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Mr Snowden is not pleased with our

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Bad News for DA The US Supreme Court has

ruled in favor of the very

angry Anthony D. Elonis, whomade specific, terrifying, and

what-a-reasonable-person-

would-consider threats against

the former Mrs Elonis, and went on

to mention that, based on his location, there

are “Enough elementary schools in a ten mile

radius to initiate the most heinous school

shooting ever imagined”, via the Facebook.

The Supremes agreed with Elonis’attorney, who argued that the government

should be required to prove that the

comments were intended as actual threats,

rather than just Eminem-style theatrics. If the

government wants a conviction now, they’re

going to have to find it another way.

Expect Justin Carter, who said that he

was going to, and we paraphrase, “shoot up

a kindergarten” during an online video game

session, was non-specific in his comment, and

maintained from the beginning that he was

engaging in the hyperbole and low-end comedy

common in video game culture, to make the

same argument. Also, as Federal/State law

is not generally recognized in Comal County

District Court, expect his trial to go forward,

result in a conviction, and be overturned by the

Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Austin, whose

sole job, it seems, is to correct mistakes madeby the City of New Braunfels and the Comal

County District Attorney’s Office.

We Sure Get OurComeuppanceWell. As one might imagine, had one read

last week’s column about social-media savant

Trevor Snowden, he was less than pleased

with our take on his worldwide crusade todemonize the NBISD. (That article, titled “The

World’s Most Poisonous Story”, is pinned to

the top of the newsfeed at facebook.com/

txcitizen for your convenience.) Here’s Mr

Snowden’s response to that piece:

“So I picked up issue 22 datedthe 28th. The article, authoredby Mike Reynolds, is quite a

piece of work. A real patheticattempt at sensationalism.There is a very real issue in

our community and this crap justperpetuates it. The best angle Mike

could come up with was to attack me?Claim we are looking for attention and moneyfrom the district? All I would have had to dois turn on advertising, 1.7 million views in 5days is a six figure return, and what about agoto fund campaign, easily a few hundred kmore. Notice, none of that is there, not evena hint of legal action has been mentioned...Not to even bring up the hundreds of othertestimonials from our own community havingsimilar issues, both kids and adults with ahistory. Mike’s an ignorant clown.

“I wish I knew TX Citizen was a smut ragbefore waisting (sic) my time answering anyquestions. But why were they even asked if Mikealready was set on how he was going to do it?

“At least homeless people still have free asswipe. That’s a noble service at the very least.”

Naturally, we take issue with Mr Snowden’sassessment of our work. Let’s break it down andaddress the most egregious of his claims:

“A real pathetic attempt at sensationalism.”- Ok, look. We’re going to concede this one rightoff the bat. Even we have to admit that we don’thold a candle to Snowden when it comes to

sensationalizing something. He’s the one that gotpress from all over the world to pay attentionto him by posting photos of his distraught childon the Internet. Our attempt at sensationalism isindeed pathetic when put up against his.

Snowden - 1TXC - 0

“The best angle Mike could come upwith was to attack me?” - Well, anytime

somebody lies as hard as Snowden did itpretty much liquidates their entire argument,so yeah, that is the best we can do - anythingless is lazy journalism. Snowden destroyed

his credibility with his own actions.

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City Appeal in Towing CaseThe City of New Braunfels has asked the ThirdCourt of Appeals to dismiss a lawsuit brought

against the City by three local towing companies.

The City argues that the system governing non-consent towing operations that brought aboutthe lawsuit is no longer in place, which makes

the impetus for any legal action moot.

