A left leaning newspaper in a left leaning metro area looks beyond it's boundaries and sees a cartoon. My word processor counted 1,013 words in this article, so if the old saw about words and pictures is close to accurate, that's worth one picture.
In Wonder whatever happened to traditional conservative values? Look no further than West Texas the picture Roy R. Reynolds draws if of a high school:
If West Texas were a high school, Lubbock would be the star athlete and Amarillo the class favorite. El Paso would be out behind the gym, smoking cigarettes with more dangerous friends named "Juarez" and "New Mexico."
Midland and Odessa would be the rich kids running student council.
How about the matter of perspective?
The matter of perspective is why West Texas cities, towns, farms and ranches need to band together to create a political force in the state. The state population is 29 million and growing rapidly, mostly in the urban centers on the eastern side of the state.
Actually, if one looks closely at the local government entities in Midland one sees a bluish hue. "Tax and spend" is the unspoken mantra. And with the annual high income stream from sales tax revenue -- which always seems to surprise them -- their main problem is how to spend the money.
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3:14 PM 7/29/2019
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