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The Clifton Record
Wednesday, Dec. 12,2007
Marc's
Remarks
By Marc Johnson
Hooeeey
y’all!!! Bet’s
Cowboys still
hot and Bet is a
purty happy
camper. Cow-
boys whupped
them Green
Bay Peckers 37
to 27. Heck of a good game; es-
pecially since .them Cowboys
come out on top. Just got to re-
ally hope they don’t stumble
down the final stretch. Shorely
not)!!
Cowboys headed to Detroit to
take on them Lions on Sunday,
the 9th. By the time y’all read
this mess, you’ll already know
how this deal come out. Go, Go,
Cowboys. Keep Bet happy.
Lak I said “Cowboys hot!”
Weather don’t seem to be able
to make up its mind. Just lak a
yo-yo. One day up; next day
down. Just to be on the safe
side, best take along a coat and
a hat, if’n ya gonna be out and
about. Ya just never know what
Mother Nature gonna throw at
us. Best be ready fer anything.
Right?
Mother Nature seems to be
pitchin’ a fit out in the far North
West along the pacific coast and
them folks up in the North East
ain’t got no cake-walk goin’ ei-
ther. High winds, mucho rain
bringin’ mudslides, and bad
floods. Much property ruined
and several lives lost. Terrible
situation. We could use some
rain through this neck of the
woods but we really don’t need
it to go to them kind of ex-
tremes. Most of y’all under-
stand Texas weather. If ya ain’t
happy with what we got now;
just nang around; it’s subject to
change.
Mark this, on yore calendar.
Next Chamber meetin’ gonna
be down to the Community
Center. Them fine Methodists
ladies gonna put on the feed
startin’ at 6 p.m., on the second
Thursday, the 13th. Gonna have
a pleasant surprise fer ya. Jon
McConal, retired feature writer
fer the Port Worth Star Tele-
gram and noted Author gonna
tell us what will probably
amount to some “tall tales.” He
wrote a book several years ago
titled “Texas” telling of some of
the interesting places he’s vis-
ited and some of the interest-
ing folks he’s met while mostly
“walking” across Texas. I don’t
think he walked all the time,
though. This book is out of print
he’s written another book
First Lieutenant Governor Lives Down Cowardice Charge
jumped
Lamar to
Albert Clinton Horton
on the Mirabeau
bandwagon on Dec. 5,
1837, by adding his name to a
statement nominating the vice-
president for the highest office
m the Lone Star Republic.
Horton’s support was not
based on any heartfelt belief
that the fellow Georgian was
the best man for the job. Al-
ways looking out for number
one, the self-centered senator
hoped to ride the candidate’s
coattails right into the office he
was vacating.
Called “Old Sorrel” because
of his sandy gray hair, Horton
arrived in Texas during the last
months of Mexican rule. No
sooner had he opened a gen-
eral store in the coastal com-
munity of Matagorda than the
This Week
In Texas
History
first shot of the Revolution was
fired at Gonzales.
Horton demonstrated his
commitment to the cause of in-
dependence by rushing to Mo-
bile, Ala., where he raised
money and recruited volun-
teers. Thlk was cheap, however,
especially in front of wildly re-
ceptive audiences. It was his
courage that later would be
questioned.
Horton joined James W.
Fannin at Goliad several days
before the vacillating colonel fi-
nally decided to withdraw. Sent
ahead with a small detachment
of cavalry to scout the retreat
route, he returned to find the
main column surrounded.
According to a sympathetic
account, “Horton manifested a
willingness to go in, but after
nearly all his men had left him,
concluded the attempt would
be an act of desperation.”
Whatever the actual circum-
stances or rationale, he turned
tail leaving more than 400
rebels to their fate.
Horton dropped completely
out of sight until victory was
snatched from the jaws of de-
feat at San Jacinto. But his ex-
planation of events at Goliad as
well as his vanishing act must
have been good enough for
friends and neighbors in
Matagorda, Jackson, and
$ Editorial / Opinions
The Clifton Record
By Our Staff And Our Readers
All I Want For Christmas Is...
Health Insurance
By Todd Stottlemyer
SPECIAL TO THE RECORD
We’re well into the annual holi-
day season, when people across
America stop to take stock of the
blessings they’ve experienced
over the past year and begin to
look ahead to 2008.
Small-business owners are no
different, and they have several
things to be thankful for in 2007.
For example, they’re grateful
that Congress didn’t pass the
Employee Free Choice Act,
which would have gutted em-
ployees’ right to a secret ballot
when choosing whether or not
they want to join a union.
They’re also grateful that
when Congress voted to increase
the minimum wage, legislators
included tax incentives to ease
the pain of the cost increases and
enable entrepreneurs to pre-
serve jobs.
But the one thing small-busi-
ness owners are most grateful
for is the opportunity to live and
work in a free-enterprise system
that allows them to thrive and
grow their businesses. Despite
the gloomy economic headlines
you may have read, 2007 was a
good year for small businesses.