The suit was brought by ComalTowing, JJ Towing and Pro Care Wrecker

Service in response to the City’s 2012decision to change the way it rewards non-

consent towing operations within NewBraunfels. Prior to that decision, several

towing companies shared those duties on arotating basis. The City decided to alter that

arrangement by awarding a contract to onlyone company. Late into the decision-making

process, however, City Council decided to

award contracts to four companies.The companies who sued the City said they

did not apply for the single contract becauseit would be too onerous to be the only towingcompany responsible for all non-consent tows.However, they argued that Council violatedcompetitive bidding laws by not notifyingthem that it had altered the system to allowfour companies. If the City had, the operatorssaid, they would have applied for the contracts.As well, the companies argued that some ofthose operators awarded the contracts did notmeet the City’s own criteria, and that Councilviolated the Texas Open Meetings Act (TOMA).

The City argued that the courts have

no jurisdiction to hear the lawsuit againstthem. District Judge Dib Waldrip disagreed,

prompting the City to appeal.

The City’s recent motion to the Courtof Appeals said that since the contracts at

issue expired on December 31 and becausethe City is returning to a rotation schedule,

the point of suit is now moot and should bedismissed. The City decided on May 1 to

return to a rotating schedule.Since the plaintiffs were not asking for

financial relief, but only that the City voidthe offensive system and reissue bidding, the

City says that “the relief sought is to prevent

and control future action, not for anythingallegedly lost in the past. The future action

is now dictated by the ordinance which

moots their claims for allegedly not following

competitive bidding requirements.”

“When a contract expires and is

no longer in effect or when it has beensuperseded by an amended contract, a

dispute on the contract becomes moot,” the

City argues in its motion. “A suit to enjoin

the performance of a contract becomes moot

after the contract has been fully performed.

When a request for injunctive relief becomes

moot because the action sought to be

enjoined has been accomplished, a request

for declaratory relief also becomes moot. All

of the contracts at issue have expired by theirown terms and are no longer in effect. As a

result, the claims are moot.”

The City argues the new ordinance moots

claims that it violated the Texas Open Meetings

Act because there is a new selection system that

is decided upon by Police Chief Tom Wibert

(also a defendant in the suit), rather than City

Council, thus TOMA does not apply.

“Plaintiffs sought to prevent selection of

RFP (Request for Proposals) awards behind

‘closed doors’, however the selection process

used now is that qualified applicants are

placed on the list by the Police Chief,” the

City argues. “It is the Chief who makes

decisions (subject to the ordinance), but those

decisions also are not based on a competitive

bid. The TOMA applies to the governing

body, not individual staff members. No open

meetings issues come into play since there isno competitive bidding and the ordinance

dictates who is on the list, not an RFP award.

As a result, the new ordinance moots the

TOMA claims presented by the Plaintiffs.”

The City filed its appeal more than a year

ago and a decision had still not been rendered

by the Third Court of Appeals, certainly

giving enough time for the previous contracts

to expire and allow the City to reissue a new

ordinance which, at first glance, appears tosatisfy the towing companies’ demands.

Attempts to seek comment from the

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Continued from page 3.

We, in turn, ask of Snowden, “Was lying

the best you could have done? If your case isas solid as you claim, one would think you

wouldn’t have had to resort to those tactics.”

(And technically, we also went after his wifefor taking pictures of, instead of comforting,

her obviously distraught son.)

Snowden - 1TXC - 1

“Claim we are looking for attention and

money from the district? - Yes. Otherwise hewould have set up a GoFundMe account or

some other such thing to cash in up front.Snowden - 1

TXC – 2

“All I would have had to do is turn onadvertising, 1.7 million views in 5 days is

a six figure return, and what about a goto

fund campaign, easily a few hundred k more.

Notice, none of that is there, not even a hint

of legal action has been mentioned…” - Ah.

Aha. Hey, since Snowden’s a wee bit clumsy

with the truth, let’s run those numbers:

The Maths - In it s rst (about) six monthsout, Psy’s “Gangnam Style” video generatednearly a billion views and $870,000 inYouTube revenue (The Atlantic, December 5,2012, A.V. Club December 6, 2012). That’s1.03 cents per hit for the world’s most popularvideo. At that rate, Snowden’s distress pornwould have generated a whopping $17,510.Keep digging, Trevor. We won’t argue whata “goto fund” campaign might generate.

