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Issue One: This is huge. HUGE. For months now, weve been pointing out that the 4-B Board, which operates as a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization, has been operating without a federal tax ID number. We requested the number from the City and were told that they dont have a document responsive to our request. We checked with the Internal Revenue Service and they couldnt find one either. We asked District Ones Richard Zapata if he could come up with it, and he checked with the City Attorney, who told them no, 4-B does not have a federal tax id number, but that 4-B doesnt need one, (even though, yeah, it does). On Monday we asked District Fours rep, Sandy Nolte, about the phantom tax id and she said that yes, 4-B does indeed have a federal tax id number, although she couldnt tell us what it is, and she declined to tell us who told her that the number exists. Oh dear. Ohhhh dear. Perhaps you, gentle reader, will have better luck getting that information out of her. You can reach Sandy by phone at 830-2214000, option 4, or by email at snolte@nbtexas. org. You can get back to us at news@txcitizen. com when you find out. Thanks for your help. Later Monday night, City Council got together for another marathon meeting designed to numb even the most nimble of minds, with the usual expensive results.

Obama style. Apparently no one is willing to simply build and make massive WITH amounts of money here without a public payoff to go with it, and the local government is more than happy to play ball. #corporatewelfare Issue Three: The highly controversial Edwards Aquifer Recovery Implementation Program, or EARIP, which gave control of the Comal Springs to the San Antonio Water System, has more demands this time they want the City Manager to enter into an interlocal agreement with the Edwards Aquifer Authority for funding of the Habitat Conservation Plan Program, a program that the US Fish and Wildlife Service has already told us we dont need. Council voted to approve that one, which would let City Manager Michael Morrison get started on the projects, but then on the very next item, voted against all the projects that the first vote was relevant to, those projects being the Old Channel Restoration, Aquatic Vegetation, Non-Native Animal Control, Gill Parasite and Low Impact Development. Richard Zapata asked if that Old Channel Restoration included all three arms of said channel as it turns out it doesnt. It only applies to the area surrounding the so-called private island. Which, of course, figures. That vote against went 4-3, but then Morrison pulled something hes done once before, back on the Stormwater Utility Fee he called for a do-over. And for the second time, Council bit on rescinding a vote that they had just taken. Let me say that again: Council voted, the City Manager complained about the result, so Council overturned their vote. I suspect that both Morrison and I are equally surprised that worked more than once, so Ive got to give it up for the man hes got these people so tightly wrapped around his finger that he risks losing it to necrosis.

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Issue Two: First up, Council gave the ok to hand over nearly 12 million taxpayers dollars to the developers of the Creekside complex. Granted, this deal was put together some time ago, and Council couldnt really get out of this payment, but it is yet another example of how New Braunfels taxpayer dollars are just shuffled from one million-dollar entity to another. As a fan of the free market, I firmly believe it should be allowed to prevail here in NB, but the free market isnt operating at all if taxpayer money is involved the City and 4-B are simply picking winners and losers, President FACEBOOK.COM/TXCITIZEN

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Anyway, the Chamber got their raise by unanimous vote. Hooray! Issue Six: The Chamber was back, looking for $56,000 in Hotel/Motel Tax to add Gruene and the County Courthouse to the Citys walking tour. Because, of course, it costs $56,000 to add Gruene and the County Courthouse to the Citys walking tour. Unanimous approval. Good lord. Issue Seven: As usual, Police Chief Tom Wibert got his way, and now, instead of using all 17 local tow truck companies for its vehicle relocation and impound needs, the City will use just one, much to the chagrin of all 17 tow truck companies. That one went 4-3, with Zapata, District Twos Mark Goodner, and Digges dissenting. No word on what will happen should all 17 companies submit identical bids for the job. Issue Eight: Pristine Texas Rivers got its make-up contract, the one that makes sure they get paid off even though the rivers dont have any trash in them anymore, with the award of $141,748 to empty out the Parks Departments land-based trash cans. Man, we are getting sucked dry by consultants and contractors. Ill empty the trash for half of that. Issue Nine: This is something that went down the Friday before Thanksgiving, but its vitally important the City lost its Supreme Court appeal on the original Tube-Tax, with damages expected to be set at about half a million dollars. The City is expected to appeal that amount all the way back to the Supreme Court, further enriching the Citys San Antoniobased legal team. But thats not the real story. The real story is that we had that piece on Citizen Radio minutes after the decision was handed down, but both the Houston-owned Herald-Zeitung and KGNB radio waited until the busiest travel day of the year, the day before Thanksgiving, to report the story. Six days after the fact. Im certain thats nothing to be concerned about. \m/ Mike Reynolds Publisher/ Editor-in-Chief

