By David Abdel By the time you dear friends read this, I’ll have moved. So consider these parting words as my farewell to the wonderful town of Kyle. I moved to Kyle shortly after I started teaching at Lehman High several years ago. While there was love of living in Austin, I felt there was a strong...

The Kyle File by David Abdel Last week was Teacher Appreciation Week all over the country and I’m sure the free coffee and breakfast items were happily being consumed en masse. It’s that time of year where businesses and non-teachers make it a point to publicly display their kind sentiments toward o...

by David Abdel Another election has come and passed, and yet again, Hays County has shown how much it cares for local elections. The results are in for the Hays CISD Board of Trustees and bond elections, and unsurprisingly, we’ve reverted back to a population that simply doesn’t seem to care. During...

by David Abdel Getting to and from places in Kyle can sometimes be a frustrating task, given the persistent road closures throughout town. Fairly, we should give the town recognition for seeking out improvements in traffic and roads as often as it does. While it can sometimes feel like roads take fo...

The Kyle File by David Abdel Hays Central Appraisal District recently released its figures regarding property valuations. Of course, as they often do, valuations are going up. Kyle is surging in population, development, economy and such. This is probably welcome news to many, as it is going to incre...

The Kyle File by David Abdel A short drive through town and one thing you’ll certainly notice quickly is that Kyle is building up. You can’t drive five minutes without seeing new construction. New subdivisions are being created, new apartments are going up, new industrial space is being built, and n...

By David Abdel As a young boy growing up, one of the first “jobs” I had was at the grocery store. Technically a volunteer position, it still paid. It was bagging groceries. The store didn’t hire children to bag groceries, but they did allow kids to hang at the end of the checkout line and offer to b...

by David Abdel Texas faced an unprecedented challenge this week. The snowstorm that bore down on our beloved state left many without heat, power and water. Still today, cities and towns across the state are struggling to recover. Impressively, the resilience of Texans was yet again demonstrated. Hur...

The Kyle File by David Abdel Everyone’s favorite “love it or hate it” holiday is coming up: Valentine’s Day. It got me thinking about the nature of relationships, especially during this pandemic. I was trying to brainstorm some ideas about what to do with my wife for the holiday, so I enlisted some ...

by David Abdel Several decades ago, Austin was faced with a conundrum. The growth was becoming exponential and its infrastructure, as well as its longtime residents, were not ready for it. So, faced with this seeming inevitability, everyone read the writing on the wall and came to the conclusion it ...