Its been a while but guess that may indicate that things have not been upsetting me as of late.  Wrong.

I am not trying to be sanctimonious but I am really disgruntled with our government.  We are being led by a man who seems unable to tell the truth even when it would benefit him to do so.  When he is confronted with testimony by those who surely would know the facts behind some of his actions, he retaliates by slinging mud at those people.  If you arent for him he is assured that you are against him and that you should suffer his wrath.  Our country seems to be flourishing despite his actions.  I really hope the next few years are over rather quickly.

I went to Pecos late last year to attend a meeting about the cemetery and the city’s plans for it.  They were planning to build a fence around it more to cover it up than enhance its appearance.  Landscaping and water was what the cemetery needed more than a fence.  At that meeting there was a whisper about a more far reaching plan by the leaders of the  fair city that many of us were raised in.  As most of you are aware, Pecos is experiencing a boom unlike any that has been seen there before.  Tax revenues are flowing like the falls at Niagara and the city fathers of Pecos are in a dither as to how to spend those funds.

There is a plan to build a new city.  “WEST PECOS”.  It is planned for the area near the prison and the new cemetery as it has been called.  This new development will consist of a series of “pods” , such as, an education pod, an entertainment pod, etc.  They have plans to build a complete new school system.  It will have residential areas that will somewhat help in Pecos’s housing problems, they think.  My question is, why not improve what you have as opposed to starting over.  Why not try to convince the citizens to take some pride in what they have now instead of starting over and coming back to the same situation in 20 years.

The “oil patch”  is as fickle as a high school beauty queen and will leave the ones who depend on it when they are starting to depend on it the most.  The money will dry up like the bed of the Pecos river.  Why not save some of that money they are enjoying now for the lean times to come?

I know some of you, deep down, love Pecos because you can remember when it was a wonderful place to live.  We had a magical childhood there and I hate that the young people who are there now dont have those same opportunities.  If you know someone that still lives there, talk to them, encourage them to set aside their bounty for the times of famine.

Gary