Posted on August 13, 2007 at 4:05 p.m.

The deceased will live on in the memories of his friends and comrades regardless of the posthumous ministrations of any church. Whatever service he rendered his country was obviously wasted on the crowd of bigots who patronize this particular Arlington church. Such people seem able to find only the parts of their holy books that support their petty narrow-mindedness.

On Arlington's High Point megachurch denies funeral service for gay man

Posted on July 5, 2007 at 6:22 a.m.

Talk about embarrassing feature stories! At least I hope Mr King is embarrassed, and Minnie Payne, too. If I were a professional fire fighter, I'd be embarrassed to have it written of me that “The fact that he can do all his church work and find time to be fire chief is amazing. He’s the kind of guy who at 2 or 3 a.m. would be willing to help you.”

I certainly hope that Mr King can "find time" to do his job. It's what FB pays him for, isn't it? If Mr King has to ponder whether answering a fire call is going to unduly interrupt being godly, he should consider a different line of work.

Minnie Payne, you should apologize to Mr. King.

On Farmers Branch Fire Chief Kyle King is a dedicated Christian

Posted on June 26, 2007 at 6:19 a.m.

Leppert pretty much covered every major concern one might have. This is fine. But I fear that he's another big fan of the Trinity River plan, which I consider a distraction from more essential and ongoing matters. But then he's a product of the construction industry.

In that vein, I note that he seems to feel that interesting structures make cities significant. I tend to think it's more the other way around. Sydney, Australia was a significant city long before the opera house existed, and New York long before and since the Trade Towers existed. I note that importing and reassembling London Bridge over a ditch in Havasu City, Arizona, hasn't turned that burg into a "world-class" destination as far as I know. And then there are the world's capital cities.

On Full text of Tom Leppert's inauguration speech

Posted on May 31, 2007 at 5:58 a.m.

Choosing between Oakley and Leppert will be a matter of which looks worst on election day. The best thing for Oakley is to keep his yap closed from now on, especially at council meetings. But he may be suffering terminal foot-in-mouth disease for supporting Blaydes, who apparently wants to turn LH into one giant development project.

On Hollywood Overhead Doors becomes target in White Rock Lake development

Posted on May 27, 2007 at 7:48 a.m.

". . . A little old pothole on Interstate 45 created a massive cluster[thing] that grinded southbound traffic to a halt all Friday afternoon and evening."

"Grinded"?! I finded it hard to believe that any reporter or editor would commit this goof. In fact, I still do.

On Pothole on I-45 creates mega-traffic snarl for anyone headed south on Friday

Posted on May 17, 2007 at 6:13 a.m.

The bigotries and biases expressed by the FB ordinance are unfortunate and/or probably specious. But we can hope that this law, along with other such local actions around the country, will soon provide the pressure needed to force constructive federal action on immigration. The game we're playing now looks about as effective as the "war on drugs" or attempts to do away with alcoholic beverages.

This country depends a lot on labor provided by immigrants. So we best figure out how to document it and funnel it through regulated crossing points, for both the welfare of the laborers and the people who live near the borders.

Packing-house operators and home-builders, etc., would certainly prefer that their workers arrive in shape to do a good day's work, rather than having survived who knows what sort of harrowing journey across a desert and a long trip packed into the back of a truck.

On A message to Farmers Branch: There are higher values than being "law-abiding"

Posted on May 16, 2007 at 7:26 a.m.

I'm not sure that the FB ordinance will be found unlawful. But illegal immigrants may not be costing this country money, as some of the ordinance's proponents like to assert. I believe the comptroller of Texas calculated that illegals provide a net profit for Texas. I'm not much good with financial statements, so my reading of the numbers may be wrong.

However it's done, the country needs to get better control of who enters. If we want immigrant labor, then we should provide a regulated way for it to get here. The way it's done now offends my sense of orderliness. Sort of as if I could sneak into Texas Instruments through a window and work in a lab, getting some money from the lab supervisor under the table every month or so, without ever being on the company roster.

On Restraining order filed in Farmers Branch to keep controversial ordinance from being implemented