It should be noted that Stephen Digges railed against the motion, on the grounds that Bio-West, who would be granted the contracts for three of the five items, was also involved in putting the whole project together, which, to any astute observer looks like a serious conflict of interest. Digges saw that, argued passionately against it, and in true Stephen Digges style wait for it wait for it waaaaaait he went ahead and voted to approve the deal. In case you missed that: Digges argued vehemently against the HCP projects on the basis of conflict of interest, and then voted for them. This continuing tactic allows him to look tough against the City Management and the local powers-that-be while towing the line for them at the same time. Absolutely masterful. Between Morrison and Digges, the wily market in this town is all sewn up.

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Issue Five: The Chamber of Commerce was back, looking for a two-year PR deal with the City at a 4-B cost of $350,000 per. It should be noted that in 2010, according to the Citys data, they did the very same job for $234,569. In 2011 they got a $55,000 raise, followed by a $16,800 raise in 2012. Now they want another $43,000 raise. WTF. Let me just point out, in case you didnt know, that the Chamber of Commerce isnt a government entity its a private club that charges its members plenty to belong to it. They shouldnt be getting tax money. How much 4-B money have you gotten to develop your business? None? Really? Because Silver State Helicopters and the Scooter Store have gotten plenty, and much of that Scooter Store dough went right into the hands of Bob Krueger for his lobbying efforts, and he just happened to have a wife on City Council when those deals went through. Im starting to think that our tax dollars are just there to enrich certain well-connected residents of our fair city. Actually no, that would be crazy. 4

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The annual Comal Cops for Kids Turkey Trot took over Gruene on Thanksgiving Day, with hundreds of runners braving near frigid temperatures of 72 to 74 degrees, all to bene t the Comal Cops for Kids Foundation. The Foundation supports the local Green and Blue Santa programs, among other worthy causes. Jason Trevino came in rst in the 5K division, while Tom Turkey (Deputy Sheri Tommy Ward) did his best to outrun the kids in the quarter-mile Turkey Chase. The kids eventually got the best of him, and from all accounts, cooked up real nice and wasnt too dry at all.

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Dear Gabachita for a World Without Border Walls: Sorry Im answering your questionwhat, five years later? Siete? But the sad part about my laziness is that the question remains relevant, and what Republicans once dismissed as Aztlanista claptrap from the mouth of Dubya (who will remain the best GOP friend to Mexis well ever havemark my palabras) is now the gospel theyre preaching after the disaster that was their outreach efforts to Latinos during the 2012 presidential election. Its been absolutamente HILARIOUS to see Republicans wake up and smell the tacos over a decade after Latinos became a political force, to see them lamely prop up Florida Senator Marco Rubio as a presidential candidate (the only position hes worthy of is being Secretary of Coos), to see gabacho pundits ask themselves what Latino voters want without having a Latino on their panels or asking said voters, and most laughablythe idea of resurrecting the guest-worker program. Conservatives love the idea of having Mexicans work cheaply but not being able to become citizens, but its an idea thatll fail as badly as it did the first time around, from the 1940s until the 1960s. For the last time, America: Mexicans are not just workers; theyre humans wholl notice living conditions are better here and will want to stay herehow ya gonna keep em down on the rancho after theyve seen Paree? A border fence? P-shaw. And while its true some Mexicans might want to only work here and go back to Mexico, demographics and history show otherwise. Immigration reform without some sort of amnesty is like a burrito without the tortillaand who the hell besides calorie-conscious hipsters want that?

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Dear Gabacho Wey is easytheyre saying gey, which as I wrote so long ago, in one of the first Ask a Mexican! columns, is the ass of Mexican Spanish, even though it derives from the word for ox. But its not a fighting word, and you and your primos should be honoredMexi men use gey as a form of endearment among each other. If they really wanted to insult you, theyd call you puto, pendejo, baboso, orbetter yet pinche puto pendejo baboso. Agooshtoo sounds like a gusto (to be at ease), but it very well could be an indigenous language like Mixtec or Triqui, since the Central Valley is home to tens of thousands of folks from Oaxaca. A rato is the elided form of al rato, which means laterin this case, theyre telling ustedes geyes that theyll be back in a bit for more beer. Now that I answered your pregunta, do me a favor and leave some cerveza on credit for my geyes so they can be agusto, por favor!

