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THE PORT LAVACA WAVE
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2015
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and love, or maybe anger,
frustration, jealousy,
resentment or fear?
Our goal is to become a
conscious creator of our life.
This might be something
we would not choose to
experience, but the universe,
God, knows that is just what
we need to help us understand
life in a better way, and the
universe will do what is
necessary to help us become
the incredible being we are
meant to be.
Warmly,
Jim
Hi everybody,
I was happy to read in the
paper that our city manager,
Bob Turner, and his lovely
wife, Benita have decided to
stay with us another year. I
think Bob has done a great job
and the longer we can hang on
to him the better for all of us.
I want to spend a little
time today talking about one
of our universal laws—the
law of attraction. A universal
law is a law that came with
the universe, like the Law
of Gravity, and works 100
percent of the time. It is so
important for us to really
understand, to really know
that we have attracted into our
life and the conditions of our
life. We are electromagnetic
beings. In other words, we are
bride and groom, which brings
me to the last lesson. (For now,
at least)
-It’s all about friendship.
They’ve had their fights and
times apart, but at the end of
the day the girls were the best
of friends. I watch Sophia and
Dorothy and am reminded of
the friendship between mother
and daughter and am reminded
that I need to always say,
“Thank you for being a friend.”
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grandmother watching rerun
after rerun. I have yet to find an
episode I haven’t seen.
At this point, you might
be wondering, what on earth
could a 4-year-old or a 14-year-
old or even a 24-year-old could
possibly learn from four women
decades older than me.
Surprisingly, a lot.
-It’s important to
back. Whether it’s to save the
dolphins, clean up a Miami
beach, serve food at homeless
shelter, coach a peewee football
team or open their home to
numerous visitors, time and
again, the characters on the
show never fail to find a way
to help out other people. Even
though it’s only television and
not actually “real,” watching
the women go above and beyond
for others reminds me to do the
same.
-You’re never too old to
accomplish something. In one
episode, Sophia, the oldest
character and matriarch of
sometimes get
angry—maybe
I’m reading
a textbook or the comics,
watching a documentary or a
slapstick comedy, in the back of
my mind I’m always in search
of learning something. Lessons
are present in practically every
genre of media that, in some
way, can be applied to life.
I don’t watch much
television these days, but when
I do I typically tune in to one
of my all-time favorites, The
Golden Girls.
If you’re not familiar with
the show, it’s about four unique
women, three of whom are in
their 50s and one in her 80s,
who live together in Miami
and face countless trials and
tribulations together, often over
cheesecake or ice cream.
The show began in 1985,
two years before I was born and
ended a few months shy of my
fifth birthday in 1992. While I
don’t really remember catching
the show when it was live, I
would sit with my mother or
the show, quips that maybe she
will go to law school, and her
daughter, Dorothy, responds
that she would be 96 by the
time she graduates. Sophia
fires back, “I’ll be 96 anyway”
Anytime I think to myself that
I’m too old for something or
that I should have started that
something last week or last
year, I think of Sophia’s words
and remind myself of that
exact same thing.
-Laughter, and being
able to laugh at yourself, is
pretty important. Often with
good intentions, Dorothy and
Sophia, along with the other
two women, Blanche and Rose,
would find themselves in a
mess. In an episode, Rose, often
dubbed a Scandinavian nitwit,
mixes up Sophia’s wedding
invitations with invitations to
the girls’ Elvis fan club. Rather
than being upset, Sophia and
the rest of the roommates
rolls with it as the Elvis
impersonators serenade the
business programs to provide
information on how to be more
efficient and to either cut costs
or increase revenue.
As part of our ongoing
mission to assist Port Lavaca
area businesses thrive the
Port Lavaca Chamber of
Commerce has arranged for
Joe Humphreys, director of the
Small Business Development
Center with University of
Houston-Victoria, to give the
presentation at one of our new
events, the Port Lavaca Chamber
of Commerce community
breakfast. Humphreys will
discuss programs and services
the SBDC provides including
assistance
finance,
training
training
more.
This event will be held at
the Bauer Community Center
Tuesday, April 14th at 7:30 a.m.
and is another example of
Legislature will continue to
work on their own versions of
a state budget for the next fiscal
biennium. Those versions will
have to be reconciled by the two
bodies, and ultimately, with the
governor, who has veto power.
Court rules
on immigration
On Feb. 16, a Brownsville
U.S. district judge issued
a preliminary injunction,
pending the outcome of a
multi-state lawsuit, to stall
an executive order President
Obama issued last fall that
would allow some five million
undocumented immigrants
to apply for work permits and
avoid deportation.
In issuing the injunction,
U.S. District Judge Andrew
Hanen reasoned that the U.S.
Administrative Procedure
Act’s requirement that public
notice and a public comment
period did not take place before
a change in U.S. immigration
policy could take effect.
Texas Attorney General
Ken Paxton lauded the
ruling and noted in a Feb. 20
news release, “Texas leads
a 26-state coalition fighting
the president’s attempt to
unilaterally grant amnesty to
millions of illegal immigrants.”
The Obama administration
has filed a petition in the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth
Circuit for a stay of the district
court’s injunction.
Same-sex marriage is
conducted
Austin State District
Judge David Wahlberg, citing
“unconstitutional prohibitions
against same-sex marriage”
in Texas, gave Travis County
the green light to proceed with
official paperwork culminating
in a marriage ceremony
uniting two women on Feb. 19.
Attorney General Paxton
quickly obtained a stay from
the Texas Supreme Court that
prevents same-sex marriages.
