PROPERTY TAXES: The impact on renters

Following the wave of appraisal letters that landed in property owners’ mailboxes this past month, most signaling a sharp hike in value, it’s no surprise that property taxes become a hot topic this time of year.

PERRY RENEWS COUNTY INVESTMENT ACADEMY MEMBERSHIP

Paul D. Perry, Ellis County Commissioner, pct. 3, has renewed his membership in the County Investment Academy.During 2021, Perry successfully completed investment education conducted in partnership with the McCoy College of Business Administration at Texas State University.

COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (May 12, 2022)

SHORT CUTS

“A healthy society would be more worried about a shortage of baby formula than the ability to kill the babies.” – ERIELLE DAVIDSON“We are rapidly approaching the stock market turning negative for the 18 months Joe Biden has been in office.

OPINION: Democratic outrage over Roe v. Wade has little to do with women’s rights

What may seem like the political equivalent of a cold sweat breaking out in the Democratic Party right now over the possible overturning of Roe v. Wade is actually a combination of emotions ranging from exhilaration to sheer panic.None of it has much of anything to do with women’s rights.

OPINION: Sorry Democrats, you’re not raising our kids

Joe Biden’s education secretary, Miguel Cardona, claimed he hasn’t “heard... an appetite” for parental involvement in students’ education.Just a day earlier, Biden told teachers, “They’re not somebody else’s children. They’re like yours when you’re in the classroom.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Never ever, ever satisfied

Welcome, all, to the “front porch.”We’ve gotten our Philippians study started; and I was thinking of one of the themes the apostle brings out: We are never ever really satisfied on our Christian walk.Pardon all the adverbs, but it’s true.We are not satisfied, but we hope to be better.

OUT TO PASTOR: And then, there they were

In getting older, I have discovered, I pay a little more attention to my dietary habits.Or, maybe I should say, The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage pays more attention to my dietary habits.As we get older, she is more obsessed with vegetables than anything else.

THE DYNAMICS OF DISCIPLESHIP (part 7)

That the man (and woman) of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. – II TIMOTHY 3:17Once a person repents and believes the gospel he becomes a new creation in Christ and is ready to be equipped for his service in the kingdom of God.

Are there really enough electric vehicle chargers?

STATEPOINT – Electric vehicles (EV) are becoming commonplace. By now, you’ve probably seen a Tesla, the Ford Mustang Mach E, Chevy Bolt or Nissan Leaf on the road at least once. Maybe you’ve even heard about newer models like the Rivian R1T pickup and the Toyota bZ4X crossover. And chargers?