Linden city officials put the town’s best foot forward recently to host a chapter meeting of the East Texas City Managers Association. Some 40 city managers from among the 75 members of the chapter attended.
On August 4, the Deputy Secretary of State Joe Esparza drew the ballot order for the 14 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution. Texans will vote on these amendments as a part of the November 7 Election. Below is the ballot order as drawn.
Samuel Sudder Morris was born in Henry County, Ga. 29 Sept. 1826, the son of Alonzo Peoples and Elizabeth Kuglar Morris. On 1 Oct. 1846 he married Mary Ann Elizabeth James, daughter of David and Sarah Sanders James, a large planter in Henry County, Ga. , where Mary Ann was born on 4 March 1829. Mr. £ Mrs. Morris lived in Stockbridge, Ga. for two years after their marriage, but then decided to move to Texas and accompanied by 15 other families, they made the trip by horse and wagon.
Broadband internet is the next essential utility. It has quickly become an expected part of our modern daily life. We take for granted things like electricity, clean drinking water, and telephone service but these utilities took a long time to plan and build out. Someday soon we will feel the same way about broadband internet. U.S. Census Bureau data indicate almost 2.8 million Texas households and 7 million people lack broadband access. Twenty three percent of Texans are unable to attend online classes, see a healthcare provider from their living room, fill out a job application online, start a business or access online marketplaces from their kitchen table. These barriers negatively affect Texans’ quality of life and limit economic opportunities for people and the state overall.
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