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Trespassin’!1) Don’t Climb ThatOn Wednesday, August 28, a 16 year-old student at New Braunfels High School climbed one of the light poles at Unicorn Stadium. This act was met with a police crisis unit, a fire department rescue team, all local media outlets, the usual jump to conclusions, and some of the coldest things I’ve ever seen on social media.

First of all, let’s address why he was up there. There are five possibilities, listed here in no particular order:

He was going to convert himself into one-way street pizza.

He wanted attention.He wanted a good shot at rush hour

traffic on the Loop.He wanted to climb something and

look around.He wanted to get away from The Man

for a while.Here’s why police and fire had to show up:He was going to convert himself into one-

way street pizza.He wanted a good shot at rush hour

traffic on the Loop.Here’s why, after it was all said and done,

we think he was up there:He wanted to get away from The Man

for a while.Here’s what Facebook blew up with:90% prayers to Jesus.10% absolute contempt.We understand the prayers to Jesus. We

don’t understand the contempt:“He just wanted attention. I’ve met people

who actually killed themselves, and they just DO IT, they don’t threaten it. And here you all are, playing it up and acting like ‘oh poor him’. I don’t feel any sympathy at all. He wanted attention and you gave it to him.”

“I know exactly what this is. Kid wanted attention and you made him famous.”

“The kid either wanted attention, and sure as hell got it. Or, wanted to jump... And I say anyone who wants to jump should jump and get it over with.”

“jump or go the hell home...seriously.”“if the kid just wanted a ‘few hours alone’,

he wouldn’t have been texting and talking the whole time.” Note: He wasn’t. All he had was a two-way phone to talk to police.

In any case, I’m disturbed that these people live among us. They

make my soul cringe.After he agreed to come

down, it was pretty clear that he just wanted to be left alone

– the one option that even those sympathetic to him failed to

consider. He was a foster kid in a new school in a new town. His family life was a disaster. His crime was trespassing, motivated by being upset with his situation. 16 ain’t easy, y’all. I’d sooner eat a bowl of broken glass than go through that ordeal again. Ugh.

After the NBPD/NBFD got him down, the next topic of conversation was “Who’s going to pay for this?” NEWSFLASH: Police and firefighters are not compensated by the job. They get paid whether or not they’re needed. Besides, it’s fun to pull out the Crisis Bus and the cherry picker.

The police would not release his name to the media, but we all overheard it being used by the police officer who was communicating with him via bullhorn. We, along with KGNB, declined to use his name in our coverage, but the Houston-owned Herald-Zeitung went ahead and published it. The same with close up photos of the kid agonizing 100 feet up.

The Herald was instantly rewarded for that information and those photos with 2,700 new likes on their Facebook page, more than doubling what they had prior to the event. We can’t beat them up for that, but we sure as hell want the Mayor Gale Pospisils and Kathleen Kruegers of the community to remember who they’re really talking about when they refer to one of the local media outlets as a “tabloid”.

2) Don’t swim thereIn case you didn’t know, there’s a portion of the Comal River that is considered off-limits to 99.9999999% of the populace. We’re of course talking about “The Island” at the headwaters of the Comal River.

Anyone that doesn’t live on particular streets in the Landa Park Estates neighborhood found frolicking is those waters will always, always find themselves subject to a privileged landowner berating them from the banks of the river, informing said frolicker that they’re on “private property” and must leave at once.

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See, back in olden times, somebody who lived in that neighborhood got somebody up in Austin to create what we now know as “Comal County Water Recreation District 1”, whose purposes, according 1980s era amendments to the Local Government Code, Title 10, Parks and Other Recreational and Cultural Resources, Subtitle B, County Parks and Other Recreational and Cultural Resources, Chapter 324, Park and Recreation District and Park Bonds: Counties with Frontage on Guadalupe and Comal Rivers, Subchapter A, General Provisions, are to:

(1) Improve, equip, maintain, finance, and operate any public park located in the district and owned or leased by the county; (Emphasis ours.)

(2) Conserve the natural resources in the district; and

(3) Improve the public health, safety, and welfare in the district.

And further, according to the US Census Bureau:

“… to protect and preserve the purity and sanitary conditions of the Comal River.”