Snowden - 1TXC - 3

“Not to even bring up the hundreds ofother testimonials from our own communityhaving similar issues, both kids andadults with a history.” - Ok. I’ve got to hithim with the maths hammer again. If the3,400+ responses to his blog post are whathe’s referring to, he got perhaps “tens” oftestimonials of support from locals, along

with a much larger helping of scorn fromthe community at large. The vast majority oftestimonials in support of Snowden’s claimcame from out of state. Perhaps he’s not clearon the difference between a “testimonial”and a free-floating “opinion”. Or maybe thedefinition of “local” is where he’s tripping up.In any case, why should he care? Nobody’sgoing to call him on it. #oops

Bonus: W at Snow en oesn t nowis that I am intimately aquatinted with theshortcomings of NBISD’s Special Educationprogram. And that anecdotal evidence frombandwagon complainants is near worthless.

Snowden - 1TXC - 4

“Mike’s an ignorant clown.” - I am nota clown. Clowns have professional training

and a costume. We’ll split the point.Snowden - 1.5TXC - 4.5

“I wish I knew TX Citizen was a smut ragbefore waisting (sic) my time answering anyquestions.” - Mr Snowden doesn’t have theslightest clue what the word “smut” means.This is hilarious.

Snowden - 1.5TXC - 5.5

“At least homeless people still have freeass wipe.” - Classy. We’re going to assessa one-point penalty for vulgarity and anotherhalf-point for lack of creativity.

Final Score:Snowden - 0

TXC - 6.5

What Mr Snowden has failed torecognize is that WE CAN’T BELIEVE HIM.

His arguments are now moot, because he

lied to sell his story, and, as evidenced in the

previously deconstructed revenue example,

has a penchant for wild exaggeration. We

are unable to discern truth from fiction in his

account. All of the people, including his son,

that may have legitimate grievances against

the District, have lost credibility becauseof him. Any legitimate battles are now

decidedly more uphill.

We invite further correspondence

with Mr Snowden. He’s quite the delight.

According to his LinkedIn page he’s a “Race

Car Driver” (which seems awfully generic).

Frankly, we’re surprised “Astronaut” isn’t

listed among his credits, but there’s only so

much room on those forms.

\m/

Mike Reynolds

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Chase Cochran contributed to this column, and shouldbe named as a co-defendant in any litigation filed as aresult of its publication.

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2013 Street Bond:Mid-2015 Report CardAfter last week’s article highlighting the major

construction blunders currently happening onCommon Street, I figured that now is a greattime to recap the 2013 Bond street projects

that 8% (2,789) of the electorate voted on, witha whopping 1,895 of those voters deciding

we needed. I’m also throwing in a couple ofbonus projects, because, well, they’re funny.

Proposition 1 of the 2013 City of NewBraunfels bond was for street improvement.

Of the $37.5 million approved by voters,

$10 million of that was for “Citywide StreetImprovements”. An average of five or so

streets per year, at $2 million a year, for 5years, is what the City sold it as.

In the May 9, 2013 edition of thispublication, I wrote:

“The leftover $10 million will be in theform of a ‘blank check’ written to the Public

Works Department for ‘increasing the life

span of streets by restoring existing pavements

to excellent condition without reconstructingthe entire street’. Let me put that in layman’sterms: The City wants to put Band-Aids on

heart attacks. We do not currently havemanagement in place in the Public Works

Department to manage or implement thiskind of project (Walnut Avenue, anyone?). I

encourage anyone considering voting ‘yes’on Proposition One to take a drive down a

few of the streets that have had this kind of

work done on them in the past three years:Merriweather Street, Houston Avenue,

Navaho Circle, Grape Avenue, OelkersDrive and Woodland Avenue. This is the

Street Department’s idea of ‘restoring existingpavements’. They’re not even three years

old, and they’re coming apart. Is this whatwe want all over the city? Would you like

this type of repair on your street? ... Please,vote ‘NO’ on Proposition One. Force your

leaders and city staff to come back with abetter-defined plan, and one that spreads the

money more evenly across the city.”

