Columns & Opinions
Transparency changes coming to court
This week we will make some changes to how we conduct our Milam County commissioner,s court meetings. Rather than the single-leader format we have seen the last four years, we will be holding our meetings in a more conversational manner as was intended by those who designed our system of county government in Texas.
Here’s something you’re not going to like
Well, here’s something you’re not going to like, as if there is much of anything to like about TxDOT’s downtown Rockdale project: the north corners of the Ackerman/ Cameron Avenue intersection are staying as they are. I was told by my contact at TxDOT that their organization agreed that the intersection was poorly designed and that they had sent the plans to be redesigned.
He was not one of us
The ninth chapter of the Gospel of Mark tells of an exorcist who was not a follower of Jesus, but he does a deed of power in Jesus’ name. Later that day, the disciple John tells Jesus, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not one of us.” Not one of us.