“Bev Carter is the owner/publisher of the Fort Bend Star, winner of numerous state and national awards. She has been a voice of Fort Bend’s largest circulated newspaper for 30 years.” ~
Rushbo is in a peck of trouble…… Do you suppose that Rush Limbaugh reads my Bev’s Burner column? The day after I wrote last week there is a war on women, Rushbo called a young law student a “slut” and a “prostitute” for trying to testify before a congressional committee about the need for insurance [...]
There’s a war going on….Texas women either aren’t paying attention or don’t care, and its having repercussions all over the state. Witness the recent action in Virginia where they wanted to mess with women’s vj. The state legislature tried to pass a law, first introduced by the now-governor several years ago, to force women to [...]
I’ve tried to be nice….When I read about what the sheriff candidates say in the various forums they have attended, I have a hard time keeping from exploding. This week I just couldn’t help it. I have several comments after reading LeaAnne Klentzman’s story about the latest forum. • Billy Frank Teague promised to make [...]
“This week I yield my space to rant and rave to LeaAnne Klentman” – Bev By LeaAnne Klentzman Jail house bully…..Recently the Star ran a story telling the public to blow the whistle on public corruption. Well, they did; on many fronts and at several different levels. Imagine our disgust when someone who spoke up [...]
And they call themselves Christians…….Just like the national Republican Party which is busily shooting itself in the foot by running presidential candidates who can’t beat Obama, the local party is making the same mistake. It’s trying to eat its own, according to my sources. Much like Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are saying such nasty [...]
Me and the Chamber…..I was worried that no one could replace the retiring Louis Garvin as executive director (or chairman of the board or whatever they are calling themselves these days) of the Fort Bend Chamber. You see, Louis came along after a series of less than perfect chief executives. Don’t get me wrong. They [...]
Whistle blowers: we asked, you answered…….Last week we invited whistle blowers to contact us about what they were seeing wrong, mostly in their workplace. Our readers responded and the following are excerpts from some of the letters we received. We are working on stories about the problems they exposed which you will see in the [...]
Don’t look Ethel……I heard from a reader last week that was very unhappy because I was writing the truth about Newt Gingrich. Gee, I’m sorry if you accidentally read something you didn’t agree with. Please don’t do that. It might make you have an open mind. If you want to only read or hear about [...]
I hardly know ye…….The “Star” asks a question every week and you can see the results immediately after you vote on our web site. Last week, the question was who would you vote for president between Newt, Mitt, and President Barack Obama. The results when I voted early this week were, Newt-43%, President Barack Obama- [...]
I’m confused……Thank goodness I’m not running for office. Not only because I have a low tolerance for fools and thus would not be able to get along with my peers or constituents long enough to be effective, but mostly because I would have no idea about the boundaries of the districts, the deadline to sign [...]
