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I recently saw a post on Facebook for a film screening regarding transgender people, children, and the question, “what is a woman” that is being held at the church. Surprised that church members are interested in this topic, I watched the film myself. After watching the film, I wanted to reach out to my former faith community and share in the discussion. The film takes a topic that is worthy of discussion and unfortunately, does not give an accurate depiction of transgender individuals, their families, medical providers, or...
As a citizen of Odessa, I have always had an interest in Odessa’s medical delivery system. The reason for my interest is another story. In my conversations with other citizens, I have been asked to express concerns that we agree are important. There has been much leadership change in the hospital administration, specifically, three CEOs in the past three years. Leadership demonstrated during the previous CEOs tenure was the most harmful to the health of the whole community. A lot of good hospital employees have left or were f...
A time to think, reconsider What a free and open society we have: There are a host of laws for gun control and anti-trusts (monopolies) that are somewhat bypassed, too many authorities and politicians, much of the public being overactive and hysterical, business and groups like the NCAA letting politics interfere, internationals trying to dominate the world media, internet, mobile phones, radio, TV and the movies. Peaceful protests are violent and destructive. Medical workers are too demanding and over-cautious. Democrats...
I see that we are selecting a new Lincoln County sheriff this next election cycle. I question why is this a partisan race? Why are electing a sheriff who is a Democrat or a Republican? When my son was growing up he noticed the republican sheriff. He wondered if you were Republican did you not get speeding tickets? Let's elect the best person to do the job and not worry about what party they belong to. We need to question the candidate's long term plan for the department. Do we need more road patrol deputies or more staff? We...
Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law Senate Bill 5228, to existing standards and training for public school workers, to combat institutional racism in our public schools. Next, state government will require students to learn the same as part of their curriculum. That will further divide them against each other in and out of the classroom. There is nothing "critical" about the human race, only the politically correct disease pushed on to the American people in the guise of racial compassion, where there is no systemic racism, but...
Anger and hatred displayed in the nation’s capital on Jan. 6 resulted in death and injury to over a hundred police officers and came at the hands of Trump supporters. By extension, that means all Trump voters. They used bear spray and American flagpoles to injure police, killing one. They chanted “hang vice president Pence and kill Nancy.” They intended to stop the democratic process and the recording of votes of the 50 states confirming Mr. Biden’s win. The newly “conservative” Supreme Court confirmed this win. Hundreds of...
If (last week’s comic) is referring to HR1, which makes election fraud even easier, then it may make some sense. Every fraudulent vote suppresses a legitimate one. However, I believe it refers to the just passed comment sense law passed in GA to combat fraud. Really, except possibly HR1, there hasn't been any voter suppression laws since the Democrat Party was pushing their beloved "Jim Crow" laws. Current new Editor: I know it's difficult for a small scale print newspaper to afford political comics but, you can do better t...
I was raised in Odessa, and conservative. I manned phone banks in Spokane for Nixon in ‘68. Now, 50 years later, I have a second worldview. I’ve had much more life experience, and am acutely aware of the anger you feel for those who question your long-held beliefs. As children in Odessa, we knew the greatest generation had fought WWII, and we respected the flag in their honor. Unfortunately, we’ve had less popular wars like Vietnam. Coming home, the numbers of American flags waved or hugged didn’t matter much to me. Democra...
