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Letters to the editor 080121


Stolen property?

Multiple streets were closed in the late 1990s in Crystal City and were deeded to property owners with easements. Easements are the right to use and enter a piece of property without any type of interest in the property.

According to the Local Government Code that the city follows, the closed streets are divided. Each property owner that surrounds the road would be deeded a section, that section would be added to their taxes, and it would become a part of the owner’s property.

Currently, there are multiple halves of closed streets that are not on anyone’s tax record or deed however, surrounding property owners are claiming ownership. Which would mean they are gaining a property for free. How is that fair? How does that benefit anyone in the city? Why are some property owners paying when others don’t have to?

Property is essentially being stolen from the city and the community.

statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.253.htm

Rebecca Martinez

Crystal City


Public school districts in Texas have limited authority in enforcing certain COVID-19 precautions, including face mask requirements and remote learning options due to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Executive Order GA-36 and Texas Education Agency funding guidelines. However, individuals may still choose to wear face masks in public schools.

School concern

This is an open letter to Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Superintendent Hal Harrell, UCISD board members, and Dr. Jared Reading.

Upon reading the Uvalde Leader-News newspaper, I have come to the conclusion that our children and grandchildren will be expected to attend in person classes regardless of our concerns as parents and grandparents. We send our children and grandchildren to school with the expectation of their wellbeing considered top priority. We entrust those making these decisions for us as a community to be handled strategically with good intent.

It is my opinion that our current community health issue in regard to back to school has not been planned out accordingly. There is no plan in place as to how to handle the event which will arise once a child contracts COVID-19, according to the statement Dr. Jared Reading states, “When it comes down to how I plan proceeding it is basically letting the school notify the parents and letting them decide whether or not to take their kids out of the classroom or not.”

The week prior, Dr. Jared Reading stated, “We now have the variant here in Uvalde and cases are rising. These are mainly all younger people and they are all the people who chose not to get vaccinated.”

If this is indeed the case and the information Dr. Jared Reading stated is accurate, how has the decision of in-person class only been determined? If the variant is affecting younger children who do not have the option to be vaccinated, how is this considered my child’s or grandchild’s wellbeing priority?

If the school district has decided to create a specific campus for dual language students, which will be starting this coming school year, and the decision has been made to give free will to parents, why not create a separate campus for infected students instead of allowing these students to continue interaction with the unaffected children. The campus could then be triaged in various stages according to onset of diagnosis and symptoms or require the affected students to recover at home. It is unfair to determine and create rules without having options for both parties.

Joe F. Suarez

Uvalde