Opinion

Sealy Main Street is very excited to be putting in place what we stand for. Our goal is to make our downtown more walkable and to be a place for the community to gather.

The more time I spend in Sealy, the more I learn about how amazing this place is and how blessed I am to get to be a part of it. The start of the school year has been another great example of the qualities I admire about our community and Sealy ISD. As you are aware there has been a lot of attention on all things COVID-19 over the past few months.

I hear there was a fair around here last week … oh wait, we were there. That’s where all my money went! There are thousands of county fairs held each year in counties all across America.

Two weekends ago, I had the honor and privilege of serving as a groomsman and watching my college roommate marry the girl he had been dating since our sophomore year. It was luck that led me to rooming with Jake in the first place, I made fun of him for falling asleep in a mock class during a prospective student visit on campus, and as we got to talking afterward, we found we had mutual friends and grew up not far away from each other.

As the September 30 issue of this paper headlined PROPERTY TAX RATE INCREASES, the budget preparation discussed in my August article has required a great deal of research and “bean counting” to do the most responsible and balanced job possible for our citizens.

Progress! Things are constantly changing downtown, some in big chunks and others slowly beneath the surface. Just this year we have had six new additions to our Main Street: Betsy’s Bakery and Café, Graze and Peace, Sealy Nutrition, The SlussShack Daiquiris to go, Chevron with 7’s Market, and most recently the Sealy Appliance Center with a few more in the works to come soon! With all these new places, our focus goes to providing adequate parking (which will always need to be on our radar) and keeping these places supported by our locals.

Legislature reconvened R ecently, the Texas in Austin for the beginning of the third called Special Session. A few of the key issues that were successfully addressed during the second called Special Session included election integrity, property tax relief, bail reform, border security, pro-life protections, virtual learning, social media censorship, 13th check for retired teachers, social studies curriculum, family violence prevention and key budgetary updates.

I read something earlier this week. It said that if a mother’s tedious work goes unacknowledged then it is like we spend our lives doing what doesn’t matter.

From the City Manager • General fund and Utility budgets approved with the new tax rate. I would like to thank the Council and Staff for their countless hours of work in creating a balanced General Fund budget.

If you want to be technical, I’m a Bellville Brahma fan. Am I allowed to admit that in a Sealy newspaper? I’ll just go for broke here and admit that I am an Ohio State Buckeye fan too.