Or in other words, to keep Mexicans the general public away.

Civil Disobedience, ManIt’s pretty clear to us that none of the legal mumbo-jumbo surrounding the island can support an argument to keep people out of the State’s river. The only reason the favored residents are able to chase people out of the water is “because it’s always been this way”. And really, that’s not reason enough.

Over the years we’ve discussed this with multiple “official type” people who claim to have the answers regarding the Island, and the only thing their answers have in common with one another is that none of them make sense. Nobody knows the answers or can properly justify why the Island situation is what it is – the entire argument is nothing more than an assumption that it’s supposed to be that way.

There’s also the signage problem. You see, if someone has a sign made, they can pretty much keep people from using public property, as long as the public believes the sign.

Here’s the sign you know about:

These signs are at the end of every street that terminates at the Comal in the Landa Park Estates neighborhood. They only reference the author of the sign, not any law that might be broken for ignoring them. They even got the acronym wrong. It should read CCWRD #1. They sure look official, though.

Now here’s what you don’t know, per Texas Parks and Wildlife:

“The typical access may be from the right of way of a public road that crosses the stream, through a publicly owned boat launch area, or from some other public land (a park, for example) adjacent to the stream.” (Emphasis ours.)

And per the Texas Penal Code:§ 42.03. OBSTRUCTING HIGHWAY

OR OTHER PASSAGEWAY. (a) A person commits an offense if, without legal privilege or authority, he intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly:

(1) obstructs a highway, street, sidewalk, railway, waterway, elevator, aisle, hallway, entrance, or exit to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access, or any other place used for the passage of persons, vehicles, or conveyances, regardless

of the means of creating the obstruction and

whether the obstruction arises from his acts

alone or from his acts and the acts of others.

(Emphasis ours.)Now that you know all that, have a look

at this map:

The ends of those streets are public land, no matter how many fences the City builds on them at the request of favored residents.

Here’s the deal for those that feel strongly about this. In New Braunfels, the rule of thumb is for the well-connected to do whatever they can get away with, so you’re going to have to test the neighborhood’s claims in court. To do that, you’re going to have to go down there and get in the water, and see if the police will arrest you.

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These signs are at the end of every street that terminates at the Comal in the Landa Park Estates neighborhood. They only reference the author of the sign, not any law that might be broken for ignoring them. They even got the acronym wrong. It should read CCWRD #1. They sure look official, though.

Now here’s what you don’t know, per Texas Parks and Wildlife:

“The typical access may be from the right of way of a public road that crosses the stream, through a publicly owned boat launch area, or from some other public land (a park, for example) adjacent to the stream.” (Emphasis ours.)

And per the Texas Penal Code:§ 42.03. OBSTRUCTING HIGHWAY

OR OTHER PASSAGEWAY. (a) A person commits an offense if, without legal privilege or authority, he intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly:

(1) obstructs a highway, street, sidewalk, railway, waterway, elevator, aisle, hallway, entrance, or exit to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access, or any other place used for the passage of persons, vehicles, or conveyances, regardless

of the means of creating the obstruction and

whether the obstruction arises from his acts

alone or from his acts and the acts of others.

(Emphasis ours.)Now that you know all that, have a look

at this map:

The ends of those streets are public land, no matter how many fences the City builds on them at the request of favored residents.

Here’s the deal for those that feel strongly about this. In New Braunfels, the rule of thumb is for the well-connected to do whatever they can get away with, so you’re going to have to test the neighborhood’s claims in court. To do that, you’re going to have to go down there and get in the water, and see if the police will arrest you.

Continued on page 13.

Part One of TwoTX Citizen: You made a bold statement

when you christened Tripp’s the “Ultimate Comedy Club”. What sets this place apart from the clubs in San Antonio and Austin? Or Hollywood or New York for that matter?

Tripp Marsalis: I’ve been a touring comic. I toured for eight years, and started back into it two or three years ago. Some of these corporate clubs, I just don’t like the way they’re run. There’s a lot of things about them that I think should change for the customer experience. And I’ve been told if I want to change things, I need to get my own club. So I did.

