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Its Clobberin Time!Last week, I wrapped this column up with a bit called I am a beaten man. It was intended figuratively. This week, I actually am a beaten man. Got to ride in an ambulance and everything. Here, Ill explain:

Crazy TownThere are many professions that require a body to deal with crazy people, but there are three that put one in direct contact with hostile crazy people on the regular. Those three jobs are police officer, politician, and journalist. Here at the TX Citizen, where we hammer on the Chamber of Commerce, the 4-B Board, and City Hall on a regular basis, the insane accuse us of being on the Chambers payroll or working for 4-B or doing City Councils bidding all the time. Its a constant barrage of Youre covering for Commissioners Court or You let the District Attorney off the hook, all while were the only media outlet taking any of them to task. Its surreal.

Heres another one we get a lot: You hide behind words. We dont hide behind anything. Everybody knows exactly who we are and where we stand. If a bridge must burn to get relevant information to the public, it burns without question - I offer my relationships with the Chambers Michael Meek, former Mayor Gale Pospisil, and former Mayor Pro-Tem Kathleen Krueger as examples. I was on excellent terms with all those people before I started covering them in earnest. More recently, District One Councilman George Dont you know who I am? Green was added to the tote board. We were tight with George, right up until he tried to get the Fair Associations lease with the City revoked for preventing him, a City official, from parking in a restricted area. Because racism.

Weve paid a steep price for going after the stories we do, especially the Chamber of Commerce stuff. While as popular as ever with

you, dear reader, theres a whole class of businesses that

would benefit from pointing their advertising at your face, but refuse to

because of our stance on the Chambers incestuous relationship with City Hall. We put our money where our collective mouf is. To say otherwise is insane.

I digress. I just wanted to give you an idea of the crazy we put up with. Right here I have an example of the crazy that City Hall puts up with. Weve transcribed David The Litigant Goads confrontation with Mayor, and Eighth Wonder of the World, Barron Casteel at the July 13 Council Meeting.

Note: Goad has been permitted back in Council Chambers after a six-month prohibition from coming onto any portion of any and all municipal buildings, offices, appurtenant facilities, and adjacent parking lots located anywhere throughout the city, including but not limited to: City Hall, City Council Chambers, Honors Hall, any public common areas such as the front lobby at City Hall and sidewalks that border municipal buildings. The ban was Goads penalty for punching Thor Thornhill, CEO of HMT Engineering, for being too loud in the Council overflow room during a meeting.

Anyway, heres how Litigant vs Mayor went down. The topic was a yes/no vote on a grant application to FEMA for Federal funds dedicated to flood mitigation assistance, and acquisition and demolition of flood plain properties. Thats it. Once Goad stepped to the microphone, it was clear FEMA wouldnt be mentioned for the duration of his rant.

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Continued from page 3. Goads entire act is rooted in domination,

intimidation, and swerving the conversation to whatever he wants to talk about at the time, and the Mayor wasnt having any more of it. It was heated:

Goad: This has to do with some fees going here. You remember when I told you earlier that were constantly paying two or three hundred percent more than anywhere else in the country? Well Im speaking for the people back here (indicates audience). This side spends it (indicates Council), this side pays for it (indicates audience). And that, if you can see it up there (on monitor) it says Are you better off in 2000 when Perry took office

Casteel: Sir, if youll move to the motion as quickly as possible.

Goad: What motion?

Casteel: If youll move to the topic at hand as quickly as possible.

Goad: You know, when you interrupt me thats very rude. And Im

Casteel: I will continue to do so when you go off and waste this communitys time.

Goad: No Im not because in here you have appraisal fee of $4,500, and I just explained myself Im going to get into you lining your friends pockets.

Casteel: $4,500 for three properties, sir. Please get to the point as quickly as possible.

Goad: Thats right I called three of your appraisers around here the rates 375, 375, and 400. So why are you paying your buddies $4,500?

Casteel: Ok. Thank you again Mr Goad

Goad: Now may I finish?

Casteel: Please get to the topic.

Goad: I am on the topic at hand.

Casteel: You may not be able to finish if you dont get to the topic at hand as quickly as possible, sir.