The latest reports on private-
sector employment showed that
. . c, .„ ,, , , small businesses created 113,000
but he s Witten another book new jobs in the month of Octo-
titled Bridges across the Bra- bgr More than half of those jobs
zos. I think he s gonna bring _ 63 000 —were created in busi-
some copies of this with him nesses with less than 50 employ-
GUEST COMMENTARY
country’s economic engine. And
when small-business owners
write their holiday wish list, right
near the top is the desire to keep
our financial environment favor-
able for entrepreneurial growth.
Fbr that dream to remain true,
small-business owners must
have their number one wish
granted: affordable health insur-
ance.
We continue to hear from en-
trepreneurs about the difficulties
they have finding health plans
that they can afford, for mem-
selves, as well as their employ-
ees. In this highly competitive
market for qualified workers,
health plans are an important
benefit for owners seeking to fill
all those jobs they’re creating to
offer.
Yet the problem just keeps get-
5 ting worse. According to the an-
nual National Survey of
Employer-Sponsored Health
Plans, conducted by national
consulting firm Mercer, total
health benefit costs for all busi-
nesses rose by 6.1 percent in
2007. That’s more than twice the
rate of inflation, and small busi-
nesses report even higher rates
of increases into the double-dig-
its.
Health costs to business own-
ers now average $7,983 per em-
just in case some of y’all would
lak to own one. He’s also sup-
posed to bring his lovely wife,
Jane, and one of his partners,
Eddy Lane, who traveled some
of these paths with him. If ya
don’t come to Chamber on a
regular basis but would lak to
meet and hear Jon, please give
Shelly a call at 597-7200 so they
can put an extry bean in the pot.
Awnght? It’ll be a fun eveninf
of good food, fellowship, am
fun.
By the way, Jon’s editor when
he retired from the Star Tele-
pram did not describe him as
just a writer. He called him a
“wordsmith.” Ain’t got no idea
what he’d call me writin’ this
mess I do.
Hey folks, KWTX-TV had
some good news about the Gap
Schools. What a pleasure to
read something positive fer a
change. U.S. News & World re-
port survey what analyzed en-
rollment & academic data from
18,000 high schools around the
country. This was based on per-
formance on state tests, now
ees.
What’s more, the increase to
113,000 new jobs was a marked
improvement over the average of
43,600 jobs created in the past
three months. While all this
growth was happening, large
employers cut a net of 7,000jobs.
Small businesses truly are this
business’ ability to make invest-
ments for future job growth.
There are further consequences
as well.
Small employers continue to
drop their health insurance
plans. Just 61 percent of employ-
ers with fewer than 200 employ-
well disadvantaged students
performed, and whether the
school provided college-level
coursework.
The top 100 schools received
Gold medals and oiily 10 dis-
tricts in the state were so hon-
ored. None in Central Texas.
Silver medals went to the
next 405 districts and another
1,086 districts earned bronze
medals.
Cranfills Gap ISD was a
“bronze” medal winner, one of
11 honored here in Central
Texas.
You can catch the whole story
by going to <www.kwtx.com/
home/headlines/
12082461.html >.
This will have complete re-
sults and some comments from
citizens of Central Texas.
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and it’ll git ‘em on the line. Let
me tell you something. Any y’all
what got a wife who is with ya
most of the time; don’t got no
use fer all this automatic mess.
Yore wife anything lak mine;
she’ll tell ya where to go, and
how to git there in no uncertain
terms. She will also tell ya that
the way from $2.79 up to $3.09
in this short of a distance? What
the heck is goin’ on? Thirty
cents per gallon difference in
this short of a distance is really
hard to understand. Are we
gittin’ the shaft; big oil gittin’ the
gold mine? Sounds lak it to me.
Can you imagine gittin’ in terms. She will also tell ya that Y’all see the story ‘bout the
yore car; and talon’to it? Good the signal light ya approaching teenager up in the metro-mess
aosh. Well, they got one. Yore might turn red ‘fore ya git goin’to DPS to git his first driv-
gosh. Well, they got one. Yore might turn red ‘fore ya git
voice will run everything from there. Be ready. Stop at a sig-
iditionei; ~~ ‘ “* *“ “* **
the heater, air conditioner, seat
position, etc.. Also locate radio
station what plays the kind of
music ya like and let ya pick the
performer. Got one of them *
GPS systems what’ll tell ya
where ya are; and how to git
nal purty close to the car in
front of ya and Bet’s favorite
standard comment is “one of
these days, yore brakes gonna
fail, then whatcha gonna do?”
Answer, “call my insurance
agent, if’n I’m abl.”
where ya want to go. It’ll even Me and Bet took a little trip
call folks on the phone and an- up to Venus last Sunday. Mucho
rass&sM ssAS
sages. Just tell it who ya want Would you believe we seen it all
goin’to DI
ers license? Passed all the
tests; got his new license; and
promptly drove his car over a
curb rat into the wall of the DPS
office. Howya reckon he gonna
come out of this deal? Proba-
tion license? Or worse?
Let us not forget the '‘Reason
for the Season”; celebration of
the birth of Jesus. Prayers for
all.
See ya next week,
Marc at the Gap
ees offered health coverage in2007,
down from 63 percent last year and
66 percent five years ago.
