The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 24, 1988 Page: 4 of 22
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time. However, it to a well-known
adage in the advertising business
that the same advertising repeated
too often has a negative effect rather
than positive. Running the same old
commercial by the viewer every 10 or
15 minutes day in and day out to very
likely to cause him to vow never to
buy what the commercial to advertis- •
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to the position of second-class
citizens.
What has happened to Kingsland in
the past 14 years since they turned
down incorporation?
1. Kingsland has three modern
banks, all with new buildings ready
to serve the needs of the community.
A fourth bank to slated to be in
operation by mid May.
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Mr. Carl Ricketson, you agree in
your newspaper article that the
proposed plat boundary map is
unfair and that you could do nothing
about it. You claimed you were
bound by a four-square mile boun-
dary, yet you crossed the Colorado
River along Highway 1431,and Lake
LBJ and went over two miles into
Burnet County. Why? Weren’tth
Shirley Williams addition, Kingsland
Cove, or Kingsland Estates more
important to you? These are areas
more contingent to the rest of
Kingsland and are connected with
the sewer, water and electric sys-
tems of the area. When it comes to
the time to vote on incorporation,
Shirley Williams Addition, Kings-
land Cove and Kingsland Estates
residents will be disenfranchised and
not allowed to vote along with
residents in other areas now part of
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We are assuming, hoping that
most of you are aware of the
Bluebonnet Arts and Crafts Trail.
Well, this year there will be a
Bluebonnet Festival painting con-
test. it is a first of what could
become a very prestigious contest.
The artists of this area (there are
over 450 connected with area arts
and crafts groups) are very excited
and appreciative of this opportunity.
We are hoping everyone will re-
spond, come and see the art and
participate in the silent auction. See
the winning painting, vote on the
painting of your choice.
Did you know that more people
attend artsrelated events than spor-
ting events?That Americans trav-
eled an average of 41.8 miles a day in
1966, spending $1,256 trillion? Dur-
ing the last Bluebonnet Trail, one of
the galleries had people register
from 28 states and five foreign
countries. So, let’s work together to
promote our area through art, the
lakes and hills and etc.
The Kingsland/Lake LBJ Cham-
ber of Commerce and the Highland
Lakes Art Council are hoping the
Bluebonnet Festival painting contest
will do just that.
Not knowing how to reach every-
one involved with the Kingsland/-
Lake LBJ Chamber of Commerce,
plus wanting the community to know
about our appreciation to this group,
we have chosen this means. The arts
council and their members want to
thank the chamber for this opportun-
ity and their interest and support.
Faye Caswell
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for by useage fees. Others are
provided by Llano County and paid
for through out county taxes. If we
incorporate, part of these services
will be shifted to the new Kingsland
and supported by about half of the
present population. Serving less
people, Llano County may decide to
reduce some of these services for
the balance of the old area.
Before election, the voters should
be presented an estimated budget
for the initial set up and the first
year’s operation. Taxes — that is the
issue retired people on a fixed
income will be voting on.
What will it cost to: purchase land
necessary for operations and maybe
a future landfill; build or rent space
for a city hall, maintenance shops
and garages; purchase office equip-
ment and furniture and tools;
purchase police cars, a radio system,
possible detention center, trucks,
road equipment, fire equipment and
maybe a bull dozer for the landfill;
What would be the estimated cost
of salaries, insurance, and expenses
for our employees? Minimum em-
ployees would probably include a
mayor, councilmen, city clerk, three
policemen, tax office personnel,
building inspectors plus mechanics
and operators for equipment re-
quired for EMS, garbage collection
landfill operations, road mainten-
ance, etc.
While it is true many of these
services can be contracted out, they
are still expensive and comparative
costs should be made before we vote.
Now — how do we pay for all of this?
Taxes. Property taxes initially paid
by the taxpayers in the small shaded
area of the proposed map. Others
that will be eliminated from voting
would be added in time through the
annexation process. The problem is a
matter of fair and equitable tax
assesment. Qualified personnel in
this field are expensive.
Sales taxes would be collected from
all residents in the area. Now local
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Does it seem to you that you’re
getting a whole lot of commercials on
the idiot box now days compared to
the actual program time? Well, it did
to The Wanderer; so he borrowed a
stop watch from neighbor Frances
Costner and clocked them. CBS,
Channel 7, ran 16 minutes and 40
seconds at commercials in a period of
one hour of prime time. ABC,
Channel 24, ran 16 minutes and 25
second of commercials in an hour.