Comedy clubs in general, you pay 15, 20, 25 bucks a head to get in. Then you get in there, and you get your tab at the end of the night and it looks like you need to apply for a loan to pay it off because it’s just ridiculous. They’re doing 6, 7, 8 dollar beers, 7 or 8 dollar margaritas. It’s pretty ridiculous.

You pretty much feel like you’ve spent too much money when you go in there, and they kick you out after the first show, and you’re stuck standing in the parking lot on a Saturday night wondering where you’re gonna go. There’s no access to the comedians, you don’t really have time to go and meet them.

They just shuffle you in like cattle, take your money, and shuffle you right back out, and reset for the next show. They’re always in a hurry. It’s a very non-intimate experience for the

most part. There’s not much repeat business, because they’re there to just get your money.

So what we do here is, I took a lot of the things I hate about comedy clubs. Number one is the prices. I’m $10 on Thursdays, $12 on Fridays & Saturdays. My beer’s about $.50 lower than all the bars around here. I think you can make money on volume and weekend repeat business, rather than all in one night. I give unprecedented access to the comedians after the show, because I only do one show.

I sell buckets of beer during the show, so the waitress doesn’t have to bother you. There’s not a bad seat in the house. After the show we invite you to stay. We don’t raise our prices during the show or anything like that, it just turns back into a regular bar. You can jump on stage with the comics, take pictures with them, buy them a drink, sit with them, network with them. They build their fan base by hanging out with the people. So when they come back, they feel like they know them, or when they see them on TV, they feel like they know them. It’s a better experience.

I’m not here to get rich, I’m here because I love the business. I love comedy. And I’d like to change the way other comedy clubs do their shows. Comedy clubs die. And their answer to not making any money is to give tickets away, then charge twice as much for drinks. There’s no “two drink minimum” here. If you buy a ticket, you can sit down and drink water all

night. I’m not here to sell. I’m here to pay my bills and survive.

I try to provide a good experience for the customers and the comics as well. I don’t put them up in cheap hotels. I put them up in the Faust. I’m looking at renting a house. I did the road for eight years, so I know what they appreciate. They say you can’t make everybody happy, but that’s what I’m trying to do. I’m trying to make everybody happy.

I’m getting a lot of repeat business already. They’re leaving still having money in their pocket, then turning around and coming back the next week. It’s really neat.

I think I’m the only comedy club around that’s getting that kind of repeat business right now, except for maybe Comics Live in Corpus. He’s a fellow comedian. He still does two shows, but he creates a pretty good party atmosphere. He doesn’t try and gouge them either. The trick is to let comedy fans come and enjoy the experience as often as they can, without having to apply for a loan to get out of there. And that’s what I’m doing here.

TXC: This town pretty much runs on live music as far as nightlife goes, and nobody saw something like this, which is usually found only in bigger towns, coming. How did you finally settle on our fair city for the club?

Tripp: Well, we had a place in Universal City. We moved out here because I didn’t want my daughter going to Judson. So, we bought a place out in Canyon Lake. I was staying at

home, raising my kids. Then my wife told me to go ahead and get back into comedy. I’d seen a lot of people on Last Comic Standing that I knew, and I’d been out of it for a few years, and she told me to get back in it. So I put my nose back in it, and started getting booked again, and they started putting me on the road again. I’m 45 years old now, I start travelling around, and it’s not as glamorous as it used to be.

So I started working again, and when I was doing the clubs in San Antonio or Austin, I’d tell my friends from here to come see me, and it was always “It’s too far” or “It’s too expensive”. And I just started thinking if no one wants to leave here to go to the clubs, why don’t I put one here right in between two major comedy-club-travelling-circuit cities?

The comics come through Dallas, Austin, through San Antonio, down to the Valley, come back up to Houston. There’s nothing right here. The population’s here. The money’s here. It’s the third largest non-coastal tourist attraction in Texas. They want to go, but they just don’t, so if I stick it in their backyard, maybe they will. And if I have the power to change all the things I hate about the business, maybe it’ll be a pretty good experience for everybody.

Watch for Part Two of our interview with Tripp in the September 19 issue of the TX Citizen.Tripp’s bar is open daily, with live shows every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night at 8:30.

