county roads in good
working order and having them expand as
our population growth deems necessary, are
some of the major projects youll be hearing a
lot from the Commissioners Court about in the
months to come.
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and employees with his prowess. He they are hording some heap big wampum over
inspires the confidence that hes the only

there. Nearly half of the General Funds value

person that can get the job, whatever it is,

of just under $46 million. But by all means,

done. More importantly, he can convince

lets give them more.

those same people that they need a job

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We told you Meek was smart.

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its too late to turn back now.
that the staff has, after 10 years, upgraded
to what we considered standard publishing

You got apples? Lets compare

them to these oranges.
Jewell sold El Paso, Arlington and Plano as

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the

early

1990s

Macintosh computers.
They also switched up their fonts, from

Policies. Of course, he didnt mention that none Run your eyeballs over em and see what
of the three have 4-A or 4-B boards, which you think:
makes the comparison less than legitimate.
act of intent.
This whole thing is a foregone conclusion.
Council will most definitely bite. The only
question left to answer is: How much are we
going to pay Michael Meek to run this?

Optima: HZ Roars into Late 20th Century

Minion Pro: HZ Roars into Late 20th Century
No word on whether KGNB has been
able to keep its ancient newsroom production
equipment and Clinton-era software out of the

As for Those Numbers

We dug through the Citys budget online, only

Starting at $350/mo.
includes utilities,
use of reception area
& conference rooms!

since

examples of Texas cities that have dreamy the formerly-futuristic, sans-serif Optima, to
results with their respective Chapter 380 the crunchier, more newsy-like Minion Pro.

Remember our motto: An act of omission is an

Executive Office
Space Available!

technology

to find that those millions in 4-B/Economic

Development income do not appear as
revenue in the budget. Its in the system, but
you have to click a special link to get to it. Par
for the course in Texas Most Corrupt City.

hands of the Smithsonian. Well let you know

if they issue a press release.
\m/
Mike Reynolds
Publisher/Editor-in-Chief

Then we started thinking, since the 4-B

budget reflects income of over $5.6 million
and expenditures of over $18.5 million, that
4-B must be sitting on A LOT of scratch. So

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Helps Out
By Nick Rogers

The Friendly Staff at RCA

Out in the world, you sometimes feel like
youre outside of everyone else, Larry Jasinski
said. Its nice to come here because you feel
part of the group.
Larry has been going to River City
Advocacy for seven years, an organization
that has helped people combat their mental
health issues since the early 1990s.
The keystone to RCA is its peer-support
network, in which people with personal
experience with mental illness help others
along. The process is successful and well loved
by those who go to RCA.
The benefit is that you can speak with
people who understand because theyve been
there, Larry said.
There is a sense of community here
and we are some peoples family because
they dont have anyone else, said Merideth
Erickson, RCAs director. There is a huge
support network within the organization.
Having someone within the peer group that
you can call on when you need help enhances
recovery, not just for the person asking for help,
but also for the person giving help. When those
who are helping someone else realize that they
can help someone, they feel stronger.
At RCA, community is the linchpin that
holds the entire enterprise together. This
is because many people with mental or
emotional issues have trouble seeking help.
One reason is because many people who
need help find it difficult to admit that need out
of fear of being stigmatized. The other reason
is because a variety of mental health problems
can develop into a crippling anxiety, which
makes seeking help from others very difficult.
River City Advocacys focus on community
strives to alleviate those fears.
We are really big on not treating the
diagnosis, but the person, said Hannah
Nelson, one of the counselors at the center.
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We dont want to treat people as if they are

a label. We are not hammering into them that
they have a mental disorder. We dont talk
about their disorder, but about their life and
where they are right now.
River City Advocacy refers to those who
seek their mental health services as consumers,
stepping away from such loaded terms as
patients that can have negative connotations.
For their consumers, the organizations
goal is to help them establish their own road
to recovery. Part of this process is to have
both staff and other RCA participants help
newcomers feel at ease.
Those who are regulars here do a really
great job of welcoming new people, said
counselor Sean Hannon. Also, staff welcomes
people with a positive and relaxed approach. We
dont try to pressure people into doing something
particular, and just welcome people and try to do
what they think is important for them.
While mental illness is spoken about more
openly, there are still those who will hang
labels onto people who need emotional help,
a cruel practice that is akin to standing over an
asthmatic and yelling at them to breathe.
A part of what were all about is alleviating
the stigma of mental health and mental health
concerns, and I do think there has been
significant progress in that, both culturally and
socially, but theres a long way to go Sean said.
There are several options to choose from at
River City Advocacy: Counseling (both individual
and family), peer-support groups, workshops,
art lessons and much more. But, as the staff at
RCA likes to point out, those who come in dont
actually have to do anything. If someone just
wants to sit and drink coffee, they can do so.
I stopped going to group because I got
tired of hearing my voice talk about the same
things, Larry said. Now, I like to come in
here just to hang out with everyone.

