Not A Damn Penny
Kerrville finding out owning the libs is lonely and expensive.
I'm sure this will lead to some self reflection.
“Not a damned penny came through this gate from my taxpaying dollars,” he said on Tuesday as he looked at the twisted trees and piles of debris that still litter his property and beyond. “And I don’t understand why.”
Mr. Richards is one of many residents planning to confront members of a Texas legislative committee on Thursday at a flood hearing in Kerr County, which suffered the brunt of the 136 known deaths in the Texas Hill Country. Kerr County’s 100 dead included at least 27 counselors and campers from devastated Camp Mystic, most of them from two cabins near the river.
From the early days of the tragedy, officials in Kerr County have faced questions about the weak local government response and lack of alarms systems along the river. They have been at a loss to explain why they failed to secure grant funding for a flood warning system in recent years.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/us/politics/texas-floods.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ak8.5f4E.mefph_7jrFSD&smid=url-share