Paxton also seeks to invalidate
the one marriage that was
conducted.
Gov. Abbott said, “Article
1, Section 32 of the Texas
Constitution defines marriage
as consisting ‘only of the union
of one man and one woman’
and was approved by more than
three-quarters of Texas voters.
I am committed to ensuring
that the Texas Constitution is
upheld and that the rule of law
is maintained in the State of
Texas.”
The constitutionality
of same-sex marriage is a
matter pending before the U.S.
Supreme Court. A ruling is
expected by June 30.
essentially highly charged
magnets, magnetizing into
our world every single thing
that happens to us. This is
why there are no victims
or villains. Because of the
law of attraction where like
attracts like, expressing
positive emotions will attract
back into our life conditions
of happiness, excitement,
joy and compassion.
Expressing negative emotions
will attract conditions of
anger, resentment, fear
and depression. We are not
receivers of good or bad
energy, we are attractors.
One of the biggies we
don’t understand very well
is that the universe is always
providing us with just the
right experience to help us
this Chamber of Commerce
striving to provide programs
that enhance the quality of life
for citizens of the Port Lavaca
area. By providing programs
our community requests,
everyone in the region can
benefit, and we enhance the
Chamber’s value for our
members.
It’s hard to find good help
these days.
We’ve all heard that saying,
but community development
professionals all over the
nation are finding out it’s
true. Businesses all over the
country, from many different
business sectors, are saying
the same thing—we can’t find
the quality, educated or skilled
workforce we need to grow and
be successful.
I’ve been fortunate to
have spent the majority of
my career working in areas
where the saying, “A rising
tide raises all ships,” was
taken to heart. The existence
of regional partnerships
between communities was
beneficial in that it allowed us
to meet on a regular basis, pool
our resources, not perform
redundant actions and mobilize
if an issue or opportunity
presented itself.
Often our efforts focused
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on workforce development.
Business owners, potential
entrepreneurs and major
employers often do not realize
the resources available to
them. They may not reside
in their own community or
county but in their region, and
these are organizations and
agencies offering programs
and assistance to regional
businesses.
A number communities
in our area and along the gulf
coast are experiencing similar
challenges. It makes sense
for us to come together and
understand the opportunities
and resources that exist for our
local and regional businesses to
take advantage of.
As I have been talking to
businesses and stakeholders
in the area, I try to always ask
how the Port Lavaca Chamber
of Commerce can help them.
Many times it comes back to
workforce development or
with accounting,
loan packaging,
workshops, online
opportunities and
AUSTIN — On Feb. 17,
Gov. Greg Abbott delivered his
first State of the State address
during a joint session of the
Texas House and Senate and
released his recommendations
for the two-year 2016-2017 state
budget.
In his 43-page Governor’s
Budget document, Abbott said
he aims to: “Constrain the size
and growth of government.
Reduce agency spending.
Suspend, reduce, and eliminate
unnecessary taxes and fees.
Ensure government supports
job creation and is accountable
and transparent.”
Abbott is recommending
general revenue spending
of $99.4 billion for 2016-2017,
slightly less than a 5 percent
increase in general revenue
spending compared with the
current budget. “By keeping
spending levels lower than
the growth in population plus
inflation, we can ensure that
the size of government does
not grow This allows Texas
to significantly reduce tax
burdens,” Abbott asserted, and
promoted the building of the
budget on the following “core
principles”:
-Passing a constitutional
amendment to limit the growth
in state spending to the historic
growth in the state’s population
plus inflation.
-Limiting the size of
government by reducing most
state agency general revenue
expenditures by 3 percent.
-Securing additional
funding for transportation
infrastructure by passing a
constitutional amendment
to dedicate one half of the
motor vehicle sales tax to
transportation needs and
ending many transportation
funding diversions.
-Stimulating private sector
job growth by permanently
decreasing the business
“franchise” tax by $2 billion,
combined with comprehensive
reforms.
-Providing property
owners with $2.2 billion in
property tax relief.
-Using any revenue that
exceeds initial estimates
or a portion of any surplus
cash to reduce state non-self-
supporting debt.
-Preventing future
overspending by passing a
constitutional amendment
ending the use of funds in
statutorily dedicated accounts
for budget certification;
-Providing the governor
expanded line-item veto
authority to ensure prudent
and sensible spending
reductions.
In a set of official
proclamations released
Feb. 20, Abbott named five
emergency items for state
lawmakers to address without
delay: (1) improvements to
early education; (2) higher
education research initiatives;
(3) transportation funding;
(4) border security funding;
and (5) ethics reform. The
Texas Constitution requires
lawmakers to take action on the
governor’s emergency items by
March 13, the 60th day of the
140-day regular session of the
84th Texas Legislature.
With the governor’s wishes
now expressed, committees
in both houses of the Texas
grow and to help us create a
life of happiness, health, and
financial security Because
we don’t understand what
is really happening here,
we sometimes get upset
or angry—maybe even
specifically so at God—but
guess what, the one entity
that never gives up on you is
God, who is the source energy
Similar experiences will
continue to come your way
Hopefully someday before we
leave this body we will see
the perfection of it all and
thank God for his love and
compassion and wisdom.
The key to life is learning
how to get the highest
possible outcome out of
every situation. How do we
do that? Very simply by how
effectively we are responding
to life. The conditions of our
life—our health, wealth and
happiness—are a reflection
of the acceptance of our
responses to life. Are we
responding to what shows
up with the energy of joy,
enthusiasm, compassion,
commitment, understanding
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