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3 1st WordAn open letter to Senator Donna Campbell.

4Due ProcessWheels turn in Logan

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On Campbell’s Cream o’ EnmityThis hit the newsroom last week, and we think it merits print. We have withheld the identity of the author at their request. Should Senator Campbell wish to meet with him, we will release his contact information to her.

Dr. Donna Campbell, I’ve always wondered if I would ever

meet you or run into you while in New Braunfels. I’m not a fan or a supporter per say, but more interested in how you would explain your proposed bill to someone that is not only a resident of New Braunfels but someone that also happens to be gay and living in your district. I had the pleasure of being in your presence the other morning while getting my morning coffee at Starbucks off Walnut Street in New Braunfels. We did not exchange words as you were engaged in a loud and boisterous conversation with an older gentleman in which the topic at hand made me feel more than uncomfortable.

Shall I briefly touch on the basic premises of your coffee talk so you can recall it? Yes...I think so. You made it very clear how upset you were about the “back pedaling” that Governor Mike Pence of Indiana, and Governor Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas are doing because of pressure regarding the proposed Religious Freedom Restoration Acts in their respective states. You went on to elaborate about your bill and how important it is for Christian businesses to be able to refuse services to individuals if said individuals burdened the business’ religious beliefs and that you want pastors and priests sermons to be protected. Another passionate topic in your exchange was how it is your mission to protect “regular working families with children”.

I’m sure there are many that agree with you especially living in a conservative state and specifically in a conservative city such as New Braunfels. To me though, what you said struck a nerve that I haven’t felt since middle school or high school when people would yell “faggot” or “homo” at me while in class or walking the halls. Since then I have never encountered anyone that has made me feel less than I am, until that morning at Starbucks.

The main reason I wanted to write you this letter is to not bash you as a human being, but I want you to realize that your proposed

bill has a profound negative impact on citizens in your home town. An impact on people that should never be afraid to go into a business with fear of being rejected service because they happen to be gay. I have been

in a committed relationship for almost five years and one day plan to

marry this man. Along with that, I would hope to be able to go to any business in New Braunfels or the surrounding area and purchase services and goods for my wedding without the possible embarrassment of refusal of service because I am part of the LGTB community. We may not be your typical family but both of us have full time jobs in New Braunfels and have two dogs that pretty much act like, and require as much attention as kids. So as of now, even before I’m married or have adopted a child in need of loving parents, I would consider myself a regular working family.

As I wrap this up I want to ask you to reconsider your stance on this issue and your bill. Be on the right side of history. Advocate for everyone in your district and not just the religious or conservative groups. Please keep in mind that the things you say have an impact on the people you are around, especially if it is in a business that strongly supports LGBT marriage and equality for all, like Starbucks. If we meet there again maybe we could talk, and since I know Starbucks will want my business, the coffee is on me.

Sincerely,A Regular NB Resident (Name Withheld)

While we agree with the bulk of this letter, we must point out that New Braunfels is anything but Senator Campbell’s “home town”. Although she offices here, she carpet-bagged her way in, Hillary Clinton-goes-to-New-York style, from District 18, where they didn’t want to elect her, and where she is still an active physician at Columbus Community Hospital. She has regularly made national headlines since her election, because much of the legislation she backs or proposes reinforces the stock negative stereotypes the rest of the country holds regarding Texans.

Senator Campbell’s staff can reach us at [email protected].

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Update: Canyon High Murder CaseThere is no denial that 15-year-old Canyon High School student Logan Davidson died after being punched twice by a classmate.

There is also no denial of trial testimony that Logan threw a variety of things at his classmate for two days, including an eraser, which he threw twice, the second time smacking the classmate in the face so hard, one student testified that he could hear it.

There is no denial that the classmate told Logan to, “Stop your shit.” But the throwing of things continued, even after the teacher told them to stop. The day before the November 12, 2013 fatal attack, Logan hit the classmate in the crotch, leading the classmate to shove Logan.

The incidents surrounding Logan’s death are not in dispute. What question the jury has to decide is if the suspect’s actions were tantamount to murder or manslaughter.

Even though prosecutors leveled both charges, defense attorney Joseph E. Garcia III asked that physical assault be included as one of the charges, thus giving the jury a lesser charge to consider.