That means more and more
employees and their dependents
are winding up as part of the
growing number of uninsured
Americans.
We simply must find both the
means and the political will to ad-
dress this issue, or risk falling
into a stagnant economy. To fix
the problem is going to require
more than a holiday wish and
cheerful goodwill toward all.
We’ll need policymakers who
are committed to hard work, cre-
ative thinking, open minds and
above all, a spirit of cooperation,
if we’re going to turn this desire
into reality.
Todd Stottlemyer is president
andCEOofOieNatumalPedera-
tion oflndependent Business in
Washington, D.C.
A Little Bit
of Nothin’
from Ql’ Norml
By Norm Taylor
A Couple Uh...
Strange comment?
“I need to make a couple uh
calls.”
“Gimme a couple uh minutes
more sleep then....”
We’ve laughed over my typi-
cal responses to requests by
members of my family down
through the years.
“I’ll be there in a couple uh
minutes.”
They’ve known I’m sure and
I’ve known these responses
area habit of procrastinating, or
just avoiding saying I really
don’t to do whatever.
My family has put up with my
ways. They know my patterns.
Why haven’t I just been honest
all these years and told them
exactly what I was thinking.
Our habitual behavior pat-
terns can be maddening and
tiresome for others. But in time
reminiscing about my predict-
able ways nas provided oppor-
tunities for family and old
friends to poke fun and laugh at
me, and I join in.
Aren’t we human beings
strange at times?!
Cheers,
Ol’Norm
Corrections,
Clarifications
Honor Roll Correction
Clifton Intermediate School
has added a name to the “A”
Honor Roll for the second six
weeks of the school year. The
name that was left off the list is
Justin Garcia.
Letters To
The Editor
Dear Editor:
“Dr.” Ellis has onhr used the
personal pronoun “r (or some
form thereof) 95 times in her
column this week (Nov. 7),
make that 96 counting her
heading.
It must be nice being the cen-
ter of such a large universe.
Lonnie Coble
Victoria counties for they
elected him to the Republic
senate.
Horton brought his family to
Texas in May 1837 ending a
two-year separation. The re-
union was marred that sum-
mer bv the loss of four of his
five children with the final
death coming on 4he father’s
39th birthday.
Two weeks after declaring
his support for Lamar, Horton
risked his life with the rash re-
mark that he “would thank God
if the president were dead.”
William H. Wharton leaped to
Sam Houston’s defense and
demanded customary satisfac-
tion, but the duel was post-
poned indefinitely pending the
settlement of a previous chal-
lenge. True to form, Horton
never met either adversary on
the field of honor.
When Lamar declined to
name a running-mate, the con-
test was thrown open to all
comers. Richmond and Colum-
bia pushed David G. Burnet,
the testy head of the interim
rebel regime, while Dr. Joseph
Rowe represented San Augus-
tine. Matagorda’s favorite son
jumped in the race and man-
aged to alienate most voters
with his crass campaign.
In sharp condemnation of
Horton’s undignified tactics,
the “Telegraph and Texas Reg-
ister” editorialized, “This
method of electioneering may
answer very well for grogshop
politicians, but it cannot be
successful with the sober, re-
spectable, and intelligent por-
tion of the citizens of Texas.
They will never sustain the
men who degrade themselves
so far as to resort to such piti-
ful means in order to secure
office.”
Criticism of his unsavory
style and the charge of cow-
ardly conduct at Goliad
doomed Horton to a poor sec-
ond in the balloting behind
Burnet. His presumption that
the new president would ap-
point him postmaster general
proved to be pure fantasy,
when Lamar selected some-
body else for the cabinet posi-
tion.
Enraged by the snub, Horton
picked a fight with the appoin-
tee and congress adjourned to
watch the fisticuffs. Bystanders
wanted to break up the brawl
to spare the would-be vice
president serious ipjuiy, but
Lamar showed whose side he
was on by shouting, “Do not in-
terrupt them! Let them fight!”
Horton took an even worse
beating on the capital steps
than he suffered at the polls. He
retired to his plantation to lick
his wounds and to plot a politi-
cal comeback.
Horton waited until 1845 to
make another bid for public of-
fice. Once more he reached for
the second highest rung on the
■ ladder by running for lieuten-
ant governor in the inaugural
election of the new state. The
old accusation of cowardice
surfaced again but did surpris-
ingly little damage to his cam-
paign.
When the legislature certi-
fied the result, Horton was
counted out by a slim margin of
48 votes. However, for the first
but hardly the last time, “late
returns” from South Texas
changed the outcome and
Horton switched places with
his stunned opponent.
After only three weeks on the
job, he was asked to do double
duty. James Pinckney
Henderson took a leave-of ab-
sence in May 1846 to lead Texas
troops to war with Mexico, and
until his return in July 1847,
Horton filled in as governor.
His hunger for lofty laurels
satisfied at last, Albert C.
Horton concentrated on cotton.
By 1860, he had amassed one of
the largest fortunes in Texas
and ranked as the state’s fourth
largest slaveholder only to lose
everything in the Civil War.
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