Category: "Opinions"

Letters – Implant recipient thanks Samaritans

To the Editor: I have a hearing disorder that will eventually cause total deafness if something is not done to restore my hearing. There is a new implant device available that could help and has been life-changing for many people. The surgery is not covered by insurance and three months ago, the cost of the [...]

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From the Clocktower – What is technology really costing us?

By Kathi Bliss One of my favorite television shows lately is “The Big Bang Theory,” a comedy about five friends living in Southern California. One of the things that strikes me about the show, and the reason that I – along with millions of other viewers – have taken to it is because of the [...]

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The season is over. The lessons start now.

Every so often in this line of work, you get to stand on the sidelines (or in this case, in the dugout) and watch while something spectacular happens. This spring, I have been honored to stand in the dugout, behind the plate and at the baselines as a dozen young women taught this community a [...]

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From the Clocktower – When it’s over, it’s over. Or is it?

By Kathi Bliss Editor/POST-REGISTER   It has been a good, long while since I looked forward to a weekend as much as I’m looking forward to this one. In the adult world, weekends don’t mean as much as they did when we were children. After all, instead of resting and playing, our weekends now are [...]

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Letters – Reader blasts Hutchison, budget

To the Editor: I wonder when Kay Bailey and her Republican allies are going to pull their heads out from between their legs, so that they might be able to see what years of corporate welfare has done to our economy. Not only has giving rich people tax breaks created huge debts that will take [...]

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Letters – Family stands up against property crime

To the Editor: My husband and I were visiting with a couple from South Africa. I explained that although we had once purchased tickets to visit their country, we had decided not to go due to the crime rate. They looked at one another in surprise and replied, “There is no crime where we live. [...]

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Letters – Democrat questions new Chair candidate

To the Editor: For the past 20 years I have been a Democratic activist in Caldwell County, and I am currently an office holder with the party in the county. I have always been of the opinion that “Evil will prevail if good men (and women) fail to do nothing,” and that is why I [...]

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Letters – Volunteers applaud Egg Hunt participants, sponsors

To the Editor: Our Community Effort would like to thank the community and businesses who supported, donated and helped sponsor the First Annual Easter Egg Hunt and Family event held at Lockhart City Park on Saturday, April 7. But more than that, we want to thank all the children who participated in the event. We [...]

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Letters – Much ado about nothing?

To the Editor: What’s in a name? I think the whole issue is ridiculous, it does not matter what you name the frontage roads, people are going to take whatever road/route (and the shortest) to get to Lockhart to eat our “wonderful barbecue.” They will not think much of the name just as long as [...]

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Letters – Reader urges caution in upcoming election

To the Editor: “Beware of ‘Bonn-Lites’ on your ballot! Thanks to Tracy Forester for her recent informative letter detailing how Judge Bonn has misused his office and may not be working for the good of the community, and how his continuing actions show his obsessive hunger for power and absolute control. Our county is in [...]

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