Despite objections by the State, Judge Charles A. Stephenson II agreed and added the lesser charge. The judge then sent the jury home as the decision awaits a ruling by the Texas Supreme Court or the Third Court of Appeals. A decision from a higher court is expected to take only a few days, at which point the jury will return.

Because he is a juvenile, the defendant’s name will be withheld.

“I just wanted him to leave me alone,” the suspect said in court.

“There were a lot of things that you could have done instead of hitting him, weren’t there?” prosecutor Clayten Hearrell asked.

“Yes, sir.”“If your intent was to send a message,

that message was sent with the first punch, wasn’t it?”

“Yes, sir,” the defendant answered.“Those punches caused his death, didn’t

they?” Hearrell asked.“I don’t know,” the defendant answered,

crying.The prosecutor asked the suspect if it

was the hardest punch he could have thrown, to which the defendant said it wasn’t.

However, videos of the incident show the defendant pulling his arm far back, landing a brutal blow to Logan’s face as the victim exited the classroom. Logan stood staring at the wall for a moment, appearing dazed. When Logan turned back around, the suspect landed a second punch, causing the teen’s head to hit the wall, after which he collapsed immediately to the floor. Logan

was unresponsive and airlifted to University Hospital in San Antonio, where he died. His brain was swollen and his jaw was fractured.

Hearrell asked the defendant if he knew that knocking someone out could kill them, to which the suspect responded that he didn’t.

Under questioning from Garcia, the suspect said that he wouldn’t have hit Logan if the teen had stopped throwing things when the defendant asked him to. Witnesses testified that prior to the incident Logan and the suspect had appeared to be friends.

The defendant denied that he told anyone to get out their cell phones before he punched Logan, although some had testified that he did. Witnesses for the defense painted Logan as a longtime bully who wouldn’t cease harassing them even after being asked to. One female witness, who also attends Canyon, said that Logan continued to bully her on a daily basis while in middle school until she hit him. She noted that she had never met the defendant.

“It doesn’t seem that you have had a great deal of contact with Logan since the seventh grade,” Hearrell said.

“No, sir,” she said. “I made sure of that.”One thread that links both Logan and

his attacker is fellow classmate Enrique Gonzales, who is also charged with murder for his suspected role in the incident.

Gonzales testified that he participated in throwing things at the defendant. Witnesses, including the suspect, testified that Gonzales was urging Logan on, saying the teen didn’t have “the balls” to throw things at the defendant. According to testimony, Gonzales went around the class to pick up things thrown at the defendant in order to hand them back to Logan to throw again.

Outside the classroom, according to testimony, Gonzales filmed the attack, telling the defendant, “What are you going to do, just shove him again? I’m not going to get my phone out for no reason.”

One witness testified that after the attack, Gonzales was laughing about and celebrating the attack.

“Was Enrique instigating it?” the prosecutor asked the defendant.

“Yes, sir.”“Were you mad at Enrique?”“Yes, sir,” the defendant answered.“What did you do to Enrique?” Hearrell

asked“Nothing.”Gonzales’ trial is scheduled to begin in

May. He was grant testimony immunity by the State, meaning that any testimony he gave in the trial cannot be used against him during his own trial.

Updates to this story will be posted at facebook.com/txcitizen should a verdict be handed down before press time next week.

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When I write a feature about an intriguing artist or place, my task is to relate why I find value in that person, place or event. My wish, simply, is to communicate why these things are worth your time to experience. However, there are some things that are so cool they don’t require a need to convince.

Like dinosaurs.No one needs me to tell them that dinosaurs

are freaking cool. Everyone knows that.While not every dinosaur was big, the

big ones were stunningly gigantic, a size that would leave even the most ruthless big game hunter gibbering like an idiot. Worse still, some of these massive beasts had big pointy teeth and large appetites. They dominated the world for hundreds of millions of years and, then, they were gone. We have never seen a living dinosaur nor, hopefully, will we ever. Luckily, though, these mysterious creatures left some residue, markers that they were indeed on this planet.

This includes Comal County.You can see evidence of the mighty

dinosaur at the Heritage Museum of the Hill Country, where there are hundreds of preserved tracks. On Sunday, the Museum is holding its annual Dinosaur Day between noon and 5 p.m.

The tracks were formed about 108 million years ago, at which time our area was on the edge of a sea, said Everett Deschner, one of the Museum’s directors. Deschner has been with Heritage since it opened in 2000 and is knowledgeable about all things dinosaur.

