I had several thoughts and wanted to just go through a couple of things.
First on this blog someone tried to say the people of Gonzales don't care. I begged to differ with them, and through several means, and spearheaded by Mrs. Leifeste, this community raised enough PRIVATE money to pay for the damage caused by vandals in our city cemetery. Thank you Mrs. Leifeste for spearheading this.
I want to stress two things here.
1) This was PRIVATE money used for this project. Not a dime from our city tax dollars. I believe that's the way it should be. Even today I heard a commercial for a private cemetery and they talked about perpetual care basically covered lawn maintenance. I even went to the state laws and the Texas Cemeteries Association and they both state headstones are not covered in perpetual care.
2) It's nice to see that even though the nay sayers swore it wouldn't happen, that the people of Gonzales have done what good citizens do, we took care of those things that needed to be taken care of even without the government getting into the middle of it. You go Gonzales!
Next, Monday is the final day to file for elections in our city. We've had 2 file for mayor. I hope it's a race on issues, not on personality. I think it's good for Gonzales to have people running for mayor. Who knows, maybe there will be more than the 2 by Monday. It will also be interesting to see who files in 4.
Reminder that Wednesday we have a new stop light in Gonzales. It's long past due and hopefully this will prevent some of the major accidents we've seen recently at that intersection at the new HEB and Tiger Tote. All the truck traffic coming out of industrial park has been an issue for years.
I know in conjunction with that I'm excited about the new HEB opening up in just a couple of weeks.
Is anyone else tired of seeing St. George torn up? Now don't get me wrong, I know the guys working on it haven't been on it terribly long, but the entire project has got to of been one of the worst managed projects ever. I'm hoping we're down to the end of this project and we can wipe it off our list.
Last is that 2/28 is a budget meeting. No no one showed up for the last one except our council members. While they might appreciate the quiet, the citizens should take an interest in what's going on. The proposed budget is in the city office and I believe a copy is in the library for public inspection. It would be nice to see and hear from a few concerned citizens at the meeting.
God Bless,
Dennis
I think you would make for a great Mayor hon.You should run. BTW, hope all is well with you and the family. God bless you.....Gloria
ReplyDeleteThanks to those that donated. I personally had hoped a more diverse and larger part of the community had stepped forward, but the task has been accomplished and that's what really matters. Thanks again to Mrs.Leifeste for your efforts to get this done.
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