Left to Right: Anthony Torino, Rene Sanchez and Kelly Lee rocking’ the mic last weekend at Tripp’s

The TX Citizen Interview: Tripp Marsalis of Tripp’s Ultimate Comedy Club


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On August 16, Comal County resident Monique Rathbun filed a lawsuit and a temporary restraining order against various entities of the Church of Scientology and two men she accuses of harassment, intimidation and surveillance.

Late last week, David Miscavige and the Religious Technology Center, of which Miscavige is chairman, filed a Special Appearance, in which they insist a Texas court has no jurisdiction over them. In their filings, submitted by attorney Lamont Jefferson of the Haynes and Boone law firm in San Antonio, both Miscavige and RTC declare that since they are not Texas residents, do any business in Texas nor “have any employees, servants or agents in Texas,” they are outside Texas courts’ jurisdiction. Both also insist they have not contracted, either “directly or through an intermediary,” with any resident in Texas for employment.

The last contention refers to Stephen Gregory Sloat, a former U.S. Marshal, and private detective Monty Drake, both of whom Rathbun accuses of harassment, intimidation and surveillance.

At issue, then, is if Miscavige, RTC and Church of Scientology International (also named in the suit and restraining order) either directed or are responsible for Sloat’s and Drake’s alleged actions. As of this writing, it is unknown if Sloat or Drake have retained council.

On August 27, Rathbun ’s attorney, Ray Jeffrey, requested a hearing to turn the temporary restraining order into a temporary injunction. During this brief hearing, only the Church of Scientology International had representation present. Since the other four entities were not present, Jeffrey asked for a default judgment against them. Judge Dib Waldrip instead extended the temporary restraining order until Sept. 13, and slated a hearing, with witnesses, on the request for a temporary injunction for Sept. 12-13.

Monique Rathbun is the wife of Mark Rathbun, who at one time was second in command of the Church under Miscavige. Rathbun left the Church in 2005 and began blogging in 2009 against what he contends are abuses by the Church and Miscavige. The couple married in 2010 and lived in Ingleside. Due to the accused harassment, the couple moved to Comal County where, according to Monique Rathbun ’s affidavit, the harassment continued.

In her August 16 affidavit, Monique Rathbun accuses Sloat and Drake of harassment, intimidation and surveillance. She states in the affidavit that she was sent a sex toy at her place of employment, and that flowers accompanied with a love letter were sent to a female coworker under her name. She also says that “Scientology websites have published bizarre and sometimes vile allegations against me, including false claims that I am a sexual pervert. They have even alleged that I am not even a woman, but a man who has had a secret sex-change operation.”

What makes the Monique Rathbun case unique is that she has never been a member of the Church, nor has she spoken publicly against Scientology or the Church. The Church has faced several accusations of harassing former members but, according to Jeffrey, the organization often claims First Amendment religious protection, since the former members of the Church chose to follow the church’s rules. Monique Rathbun, however, is not a former member, which would invalidate such claims, according to Jeffrey.

The Church’s various arms are each an incorporated entity. The RTC, according to its website, “protects the Scientology religion and acts as the final arbiter of orthodoxy.” The RTC also controls use of all the trademarks and texts of Scientology. Mark Rathbun was once president of this organization. The daily functions of the church are controlled by CSI.

Monique Rathbun ’s suit and temporary restraining order infers that they are not, in fact, separate groups. During the brief appearance before Judge Waldrip, Jeffrey said that the official offices of the CSI and RTC “share the same building in Los Angeles,” and that it is misleading to presume one entity doesn’t know what the other is doing.

Miscavige’s Declaration, affirming his filing for Special Appearance, refers to himself as “the ecclesiastical leader of the Scientology religion.” Thus, Rathbun ’s filing appears to say that Miscavige and RTC are at least partly responsible for the harassment. This runs counter to claims by Miscavige and RTC that neither has contracted people in Texas, nor do they know Sloat and Drake.

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Uncle Esel,I was watching a show about

ancient cities that get unearthed and then experts tell us what they find and interpret what they think they are finding. In a thousand years, what do you think explorers would find here?