The Wanderer intended to dock
NBC also, but by that time, it was
Saturday morning, and he didn't
want to ait through an hour of the
kiddie programs that NBC runs on
Saturday morning.
At that rate, a little better than a
quarter of the program time to taken
up by commercials — about 44
minutes of program to 16 minutes of
commercials. And the viewer can’t
scream that he’s being had, and he
wants his money back, because he’s
not paying for the TV programs. The
commercials are paying for the TV
programs.
It wouldn’t be so bad if the
commercials were new, but the same
tired old commercials thakwe see
over and over, day after day, get
pretty old. Commercials are very
ezpensive to make and very ezpen-
eive to put -on the air; so we can
hardly expect bread new commer-
dais every 10 or 15 minutes of air
2. Kingsland has a modern
shopping center and also many
stores and service centers along
Highway 1431 and 2900.
3. Two modern medical clinics
fully staffed in new buildings.
4. Two modern dental clinics
modernly housed.
5. A modern library built and
established by donations and com-
munity cooperation.
6. Modern volunteer fire depart-
ment with new equipment and
housing and staffed by alert volun-
teers.
7. An efficient and alert EMS
ambulance service, with around-the-
clock trained and certified atten-
dants, plus two ambulances for
emergencies.
8. Kingsland Municipal Utility
District — new, licensed by the state
and serving the entire community
with excellent facilities and licensed
operators.
9. Kingsland Water Supply Corp,
covers the community. It to state
licensed and operates from a modern
plant, (to name a few).
Kingsland residents have built
beautiful homes, mostly for their
retirement along Lake LBJ in its
various subdivisions to the tune of
millions of dollars. By so doing, they
helped create a successful and
prosperous business community for
themselves and their neighbors.
The one drawback to all talk of
incorporation of Kingsland will be
added taxes, more regimentation,
and the creation of a class of
Kingsland citizens who will not be
allowed to vote on a proposition that
is very vital to them as they will be
expected to help pay the costs
tantamount to incorporation.
Vote no on incorporation. Vote no
on higher taxes.
Nestor J. Thompson
Kingsland
A recently-passed federal law calls for far-
mers. ranchers, oilmen and commercial
fishermen, who do not owe taxes on diesel
fuel they use off-road, to pay the 15 cents -per-
gallon tax levy anyway.
Then, later they will be compelled to file
detailed records to prove how the fuel was
used for a refund in 1989.
It is not an April Fool’s joke. but the tax
collections begin April 1.
Our United States Senator Phil Gramm is
sponsoring legislation to repeal the diesel tax
levy. He recently told the Senate Finance
Committee that many Texas agriculture
businessmen and oilmen are facing a crisis
because of the law.
"When tax collections begin April 1, the cost
of diesel fuel will jump almost 25 percent for
people who simply haven’t got enough money
to let the government ‘borrow’ it for a year or
NEWS CORRESPONDENTS: Ruth Deal, Eellne Kewierschk, Lottle
Wyetaff, Jaml Palm, Flayee Slanghter aud Janet Homa.
Recently we visited our dear
friends, James and Joyce Foster, in
your town. We would like to
commend the citizens of Llano.
Never have we encounted a friend-
lier group of people. We were
welcomed with enthusiasm wherever
we went.
The Hill Country is a really special
place. It is more beautiful than we
could ever have imagined. We
visited the tourist attractions around
Llano, but nothing can compare with
the beautiful Pedernales River and
the wildlife near Llano. Watching the
birds and wildlife on the Fosters'
place was truly the highlight of our
visit.
Sunday morning we visited First
Baptist Church and a letter from the
pastor, Jerald Moore, arrived home
before we did. A perfect ending for a
memorable trip.
Again our thanks to each of you
friendly people for making our trip a
memorable experience.
Charles and Ellen Ham
Sapulpa, Oklahoma
P.S. We can now sing "I’ve been
to Lukenbach, Texas,” with gusto
because now we have been there!
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more," Gramm Mid.
Gramm noted that a number of farmers
would not be able to plant this spring because
of the tax. "How many oilmen will go bust?”
he asked the committee. "And how many
millions of dollars will It ultimately cost the
taxpayers to repair the damage to our
economy?”
