“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.” ~
Ticket to ride Back in ancient history when the female elected officials sued the county for pay parity, the county commissioners were getting $500 per month for a car allowance. When the county caved the day before commissioners were scheduled to start depositions in the law suit, the $500 per month was rolled into their [...]
It costs WHAT?……When I saw news reports of hundreds if not thousands of kids showing up at health fairs and what not to get free backpacks and school supplies, I couldn’t imagine so many poor kids willing to listen to health lectures or what not in order to get free backpacks and school supplies. Then [...]
So are you still proud to be a Republican?….. Back when the argument over increasing the debt ceiling raged (which ultimately resulted in S & P downgrading America’s credit rating), I called former Fort Bend Republican County Chair Eric Thode and asked him if he was still proud to be a Republican. Of course, Thode [...]
I have a theory……I’m sure many of you remember how Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid went onto the Senate floor and claimed that Republican Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney hadn’t paid any taxes in 10 years? Reid claimed that an anonymous Bain employee passed this information onto him. I wonder how a Bain employee knew [...]
Still a country girl My son Michael and I have returned from a weekend trip to Llano to completely close down my daughter Sherry’s (who died last October) house in Llano. Llano is a lovely little town, albeit dry, at the edge of the Hill Country. I’m so sad Sherry never got to live there [...]
I hate to keep beating a dead horse, but……A recent Attorney General’s Opinion had some relation to an incident in Fort Bend County of a few years ago. At the time, I asked the District Attorney and the County Attorney to ask for an Attorney General’s Opinion, but they didn’t. Guess they didn’t want to [...]
Another day in Paradise I am currently in Cozumel, Mexico. I know. I said after my last trip to California that my traveling days were over, but I’m here as a granny nanny while Michael and Lisa scuba EVERY day. Emphasis on the every because from looking at all work they have to do and [...]
More better politics One of the “advantages” to being an independent voter is that you get mail from both camps. Last week, I got mailouts from Jacquie Chaumette, Rick Miller, and a picture of Michelle Obama and the two girls. Oh, Barack was in there also but the note was from Michelle. But I was [...]
Local Politics, part 3 I know you are probably tired of politics but I’m going to have to write about this until the run-off which is Tuesday, July 31. The reason I am going to have to write about it is that it is so important. We in Dist. 26 have had 25 years or [...]
Local Politics, Part 2 Who is Rick Miller?…..I was researching when State Rep. candidate Rick Miller moved to Fort Bend County. My previous research revealed to me that he had only lived in Fort Bend for 12 years, and I remember when I was a practicing Republican that he just suddenly appeared on the scene. [...]