Thank You,BK

Dear BK,Lets assume that the city has ceased to

exist and then gets rediscovered ages later. I think the first thing they will see is an empty channel that one day may have carried water that came from a spring. Perhaps they will determine that the failure of the spring is the reason for the demise of the city to begin with. Wood structures will be gone of course, but perhaps they will find remnants of the old courthouse and figure it was the center of town.

Further west they will see abandoned quarries dug into the side of the hills, slightly overgrown, but with an obvious big gash still showing. Near the dry channel they might see a crumbling LCRA power plant and the remnants of an old textile factory will likely lay in ruins with a caved in roof. Lastly, they will stumble across an overgrown road that appears to be half completed and a faded rusty old sign declaring this road, “Walnut Avenue.”

Love, K

Dear Uncle Esel,Is it for real that in Europe they are

going to put some limiters in cars that will limit how fast they can go? Would this be something that would happen here?

Thanks,Elsa

Dear Elsa,There is a group of people in the European

Union that want this to happen, but they will meet some opposition and it may not take off there.

Limiters are already in place for some commercial vehicles right here in the USA. School buses are limited in most cases to a max limit which regulates them at highway speed, but doesn’t keep them from being driven too fast on smaller roads with lower limits. Many companies also limit big rigs to a maximum speed.

So far, there has not been much talk about this happening in the USA, but I expect it would be NYC’s Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, that would try it first.

Love, K

Uncle Esel,I saw the list of possible fees

and taxes you put out last week and I think you forgot one. What about a fee for having a newspaper delivery to your home?

Sincerely,Dee

Der Dee,

While once we might have balked at this,

I agree.

Love, K

Uncle Esel,Heard there was an earthquake in

East Texas. Was it possible to have felt it here? Do we have earthquakes here?

Benny

Dear Benny,

There was an earthquake 25 miles from

Nacogdoches, but at a 4.1 magnitude, it

could not have been felt around here. If you

felt something, I can assure you it wasn’t an

earthquake or heavy equipment working on

Walnut. However, if you live near a quarry it

isn’t unusual to feel an occasional blast from

operations there.

Our area is not known for earthquakes,

but in recent years, there has been an uptick

in certain nearby regions which coincidentally

are where fracking operations are occurring.

So far industry experts and consultants

who are paid huge salaries by oil and gas

companies have declared that it is not related

to fracking operations.

Scientist and university studies

commissioned with huge sums of money

from oil and gas companies have

also declared similar results. Instead,

these groups have found that these

earthquakes are likely leprechauns who

live underground, bowling and banging on

things. Seems reasonable.

Love, K

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Dear Mexican: I have read (from

the usual suspects and a few Know

Nothings) that illegals can say a few

magic words to get temporary, pending

review, asylum status. The reports

say the illegals can claim asylum from

drug gangs. My understanding is that

fear of crime in one’s home country

has never been grounds for seeking

asylum in the USA. So, these reports

make no sense.

My experience of the Mexican

government’s insufferable machismo

is that it would go ballistic if we

granted asylum to even one peon

based of “government oppression.”

They would recall their ambassador,

expel ours, and embargo the export

of serapes and piñatas. Do you have

any of the FACTS surrounding this

brouhaha in San Diego?

Queso Grande

Dear Big Cheese Gabacho: Both the

Mexican and American government want

to discount the threat of narco-violence as a

plausible reason for refugee status for self-

serving reasons—but look at the stats.

The Internal Displacement Monitoring

Center, which monitors the status of refugees

worldwide, estimates that about 160,000

Mexicans have fled their homes, citing in

a 2012 report that “the largest but least-

acknowledged cause of new displacement

was generalised [sic] drug-cartel violence and

human rights abuses, in the form of fighting

between cartels and government forces,

extortions, kidnappings, assassinations and

threats against civilians.”

Not all of these Mexicans went up to

the United States, but it’s not a big salto in

logic to surmise that some of those internal

refugees want to go up to el Norte—and

more will follow. And why shouldn’t they claim

refugee status? We give it to Cubans whose

sole reason to come to this country is to play

major-league baseball—nothing against that

awesome Los Angeles Dodgers coño Yasiel

Puig, mind you…

Dear Mexican: Why the hell do

Mexican parents want their kids to talk

to relatives in Mexico when the kids

don’t know those people?