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Uncle Esel, I just came back from visiting the border for the first time and on the way back I had to stop at some long checkpoint where they asked me if I was a US citizen. Now I may come off as a smart ass but I am red-headed and freckled and I was raised in Tennessee so I know even some dang high school graduate agent knows Im American. How is it legal to stop someone 50 miles or more from the border to ask them for ID for no reason at all? Lovingly Yours, Sarah Lynn

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Uncle Esel, Are we ever going to get that Academy store in New Braunfels? Thanks, Alex
Dear Alex, That deal is off and Academy has no planned store on their books at this time. Not sure how it affected the deal, but among other concerns, they noticed a big drop in summer, water related products in nearby stores. Thats called a trickle effect if any city leaders are reading. Love, K

Dear Sarah, In keeping with that fine Southern tradition, I see you have two names. Uncle Esel has been to Mexico lots of times in search of, how you say - entertainment venues - so I feel the same pain as you given my German good looks and my prominent jaw. The Supreme Court long ago held that such checkpoints were valid for the sole purpose of ascertaining if aliens were getting through. They were not intended for the purpose of detaining people who are citizens and they did not intend it as a means to have the feds ask for papers from law-abiding citizens. The feds have stretched rulings and created a second and very profitable side business known as drug interdiction. This new task however hides behind the checkpoint for citizenship checks, as on its own, it would be illegal. To make this short, other than asking about citizenship, any other investigation requires probable cause to be established, but only as it occurs during the brief stop for immigration purposes and you cannot be otherwise detained without that cause. Just the same, the feds have a way of making up rules on the run and the internet is packed with videos of citizens who refuse to play along with the agents and are then sent on their merry way when they realize video is running. But be warned, there are also a few videos of citizens getting the crap kicked out of them. Happy Travels. Love, K FACEBOOK.COM/TXCITIZEN

Uncle Esel, So I hear the government is looking at banning bouncy houses. Is there nothing the government will leave alone? Fred
Dear Fred, The government says a kid gets hurt every 46 minutes on a bounce house and that trampolines also pose a similar risk. You know, the government does like to stick its nose into everything, and on occasion it is warranted, but the problem with kids is usually a problem with parents who fail to monitor their kids and with parents that fail to correct their kids who may be doing things that hurt others. If we just regulate and ban everything that could hurt us, then maybe the economy would prosper from all the bubble wrap and rubber bumper manufacturing that we will need. Two problems solved at once. I for one think that we cannot regulate enough to ever make up for bad parenting and I also miss my lawn darts. Love, K

Uncle K. Esel is a lifetime resident of our fair city, and is well known for his sage advice on a wide range of topics. If you find yourself perplexed with no one to turn to, send your question to Uncle Esel at: askesel@ TXCITIZEN.COM. Be sure to write Question for Uncle Esel in the subject line of your email.
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This Week: Pedernales Brewings Classic IPA I imagine if the American craft beer scene continues the way it has in popularity, our friends across the water will get jealous in that way only the British can, envying the slightly less sophisticated, but younger and much more successful sibling. Of course, the tide will pull in the other direction some times, where we emulate ol Queens England. Heck, the whole idea of battered and fried food is a very British thing, and we certainly picked it up with gusto ourselves. So, as with beer, especially the ever-popular IPA style, we can expect the jibes to come in a few years or so. Oi, yew wont any beer in yer oppy water? theyll say from beneath their top hats, casually crushing a polio-stricken orphans orbital socket with a sterling silver cane (I assume nothing has changed in England since Dickens.). Well, nuts to those guys! How can we not be ourselves? How can we not take a beer known to be loaded up on hops and LOAD THE HECK OUT OF THEM? Cranking things up to 11 is our way - The American Way. England invented fish and chips, but do you

think theyd ever deep fry grape Kool-Aid and make bank on it? Not a chance. Now, to COMPLETELY contradict the spirit of the last paragraph, let me just be the very first ever to say, Hey America, maybe we should tone it back a little. Now, now, before the efigies go up, Im not saying we should become Canada or anyone else that puts royalty on their money. Im just saying that maybe we should be more like a classy caricature of ourselves like the New York Times Al Hirschfelds, rather than a twisted, nightmareish version like Hunter S. Thompsons Ralph Steadman (a Brit!). Dont take this to mean that the constant jealous ridicule from the Old Country has gotten to Uncle Sams favorite nephew, because it hasnt. All Im saying is that sometimes they might have a point, and sometimes their way could also have merit. One such example of us toning it down a bit to take a lesson from the UK is the Pedernales Brewing Companys Classic IPA. Its interesting and unusual to see an IPA advertise itself as Classic or English Style, as it does here. For those in the know itll be a welcome indicator of hoppy strength, but it