We dont use cookie cutters to treat people,

Meredith said. Our people dont feel like theyre
in a clinic. We dont tell people what to do
and how theyre going to do it. If someone, for
example, has an anxiety about being in groups,
they dont have to go to group counseling.
For those who are unsure whether they
can handle counseling, its important to note
that counseling is not about sitting in a room
while someone lists whats wrong with you.
Counseling allows you to talk to a nonbiased person who understands what youre
going through and is not going to tell you
to get over it, Hannah said. Counseling
allows people to purge. Whatever youre
going through, you can benefit.
A lot of the people we see here had
families who really didnt support them and
criticized them, or told them to just get over their
problems, she said. Its really heartbreaking.
I find the biggest challenge for a counselor is
wanting to do more.
One of the main themes of RCA is to not
pass judgment, which is important for people
who may have been judged their entire
lives. This is one of the many benefits of a
peer-support system. People who have been
through or who are going through problems
will unlikely judge others with the same issues.
Were just about helping people where
they are, Merideth said. What they need is
someone to just listen and let them be who they
are and not to pass judgment.
There are so many people out there
walking around with schizophrenia or bi-polar
or anxiety, and they feel so judged, she said.
Were the judgment-free zone. We accept
people for who they are and where they are.
You are more than your diagnosis, she said.
However, it is important to note that you
dont need to have a mental health diagnosis
to seek help from RCA. There are many among

us who may not have had a lifetime of chronic

depression, but are still feeling bad and having
a hard time dealing with life.
If someone is afraid to come in, I would
reassure them that they are free to come in and
do nothing, Sean said. That is perfectly OK.
There is no pressure. I would almost guarantee
that they will find someone they can relate to.
The peer support structure is an invaluable
aspect to treatment by providing a group of
people who know exactly where you are, how
it feels and what may work. In fact, Merideth
points out that RCAs entire board is staffed
with people who have battled mental issues.
Because those at RCA well understand
mental illness and the anxiety that comes with
it, the organizations duties dont stop with
providing emotional help. River City Advocacy
will also help their consumers with outside
issues, such as filling out forms, building
resumes or dealing with landlords, steps that
could be insurmountable for some.
Certainly the greatest testament to RCAs
success is the number of people they help.
We have 2,500 individuals on our
roster, Merideth said. Weve grown quite
a bit. When I first came onboard three years
ago, we only had two support groups a week,
and now we have a full schedule. We were
only serving 18 and up when I got there, and
weve expanded to serve children and teens.
Most of the resources RCA provides are
free, and counseling is only charged on a
sliding scale. There is some minor paperwork
involved, but the staff is more than willing to
help those who need it.

If you are in need of RCAs services, you can check them

out online at rivercityadvocacy.net or on their Facebook
page, or give them a call at 830-643-0200. If you
prefer, you can visit the center in person, in the cozy
house at 145 Landa St, across from the LCRA/Landmark
building near the entrance to Landa Park.
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By Gustavo Arellano understand why a country would want

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Dear Mexican: Why is rock en year Mexico allowed only 73 American
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our own. We were living in Costa Mesa ustedes are about the situation, but Mexico
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On Monopolies

keep competition out (licensing requirements or

problem our country faces is something that

directly against certain companies while making

no one to stop them. They have the ability to

exceptions for others (preventing mergers and

take what money they need from you because

In fact, it is the governments monopoly on

If you leave aside the idea that most of our product safety standards). Government can tax force that allows any number of the problems
politicians treat the Constitution as a hindrance imports to keep global competition at bay (steel we currently experience. The government
and not a treasure, perhaps the greatest and sugar tariffs). Government can even work spends like a drunken sailor because there is
libertarians actually accept as axiomatic: that

government should have a monopoly on the breaking up monopolies). All of these things can they have a monopoly on force. They can tax
use of force. We assume that the alternative be used skew the free market and pick winners you; borrow the money in your name; or simply
is anarchy, and it is, but, as Ive often tried to and losers, and none of this would be possible print more money, devaluing what you have.