No Tia Goya Ni Que Ocho Cuartos

Dear Wab: You mean you don’t want

to be introduced to the primo hermano

of your bisabuela’s yerno’s madrina’s

ahijada’s sobrina’s madastra’s third uncle

once removed? What are you—a gabacho

who has met their first cousin from Indiana

only thrice?

Dear Mexican: As the summer

draws to a close, I’m thankful, as that

means the constant screaming of the

kids in the swimming pool outside

my apartment will cease. The parents

drag the kids into the water when

they do not want to go, and the older

siblings and cousins then push the

young kids underwater and force

them to do things they don’t want to.

The kids are SCREAMING and crying,

and the parents sit by, laughing. I do

not understand why fear is a part of

childhood in Mexican families.

Confused Güera

Dear Gabacha: Fear is as much a part of

a Mexican childhood as piñatas and drunken

uncles at baptisms. It prepares them for life

in this country—sink, or swim, with no rafts

allowed (that’s for the Cubans).

When we throw our kids in the pool,

don’t forget that they’re surrounded by older

siblings who know how to swim who are in

turn being watched by adults who know

how to swim. We must be doing something

right: a May 2012 issue of the Center for

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If they do, you’re going to have to get your

case moved out of Comal County, because

when you screw with NB’s laws of birthright,

you can’t have your objection to them decided

in a local court.

NOTE: They might nail you for going

around a barricade, because that’s probably

illegal, but when you get to court you’ll be

arguing that the barricade itself is illegal – the

flip side of that is that if you don’t get charged

with violating the barricade it can’t be tested

in court, which means you can probably get

away with it. The powers that be probably

don’t want any of this going to court at all. If

you really want to be careful, enter the water

from E Klingemann Street and paddle. No

barricade there.

If the police don’t arrest you, be prepared

for the verbal abuse that will most assuredly be

heaped upon you by the locals, and be ready

to press charges against them for whatever

hooliganism they commit if the cops decline to

drag you out of the water.

Keep this in mind: The police won’t want

to arrest you, because they know what this

is really about, but they might try to get you

out of the water to satisfy the locals. If you

get out to avoid arrest you might as well not

have gone down there in the first place. So

stay in the water. Don’t resist arrest, but do

make them come in and get you, or ticket you,

or whatever. Then go to court and make the

landed gentry defend their position in front of

a non-local judge. And be nice to the cops.

Always be nice to the cops.

Once the Islanders lose one of these fights,

the whole thing will fall apart. The question is,

who’s willing and level-headed enough to put

them to the test? Most people only have one

of those two traits. Come to think of it, who’s

going to pay for the lawyer?

NOTE: You won’t believe what we found

out right before we went to press on this one.

We drop that fact-bomb next week. Don’t miss it.

One more thing…You might have noticed that the spring

runs in Landa Park have are pretty much

dry. Despite all of the things that Mayor

Gale Pospisil has presided over during her

Mayorship, this is the one that’s going to

stick in our collective memory:

Dry Pospisil Spring

In 2011, we published, in this column,

what then-Watershed Manager Nathan Pence

had to say about the Edwards Aquifer Recovery

Implementation Plan, which he was pushing on

behalf of the San Antonio Water District, and

which our City Council bought into:

“…they (the San Antonio Water System)

have a HUGE fear of a federal judge stepping

in and saying that ‘we’re going to let the

springs flow at 200cfs all the time…”, “…and

they know it’s going to be someone like us that

files, (the) City of New Braunfels or someone

that would file a suit against them when our

springs start going dry.”

And now our springs are indeed dry, and

thanks to Nathan, the Mayor, and most of the

2011 City Council, we can’t sue SAWS to

make them stop pumping. Nathan Pence, who

was supposed to represent the community’s

interest in this, did exactly the opposite and,

magically, was rewarded with a pretty sweet

job with SAWS.

Thanks, Gale. This is how we earned the

title of Texas’ Most Corrupt City ™. We hope

you carry it with pride.

