Opinion

A POLITICAL PRIMARY IS a preliminary election in which the registered voters of a political party nominate candidates for office. The key word here is preliminary.

I wasn’t around to see the end of the Passenger Pigeon.  One day there were 3 billion.  Over one third of the bird population of the planet.  And within a lifespan, they were no more.  The last Passenger Pigeon, Martha, died on September 14, 1914, in the Cincinnati Zoo.

I AM A RETIRED TRIAL ATTORNEY whose undergraduate work was in government and history. I have researched candidates in some contested Republican races by looking primarily at the websites of candidates and Wikipedia. As in the past, I am sharing my reasons for supporting selected candidates should the reader care to consider them.

LAST WEEK, I RECEIVED a call from Hemphill County Deputy Oscar Ortega that my elderly cousin and her husband were lost and needed help. I was confused because they live in Temple, Texas—some 400 miles south of Canadian.

Apparently, three days earlier they set out to pay bills in Temple and simply got lost. Not only were they 400 miles from home, they were out of money and needed help.

Texas Medical Association (TMA) President Rick W. Snyder II, MD, made this statement regarding Congress’ inaction to stop a 3.37% Medicare physician payment cut which took effect on Jan. 1.

“Texas Medical Association physicians are extremely disappointed Congress let Medicare patients down.

Abbott: Battle continues over vouchers

As time runs out next week on the fourth special session, Gov. Greg Abbott said he will continue to fight for school choice, despite the Texas House once again decisively rejecting it when 21 Republicans largely from rural districts joined Democrats in stripping it from a $7.6 billion education bill. The Austin American-Statesman reported it is unclear what Abbott’s next move will be.

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Abbott, House deadlocked over school choice, teacher pay
Gov. Gregg Abbott and the Texas House are at loggerheads over which will come first – vouchers for parents to pay for private school tuition, or funneling more money to public schools, The Dallas Morning News reported.

WE'VE JUST BEEN SAVORING the latest edition of Canadian High School’s student newspaper, The Cat's Tale, which features an informative front-page report on the repair work that is underway at Canadian High School's auxiliary gymnasium.

Other news includes a report, "Working Wildcats," on CHS students who are engaged in work practicums and after-school jobs, and a story about Friday the 13th, in which students and staff reveal their own superstitions or the lack thereof.

FOURTEEN PROPOSITIONS are on the November 7 ballot to amend the Texas Constitution.  I have read the Voter Guide of the League of Women Voters of Texas (https://www.lwvtexas.org/) setting forth arguments for and against each amendment.  I will vote all but Proposition 4 that would allow the legislature to increase the homestead exemption from $40,000 to $100,000 for school district taxation.  In future years, this could significantly decrease the revenue of most small school districts.