Politicians make politics their lifes work

point out, anarchy isnt necessarily a bad thing. without the government monopoly on force.
because
once they are in office, its nearly
We
tend
to
think
of
the
governments
If you carefully consider how things work, you
will find that the very way we approach the monopoly on force only as it applies to the impossible to remove them. They can use their
idea of monopoly is wrongheaded.

military or police, but that monopoly includes

legislative abilities to make powerful and well-

Lets begin by looking at business the courts, legislation, regulation, taxing financed friends that can help keep them in
monopolies, something that we have authority, education, and to a great degree, office, and they can also use their power to
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monopoly in business is when only one monopoly to control what we can and cant are immoral and corrupt because there is no
one to stop them. They recognize no authority
business is supplying the full demand for do, what we know, and what we think.
Are too many people smoking? Tax but their own, and why should they? We accept
some product or service. It means that there

is no competition in this area and because cigarettes. Pass laws limiting where a person that they must have a monopoly on force.
These are, of course, only the political
there is no competition, we assume that this can smoke. Fund studies that illustrate the
issues.
Cultural issues are part of this as
dangers of smoking. Teach children these
will lead to problems for the consumer.
While this is an interesting thought, theres

dangers. Use shaming and peer pressure to

no particular reason to believe its true. In a

alter behavior and public opinion in public

system where competition is allowed freely, the

service announcements.

well. Just one example of this is when the

government maintains a monopoly on force

with regards to enforcing the law. Criminals

only way to effectively maintain a monopoly

Look at how this same method has been

react appropriately. Gun free zones are

for a brief monopoly while others learn the

worded studies and media saturation. Develop

police will react in a given situation. They

Likewise, once one has a monopoly or near

bribe them or badger them with propaganda

know what they will be charged with in various

is to keep the consumers happy enough that used in creating Obamacare. Create a problem refuges for criminals. They know they are safe
no competitors can take them away from through ham-handed regulation. Promote from interference except from the police.
Criminals often know exactly how the
you. Some new product or service may allow concerns over the problem with carefully
process or develop a business plan capable of a legislative solution. Use the legislation to know when they are actually endangering
competing, but eventually, if there is money to pick new winners and losers. When the people their lives and when they are only in danger
complain about the unintended consequences, of being cited with more violations. Criminals
be made competition will happen.
monopoly, economies of scale can be used to
drive others out of business by lowering prices.

and peer pressure (lather, rinse, repeat).

Its important to recognize that all of these

Of course, this only lasts as long as the prices governmental powers are predicated on force;
stay low, or some other competitor decides to

lethal force if necessary. Dont think so? Ask

circumstances, and when they can expect

than your worth. Defiance is a threat to their

cars). Government can insist on standards that monopoly on force and cannot be tolerated.
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police to use lethal force. Most importantly,

they know when you are not allowed to react
in your own defense and what type of trouble

compete on that scale regardless of the initial yourself what would happen if you refused to you can expect if you do.
All of this is brought on by accepting
cost, convinced of future profits. In neither of send your children to school? What if you then
these cases is the consumer hurt. In the first, refused to provide any proof that they were that government must have a monopoly on
the consumer has a new product that simply being educated? What if you then refused to force. What if instead we retained our own
wasnt available before, and in the second, the acknowledge the governments court orders? right to use force as well? Im not suggesting
revolution here, just contemplation. How
consumer has the benefit of lower prices.
Finally, what would happen if you refused to let
does the dynamic of our society change
The only way that monopolies can avoid the government take your children from you? Be
when individual retains their right to use
this truth is by combining their power with sure that the government would resort to force.
force when they deem it necessary? Can
another monopoly: government.
How much force they used would depend
a society be devised that doesnt require
When government gets involved, the on how much force you used to resist, but lethal
anyone to have a monopoly on force? You
dynamics change. Government can provide force is always an option in the end. Under no
might be surprised.
legislation that favors one company over circumstances does the government walk away
another (creating fuel efficiency standards that shaking their head because youre more trouble
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