“For a track to be preserved, you would really need to be on the edge of a sea,” he said. “This was an algae bed and when algae

is exposed to the sun, it bakes very, very hard. That makes it resistant, so when the next wave comes along, it will hold its shape.”

However, ascertaining what type dinosaurs made which track is very difficult, if not impossible.

“The best we can tell, for sure, is the difference between an herbivore and a carnivore,” Deschner said. “It’s impossible, really, to assign a species to a track. With the difference in the preservation of the tracks and the morphology of the foot, there is just no way to tell for sure.”

However, clues and track sites elsewhere, such as those in Glen Rose, give a fairly safe indication of at least two dinosaurs. “The animals we know that were living in the area at the time the tracks were deposited, were Acrocanthosaurus, a carnivore,” Deschner said. “The herbivore could have been an Iguanodon.”

Both the Acrocanthosaurus and the Iguanodon lived during the Cretaceous period, which ran from 145 million to 65 million years ago, the third and last age of the mighty dino. To put this in perspective, what we recognize as humans have squatted here for a mere 200,000 years (except to those who believe Earth was created 10,000 years ago, and they probably stopped reading in aggravation when they saw the word “dinosaur”).

One of the most interesting set of tracks at the site is not foot prints, but two sets of grooves running through the stone. One groove is a single line but, a short distance away, are two similar grooves running parallel to one another. No one knows why they are there.

“We have puzzled for years over what

made them,” Deschner said. “It is still a mystery. The first thing people thought was that it might be a turtle that was crawling along, leaving tracks with its fins. But if it was a turtle, how does it make only one track? If you look closely, you can see crescent-shaped grooves every 8-10 inches.”

The theories keep coming, though.“Some of the best ideas have been made

by people during cocktail hour,” he said. “Bob Perkins, a geologist, scribbled on a cocktail napkin what he thought might have made them. He said there were snails in the Cretaceous that had long tapered shells that were 4 ft. long. It could be that the single track could have been made by a snail crawling along, and it was in water that buoyed his shell up, or maybe he just carried his shell up off the ground. But maybe the double lines were made by a snail that was injured or couldn’t carry his shell up and so, the second line was made by his shell dragging the ground.”

This is exactly why the tracks at the Heritage are so fascinating: They permit us an entrance into the daily life of beings that lived more than 100 million years ago, simultaneously accessible and inaccessible. We aren’t imagining what we see before us, but we can imagine how what we see was created.

The tracks were uncovered more than 30 years ago during excavation work to build an RV park, Deschner said. Some kids were playing Frisbee on a newly flattened, dug out surface. The disc landed on one of the tracks, and one of the kids noticed that there was something unique about the indentions on the ground. The rest is paleontology.

The Museum, which relies on visitors, patrons and donors, has done great and extensive work to protect the tracks from the elements by building a large pavilion. As well, they have bought some adjoining acreage where there are 75 more tracks. A walkway is being constructed between the two areas.

Besides the tracks, the Heritage Museum of the Hill Country also displays numerous other items of interest, including teeth and other parts from Mastodons and Mammoths (there is an interesting difference, I found out from Deschner). There are also various artifacts from natives and the early settlers.

Dinosaur Day is $5 for adults and $3 for children aged 5-12. And, expert “Dinosaur George” Blasing will be giving lectures at 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. Dinosaur George has spoken to thousands of school children about dinosaurs.

The Museum is located near Canyon Lake, at 4831 FM 2673, between Sattler and Startzville. You can go online to learn more or theheritagemuseum.com or call 830-899-4542. The Museum of the Hill Country is open from 1-5 p.m. everyday, except Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years and Easter.

I can’t express enough how awesome these tracks are and how important it for those interested in dinosaurs to support the Museum and our dinosaur tracks.

Oh yeah, keep a lookout in your own backyard. Deschner said that the Museum has investigated at least four other sites of track in the County.

“Tracks like these could be found anywhere,” he said.

