Opinion

The fruit lady has my number. One of the things I like in Mexico—and other countries we have visited in the past— is buying fruits and vegetables from a stand, run by a family. I love wandering through the market, looking at all the unfamiliar things and asking questions.

For over four years I have had the privilege of representing the people of House District 13. I was elected to be your State Representative during a special election in May of 2018 after my predecessor, Leighton Schubert, resigned.

Dud was awfully quiet all through the daily dissemination of anything on page one of the Valley Weekly Miracle, which wasn’t like him at all. Just sucked down caffeine and silently shook his head now and then.

It’s an odd experience watching someone fold your underwear. I was thinking this yesterday as I was waiting for my laundry.

School Choice is a human rights issue, no matter where you live. But not all schools are the same.

“No, Doc,” Windy said, “don’t hurt or nothin’ like that, but you know, with all the plagues goin’ on right now, figgered it’s better to be safe than … “ “Sorry?” “I ain’t never sorry I come to see ya, Doc. You know that. Fell to sleep t’other night when all them ad shows is on … you know. Like how to cut yer boots with a knife and feel younger by wearin’ a new shirt … that stuff.”

Areport submitted to state leaders ahead of the 88th legislative session’s opening in January urges lawmakers to develop “an innovative new model” to fund community colleges. The Texas Commission on Community College Finance, established last year by the Legislature and consisting of 12 lawmakers, business leaders and community-college leaders, offered three sets of recommendations for supporting the state’s strategic plan for higher education: • Reward community colleges for positive student outcomes • Increase affordability and financial aid • Increase capacity at colleges to meet changing workforce needs The commission also recommended the state make community colleges more affordable by increasing financial aid provided by the state, more aid for dual-credit courses and supporting work-based educational opportunities, such as internships and apprenticeships.

Have you been counting the minutes until election day when your neighbors can remove all those campaign signs from their lawns for another two years? Yes, these are mid-term elections, just as serious as the presidential election yet to come two years from now, but not as interesting. Why not? Because the great candidate Vermin Love Supreme only runs for President and doesn’t mess about trying to be someone’s governor.

Ihad always admired Ronald Reagan long before I made the five hundred getout- the-vote phone calls for him from my home on election day 1980. His overwhelming victory that night was among my life’s s happiest moments. After the disastrous Carter years, America could now finally begin to improve. When the Berlin Wall fell and Communism with it a decade later, my unwavering confidence in Reagan was realized. I met him once in 1976, was present at his inauguration, and today consider him among the greatest of American presidents.