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Lee County Weekly
Editorial/
Opinion
September 7,1989 - Page 2
Ashes to ashes
This newspaper, born during an afternoon discussion by the five men who
were its Board of Directors, will die with this, its 41st edition, in its fourth
year of publication.
First the Directors, the staff and I wish to thank each of you who have
supported our efforts with your advertising, your subscriptions or your 50
cents each week. Without you, we would not have survived this long. The
bottom line is simply that we are not profitable. A shrinking economy has
gobbled up another victim.
It is with both a feeling of great regret and great relief that I write these
words.
Relief will come Tuesday when the pressure is off and I no longer feel
like Wednesday is the day of a final exam on which hangs our entire future.
That's what its like to be "examined" by the public each week, as the job
you have done is graded by your readers.
Regret will come when the next Monday dawns and I have no office
family to see and no rushing around frantically to do in order to try to find
out about, write up, edit, correct and stick down news that we hope will be
of interest to you all.
From this paper’s inception, we have attempted to cover the entire county,
not just one corner of it, as fairly and equally as is humanly possible. We
have attempted to be as open and unbiased in both our coverage and our
reporting as we could manage.
Sometimes we pleased you and sometimes we made your mad. Often it
was over the same article. It just depended on your point of view. In both
cases we learned from you.
We have often wondered why we were willing to put in the hours and
hours of overtime; the worry over your reaction to something we said or did
or didn't say or do; the night meetings and calls to an accident scene in the
wee hours of the morning and all the rest that goes into putting together a
small town newspaper.
The answer is that somehow we learned to love it. The challenge is
exhilerating. The compliments you gave us when we pleased you kept us
going on the days when you criticized us. Most of all, we enjoyed getting
to know you. As members of the same community, we are all in this, both
good and bad, together.
Thanks again to you all.
Letters to
the Editor
Susie Freeman
Philanthropic and charitable
groups get sales tax exemptions
State Comptroller Bob Bullock
said Wednesday that a new law
provides sales tax exemptions to a
variety of philanthropic and
charitable groups, while allowing
Texas to comply with a recent U.S.
Supreme Court ruling.
"The new law serves two
purposes -- it gives deserving
groups a tax break, and it allows us
to keep our sales tax laws intact,"
Bullock said.
Under the new law, which went
into effect August 28, charitable,
philanthropic and benevolent
organizations may sell publications
and other writings tax-free if the
groups publish and distribute the
printed material themselves.
For example, if a local historical
society sells cookbooks, Bullock
said.
Examples of other groups that
fall under the exemption include the
Junior League, college sororities
and fraternities, the Rotary Club
and Kiwianis Club, and the Parent-
Teacher Association.
Bullock said the legislation was
passed after the Supreme Court
ruled in February that Texas was
unfairly exempting religious
organizations from paying sales tax
on periodicals and writings, since
periodicals produced by other types
of organization weren't exempted.
The case against the state was
brought by Texas Monthly
magazine, which was refunded
$160,285.30 in state tax after the
Supreme Court upheld the
magazines's argument.
Bullock said that extending the
sales tax exemption to other groups
will have no impact on state
revenue.
Notice of meeting
A special meeting of the
membership of the Giddings
Industrial Foundation will be held
on Thursday, September 7, 1989
beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the
Giddings City Council Chambers.
The purpose of the meeting is:
1. Approve amendments to the
charter.
2. Approve amendments to the by-
laws.
3. Elect new members to the board
of directors.
4. Discuss finances.
5. Discuss plans for industrial
development
The Giddings Industrial
Foundation has been instrumental
in attracting and retaining a number
of businesses in the area such as
Invader Boats, the Giddings State
Home and School and Cargill
Nutrena.
Membership in this organization
is S1 along with a loan of $500
(payment plans are available).
It is imperative that the business
community join together so that as
a group we can promote, expand
and recruit businesses in this area.
You have a stake in the future of
this area, however, it won't happen
if you wait for someone else to do
it. It is up to you!
If you agree that major emphasis
is needed to increase the economic
structure of the Giddings - Lee
County area then you will attend
the September 7th meeting and join
the Giddings Industrial Foundation
in promoting, expanding and
recruiting businesses in this area.
LCRA Board extends
General Manager's contract
Lower Colorado River Authority
Board of Directors voted by
acclamation Thursday (August 24)
to extend the contract of General
Manager David Freeman for another
three years to January 1994.
Freeman’s current contract was
set to expire in January 1991, and
Board members wanted to know by
this fall whether to begin a search
for his replacement.
"We are very pleased that David
will stay with us," said LCRA
Chairman Pat Oles. "We're
obviously very pleased with the job
he has done."
Freeman joined LCRA in January
1986 and , pursuant to the Board's
direction, immediately moved the
river authority into aggressive
programs for improved water
quality and conservation. He was
instrumental in development of the
Water Management Plan for the
lower Colorado River, which is the
first such plan in the state for the
comprehensive management of a
major river's water resources.
