‘Unintended Consequences’ Archives
It Is With Great Sadness That I End My Fourteen-Year Career With The Shelter
Melissa Ball's Letter of Resignation click above to open the pdf Obtained via Open Records Request from the City of Bryan. I am keeping the anonymous copies anonymous, to protect my sources. However, according to those copies,the redacted part says "medical leave," just so's you know. I will let us all read and cogitate upon it for awhile. [...]
I Have The Letter
Some folks don't think I have the resignation letter. In response to that I offer the cover letter from Gaines West, attorney for Melissa Ball, which was hand delivered to Patricia Merenoff, attorney for The Brazos Animal Shelter, Inc. Unfortunately, I did not give the Paralyzed Ten a deadline for taking care of business. They have had [...]
The Lady Doth Protest Too Much, Methinks
Hamlet, this is not. However, we are well into Act Three, or whatever this crazy epic has become. If you know what I am talking about, then you are my audience for this post. If you do not, then you will be enlightened soon enough. But before I get to that, let me give a bit of Parliamentary Procedure advice: You can't vote on changes to the [...]
Liars And Vipers And Hares
Brazos Animal Shelter and Bryan part ways permanently on August 31st Council members, Board Members, City Staff all agree blame lay largely with one person Documentation supports that position Crematorium, along with Finfeather location, belongs to Bryan and will be at least temporary Bryan operation’s location starting September [...]
BAS & Bryan: All You Need To Know.
The City of Bryan is hiring. They are hiring an Animal Shelter Technician, and an Animal Shelter Manager. There will be no contract between the City and the Brazos Animal Shelter. I may be telling you why soon, though I have known for several weeks. It depends on one person, and one person only. And to that person I say, “Cease and [...]
A Good Time Coming Out Party
Last night I went to Good Time Charley’s in Downtown Bryan for a meeting of the local Democratic Party. Shocked? I know, I know…but bear with me… See, I’m friends with Judy Leunes, who is the President of the Brazos Animal Shelter. She was giving a presentation about the Shelter, and then was going to be sharing some ideas from a [...]
The TSA Misses The Fourth Amendment Point
Have you een this video? httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSQTz1bccL4 Well, here’s the TSA’s (Transportation Safety Administration) official, and uninformed, response: Obviously, the TSA misses the point. In fact, I could probably just leave this post at that, and let you comment below as to what points the TSA misses…but [...]
Seven Score And Seven Years Ago – Where Have You Gone Mr. Lincoln?
November 19, 1863. 147 Years ago. As today, a Thursday. A man stood on a battlefield, surrounded bysome 15,000 people, and delivered a scant ten sentences even he believed would not be remembered; overshadowed by the souls that to this day continue to haunt that ground and insist upon prowling the halls of our National identity. On this [...]
American Writer Interviewed On Local Progressive Community Radio Station KEOS 89.1 FM
This past Wednesday evening, October 27th, I was on the Progressive program “Biased Transmission” on KEOS-FM in College Station, Texas. I had been invited by local blogger and host Teddy Wilson, a SOTA (Student Older Than Average) at Texas A&M Blinn College and Iraq War Veteran. Teddy and I have bantered and clashed back and forth in [...]
AUDIO CONFESSION – Chet Edwards Admits: Doesn’t Want Veterans To EVER See a Private Doctor
Last night at the Texas 17 Congressional Debate in Bryan, a nugget slipped by that reveals the true character of Chet Edwards. If you wait around long enough, they tell you exactly how they feel and who they are. So, let me share the nugget. It’s Chet Edwards saying “I strongly oppose that the veterans ought to be able to go outside the VA [...]