If only my warnings had been heeded,

and the vote had been in the negative (893

voters got it right), I wouldn’t be having to

write this article, nor drag my kids all over

town taking pictures of the City’s repairs (and

subsequent disrepair).

One of the big talking points pre and

post-election from City Hall was the promise

of online access to updates on the progress

of the projects that less than 1,900 New

Braunfelsers got duped into voting for. Let’s

have a look at that:

Well, that seems a little less than current.

Guess it’s up to your only local source for objective

street assessments to get y’all up to speed.

Common Street is currently under

construction, which I highlighted in last

week’s TX Citizen. If you missed it, check it

out online at txcitizen.com/Article/401/common-street-horror

*Fun Fact- Construction in June of 2015

is NOT completion in 2014

The bond portion of Walnut Avenue has

been completed, (not the Walnut Project in

total) and the job ain’t half bad. There are a

few surface cracks emerging in the bike lanes,

and some minimal rise-and-fall areas in the

main driving paths, but overall, I’ll give the

City a win on this one. They get a solid B here.

Post Road, which the City website reports

should have been completed in 2014, has

not even begun construction. I’m assuming it’s

because someone with half a brain actually

went out there and realized that nothing short of

a full-on reconstruct would do anything to help,

and now they’re scrambling to try and figure

out what to do. (Free advice for the City: Fix

the ####### road.) I invite anybody wishingto have a possible lawsuit against the City for

vehicle damage to travel down Post Road at the

posted limit. Make sure you go back and retrieve

your oil pan, though. You’ll need it for evidence

in court. Is there a grade lower than an F?

Wald Road has also been completed.

There is already cracking on the shoulders,

which is to be expected when you build the

road edge higher than the dirt/grass of the

shoulder. If there’s no curb or a flush shoulder,

the asphalt is going to push out. Path of least

resistance. Physics and whatnot. Several of

the low spots that were present before are

also making their way back to the surface.

The City gets a C

minus on this one.Last on the list

is Saur lane, which

has been completedas well. While it’scurrently in the bestcondition of the five,

don’t expect it to last. Cracks on the shouldersare slowly emerging. And with the high-trafficarea it’s quickly becoming, what with the newsubdivisions and all the traffic buzzing in-and-outof the over-$9 million-4B-funded-international-hub-of-an-airport, it’s not going to hold up toomuch longer. Another solid B here.

So there you go. Only three of the five roadsthat were to be completed in 2014 are actuallycomplete, and we’re halfway through 2015.The City is already far behind, and they’re onlyone year into the project. Congrats, guys.

The two bonus City ####-ups areGoodwin Lane and Gruene Road (fromBusiness 35 to Glenbrook).

Goodwin Lane has been a sore spot forme since my City Council run back in 2012,when I accurately predicted its demise. It hasbeen quickly deteriorating since then, to thepoint that the City was forced to shut it downthis weekend. The low water crossing had beenin such disrepair for so long, that a mere 1.5

feet of water took it out during the recent rains.

The cracks in the road are too many

to even count. They are so deep, that they

swallow a brand-new, ScanTron-approved,

#2 pencil.

The reason I point these things out isbecause the repair methods utilized on Goodwin

Lane are the EXACT same ones being used for

the Bond Project streets. They are bandages,

not repairs. It’s a complete waste of time and

money. Ten million bucks is not worth an extra

year on streets that need major overhauls.

Gruene Road is just flat out sad.

Highlighting it is like making fun of the ugly

kid. I almost feel bad. But hey, I’m like that. I’mjust going to let the photo speak for itself here.

The fact that your Public Works Department

deemed it okay to pave a road alongside curbs

that look like that, and not fix the curb, speaks

volumes. In fact, this entire article should be

screaming to you what the problem is.

Hear that flushing sound? That’s millions

of your tax dollars going down the #######.