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MEDELLIN, JESSE RODRIGUEZMale • 5’07” • 200 lbsDOB: 01/01/1976CHARGE: Possession of a controlled substance pg 1 under 1 gram and theft of property under $1500 with 2 or more previous convictions

JONES,CHESTER DEEMale • 6’02” • 190 lbsDOB: 06/14/1964CHARGE: Failure to appear for possession of a controlled substance pg 1 under 1 gram and bail jumping and failure to appear felony

AGUILAR,ZANDRAFemale • 5’01” • 160 lbsDOB: 09/02/1983CHARGE: Fraud/ Possession of a controlled substance schedule III/IV and three counts of credit or debit card abuse

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Male • 5’06” • 130 lbsDOB: 01/21/1969

CHARGE: Motion to revoke probation for

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Female • 5’03” • 128 lbsDOB: 02/02/1987

CHARGE: Burglary of building

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It’s back to school time and the hungry masses are gathering in the kitchen around 4pm every day, asking that ago old question, “What’s for dinner?” Here’s your opportunity to impress the kiddos and avoid the expensive drive-thru or frozen bag of processed, mechanically separated mystery meat and really shine! And what kid doesn’t like goldfish crackers, homemade mac & cheese, and chicken nuggets?

Goldfish Cracker Dusted Mac & Cheese with Homemade Chicken Nuggets

.• 16ozmediumpastashells• 1/2stickofbutter• 1smallyellowonion• 1garlicclove• 2tblsall-purposeflour• 1/8tspcayenne• 1/4tsppaprika• Groundblackpeppertotaste• 4cupsHalf&Half• 4ozjarpimentos,dicedanddrained• 2cupsshreddedsharpcheddar• 2cupsshredded5cheeseItalianblendcheese• PepperidgeFarmXtraCheddarFlavorBlastedGoldfishCrackers®

Cook pasta shells al dente per directions, drain, and set aside. Melt butter in sauce pan on medium heat with chopped garlic and onions and sauté until opaque. Add flour slowly and whisk until you have a light roux. Add cayenne, paprika, and pepper. Slowly add Half & Half and pimentos. Simmer until thickened and then add cheeses until melted. In a large bowl mix cheese sauce with pasta shells and pour into backing pan. Crush goldfish crackers in a baggie or food processor and sprinkle on top of cheesy pasta. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 min or until bubbly and brown on top.

Meanwhile, cut 2 lbs of white meat chicken breasts or chicken strips into one-inch cubes. Place in bowl with one stick of melted butter and coat. Take one sleeve of butter crackers such as Ritz ® and crush. Add ¼ cup dry parmesan cheese and dash of black pepper. Roll chicken cubes in cracker breading and place in baking dish or on cookie sheet. Bake at 400 degrees for 35-45 min or until golden brown.

For some added color, place a pound of baby carrots in a sauce pot with ¼ cup of orange juice, 3 tbls of brown sugar, 2 tbls butter, and a pinch of salt. Simmer on medium heat until carrots are tender.

DISCLAIMER: No can, box mix, or restaurant to-go box was harmed in the making of this recipe.Until next time, Eat, Drink & Be Sherri!Sherri

Sherri Gallagher is a New Braunfels personal chef who grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where she began cooking at the age of 8. Her culinary virtuosity can be experienced at the Regal Ravioli food truck in Austin, (regalraviloi.com), and at various catering functions and local home dinner & cocktail parties. She can be contacted at [email protected].

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Last WordWith Kelly Colby

Give Anarchy a ChanceIf you leave aside the idea that most of our politicians treat the Constitution as a hindrance and not a treasure, perhaps the greatest problem our country faces is something that libertarians actually accept as axiomatic: that government should have a monopoly on the use of force. We assume that the alternative is anarchy, and it is, but, as I’ve often tried to point out, anarchy isn’t necessarily a bad thing. If you carefully consider how things work, you will find that the very way we approach the idea of monopoly is wrongheaded.

Let’s begin by looking at business monopolies, something that we have been taught to assume are a bad thing. A monopoly in business is when only one business is supplying the full demand for some product or service. It means that there is no competition in this area and because there is no competition, we assume that this will lead to problems for the consumer.

