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OPINION
Citizens’ Anhncate • October 10, 2008
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Another View
■■■■■■■■■^^^■■■■■■■i by Jean Murph
Political Discourse Could Use Some Rules
After listening to some of the debates and election speeches, I thought it
might be time for a sampling of George Washington’s Rules of Civility and
Decent Behaviour.
“Labour to keep alive in your breast that little celestial fire called conscience.”
“Every action done in company ought to be with some sign of respect to those
that are present.”
“Speak not injurious words, neither in jest or earnest; scoff at none although
they give occasion.”
“Go not thither, where you know not. Give not advice without being asked and
do it briefly.”
“Mock not nor jest at any thing of importance; break no jests that are sharp
biting; and if you deliver any thing witty and pleasant, abstain from laughing thereat
yourself.”
“Be no flatterer; neither play with any that delights not to be played with.”
“Speak not in an unknown tongue in company, but in your own language and
that as those of quality do and not as the vulgar.”
“While you are talking, point not your finger at him of whom you discourse nor
approach too near him to whom you talk, especially to his face.”
“When you deliver a matter, do it with passion and discretion, however mean
the person be you do it to.”
“Contradict not at every turn what others say.”
“Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.”
“Think before you speak; pronounce not imperfectly nor bring out your words
too hastily, but orderly and distinctly.”
To be continued...
State Capitol
HIGHLIGHTS
By Ed Sterling
D/FW AIRPORT NOISE COMPLAINT HOTLINE
The D/FW Airport Noise Complaint Hotline is 972-574-2538. Residents are
welcome to report incidents of loud noise. Registered complaints are recorded
by D/FW to analyze if there is a noise problem. Residents are urged to call the
City’s Noise Monitoring Hotline at 972-393-4888 and repeat the same complaint
so they can be verified.
Governor against Wall Street bailout
AUSTIN - The U.S. House of Represen-
tatives passed H.R. 1424, the “Emergency
Economic Stabilization Act of 2008” on Octo-
ber 3. It was the House’s second attempt in
five days to prop up faltering Wall Street fi-
nancial institutions. President George W.
Bush quickly signed the $700 billion legisla-
tion referred to by some as a “bail-out” and
to others as a “rescue” plan.
The House vote was 263-171. The Texas
delegation cast 17 votes against the bill and
15 for.
On October 1, the U.S. Senate passed the
legislation on a vote of 74-25. Senators Kay
Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn both
voted in favor.
On October 1, with Congress edging
closer to passing the legislation, Gov. Rick
Perry said he did not want taxpayer dollars to
bail out Wall Street.
“In a free market economy, government
should not be in the business of using tax-
payer dollars to bail out corporate America.
Congress needs to take off its partisan gloves
and work together to bring both short and
long term stability to the credit markets. They
need to stop blaming each other and start
thinking about solutions that put the taxpay-
ers of this country first,” he said in a pre-
pared statement.
Perry joined with Democratic Gov. Joe
Manchin of West Virginia in urging Congress
to take action. Manchin is chair of the Demo-
cratic Governors Association and Perry is
chair of the Republican Governors Associa-
tion.
System to nail uninsured drivers
An estimated one in five vehicles — about
four million — drive on Texas roads without
proper insurance, the Texas Department of
Public Safety announced October 2.
But now there will be extra pressure to
“get legal” because of TexasSure, a motor
vehicle insurance verification database de-
signed to identify uninsured motorists.
Law enforcement officers will be able to
tap into TexasSure and check records of reg-
istered passenger vehicles against personal
auto insurance policy information submitted
by Texas insurance companies.
“If you don’t have liability insurance for
your vehicle, your chances of getting a ticket
just went up dramatically,” DPS Lt. Louis
Sanchez said.
Driving without liability insurance carries
a maximum fine of $350 and hundreds of addi-
tional dollars in court costs and fees. Repeat
offenders also are subject to a two-year driver
license suspension.
Volunteers clean up beaches
Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson on
September 30 estimated 3,500 volunteers
hauled more than 101 tons of trash off Texas
beaches during the agency’s annual Adopt-
A-Beach Fall Cleanup conducted September
27.
That 101-ton total is all the more impres-
sive considering for the first time in 22 years,
thousands of Adopt-A-Beach volunteers
couldn’t reach the beaches in Beaumont,
Galveston or Surfside, Patterson said.
Abbott goes after price gougers
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on
October 2 took legal action against a hotel in
Nacogdoches and another near Katy for un-
lawfully increasing room rates during Hurri-
cane Ike. The attorney general’s office is seek-
ing civil penalties of up to $20,000 per viola-
tion and up to $250,000 per violation for vic-
tims over age 65.
Under the Texas Deceptive Trade Prac-
tices Act, businesses may not take advan-
tage of a declared disaster by selling or leas-
ing fuel, food, lodging, medicine or other ne-
cessities at an exorbitant rate.
Voter registration grows quickly
Since the March primaries, Texas voter
registration has grown by nearly half a mil-
lion people, Secretary of State Esperanza
“Hope” Andrade said September 30.
There are now more than 13.2 million reg-
istered voters in the state, accounting for an
estimated 75 percent of the voting-age popu-
lation, said Andrade, the state’s chief elec-
tions officer.
Ag chief promotes dine-out day
Many restaurants participated in the GO
TEXAN Restaurant Round-Up October 1 to
help local food banks serve a growing num-
ber of Texas families.
Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples
asked Texans to dine out on October 1. Par-
ticipating restaurants donated a portion of
the day’s proceeds to Texas food banks in
the Texas Department of Agriculture’s “Tex-
ans Feeding Texans” initiative.
CLARIFICATION: In the October 3 feature on Coach Chris Stricker, the Light
Sabers soccer team won the Coppell Regional Cup Tournament in August 2007.
CITY NUMBERS
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ANIMAL CONTROL_____________972-304-3515 POST OFFICE......................972-745-3221
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