Until there’s a department wide changein management and mentality, and more

than just one City Council member asking

questions and trying to fix this ####, (major

props to District Three’s Ron Reaves), expect

more of the same.

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Freemanon SportsFreemanon Sports WITH BRANT FREEMANWITH BRANT FREEMAN

Say “No” to HelenNew York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston,

Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego and Dallas.

Each are major metropolitan cities, eachboasts multiple pro-sports teams, and in

some cases, multiple teams in a single sport

(New York Yankees and Mets, LA Lakers and

Clippers, Chicago Cubs and White Sox, etc.).

What else do they have in common?

These are eight of the nine largest

populated cities in the United States. That

other city ranked in the Top 9 in the U.S. (by

population) is San Antonio, which has the 7th

largest estimated population in the US, aheadof both San Diego (Padres, Chargers) and

Dallas (Cowboys, Rangers, Stars, Mavericks).

“Where ya goin’ with this, chief?”

GLAD YOU ASKED. The city of San Antonio,

which has shown how devoted of a sports town

it can be with its cult-like following of the Spurs,

large representation of Dallas Cowboys fans

and hosting of several major college sporting

events, continues to be overlooked during talksof relocation or expansion in pro-sports. The

best that SA can claim is that it’s the greatest

leverage city in North America.

Several NFL franchises, in search of new

stadium deals for the cities they already call

home, have flirted with the Alamo City only to

get the better deals they were looking for all

along. That list includes the Minnesota Vikings,

the New Orleans Saints and most recently, the

Oakland Raiders. According to several media

reports, Raiders ownership made numerous

visits to San Antonio, met with highly ranked

city officials, had expensive dinners near

the Riverwalk, took helicopter tours, and all

that SA has to show for it is that the Raiders

are now pursuing a $1.7-billion-dollar joint

stadium with the San Diego Chargers in

Carson, CA. This is like being taken out on a

date, being told how smart and funny you are,and at night’s end hearing your date say “This

was GREAT, but my boyfriend heard about us

going out and then he proposed, and I said

yes! But don’t worry, you’ll find someone”

*date ends with handshake*.

So, after that date, do you give up, let yourself go and just settle for that girl at workwho’s “good enough”? NO, this is America,DAMMIT. You keep putting yourself out there

in hopes of luring that girl of your dreams, inthis case, another pro-sports franchise. SanAntonio is big enough, it’s good enough,and doggone it, people like it. The Spurswere one of 10 NBA teams to sell out allof its games this past season. The Cowboysonce drew over 200,000 fans for two weeks’worth of training camp practices in SA. Therecent US-Mexico men’s soccer match at theAlamodome was a sellout (64,369). The

LA Dodgers and Texas Rangers drew anaverage of 23,000 in the Dome’s 3rd annual“Big League Weekend” for two exhibitiongames of Major League Baseball. This city isHUNGRY for sports, and speaking of MLB,should a franchise explore relocation, SAwould likely be near the top of the list.

Except one man believes that instead ofshooting for that dream, you should settle.

In a recent article by the San Antonio

Business Journal, Bexar County Judge NelsonWolff said that progress is being made to builda new ballpark in hopes of attracting a Triple-Abaseball team and was quoted as saying: “Wemay not be a Major League Baseball city rightnow, but we are clearly a Triple-A city”.

Clearly.Here are the current 14 AAA baseball

cities: Buffalo, Allentown, Pawtucket, Rochester,Moosic, Syracuse, Charlotte, Durham, Gwinnett,

Norfolk, Columbus, Indianapolis, Louisville andToledo. The average population of those citiesis just over 350,000 residents, while SA has anestimated population of 1.4 million.

I know there’s more to it than howmany people live in your city, but to go fromwooing a franchise like the Oakland Raidersto saying “we’re just as good as the ToledoMud Hens” is sad. We can do better than

Helen from accounting.

Brant Freeman is a seasoned local sportscaster,serving as the radio voice of Texas State University,hosting television coverage of Texas State Athletics anddelivering the goods as a reporter for major pro andcollegiate sporting events in the greater San Antonioarea for over a decade.