He has also worked to maintain
LCRA's low electric rates by
cutting operational and fuel costs
and implementing electric
conservation programs to defer the
need for building new generating
capacity. LCRA's wholesale
electric rates continued to be among
the lowest in the state.
You THINK
JIM BAKKER WILL
BE ACQUITTED?
A reply to "Warning to Officials"
Get off the back of these duly
elected county officials. This
sounds like a threat, or perhaps you
plan to make a try for their jobs and
using this cheap way of doing it.
"Pitiful hospital you call it”. Let
me assure you that this hospital has
met the needs of people in most of
the county for many years and has
struggled to keep it open for the
welfare of many. I am of the
opinion that you must be one of
these so called "new comers" who
come in and try to solve things by
their own ideas and criticize every
endeavor the people have tried to
make this a good place to live.
Perhaps thats why you are here.
You did not say anything critical
about road taxes, but thats because
you use them, showing how selfish
some people are. There are plenty
of people who don't have school
children, but you don't have them
crying about school taxes.
The street corner you mentioned
must have been a corner of your
choice to select someone whom
you knew with the same view.
There may be anger in these
interviewed people of yours but let
me assure you that there are a
greater number of people with anger
in their mind about your attitude
and remarks. It seems the hospital
began having problems when it was
turned over to a Health Care Co.
who proposed to do great things.
We see the results, even the start of
adding on that had to be abandoned.
Now its back to the people to do
something about it as all did when
the hospital was built. They
sacrificed, donated, and did
everything within their power to
have a hospital, rather than having
to commute 35 miles to the nearest
place for a birth, broken bones,
Giddings
Plaza
Under New
Ownership And
Management
Call
Tom Elliott
Guest Management
(915) 646-1535
For Information On
LEASE
SPACE
Small or Large
Short Term or Long Term
Shop Our Other
Giddings
Plaza
Merchants
Giddings
Plaza
Hwy. 290 E., Giddings
I THINK DAFFY PUCK
IS CALLING HIM HOME
Working
together to
create great
opportunities
snake bites, and other things that
required hospitalization. Then the
family had to commute the same
distance. What if you were elderly,
unable to drive and no family to
take you? There is the cost of
commuting also and always a
possibility of gasoline shortage.
If the tax rate has to be raised a
few cents to meet a need such as a
hospital, so be it Taxes are raised
any way to meet other needs and I
certainly believe this is a need.
Pick on something else. The poor
people on fixed income have no
choice but surely there is enough
compassion among most people
who care to see that this hospital
stays open. If the hospital closes,
the doctors will have to leave to
make a living and I can't imagine
the results of that for even
emergencies. Wake up Lee County
Hospital supporters and let your
voice be heard too.
Name with held by request
Thanks!
THANK YOU for the wonderful
coverage of the August 13, Dime
Box Playday. The Assoc, is
organized for the purpose of helping
the youth, and when their efforts are
publicized it makes them feel all
the better. Again-Thank you!
Dime Box Youth Rodeo Assoc.
Newspapers:
Freedom in Our Hands
Our Elected Officials
The Honorable Bill Clements
Governor of Texas
P.O Box 12428
Capitol Station
Austin, TX 78711
Phone 512-463-2000
State Senator
The Honorable Ken Armbrister
Texas Senate
Box 12068
Austin, TX 78711
Phone 512-463-0118
State Representative
The Honorable
Robert M. Saunders
Texas House of Representatives
Box 2910
Austin, TX 78769
Phone 512-463-0682
Lee County
Weekly
For supposedly being a sleepy
little community, this area is
waking up fast!
Your new Economic Developer,
Katie Gibson, has been working
full-time since August 21. She is
here to help stabilize and revitalize
the businesses and industries already
here, as well as, develop marketing
and promotion to attract new
business, industry and visitors to
Giddings and Lee County.
We have opportunities "banging
on our doors" just waiting for us to
get working together to open our
doors, but before we can open those
doors, we have to get ourselves
prepared and ready for action,
according to Gibson. The E.C.
goes on to say, "We need to get
dressed, clean our house, gather
everyone together, plan our
activities, and set out the welcome
mat!"
To get started there is a Business
Workshop planned for September
11 and 12 at 7 P.M. each evening
at the First National Bank
Community Room. The workshop
is sponsored by the Giddings
Chamber of Commerce in
cooperation with the Lee County
Extension Agent, the Texas
Agricultural Extension Service, and
the Farmers Home Administration.
Come and let the E.C. know what
kinds of problems we are facing and
help make plans to solve them for
our future. The E.C. is planning
many new programs for all aspects
of economic development.
If you have any questions, ideas
or opportunities, place feel free to
stop by or call. Katie Gibson's
office is in the Chamber of
Commerce Building, 386 South
Main, 542-0442.
TEXAS PRESS
ASSOCIATION
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The LEE COUNTY WEEKLY (USPS No. 000235) is published each week for $12 00 per year (52
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New law provides sales tax
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Giddings
542-3671
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Freeman, Susie. Lee County Weekly (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 1989, newspaper, September 7, 1989; Giddings, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1665793/m1/2/: accessed May 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Giddings Public Library and Cultural Center.