may be bad if falled on deaf ears. If youre used to the tongue wrinkling IPAs common to the West Coast of the USA, English Style IPAs will feel like a not-even-pale-ale. Frequenters of my column will recall my much-documented distain for the whole IBUs for the sake of IBUs trend, so an English Style IPA is right up my alley. I had this one from a bottle, quite fresh from the brewery by all sources. It poured a nice, clear copper with a fairly retained amount of head. Very picturesque in an Imperial Pint. It had a distinct, but not aggressive nose to it, some herbal and grassy Cascade-ish hops and a tinge of lemony tang. You dont get much of the malt in the nose, but it is balanced almost scientifically well in the taste. It is slightly sweet from the barley, and has a good toasty crystal malt flavor. Mouthfeel is very thin and crisp, almost like a lager feel but without any odd yeast to change the clarity or flavor. Doubly refreshing, not just in taste and palateslaking ability, but also refreshing to see the moniker IPA shown not as a challenge for the Mitchell Wilburn is our resident bon vivant and arbiter of all things weak-tongued, but simply as an indicator for barley. Send your beer questions to him at hops@txcitizen.com. a hoppy, enjoyable beer.

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This Week: Spud Ranch found only one thing growing there that was edible, I would want it to be potatoes. Potatoes are my absolute favorite thing to eat. I enjoy them anyway you choose to in a casserole, in soup, and the list goes on. Its no surprise that I would be quickly lured into a place called Spud Ranch. The creative ways to enjoy a baked potato there are endless. J. R. Gallegos is the owner of not one, but two Spud Ranches; New Braunfels and With more than 20 different versions of sandwiches, all served up on Texas Toast with hand-cut fries. In fall and winter you one is extremely difficult. I am still a big fan can choose from delicious hot soups like of the Texas Original, which is the classic broccoli-cheese and loaded potato and of butter, cheddar, sour cream, chives, and course chili and Frito pie. As you can see bacon. I do also like the Ranch Hand, which there is something for every taste bud, am planning to try the Steak Spud, which has ribeye, cheddar, butter, and sauted onions. have different top picks from the menu, J.R. said. In New Braunfels, the favorite seems to be the Brisket Spud, which has chopped brisket with barbecue sauce, butter, cheese grilled cheese, mac n cheese, and chicken tenders. If you crave a little dessert, try the If I were stranded on a desert island and baked potatoes on the menu, choosing just cook them; baked, fried, mashed, chips, has butter, chili, and cheddar. My next visit I (even the kiddos), who can choose from

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San Marcos. I always wanted to own my and sauted onions. San Marcos definitely own ranch, and now I have two, J. R. said. loves the Hot Wing with boneless buffalo The restaurant in San Marcos is located right style chicken, hot wing sauce, butter, next to Bobcat Stadium and caters to college We opened the one here in New Braunfels in April of 2010. cheese, and your choice of ranch or blue students. It has been open about 10 years. cheese dressing. Spud Ranch is located at 118 Common Street in New Braunfels, and gets 3 forks The restaurant also offers a delicious and a big 10 gallon cowboy hat - get along home-style Texas Burger and a variety of little doggie!

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Leave Uncle Tim. Take the Pie. With the election behind us now, we move into the silly season. This is a time where we count our blessings and prepare to meet with friends and family for food and festivities. For many, this is the best time of the year. They look forward to it as a strange celebration of renewal in the midst of winter, where bonds are strengthened and the coming New Year embraced with optimism and hope. My own feelings are more mixed. I like turkey, eggnog and presents as much as the next guy, but Im a complicated person, and my feelings are likewise complicated. Still, this time of year is important to me, and I look forward to it. Aside from the melancholy I feel when I recognize that my weight loss hopes have been dashed on the rocky outcropping of that third helping of mashed potatoes and extra-large slice of pecan pie, sitting around the table with people who are part of a shared dynamic and experience reminds me of what is really important in life: Preparing for the coming zombie apocalypse. Preparation is the key if you want to save your family (or at least everyone but Uncle Tim, who inevitably drinks too much wine and eats too few hors doeuvres before incessantly complaining about the Cheeses of the World basket you got him last Christmas). This is true not only for the zombie apocalypse, but really for any type of disaster. So, if you are less than convinced that the dead will soon come back to life to eat the living, consider the following tips for something you can believe in: alien invasion, environmental disaster, or the complete collapse of our economy because our government is too stupid to be trusted with basic budgeting. The principles are basically the same. First and foremost, its important to remember that you wont be able to depend on the government for help. I know this attitude is detested by statists of all stripes, but they really should come back to reality. The government always talks a good game about FACEBOOK.COM/TXCITIZEN disaster preparedness, but they never seem to beats urban every time. The cities may have follow through, and their excuses are always more money and sophistication, but the sticks the same: No one could have anticipated will have the last laugh if George Romero turns this level of devastation or the previous out to be a prophet. administration failed to properly allocate the Food and water is a more problematic resources we needed for such a calamity. If the issue. Most people have become so government is wholly unprepared to address dependent on the niceties of modern society a Category 1 hurricane that they can barely hitting the Jersey shore, conceive of a situation can you imagine the where their local type of ineptitude grocery store was you can expect when unavailable to them. armies of the undead Catastrophes have a are marching down way of doing just that, San Antonio Street in though. Under the best search of brains? Im of circumstances, a afraid youll have to grocery stores shelves look to yourself. Begin are emptied very by knowing that you quickly by panicked have a safe place to be people. In the worst and food and water. of circumstances, For most of us, the you may find yourself former is actually less unable to get there of an issue than the without attracting latter. When the end of unwanted cannibalistic the world arrives, the attention. Because of place where you are Given the choice between the horror this, it is absolutely right now will provide of starvation and six months of ramen, imperative to have a nearly half of the the general population is just as much shelter as it expected to opt for the ramen. store of the basics. always has. There may Survivalist fanatics be more to worry about on the other side of the have long recommended six months or more door, but the door is just as sturdy as its always of provisions, and this isnt really all that been. If that thought makes you nervous, you difficult to do. Rice, corn meal, flour, and may want to reconsider your current living canned goods are all good for long-term arrangements. Most of us give very little storage, and several cases of bottled water thought to our security in a crisis situation when might be a good idea if you live in an area choosing where we live. It takes a back seat where a safe water supply could be difficult to to far more frivolous considerations. How access if services are suddenly unavailable. good the local schools are, how close it is to A well-stocked pantry (and perhaps a freezer work and if theres a nice Thai place nearby full of meat) can offer a certain piece of mind are all very important until the unthinkable even if youre anticipating nothing more than happens. After that point, though, its much a lapse in employment. better to know that your domicile has an Beyond these initial necessities are a efficient escape route and several points where long list of things that would be worth having line-of-sight can be acquired for a 75 yard if the unthinkable happens, but for now, let perimeter. This is just one area where rural me offer a suggestion that wont fill up the

loft-space over your garage and will be just as useful. Take the time to learn some things that could be useful to you in a pinch. Most of us are full to the brim with useless knowledge. A good number of us even take pride in it. But the batting statistics for the Unicorns baseball team from 1982 are probably not going to help you stay alive in an apocalyptic dystopia. Instead consider learning things that have a broad range of uses. I try to learn at least one thing of prime utility each year. What you decide to learn will likely be dependent on where you live or what resources are available to you, but there are several things that are all-encompassing. Consider learning the basics of distillation, trigonometry, gardening, canning, carpentry, and plumbing. Learn how to operate a firearm effectively (at least a small caliber rifle), and take the time to learn how and where to fish. Take a first aid course from your local Red Cross, and familiarize yourself with the surrounding terrain. All of these things have a rural feel to them, but they can be equally useful to cityfolk. Dont imagine that your training in middlemanagement will be of much use in surviving the Dawn of the Dead, it probably wont even help in a blackout over the weekend. Of course, its impossible to provide a complete survival guide for the zombie apocalypse in a single column, but I do hope that some of what I said can be of use. The best thing to do is to go over these things in your own mind. What would you do if you found yourself without support from the government? What if there were no gas, electricity, water, or internet? What things are really essential to your survival, and where could you find those things if you need them? Just how self-reliant are you? And, if faced with a dozen walkers converging on you, would you prefer a baseball bat or a katana?

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