Letters to the Editor: November 18

William Kelly

Former Marine Corporal

Dear Editor:

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson’s resignation from her Washington job has been postponed so she can help craft the Obamacare legislation rather than get an early start on her campaign for governor. It becomes necessary we civilized Texans devise a fairer format for the March 2010 Republican primary even though she declined John McCain’s call twice to be his vice presidential running mate before he turned to Sarah Palin.

“Now is the time for all good men and women to come to the aid of their country” rings true in Obamacare as well as typing class, and presidential politics.

Considering the nasty tone of contemporary negative campaigns, as well as Gov. Rick Perry’s and Hutchinson’s college backgrounds, may I suggest we turn to football, our true love in competitive events.

Perry was a yell leader at A&M, as well as the first Aggie governor (thanks to a Yale Ivy leaguer’s run for Commander in Chief and the Presidential Library payback at College Station). Sen. Hutchinson was a cheerleader at UT before entering TV news broadcasting, so why not let the outcome of this year’s Thanksgiving Day matchup of the UT vs. A&M score replace the primary mudslinging? We could have a winner-take-all wager with the candidates on the respective sidelines during gametime yelling and cheering for their alma maters. We could have the civilized agreement the loser on the scoreboard bows out of the race so the winner can concentrate their financial political resources on the creeping socialism of the “big government” Democrats.

Imagine the spike in the TV rating blitz of this Hatfields vs. McCoys feud with the sideline wager playing havoc with the betting line, and the last-minute maneuverings in the smoke-filled rooms of the good ole boys trying to insure their appointment as chairman of the Parks and Wildlife Commission.

Surely TCU, Alabama and Florida fans would back the Aggies and Perry’s downside risk would still allow him time to beat the filing deadline in a run for her Senate seat inside the D.C. Beltway. That’s where the real money is and perhaps a better platform for a 2012 presidential bid as the first Aggie Commander in Chief. Enough said.

Charles McFadden

Dear Editor:

I would like to clarify a point made in the article about the new hotel in the Nov. 11 issue. It stated, “The owners of the Holiday Inn Express first sought to make the needed improvements, etc. at the current location, but opposition to the required zoning changes by area property owners forced the owners to simply build another hotel.”

We are one of the adjacent property owners and it was our understanding from the hearings held, the “improvements” you mentioned was a four-story hotel to sit next to the current location. The plans always called for the building of another hotel. All the adjacent property owners were of the opinion a four-story hotel was simply not in harmony with the waterfront of Little Bay. It would set a dangerous precedent for further construction. The planned three-story edifice is already an eyesore in my opinion. Our little neighborhood is in the process of losing our privacy in our yards.

Mr. and Mrs. Tim Pulliam