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Spurger vs Round Top-Carmine Game 1: 4:30pm Friday, May 16 Game 2: 30 minutes after Game 1 Game 3: 11am Saturday, May 17 (if needed) All games at Willis HS

Chester vs Brookeland Game 1: 6pm Thursday, May 15 Game 2: 7pm Friday, May 16 Game 3: 7pm Saturday, May 17 All games at Lamar University

I did learn that a very significant area coach interviewed for this position. I highly doubt he will take the job, but did interview.

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Wow!

I hear they are going to rename it….MAGATRAZ. Lmao

But the constitution says that a person born here is a citizen. It doesn't matter how absurd it is.

I see where the Westwood coach is on admin leave now. School board voting tonight to fire him or not. Silsbee may have dodged a bullet.

I think we just ran out of gas after the PN-G game

Thanks for the assessment. I knew it sounded too good to be true. The vouchers is one thing I disagreed with Abbott on. They have a whole thread on it. Things like this need to be explained to the general public such as your take.

Thanks for asking. I’m opposed to doing away with property taxes for a few reasons- primarily, in regards to “how will we replace this tax revenue?” If you normally pay $3k per year in property taxes, you’d just expect to pick it up elsewhere, through sales tax or an excise (vat) tax. The only problem is that the redistribution of that burden won’t be passed down evenly. Parkdale Mall Will no longer pay property taxes, but WILL pay a higher sales tax on the lightbulbs and toilet paper that they buy. They’re going to pay way less. A guy that owns a dozen rent houses will see his property tax bill shrink dramatically. Will he pass the savings on to his tenants? Of course not. The people renting won’t see any change at all in their cost of living. But the average Joe Homeowner who’s already having trouble making ends meet will surely see an increase in the cost of everything he buys to survive. It’s been proven that increases in sales taxes hurt lower income people worse than wealthy people. A larger percentage of their income will be spent on taxes, while people with multiple properties see their tax liability decrease. Another HUGE problem is that money won’t be collected locally. Your sales tax dollars will be collected by an agency of the state that will then redistribute the funds as they see fit. Good luck getting those hairy-legged women in the Peoples’ Republic of Austin to send anything back our way. How well can rural counties lobby against the Harris, Bexar, Dallas, and Tarrant counties? We’ll all be sucking hind teat, if you know what I mean. The cost of education is high. Right now the average annual spending per student in Texas is almost $10k/year. Assuming you had three kids at home, could you afford to educate them at a cost of $30k per year? I sure couldn’t. Most people who have kids in school simply can’t afford to shoulder the cost of educating them by themselves. That’s how we ended up spreading the cost of their education among all property owners. I’m not saying that property taxes are fair, but it’s the most fair system that we’ve got. And to be frank, the voting public will vote against their own interests when instructed to. I’d be amazed if you didn’t just vote for politicians here in Texas that were in favor of giving tax dollars to rich parents to offset the cost of private education for their spoiled brats. Not necessarily you personally, but Texans as a group just sent their legislators to Austin with a mandate to make vouchers for private school for rich kids a public responsibility, while simultaneously arguing that “taxation is theft.” It’s bananas.

Outside of Katy, Angleton will be the most complete team BH will have faced so far. Eagles will have to bring their A game.

DIVISION 2 SEMI-FINAL GAMES May 12th, 10pm Lutheran South- 6 Second Baptist- 0 May 12th, 1pm Southwest Christian- Grapevine Faith- CHAMPIONSHIP GAME- Tuesday, MAY 13th- 10am

Sure hope they have another good season. The new coach came from Katy and Katy usually plays very good defense, so I am hoping in his second year that the defense improves tremendously. It has been weak the last several years. I don’t know if they don’t know how to teach secondary play or if there is not much talent at those positions. They certainly had a much better season last year, but simply struggled the last few games on defense

How long have they been there? It’s not that hard to get certified is it?

It will be very difficult for Houston to trade him due to his contract and being damaged goods. Astros would basically expect nothing in return for him. That's not good business.

Great season, girls and coaches. The future looks bright with 8 starters returning. All 3 pitchers will be back and 3 coming up from Junior High that could contribute.

I hate to see any player end their career like this but the need to put the team out of their misery and let him go. It may cost but might be worth it. How much is left on his not cut contract?

I have never been and never will be a believer in the saying, “If it saves one life then it is worth it”. It’s simply a ‘feel good’ saying.

That is one of the best analogies I have read😎

Well besides McCullers laying an egg, Astros got 2 shutouts in the 3 game series. Ain’t that a kick? In the McCullers fiasco, I thought the Astros made it respectable to come back the way they did. I mean, if you give up a 10 run 1st inning, do you really think a win is possible? I think the Astros have kept McCullers too long. I think he is damaged goods snd the Stros would have trouble getting anything in return. AAW, any thoughts on McCullers?

I posted an article that said Regan’s amnesty was a failure. I don’t ever expect you to connect the dots so I even said it was a failure. So I asked about your boy Obama deporting 3 million without due process to see your reaction and this is your response? I can see why the department of education was abolished. You’re proof positive that it wasn’t working.

It's my understanding that both have a degree. Silsbee has always required all their head coaches to be certified teachers.

Only partially true. You conveniently left out the key part like many. He is a citizen because HE was born here, and his PARENTS were legally subject here, resided permanently here, and were presumed loyal to the U.S. HE was underage. So, his status was carried from his parent/parents.