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Opinion

In Support of Olson, Holtsinger, Moreland for WISD

As a parent of two WISD students and a grateful member of the Wimberley community for over ten years, I believe that Gretchen Holtsinger, Lori Olson, and Edmond Moreland will bring the most balanced and authentic leadership to the WISD Board of Trustees. These thoughtful, committed citizens will bring real experience, kindness, compassion, integrity, and a long history of community service to our schools. I’ve known Lori and Edmond for years as our kids have grown up together playing sports, attending birthday parties, meeting up in parks, and enjoying the beauty and community of the Wimberley Valley. I know Gretchen as a neighbor and am thrilled that we finally have the opportunity to bring an experienced educator onto the Board of Trustees. Currently, our Board doesn’t have an educator and we desperately need a supportive, knowledgeable educator’s voice as we move forward to hire a new superintendent for the 2022-23 school year.

In support of Campbell for WISD

This letter serves as our family’s endorsement of Rob Campbell for re-election to the WISD Board of Trustees. We have lived in this community since June of 2019, having left Austin City Limits in search of a peaceful community to raise our children and engage in a community that was open and mutual in its pursuit of a peaceful co-existence. Wimberley was the ideal choice.

Support for both WISD and Woodcreek candidates

Thank you for giving people the opportunity to endorse candidates for the upcoming Nov 2 election. And thank you to all those who have decided to run for office. There are some very highly qualified candidates, based on their previous experiences and their high level of integrity, honesty and willingness to serve the people of Woodcreek and Wimberley. I would like to give my support to Jeff Rasco (Mayor), Brent Pulley and Debra Hines (City Council); Edmond Moreland, Gretchen Holtsinger and Lori Olson (School Board). Having officials who will be respectful of all opinions and who will look carefully, honestly at issues; is critically needed at this time as Woodcreek and Wimberley adjust to a larger population.

Supporting Rasco, Pulley and Hines for Woodcreek

I have lived in Brookmeadow for over a decade now, for those unfamiliar with Brookmeadow, it is full of larger, estate style lots within the City of Woodcreek. Recently a developer has moved to subdivide a single lot zoned for one home into 16 smaller lots. This is an important issue we all face as we experience growth in the Valley. We should consider such growth thoughtfully.

Supporting Holtsinger for WISD

Gretchen Holtsinger is the right choice for the Wimberley ISD Board of Trustees, place 3. Gretchen has been an educator for 26 years and has a heart for the teachers and students of Wimberley. Before retirement, she served as a professional educator and administrator. Now, she desires to use the knowledge she has gained throughout her career to serve the Wimberley community. Wimberley needs leaders who truly care about everyone in our community and Gretchen has committed to represent the diverse viewpoints that exist within our community. She has experience servicing diverse communities in her time as a classroom teacher, coach, associate principal, and instructional specialist.

Gerrymandering not just a Republican thing

In part two of the interview with Congressman Roger Williams (Sept. 2nd View), editor Dalton Sweat repeatedly took the congressman to task on the question of whether he was against partisan gerrymandering in the upcoming redistricting session of the Texas Legislature. The point of the questions seemed to be whether the republican-controlled Legislature would take the high moral road or succumb to the idea of “To the victor go the spoils” approach. Mr. Williams refused to be pinned down to one side or the other of the question stating that what one side would call gerrymandering the other side would “redistricting”.

LETTERS OF SUPPORT

I have known Aurora LeBrun, Nancye Britner, and Bob Hambrick through my volunteer work with the City of Woodcreek, and I support their candidacies to serve on the Woodcreek City Council.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Recently, I knocked on every door in the Brookmeadow section of Woodcreek, asking citizens if they knew about the proposed subdivision The Oaks (formerly The Grove). I had my clipboard with a petition to oppose the development, and documents that the developer presented to the City.

Thank you from the Wimberley Library

Thank you so much for the wonderful color illustration and story about the expansion of the Wimberley Village Library that appeared on the front page of the July 15 issue of The View. We at the library Foundation would like to piggyback on that good news by reminding your readers that even though the library district has borrowed a substantial sum for the project, we still need to raise about $1 million to get to the finish line.

Who was first? Remembering a historic space walk from inside NASA

I read the article by Gary Zupancic on Candy Wellins’ book: The Stars Beckoned” in the 4/29/21 View. Very informing and, I’m sure, inspiring to young readers interested in space, NASA and STEM subjects! However, having been at NASA in Houston from 1962 until 2011, I feel I must comment on a slightly deceptive paragraph:”,,,students wanted to know who was first. The Russians were first in many areas, first in space, first woman and so on. But what about a space walk?” Then, Gary goes on to tell of Ed White’s EVA, etc. Yes, it was the US first attempt, but it was in response to the cosmonaut, Alexi Leonov’s EVA first a month or so earlier! I worked w Leonov and the US crew (Stafford, Brand & Slayton) on the joint US-USSR (Apollo/ Soyuz Test Project) international mission successfully flown in July1975–a first in itself! Leonov was a great guy, and he almost died on that first EVA when his suit was too inflated and he barely managed to make it back inside! But it WAS another Russian first. Btw, I also was on the team for Gemini 6a/7- world’s first space rendezvous of two S/C in Dec. 1965! We DID beat the Russians at that by about two years!

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