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MEDELLIN, JESSE RODRIGUEZMale • 5’07” • 200 lbsDOB: 01/01/1976CHARGE: Possession of a controlled substance pg 1 under 1 gram and theft of property under $1500 with 2 or more previous convictions

GONZALEZ-MATA,SERGIO MMale • 5’08” • 160 lbs

DOB: 07/30/1983

CHARGE: Tamper/

fabricate physical

evidence CT II

HERNANDEZ,RUBEN JRMale • 5’09” • 189 lbsDOB: 05/05/1969CHARGE: Motion to revoke probation for theft property over $1500 under $20k

LAW,JARED SETHMale • 6’04” • 180 lbsDOB: 05/04/1986CHARGE: Motion to proceed with adjudication for unauthorized use of vehicle

ANTONINO, FRANK JOSEPH JRMale • 6’01” • 185 lbsDOB: 01/01/1957CHARGE: Motion to revoke probation for driving while intoxicated 3rd or more

NORRIS, OTIS NELSON

Male • 5’11” • 160 lbsDOB: 12/25/1968

CHARGE: Motion to proceed with

adjudication for aggravated assault

w/deadly weapon

PALMER,JEREMY T

Male • 5’10” • 195 lbsDOB: 12/02/1976

CHARGE: Violations of conditions of bond for

driving while intoxicated 3rd or more

WATSON, RICHARD WAYNE

Male • 5’10” • 170 lbsDOB: 01/18/1978

CHARGE: Motion to revoke probation for

assault causing bodily injury family violence

WHITE,GLYN DANIEL

Male • 6’06” • 214 lbsDOB: 10/09/1968

CHARGE: Tamper/ fabricate physical

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PITTMAN,ALFRED

Male • 5’10” • 182 lbs

DOB: 08/18/1984

CHARGE: Assault

family member

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Dear Mexican: Do Mexicans know that if just one of their grandparents was born in Spain, they could immigrate immediately not just to Spain, but also any other country in the European Union? I know this is not an option for a lot of Mexicans, but it certainly seems like a better one for those that have the “Spanish” option.

Spain is a First World country with free health care, seven-hour work days and, quite simply, Spanish people seem to share much more in common with Mexicans. Don’t get me wrong: I think that they are a great thing for America, and that anyone who wants to live here should be able to, yet I am also a realist. I only bring this up because, well, it just seems like it might be an easier option for those grandchildren who fled Spain to come to Mexico during the times of Franco. A hell of a lot cheaper than a coyote also.

Learning to say “vosotros” and “vos” instead of ustedes and tu, and using “joder” instead of “chingar” seems a small price to pay. Then again, “Jodo tu mama” just doesn’t have the same ring...

Genuinely Concerned Gabacho living in Mexico

Dear Gabacho: Don’t just limit your goodwill to Spanish refugees from the Franco regime. Last year, the Spanish government said anyone who could prove that their ancestors were Sephardic Jews cast out during the Inquisition could apply for Spanish citizenship (conveniently left out, of course, were descendents of the Moors because, you know, Muslims).

Becoming a member of the European Union might sound appealing to gabachos looking to backpack for a year, but a mass migration to Al-Andalus ain’t happening for Mexicans: only give a shit about Spain when they win the FIFA World Cup or a Mexican soccer player gets to ride the bench for Real Madrid or FC Barcelona.

Dear Mexican: Why is it that Mexicans call people from the United States norteamericanos instead of unidenses? Don’t they know that Mexico and Canada are also in North America?

El Habrano

Dear Wab: Because Mexicans are also U.S.-ers—the full name of their country in habla is Estados Unidos Mexicanos. And while mexicanos know that Canada—and Mexico, for that matter—are in North America, we didn’t discover the Great Gabacho North until 1994, once the North American Free Trade Agreement let us know of another country to eventually conquer.

PUBLIC HEALTH ANNOUNCEMENT: Dr. Ron Romero, a dentist from Santa

Fe, New Mexico, let the Mexican know at the annual Servicios de la Raza gala in Denver that not only did dentists appreciate me discussing their profession in February (in the column answering why so many Mexican children have silver teeth), but also asked whether I can pass along the following public health announcement. He says that childhood caries (the disease that makes babies teeth rot and is colloquially known as baby bottle tooth decay) is a communicable disease, and that it can be transmitted by the simple act of feeding each other from the same spoon or drinking from the same glass. Doc Ron also wants ustedes to know that childhood caries are easily preventable—just go to your local dentist, and they’ll apply a simple wash that’ll put you in the clear for a while. Consider your request done, Dr. Romero—and think you can fit a diamond in my front teeth ala Lenny in The Simpsons?