While this is an interesting thought, there’s no particular reason to believe it’s true. In a system where competition is allowed freely, the only way to effectively maintain a monopoly is to keep the consumers happy enough that no competitors can take them away from you. Some new product or service may allow for a brief monopoly while others learn the process or develop a business plan capable of competing, but eventually, if there is money to be made competition will happen.

Likewise, once one has a monopoly or near monopoly, economies of scale can be used to drive others out of business by lowering prices. Of course, this only lasts as long as the prices stay low, or some other competitor decides to compete on that scale regardless of the initial cost, convinced of future profits. In neither of these cases is the consumer hurt. In the first, the consumer has a new product that simply wasn’t available before, and in the second, the consumer has the benefit of lower prices.

The only way that monopolies can avoid this truth is by combining their power with another monopoly: government.

When government gets involved, the dynamics change. Government can provide legislation that favors one company over another (creating fuel efficiency standards that benefit producers of higher mileage or hybrid cars). Government can insist on standards that keep competition out (licensing requirements

or product safety standards). Government can tax imports to keep global competition at bay (steel and sugar tariffs). Government can even work directly against certain companies while making exceptions for others (preventing mergers and breaking up monopolies). All of these things can be used skew the free market and pick winners and losers, and none of this would be possible without the government monopoly on force.

We tend to think of the government’s monopoly on force only as it applies to the military or police, but that monopoly includes the courts, legislation, regulation, taxing authority, education, and to a great degree, cultural shaping. The government uses this monopoly to control what we can and can’t do, what we know, and what we think.

Are too many people smoking? Tax cigarettes. Pass laws limiting where a person can smoke. Fund studies that illustrate the dangers of smoking. Teach children these dangers. Use shaming and peer pressure to alter behavior and public opinion in public service announcements.

Look at how this same method has been used in creating Obamacare. Create a problem through ham-handed regulation. Promote concerns over the problem with carefully worded studies and media saturation. Develop a legislative “solution”. Use the legislation to pick new winners and losers. When the people complain about the unintended consequences, bribe them or badger them with propaganda and peer pressure (lather, rinse, repeat).

It’s important to recognize that all of these governmental powers are predicated on force; lethal force if necessary. Don’t think so? Ask yourself what would happen if you refused to send your children to school? What if you then refused to provide any proof that they were being educated? What if you then refused to acknowledge the government’s court orders? Finally, what would happen if you refused to let the government take your children from you? Be sure that the government would resort to force.

How much force they used would depend on how much force you used to resist, but lethal force is always an option in the end. Under no circumstances does the government walk away shaking their head because you’re more trouble than your worth. Defiance is a threat to their monopoly on force and cannot be tolerated.

In fact, it is the government’s monopoly on force that allows any number of the problems we currently experience. The government spends like a drunken sailor because there is no one to stop them. They have the ability to take what money they need from you because they have a monopoly on force. They can tax you; borrow the money in your name; or simply print more money, devaluing what you have.

Politicians make politics their life’s work because once they are in office, it’s nearly impossible to remove them. They can use their legislative abilities to make powerful and well financed friends that can help keep them in office, and they can also use their power to attack their enemies and opponents. Politicians are immoral and corrupt because there is no one to stop them. They recognize no authority but their own, and why should they? We accept that they must have a monopoly on force.

These are, of course, only the political issues. Cultural issues are part of this as well. Just one example of this is when the government maintains a monopoly on force with regards to enforcing the law. Criminals react appropriately. Gun free zones are refuges for criminals. They know they are safe from interference except from the police.

Criminals often know exactly how the police will react in a given situation. They know when they are actually endangering their lives and when they are only in danger of being cited with more violations. Criminals know what they will be charged with in various circumstances, and when they can expect 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 you can expect if you do.

All of this is brought on by accepting that government must have a monopoly on force. What if instead we retained our own right to use force as well? I’m not suggesting revolution here, just contemplation. How does the dynamic of our society change when individual retains their right to use force when they deem it necessary? Can a society be devised that doesn’t require anyone to have a monopoly on force? You might be surprised.

You can read more from Kelly Colby at yourfirstshrug.blogspot.com.

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