So much for civility
Editor, In the May 24 issue of the Boerne Star, the Kendall County Democrat bemoans “Political and racial gerrymandering” but he is upset with the U.S. Supreme Courts overturning of Louisiana’s 2024 Congressional district map.
Anyone familiar with the term gerrymandering would be concerned about Districts 2 and 6 that were strung out along the Red, Atchafalaya and Mississippi rivers to create two Black, presumable democrat, congressional districts. This was an obvious case of “political and racial gerrymandering ” and the U.S. Supreme Court has rightfully overturned it.
The Kendall County Democrat goes on to say, “Moderates must regain a voice in government.” Later he says, “The forces that seek to divide us must be challenged.”
Sen. John Fetterman is one of very few moderate Democrats in Congress, but he is not very popular within his party. The democrats in Congress are much more supportive of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Just a few days before the third assassination attempt on President Trump, Jeffries said, “We are in an era of maximum warfare. Everywhere, all the time.” So much for moderation, civility and unity.
— Richard C. Burnett Fair Oaks Ranch resident
Help save Boerne radio
Editor, Boerne has a radio station. Some of the happiest of my formative years were spent in Carlsbad, a little town nestled between the Guadalupe River foothills and the Pecos River in southern New Mexico.
Carlsbad was a pleasant, slow-moving place, just right for a Tom Sawyer upbringing. It had an identity and a key part of that identity was the radio station, the repository of all things local.
Boerne also has a radio station, and the face of it is Baron Wiley. In my mind, Baron personifies the Boerne ethos; hard working, energetic, family-oriented and Christian in the best sense.
For six years Baron has put his heart and soul into the station. The station, 103.9 FM, has an eclectic playlist that makes it entertaining, but beyond that Baron has created a community sounding board that brings Boerne together with local programs on politics, Boerne businesses and churches, and that most iconic of small-town Texas endeavors, high school sports; even carrying a lot of the games live.
Boerne radio has been served notice that it will be shut down unless it obtains an antenna for its AM portion. It can be done but it will require a significant amount of money, upwards of $200,000. If I were digitally adept — at age 83 I am prohibited by nature from dabbling in such things — I would set up a “Go Fund Me” — heard of it, no idea what it is or how to do it.
I hope by writing this I will inspire someone who does have the ability and the desire, to do so.
I know Baron well enough to know that he will try to get a loan to fund the project, but that commitment would place another burden on a body that already has 24 hours of every day spoken for.
I personally think it matters whether Boerne retains its identity or gets subsumed into the monolith that’s becoming San Antonio. I hope others do, too.
— Bob Carnes San Antonio resident
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