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ELGIN COURIER - ELGIN, TEXAS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 2018
Valdez wins race
ELGIN
to face Abbott in
COURIER
November election
(U.S.P.S. 172-740)
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BASTBOP COUNTY
STATE. OF TEXAS
Out of county
$44
$49
CITY OF FI GIN
IS
71794
Capital
Highlights
MAYOR
Chris Cannon
FIRE CHIEF
Randy Reyna
512-281-4025
POLICE CHIEF
Patrick South
512-285-5757
ADVERTISING SALES
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LAUREN JETTE
MANAGING EDITOR
lauren.j ette@elgincourier.com
Zika cases reported
The Texas Department
of State Health Ser-
vices on May 22 said
the agency has received
reports of the first Texas
Zika cases of 2018.
The two reported cases
are travel-related, in-
volving residents of Wil-
liamson County who got
sick while abroad.
Some 55 cases of Zika
were reported in cal-
endar year 2017. More
data for previous years is
available at TexasZika.
org.
The health department
is urging people to pro-
tect themselves from
mosquito bites this spring
as they travel, particu-
larly to warmer climates
where Zika is more prev-
alent, namely Central
America, South America
and the Caribbean.
GAIL SCHOBEY
OFFICE MANAGER
gail.schobey@elgincourier.com
KEVIN WRIGHT
EDITOR & PUBLISHER
publisher@elgincourier.com
FI GIN SCHOOT
DISTRICT
SUPERINTENDENT
Dr. Jodi Duron
512-281-3434
jodi.duron@elginisd.net
1002 N. AveC
Ed
STERLING
PRESIDENT
Donald Trump
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House; 1600 Pennsylvania
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
■ President
Byron Mitchell, District 1
■ Vice President
Pete Bega, District 6
■ Parliamentarian
Beth Walterscheidt, District 3
■ Secretary
John Altmiller, District 7
■ Geno Chavarria, District 2
■ Angie Edmon, District 4
■ J.D. Harkins, District 5
CITY COUNCIL
■ Mary Penson (Ward 1)
512-281-4158; mpenson@
ci.elgin.tx.us
■ Jessica Bega (Ward 1)
512-653-1900; jbega@
ci.elgin.tx.us
■ Juan Gonzalez (Ward 2)
512-285-6499; Email
jgonzalez@ci.elgin.tx.us
■ Susie Arreaga (Ward 2)
512-750-8178; sarreaga@
ci.elgin.tx.us
■ Daniel Lopez (Ward 3)
512-281-5724; dlopez@
ci.elgin.tx.us
■ Phillip Thomas (Ward 3)
512-661-8411; pthomas@
ci.elgin.tx.us
■ Sue Brashar (Ward 4)
512-689-5692; sbrashar@
ci.elgin.tx.us
■ Neil Beyer (Ward 4)
nbeyer@ci.elgin.tx.us
One year ....................
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GOVERNOR
Greg Abbott
800-843-5789; Office of the
Governor, PO Box 12428,
Austin, TX 78711-2428;
Email via http://gov.texas.gov
LT. GOVERNOR
Dan Patrick
512-463-0001; PO Box
12068, Austin, TX 78711
Email LTGconstituent.
Affairs@ltgov.state.tx.us;
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Ken Paxton
512-463-2100
U.S. SENATORS
■ John Cornyn
512-469-6034; 221 W.
Sixth St., Suite 1530, Austin,
TX 78701; email via www.
cornyn.senate.gov/contact.
■ Ted Cruz
512-916-5834; 300 E.
Eighth, Suite 961, Austin TX
78701; email via www.cruz.
senate.gov
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE
Michael McCaul
512-473-2357; http:mccaul.
house.gov; 9009 Mountain
Ridge Dr.; Austin Bldg; Suite
230; Austin, Tx. TX 78759
STATE SENATOR
Kirk Watson
512-463-0114; PO Box
12068, Austin, TX 78711;
Email via www.watson.
senate.tx.us.
COMMISSIONERS
■ Mel Hamner (Pct.1)
803 Pine Street, Room 105,
Bastrop
512-332-7295; Email: mel.
hamner@co.bastrop.tx.us
■ Clara Beckett (Pct.2)
804 Pecan St., Bastrop
512-360-2764; clara.
beckett@co. bastrop.tx. us
■ Mark Meuth (Pct.3)
804 Pecan St., Bastrop
512-303-6800; Email mark.
meuth@co.bastrop.tx.us
■ Bubba Snowden (Pct.4)
804 Pecan St.
512-332-7267; cell 512-
517-2338; email: bubba.
snowden@co.bastrop.tx.us
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512-516-0813; mayor@
ci.elgin.tx.us
CITY MANAGER
Tom Mattis
310 N. Main St., Elgin; 512-
281-5724; tmattis@ci.elgin.
tx.us
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(BILL$81)
STATE REPRESENTATIVE
John Cyrier
512-463-0682; 1017 Main
Street, Bastrop, TX 78602;
Email via www.house.state.