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Safety DanceI’m truly tired of politics. There’s no shortage of political topics to discuss, but if I don’t divert at least slightly, I’m going to start pulling what little is left of my hair out. Because of this, this week’s column is politics free. That is not to say that the topic can’t be made political; I can see several possible angles. It’s just that I have no intention of broaching them.

Our culture seems to have become so concerned about risk of any type that I wonder if we aren’t damaging ourselves. Now, I’ve written about the misuse of the precautionary principle before, and there are several political topics that seem tied to attempt to scare people as a matter of convenience, but what I’m talking about here is an overall trend that seems to be affecting most everyone.

Most recently there was a case involving parents in Maryland who “free-range” their children. They allow their young children autonomy enough to travel to a local park by themselves, amongst other things, all in an attempt to allow their children to grow up strong and independent. This practice has run them afoul of the local CPS, who just this week took the children into their custody after another incident where the children were unsupervised but perfectly ok.

There’s no question that these parents are putting their children at risk by allowing them to travel unsupervised to the park, but I’m not sure that risk is significant enough to be of any real concern. I know that I was allowed similar privileges growing up, and I’m still around to irritate readers with my weekly column. Children, at some point, have to be allowed to get along on their own, and there’s something to be said for teaching independence and, in the case of one sibling looking out for the others, responsibility to your children.

The concern appears to be abduction more than anything else. This may be the scariest of fears parents can have, but it’s

hardly the most realistic one. Television dramas feature this far beyond its true level of danger. Child abductions do happen, but not very often, and abduction of children by random strangers is particularly rare. As a result such abductions are news, and just as the threat makes for great fiction, they make for an engaging news story. Our culture’s 24-hour news cycle amplifies this to absurd levels.

We tend to assume that our children are growing up in a very different world from the one we did, and that may be true in several respects, but that world isn’t more dangerous. It’s probably quite a bit safer. Crime overall is down and has been for some time. In fact, we are currently at levels of crime roughly equivalent to the ‘60s. When you combine that fact with advances in safety equipment, medical advances and communications technology. It hard to justify any concern at all for a child to be on their own for an hour or two (not that parents will stop worrying).

I see the same attitudes occurring away from crime. I think the anti-vaccine movement is, in part, a simple case of unwillingness to accept miniscule risk, and the truth is that both sides of the argument are to blame. This is similar to preoccupations with chemicals, pollutants and genetically modified foods. The technologies that apply to these things have made us safer, not less safe, but is there some limit to the value of just a little more safety?

George Carlin used to do a bit on this very topic, and in part of it, he argued that his immune system was strong because he and children like him swam in the polluted Hudson River. It was Carlin at his irreverent best, but like all good comedy, there was a kernel of truth to it. I have to wonder if we aren’t creating a society that is so anti-Darwinian that we will run the risk of creating an evolutionary cul-de-sac for ourselves. Nature is cruel; it doesn’t coddle the weak, and there’s a solid biological reason for that.

Safety equipment seems to fall into the same category as well. I know I’ve made fun of seatbelts and helmets for bicycle riders on several occasions, and I’m only half-kidding when I do. It’s hard to really appreciate life while encased in bubble-wrap. Is it completely necessary for me to have driver, passenger and two side airbags in my car? I have a recurring nightmare where a shopping cart taps my car, all the airbags go off at once and I suffocate while seat belted behind the wheel. I wake up with my cat sleeping on my face.

I wonder if some of this doesn’t just boil down to the “first-world” problem concept. Have we become so successful that this is the best we can do for perceived threats? What is there left for us to really fret about? Plague, war and rampaging dinosaurs are out in modern America. Do we concern ourselves with trivialities because there are no substantial dangers any longer?

I’m not sure I have the answers to any of these questions, but I do know one thing:

The fullness of life includes the occasional scrape and ding. A little blood and a stich or two enhance the flavor of the human experience. These are the things we tell stories about when we’re old and grey. Do we really want to deny this pleasure to our children?

I hope that we can reverse this trend. We don’t need a nation of daredevils, but there is something to be said for at least a little risk. One thing I do find heartening is that this seems only to infect adults. Children are as fearless as they’ve ever been as far as I can see. I know my parents cringed at some of the things that I did as a child, and when I look at kids today I understand why. Perhaps fear is just part of getting old.

Well, I’ve said my piece on the subject; now get off my lawn! And for God’s sake, set that thing down before you put an eye out.

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