Ferris city manager shines at recent municipal conference

FERRIS – 400 leaders from municipal governments near and far attended an Innovation in Local Government Conference in Austin last month.

RED OAK NIGHT AGAINST CRIME

RED OAK – The City of Red Oak Police Department will be hosting its Red Oak Night Against Crime this year on Oct. 4 from 6 to 8 p.m.

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: And I’m not even sure which rabbit hole to crawl down this week

So, this week was going to be an easy second week for this column.I was going to talk about how recently Joe Biden decided to announce that the pandemic is no longer an emergency.

COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (September 29, 2022)

OPINION: Beside a golden door

God bless the poor, impoverished residents of Martha’s Vineyard.For a period of 44 hours, their sidewalks were sullied, their espresso bars disrupted, and their “hate has no home here” signs trodden upon by an invasion of 48 illegal migrants from Venezuela.

OPINION: President Biden’s college “loan forgiveness” is unfair, unconstitutional, and unwise

Let’s be clear at the beginning – President Biden has never had a plan to eliminate student debt.But he does have a plan to transfer that debt to those that don’t owe it.

NOTABLE QUOTABLES: September 29, 2022

THE BIG LIES“While we’re trying to fix … an immigration system that was decimated by the last administration, [Republican governors are] not coming up with solutions.

SPEAKING TRUTH: How to know what is right and wrong

Do you believe lying is wrong?What about stealing?If a married man has an adulterous affair with another woman, is that okay?How about when a person commits murder?I believe we would have universal agreement across all races, languages and nations that these are morally wrong.

OUT TO PASTOR: Who’s really in charge?

Living in the country, our family did not have a television in our home. Somehow we managed to entertain ourselves without TV, and of course, we did not have the Internet then.So, how we got along without Facebook and cell phones is more than I can remember.

The dynamics of discipleship (part 24)

“Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” But Simon answered and said to Him, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net.” And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking.