The lies How much more can the American people take of the lies and propaganda that is thrown out to us every day on the news and by the corrupt Democrats? We have lost over 200,000 brave Americans to the coronavirus and that is a tragedy. How about the 606,520 Americans that die to cancer every yea...

In the first three years of organization within our group, the Sarah Pound Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, members have been working to establish a credible presence in our North Hays County community. Our values and goals are an extension of the National Society of the Daughter...

A different view Re: A Christian Point of View on Election, printed in Sept. 2 Hays Free Press Jenny talks about what Christ wants from us, like compassion for the poor, absence of hatred, humility and faithfulness. He also spoke about murder and the innocence of children. Mt 7:15 and following vers...

The danger of a weak, silent senator So, image you’re stranded in a lifeboat, you, Donald Trump and John Cornyn, and food’s running out. Who do you think will be first thrown overboard? You can’t count on John Cornyn. He’ll be huddled down bailing water to keep Trump’s porcine feet dry. Cornyn will ...

My city’s future The publisher of the San Marcos Daily Record published his wish for the city’s future. His vision for San Marcos, Texas is profoundly different from my own. Publisher Lance Winter has been working in San Marcos for three years. I have lived in San Marcos since 1972. I worked at the ...

Editor, A recent guest column (“Respect the Hill Country,” July 22) mischaracterized the Permian Highway natural gas pipeline as a “perilous and unprecedented threat to the Texas Hill Country.” This is an unfortunate and inaccurate depiction that overlooks not only the importance of the project, but...

Protection during voting? On Thursday, July 9, 2020, I exercised my right to vote at the Hays County Early Voting Precinct at Roger Hanks Parkway in Dripping Springs. The man in front of me was not wearing a mask. This caused me great consternation, so when I got home, I looked up Governor Abbott’s ...

Ms. Orozco, Mr. McManus, Ms. Patrea, Mr. Vela, Mr. Tenorio,Dr. Sanchez, and Ms. Keller, I am emailing to ask that you aggressively take action towards changing the Hays High nickname of “Rebels” to something else. As you know, due to their historical representation of prejudice, suppression and inju...

PEC District 4 Election PEC’s District 4 has a large field of 6 candidates this year. I tried to communicate with all 6 candidates to ask a few questions. Dan Stark and Lee Leffingwell did not give an email address or phone number and were not reachable, so I could not learn more about them. After c...

Stop the  project While I stay home, trying to not catch The Plague, two things are driving me a little nuts right now. No, not having to eat my own cooking every day, and no, not even our national health crisis, but a couple of things, both having to do with development overreach. And I think these...