Dear Editor, I would like to address the people who are bent on changing Blanco. I have to believe that ya’ll came to Blanco, or moved back, or stay in Blanco because you like it. If you liked it well enough to move here or move back here, why try to change it?

Dear Editor, I have a puzzle and can’t figure it out. Our city got a $50,000 grant to replace the roof on the historic Byar’s Building. Apparently the job has been awarded to a non-roofing company for this dear historic building. According to the city, they did not need to post it in the paper for bids.

Dear Editor, This may or may not apply to you, as the closest Walgreen’s store is in Dripping Springs. Having said that, I will never patronize Walgreen’s again! A Benton Harbor, Michigan, Walgreen’s pharmacist Jeremy Hoven was fired after defending himself with his own gun against two armed robbers. One of the robbers jumped the counter at the pharmacy and pulled the trigger three times.

Dear Editor, Stop the Cycle of Violence! I don’t know if many of you in this community know that there is a problem with domestic violence within the town and county, but there is. A few years back right here in Blanco, Texas a young girl lost her life to it. It happened to one of my family members and no one should have to live in that kind of horror. We need tough law enforcement, aggressive prosecutions, effective prevention programs and available shelters for families in distress.

Do you live in Blanco or own a business in Blanco?  Do you have one of those 175 watt mercury vapor “barn lights” installed on your property whose light shines off your property and/or above the horizontal plane (thus contributing to light pollution and nighttime sky glow above Blanco)?  Did you install that fixture after February 14, 2006?  If so, oops!  You are most likely in violation of Section 5.12, Outdoor Lighting, of Blanco’s Unified Development Code (UDC) and could be subject ...

Dear Editor, Many exciting things are happening in this corner of the world that we call home, Blanco, TX. We continue to see new business growth arriving in town, new “faces” of people choosing to come to Blanco and raise their families. An exciting new project will be getting under way soon as renovations and new classrooms will be added to the old Blanco school building, bringing back the delightful sounds of children walking the halls that so many did before. Change is never easy and ...

Dear Editor, I have had another experience of the Blanco County Cat Coalition’s help, along with the help of the Kendalia Wildlife Center, in a situation that my family was familiar with. I saw an aspect of the work of both organizations that I want to recognize more fully. Their interventions often help people as much as they help animals, not only by improving their quality of life, but also by helping to resolve crises.

Dear Editor, I would like for you to share this with those who will not be able to be at the city council meeting this month. My name is Crystal Spybuck, the librarian of our library. Dear Ladies and Gentlemen of our City Council, I stand before you here along with other library supporters to ask you to reconsider your funding cut for our Blanco Library.

Dear Sarah, Thank you for your portrait picture. I mailed a check to SarahPac, but I have an idea I want to outline in this letter. The Tea Party needs a rally point and a leader. It appears to me, I am blind and 86 so it must be apparent, that the Tea Party has been handed an opportunity by the unwitting Democrats when they deny us a Constitutional Amendment to balance the budget. Instead of the sequence prescribed in the Constitution for an amendment, why not have the T Pats write the amen ...

Dear Editor, In reference to my letter last week, the morning after it was published, my totem pole was returned to my property. For one, I am thankful that small prayers are answered; two, I am thankful that I will not have to go through the headache of “filing charges” against this person, as I promised that, if it was returned, I would not turn the pictures over to the Sheriff’s Dept.

Dear Editor, We have a success story, which was made possible by concerned citizens, along with the Blanco County Cat Coalition. A group of tiny, sick, helpless kittens were found on Flat Creek Road living in a culvert. There was no mom to be found, no water, no food and no vet to help with their terrible eye infections.

Dear Editor, Wow... I go on vacation for a week and come back to find our city council has declared a second visitor center in Blanco. My main concern, doesn’t anyone remember what Johnson City went through just a few years ago when they had two visitor centers? One location was on Hwy 281 and the other was in the JC Chamber.

Dear Editor, Our totem pole is gone! It is beyond me why anyone would just drive onto private property and pick up something that does not belong to them. I know I hear that it happens everyday, but when it happens to you, you feel so violated. Overall, you don’t hear about most of these thefts in our sweet town of Blanco.

Dear Editor, The Blanco County Cat Colalition has had great success helping folks get the cat overpopulation problem in this county back under control. The volunteers will assist with scheduling appointments for your kitties to be spayed or neutered at local vets and the cost is minimal. There are hundreds and maybe thousands of cats that are roaming and reproducing out there.

Dear Editor, In 2006 the Texas Department of Agriculture suggested the Blanco Chamber of Commerce consider my company, Growth Resource, for assistance in developing the Blanco Lavender Festival. I was very fortunate to have been selected over other consultants to help with the annual event. This June, I completed my fifth year working with the festival, although my role is much smaller than when I first began. My company coordinates or consults with as many as 12 annual festivals in South Tex ...