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MEDELLIN, JESSERODRIGUEZ Male • 5’07” • 200 lbsDOB: 01/01/1976CHARGE: Possessionof a controlledsubstance pg 1 under1 gram and theft ofproperty under $1500

with 2 or moreprevious convictions

HAMILTON,

JAMES GILBERT Male • 6’02” • 200 lbsDOB: 11/09/1983CHARGE: Motion torevoke probation- bail

jumping and theft ofproperty over $1500under $20,000

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ALVIN HERBERT

Male • 5’07” • 165 lbs

DOB: 05/16/1955

CHARGE: Driving

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CHARGE: Motion to

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DOB: 10/07/1963CHARGE: Driving

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RICK

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DOB: 04/09/1980

CHARGE: Burglary

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By Gustavo Arellano

Dear Mexican: Do your countrymen

still worship the rock band Santana?

Or are they looked as, like the Who in

England and Crosby Still and Nash in

America, old relics from the good ol’

Woodstock days?

Abraxas to the Maxas!

Dear Gabacho: Mexicans actually

never worshipped Carlos Santana, who

was born in Jalisco and grew up in Tijuana

before moving to San Francisco and

become the Quetzalcoatl of rock. Oh, we’ve

always respected him—after all, Santanais a mexicano who hit it big by fusing Latin

rhythms with acid rock—but he long ago left

the earthly realm of nationalism to hang out

with his guardian angel, Metatron, making

him the true manifestation of la raza cósmica.

Mexicans respect all of that, but like their

male Mexican musicians the way hombres

like their sex: loud, sweaty, and done in

under four minutes—okay, three.

Dear Mexican: My husband,

who is ver y proud of his Mexica n

heritage, was born and raised in

Santa Ana, and his parents were

also born and raised in Santa Ana.

He grew up with a more traditional

Mexican upbringing then I did.

Long story short, he bought this-shirt with Pancho Villa on it that

has the word “Gri ngo I Want You” in

big bold letters on the back of it with

a picture of Pancho Villa pointing.

Now, when he bought this -shirt

I told him, “Honey are you sure

you sho uld be wea rin g tha t t-sh irt ?

Someone might take offense to it.”

He told me “No! No one would even

notice what it s ays.”

Well, last night we were our

local drug store picking up some

prescriptions. Some big biker dude

that had just rode up and parked his

big hog on the sidewalk, came up to

us and started yelling loudly at my

husband in a Midwestern accent,

“Hey, you M’fer, I’m a gringo, I don’t

like that shirt you’re wearing, you

better take that shirt off.” My husband

thought at first the guy was just joking,

but the biker continued and everyone

was looking at him. I figured the guy

was drunk; I was so mad I wanted to

kick his bike over when we walked

back our car, but I said nothing until

we got in the car and I did the “I told

you so” to my husband.

So my question to you Mexican

is: What should we have done? Cause

a scene? Stand for our rights to wear

what ever the hell we want to wear?

Or just ignore the biker dude and walk

out of the store, which is what we chose

to do? Tis was a big M’fer, and my

husband is a small-framed 50-year-

old diabetic viejito. Back in the day,

he would’ve knocked out the SOB

the floor. My view is—even thought

I did the “I told you so” thing to my

husband—I believe my viejito should

have the right to wear the -shirt. But

I feel the biker dude was entitled to

be offended, too. Te question in my

mind was does this idiot even know

the history of Pancho Villa? Probably

not, and it was just an act of ignorance

or the M’fer really was drunk. Last

night, my viejito slept in that -shirtand refuses to take it off now; I’m

proud of him.

Angie la OC Pocha

Dear Pocha: Short story long! Long

answer short? Reward his bravery by wearing

Pancho Villa chonis.

Ask the Mexican [email protected],

be his fan on Facebook, follow him onTwitter @gustavoarellano or follow him

on Instagram @gustavo_arellano!

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