City not well maintained

Editor:

I read with total amazement the letter from Place 3 City Councilman Emilio Serrano in the Sept. 18 Herald, regarding how well Live Oak is maintained, code compliance enforced, etc.

After I stopped laughing, I got angry. First, I do not know where Mr. Serrano drives to; it surely is not parts of Woodcrest, or for that matter the rest of Live Oak. Code compliance, even when the city has a code compliance officer, is not being enforced, and even when one calls to report a violation, nothing is being done. Period.

Trash litters Toepperwein and Miller roads. Tree branches hang well below the limit of 14 feet. Weeds grow between curbs and streets.

So, Mr. Serrano, tell us again how wonderful the city is being maintained. Perhaps you wrote this to let us know that any increase in taxes is well warranted, seeing what a wonderful job the city of Live Oak is doing regarding its maintenance.

The great thing though, Mr. Serrano, is that there will be another election coming. Perhaps one of these days we truly can say this city is well maintained.

Erika Cashion

Live Oak resident

No complaint about service, cost

Editor:

I feel pretty sure that many, if not all of you, have cable TV as well as cell phones?

We do not have cable TV or cell phones, that’s our choice. We are quite content with the few TV programs we receive via the antenna and the converter. We are satisfied with our “land line” and our answering machine.

Now, cable TV and cell phones cost quite a bit of money and I feel sure that you do not complain to the cable or cell phone companies about rising costs. They just raise their prices without consulting you.

What do you do about high gas or food prices? Who do you complain to about that? You just pay the higher costs without blinking an eye!

Nobody seems to get up in arms to fight the rising costs of cable TV or cell phones, gas and food. We all just complain a lot.

Windcrest is experiencing the same increases, just ten-fold. Our residents expect excellent service, and they get it. That takes full-time dedicated employees.

Why then, do people get up in arms, turn neighbor against neighbor, and vent their anger at City Council meetings concerning rising costs associated with city services?

Recently one of our citizens was booed when he was defending the actions of City Council to increase the ad valorem tax by 0.03 cents. Remember, we are all neighbors, residents of Windcrest and, if we all were to work together, there would not be a divided city.

Inge R. Geiger

Windcrest resident

Marion thanks fire responders

Editor:

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

It is impossible to adequately express the city of Marion’s gratitude to the firefighters who came to our aid in fighting the tragic fires occurring in our city on Sept. 18 and 19. Without the help of our neighboring cities, Randolph Air Force Base and volunteer fire departments, the city of Marion could have lost its entire central business district.

The sight of several million dollars in equipment and over 100 firefighters, emergency medical technicians and law enforcement personnel was simply overwhelming. A big thank you to the Guadalupe County Sheriff’s Department for rushing to aid our small police force by securing the scene and providing traffic control.

The city of Marion and the Marion Volunteer Fire Department will forever remember the following 13 departments who came to our aid and saved us from catastrophe:

Cibolo, Schertz, Universal City, Randolph, New Berlin, Lake Dunlap, McQueeney, Seguin, Sand Hills, Kingsbury, New Braunfels, County Line and York Creek.

Glenn A. Hild

Mayor, city of Marion