Opinion

“Today I have been blessed. I’ve been blessed by a neighbor that has very different political beliefs than I do.

The first week of suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial in the Senate ended with his former lead law enforcement officer testifying that an Austin developer — who is alleged to have bribed Paxton — constructed a “conspiracy theory” about federal officials altering a search warrant for his property, the Austin American-Statesman reported.

G “If these walls could talk, I wonder what secrets they’d tell.” — Gayle Forman, writer That question was evidently on my mind many years ago. April 3, 1975, to be exact.

“It’s pretty hard to feel better when you’re out of medicine and too fatigued to move around. Luckily, my good friend Jennifer Barker Lombard checked in on me and asked if I needed anything. She sent medicine and groceries to my front door and went above and beyond. I’m blessed to have amazing friends like that. Thank you so much.”

This column represents the thoughts and opinions of Jason Hennington. This is NOT the opinion of the Taylor Press.

A total of 774 new laws went into effect Sept. 1, affecting Texans in many areas of their lives, the Austin American-Statesman reported.

We have a couple that are regulars where I work. The gentleman, seeing that my hair color was fading and knowing how often I color my hair, posed the question of what color I was going next.

The agency that operates the power grid for much of the state asked Texans to conserve energy use several times last week as the grid was beset with high demand and low wind-power generation, according to the Austin American-Statesman.

COUPLAND SCHOOL The CCC’s last three columns discussed the loss of Coupland School’s Superintendent Tammy Brinkman, who was loved and admired by the community and many teachers and staff members. She received pressure from the school board and resigned June 27.

“You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.” — Franklin P.

G Co ·in·ci·dence – noun: a remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection. — Oxford Language Dictionary “So, what are you gonna do now,” asked Craig as we sat at the tall work table stools just inside The Monitor newspaper office.

Council compensation Dear editor, Thursday’s Taylor City Council meeting was both disappointing and embarrassing. On the one hand we have the people who came out to speak in opposition to a proposed increase in the council’s compensation (or honorarium).

“A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” – Christopher Reeve Shoutout to these beautiful children for saving their father’s live. Michael Gates was in his car with his children, when he suddenly became unresponsive due to an allergic reaction to multiple bee stings.

This column represents the thoughts and opinions of Dr. Ron Braley.

This column represents the thoughts and opinions of Jason Hennington. This is not the opinion of the Taylor Press.