Besides Gramm, S.M. True, Texas Farm
Bureau president, and Jim Day, representing
the drilling and oilwell servicing contractors,
testified before the committee.
Senator Gamm Mid he was opposed to the
federal government forcing people to pay
taxes they don’t owe and then returning the
money, but only after the taxpayers submit a
mountain of paperwork.
I wholeheartedly agree with the Senator
from Texas.
COLUMNISTS: Hal Cunninghem, Marityu Hals and John Kuykendel.
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taxes. Let’s keep it that way.
Incorporate? Vote no.
W. Reynolds
Kingsland
Advertising to a multi-million dollar
business, and these TV commercials
are made and placed by some of the
biggest advertising agencies in
the world. In fact, some of them have
been in the business long enough to
know better than some of the dumb
commercials they turn out.
A commercial, or any advertise-
ment. to supposed to create a desire
for the product it’s plugging. When
it has the opposite effect, it has
fallen flat on its face. There are
commercials and commercials. Some
are tastefully and artistically done.
Others are an insult to the viewer's
intelligence.
While we can’t expect an adverti-
ser to bear the expense of making
new commercials /for every 15
minutes of program time, we do
believe it would improve the effec-
tiveness of their cOmmeceials not to
run the same ones over and over
throughout a program. I seema that
any commerelal womld be more
merchants have a competitive ad-
vantage over surrounding towns in
that we do not have a city sales tax. If
we incorporate, the merchants will
lose that advantage. It could divert
more of their business to Marble
Falls, Burnet and Llano where there
are more stores, larger stores, thus a
greater selection.
What other sources of revenue are
there? Traffic tickets, building per-
mits, health inspections, etc. Here
the record keeping could offset the
revenue.
Things we must bear in mind and
remember as we vote:
Incorporatin is not just for this year,
or next year, but as we are
concerned, it’s forever.
Commitments made by city officials
are binding on all citizens until the
obligations have been fulfilled.
Good qualified personnel would not
alwSysdwavallable at the salaries we
couhovpayl Low-paid officials and
employees could be subject to
conflict of interest and corruption.
For instance, city officials and
chamber members involved with
related or over friendly real estate
agents that have property to sell or a
large commission at stake. A local
impartial contractor as a building
inspector. We would not want a
building inspector in the contracting
business.
A lot of people invested in
Kingsland because it was sort of an
easy-going senior citizen retirement
Should Kingsland incorporate?
We have a sewage system, a water
system, competent police protection,
EMS service, a competent volunteer
fire department, a well-stocked
library, road maintenance, a landfill,
a local airport and we had a good
chamber of commerce until they
threatened to divide us on the
incorporation issue.
Part of the above services are paid
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Llonmaten col The Home News at 915/247-4433.
The moment has arrived for which
the entire world has waited, that
being the announcement of the time
and place of the 20th anniversary
reunion of the LHS Class of 1968.
While speculation by the national
media has placed the reunion in such
exotic places as Paradise Island, La
Costa and even Tasmania, class
president, Dr. Dan McBride an-
nounced the winner to be the
American Legion Hall, located on the
banks of the Llano River.
And the date also was very
controversial. Many trained obser-
vers had hoped that the Class of 1968
would allow the entire nation to
simultaneously celebrate the event
on July 4; Dr. McBride said, “Nyet,
nyet, nyet; we must not rain on our
nation's parade.”
June 25 will be the date. And so it
is final. The most historic event to
take place over the past two decades,
to set!
The Class of 1968, white having
international contacts, has misplaced
five of its members. Should anyone
know the whereabouts of the follow-
ing individuals, either call the FBI
headquarters in Washington, D.C.,
or call acting class secretary Judy
Miller at 915/247-3328. Missing-in-
action members include: Steve
Keith, John London, Mike Keyes,
Linda Self and Ronnie Williams.
Mail-out questionnaires will be
hand-delivered by special courier.
but should some members be hard to
locate, their questionnaires will
arrive by regular mail.
Update of this news release will be
forthcoming by mid-April.
Questionnaires should be picked
up at Virdell REal Estate, 1000 Ford
St. by all local 1968 LHS graduates.
• Mikel Virdell
Llano.
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Buckner, Walter L. The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 24, 1988, newspaper, March 24, 1988; Llano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1585751/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Llano County Public Library.