Dear Editor, Thank you so much for your recent article on me with the picture of my family. There is one error that needs to be pointed out: my website address is www.jerrypcampbell.org while the JPCampbell.LlanoCounty @nctv.com is my email address. Jerry Campbell for Llano County Commissioner, Precinct 1

Dear Editor, This letter is to thank all those individuals and organizations who have donated to VETRIDES over the past four months, and continue to donate generously, even now. You all helped the VETRIDES through a tough time, and we were able to keep the program going, at reduced numbers because of your generosity. We have gotten a new grant for VETRIDES and are operating at full strength, so you veterans, spouses, and widows give us a call if you need a ride to the V ...

Dear Editor, Our politicians, in their infinite wisdom, decided they had to help the Texas citizens combat all “that voters’ fraud that was going on in this State. Hence, we now have the Voters’ Right bill. As is so true with so many government laws, it is like a scorpion: a sharp sting at the end. After some investigation, and a few E-mails to Austin, it appears that the people who are intent on ‘being illegal” can continue to do so.

Dear Editor, Over the last few weeks I have had the opportunity and joy of watching a department and community come together to support a member of our organization in need. As you are all aware, Capt. Richard Baum’s daughter, Kristi Smith, is awaiting a liver transplant and the family is overwhelmed with financial needs as this develops.

Dear Editor, BEAUTY - It was a beautiful, peaceful and tranquil community when everyone bought their homes. It was so unique to walk thru the winding roads and paths and see little red foxes, roadrunners, possums, raccoons, and deer. (Especially when you had spent your last working years in a large city.) These wild creatures all had a place to hide their young and escape from predators. It once gave the homeowners a sense of pleasure to take a stroll through the commun ...

Dear Editor: As the New Year begins, I am pleased to present – on behalf of the women of the Highland Lakes Service League – our 2011 Annual Report to the residents of the Highland Lakes communities. Specifically, I want to highlight the “line item” that I call our Volunteer Value. During the last eight months of 2011, the Service League’s 120-plus members contributed 6,290-plus volunteer hours for a Volunteer Value of more than $134,000 to various ...

Dear Editor: There seems to be some legislators (i.e. Senator Cornyn) who are upset about the recent Presidential recess appointment. Fine, but let’s look at some past records. This current President has perhaps made many decisions that have upset these politicians but let’s be honest and fair. George W. Bush used this Presidential tool to make five recess appointments of pro-business lawyers to the NLRB Board.

Dear Editor and United States Postal Service, It is very sad to see the United States Congress destroying the United States Postal Service. The USPS was one of the first departments created by Our Founding Fathers. It has served the citizens of the United States for over 200 years offering the most reliable mail service in the World. It provides six day door to door mail service to all residents of the U.S.

Dear Editor, Super Committee – Super Disaster The very idea of a “Super Committee” was an insult to the American people. Who did we vote on at our last national election? Did we not vote for the Senators and Representatives who promised us to deal with the deficit and create jobs? It is so sad to have to admit that we have all been deceived and misled. Those who were supposed to represent us in Washington, D.C., turned out to be recalcit ...

Dear Editor, My family celebrated the wedding of our daughter on October 22, 2011, at the newly remodeled Quail Point facility . I want to share with other Horseshoe Bay property owners the very positive experience we had working with the staff: Tom, Alyce and Judy. In addition, I want everyone to know what a terrific job Sandra Chavez and Felix Ponce from Divine Design did with all the florals for both the wedding and the rehearsal dinner at our home.

Dear Editor, Are We Losing Our Community?? The latest decisions by our leaders should cause us concern. We need to ask ourselves this one question? WHY DID WE CHOOSE HORSESHOE BAY TO LIVE? WASN’T IT BECAUSE WE LIKED THE SCENIC HILLS, ROCKS, TREES AND QUIET LIVING? Well, perhaps we should all pause and look at the slow and subtle changes being made to our lovely surroundings.

Dear Editor, A sincere THANK YOU to HIGHLAND LAKES COMMUNITY for supporting our workday last Sunday at the Helping Center Garden in Marble Falls. The garden has produced 1000 pounds of vegetables since its beginning in April 2011 because of volunteers like you. Starbucks partnering with Highland Lakes Master Gardeners made this event a win-win for our community.

Dear Editor: The public should acknowledge, with thanks to all Pedernales Electric Cooperative directors, the approval in August of a resolution by the PEC board of a commitment to protect the beauty of the hill country night skies. PEC has pledged to work with land owners, businesses, communities and public entities to reduce and modify the use of outdoor lighting that is starting to produce such glare that we are losing the beauty of our night skies here in the hill country.

Dear Editor, On behalf of the Horseshoe Bay Police Department, as well as taking the liberty of speaking for the several hundred visitors we had at our 2nd annual National Night Out event on October 4th, I would like to thank the following people or businesses for the generous contribution of time, products, and personal assistance to us all: Horseshoe Bay Resort, Horseshoe Bay Bounce House Rentals, Home Depot, RSC Equipment Rental, HEB, R&R Realty, Blockbuster, Hor ...

Dear Editor, In connection with some rather negative comments about the acoustics at the new facilities at Quail Point, my husband and I would like to mention that in June we presented a program for the International Club, on Argentina, and we had no problems, other than during the introduction to the program because many people were chatting, not realizing we were playing some videos that included Argentinian music, so of course, the music could not be heard very well. We had ...