tx.us
Celia Israel
celia.israel@house.state.tx.us
Phone (512) 463-0821
PO Box 2910 Austin, TX
78768-2910
Affiliations:
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TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
COUNTYJUDGE
Paul Pape
512-332-7201; 804 Pecan
St., Bastrop TX 78602 Email
paul.pape@co.bastrop.tx.us
SHERIFF
Maurice Cook
512-549-5100; 200 Jackson
St., Bastrop, TX 78602; Email
via www.bastropsheriff.org
COUNTY COURT
AT LAW
Judge Benton Eskew
512-581-4277; 804 Pecan
St., Bastrop. Email: Jennifer,
ensi nger@co. bastrop.tx. us.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
■ Donna Thompson (Pct.1)
804 Pecan Street, PO Box
336, Bastrop TX 78602
512-581-4258
■ Raymah Davis (Pct.2)
1624 NE Loop 230, PO Box
5, Smithville, TX 78957
512-581-7112
■ Katherine Hanna (Pct.3)
5785 FM 535, Cedar Creek,
TX78612
512-332-7288
■ Larry Dunne (Pct.4)
1125 Dildy Drive; Elgin, TX
78621
512-581-7162
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Opinion
Email the Editor at lauren.jette@elgincourier.com
“I am seeking the best
solutions to make our
schools more secure and
to keep our communities
safe. I look forward to
hearing from all sides
of the debate, and from
expert perspectives on
these issues. Working
together, we can ensure
a safe learning environ-
ment for students and
safer communities for
all Texans,” Abbott said
before the hearings.
In other news, on May
20, Abbott issued a state-
wide call for Texans to
take part in a moment
of silence at 10 a.m. on
May 21 to honor the
memory of the victims
of the Santa Fe shooting.
Safety talks held
Gov. Abbott on May
22 launched a series of
roundtable discussions
“to generate solutions
that improve safety and
security at Texas schools
and in our communities.”
Abbott’s forums at
the Capitol were in the
aftermath of the May 18
shooting that left 10 dead
and 10 injured at Santa
Fe High School near
Galveston.
Invited to participate in
the discussions were par-
ents, teachers, students,
legislators and interest
groups that advocate for
and against further gun
regulations.
Also invited to par-
ticipate were victims,
educators and family
members from Santa
Fe, Sutherland Springs,
Alpine and Italy, Texas,
where other shootings
occurred.
Other invitees included
school administrators
who allow the arming of
teachers and those who
do not, as well as experts
on matters of school
safety, mental health,
law enforcement, bully-
ing and more.
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Plain language is goal
Texas Insurance Com-
missioner Kent Sullivan
on May 23 announced
that the Texas Depart-
ment of Insurance is
redesigning its website
to help customers solve
problems.
Sullivan, who refers
to himself as a “plain
language champion”
admits it’s unlikely that
the agency can get rid of
terms like “contingent
nonforfeiture benefit”
overnight, but progress
is being made.
The agency is calling
for volunteers to help
make sure consumer
information is easy to
understand.
Sullivan said he issued
guidance to long-term
care insurers about writ-
ing rate notices in plain
language and that letters
and forms are being
rewritten with an eye to-
ward shorter words and
formats that are easier to
read.
Sullivan said the goal
is to use plain language
in everything the agency
does — on the website,
in writing and on the
phone.
“It’s not enough to be
technically accurate if
no one understands your
message. It’s win-win
when consumers under-
stand insurance and how
it works,” he said. “We
invite you to hold us ac-
countable. Insurance can
be complex. That makes
it even more important
to keep the language
simple.”
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AUSTIN — Former
Dallas County Sheriff
Lupe Valdez defeated
Houston businessman
Andrew White, the son
of the late former gov-
ernor, Mark White, in
the May 22 Texas Dem-
ocratic Party primary
runoff.
Valdez, the first Latina
to win a gubernatorial
primary in Texas, will
run against incumbent
Republican Governor
Greg Abbott, who is
seeking a second four-
year term, in the Novem-
ber 6 general election.
Valdez garnered
230,467 votes, or 53.32
percent of the total vote,
to White’s 201,713 votes,
which came to 46.67
percent. Historically, this
was the lowest recorded
turnout for a Texas Dem-
ocratic Party guberna-
torial runoff. Only 2.83
percent of the state’s
15,249,541 registered
voters cast a ballot.
Notably, two incum-
bent state legislators
were defeated in the
runoffs:
— Rep. Rene Oliveira,
D-Brownsville, lost
to Alex Dominguez, a
Cameron County com-
missioner. House Dis-
trict 27, which Oliveira
represents, includes part
of Cameron County.
First elected in 1981,
Oliveira, the dean of Rio
Grande Valley legislative
delegation, is the fifth-
most senior member
of the Texas House of
Representatives. He cur-
rently chairs the House
Committee on Business
and Industry and is a
three-time past chairman
of the powerful House
Committee on Ways and
Means.
— Rep. Scott Cosper,
R-Killeen, lost to Dr.
Brad Buckley, a Killeen
veterinarian. Cosper, a
former mayor of Killeen,
was elected to represent
House District 54 in
2016. He is a member
of the budget-writing
House Appropriations
Committee. House Dis-
trict 54 includes Lampa-
sas County and part of
Bell County.
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