Goad: If you interrupt me I cant cause I lose track. It says the average household income was $52,227 in 2000. In 2013

Casteel: Again, NOT ON THE TOPIC, SIR

Goad: Yes I am! When it went up to 53,000. (To audience) So in 13 years your folkses (sic) income, on average in Texas went up 800, now Ill tell you why. This is why. Appraisal fees going into friends pocket when it should be three hund $400 max per unit, theres three properties 4,500, environmental impact survey, people, this is going on on every project in New Braunfels, hundreds of millions of dollars are being placed in engineers pockets and other peoples pocket that nobody else in this nation pays for, and you dont know about it. (To Council) Where were going to get to some other ones on the other projects, I wanted to lay this out because you got other projects Im going to show you more of this, how you pad bills, to, to supplement $250,000 to some of your friends. I know why you block me, cause try to confuse me, you know I have a heart issue and you know you confuse me cause my medications cause dont want the public to know what Ive put together over eight years. And they are going to get to know it.

Thats Goads rant in its entirety. See, the topic was FEMA funds, but Goad wanted to talk about something else, so by gods he wasnt going to talk about FEMA funds. Goads attitude and tone of voice add a lot to this, so we went ahead and pinned the two-minute video to the top of our Facebook page at facebook.com/txcitizen. Go have a look. How the Mayor didnt come across the dais at Goad is beyond our understanding.

Last year, District Six Councilman Stephen Diggs had had enough of Goad, prompting him to send the following missive to the Citys IT department:

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Kern, I keep trying to block this asshole and it keeps coming through. I do not want to see any shit from this guy,.(sic) Can you make it happen?

Goad is a civic menace. He takes up a ridiculous amount of time at Council meetings hurling insults and spinning convoluted, off-topic rants that serve no purpose other than to grease his ego. Just like everyone else, he gets five minutes at the start of every meeting to discuss any off-agenda topic he wants to talk about. After that comment period, Council starts running the agenda, and agenda items are to be discussed exclusively. Every other person who speaks to Council is able to abide by this rule.

Its time to give Goad a police escort out of Council Chambers each time he insists on abusing the public attention span. None of us have all night to sit there enduring endless narcissistic madness, no matter how entertaining it is.

Not Just the Mayors ProblemHes not just a pain in the neck to City Hall. Were on his mailing list as well, and have been since the old NB Citizen days, back in 2011, when he would threaten us with legal action every week for throwing the paper in his driveway. Never-ending combative nonsense, from a guy that considers himself, despite constant losses in court, a legal expert, and is clearly itching for a fight so he can then file a lawsuit. Heres our latest exchange via the electronic mail, wherein Goad explains my job to me, as if, somehow, Im accountable to him in any way:

Goad: Mike, it appears you are near the last when it comes to learning of the corruption here. The first news of corruption I was told about in NB was the undervalue of taxes for the good-ol-boys. When I called the Zit-tong about nine years ago they refused to write about it. When i checked Camarenos taxes I found the same and planned to use it.

The part about your story that undermines you is YOU DID NOT LIST THOSE INVOLVED. Privacy is simply BULL SHIT, you got your info the same place i did county

records NOW start acting like a reporter and publish all the FACTS.

One day someone with some balls will publish the millions upon millions in no-bids going to locals who should be put in jail for the poor quality of work they perform, mainly Owens.

David Goad

Me: Fuck off.

Goad: You never were man enough to face a man with those words PUSSY

Naturally, the next time I saw him, I felt it incumbent to tell him to fuck off face-to-face. I dont know why hed think I wouldnt. I say that to at least one person a day. Last Friday was his turn. Heres how that went:

Me: Fuck off.

Goad: Youre a pussy.

Me: Really? I just told you to fuck off to your face. Id have thought youd be satisfied now.

Goad: You would do it in public, pussy. Pussy, pussy, pussy, pussy. You hide behind words, you pussy.

So I punched him.

As a witness told police while EMTs were strapping me onto a stretcher, Ive never seen an old guy (Goad) kick somebodys ass like that.

The only thing I remember about the whole event is punching Goad, Goad punching me, and then Goad punching me again while I was being restrained by three very nice gentlemen. Ah, sportsmanship

The witness said I was knocked to the ground and got back up to go after Goad, and kept going after him even though I was being held back. I dont remember any of that, but apparently, even after a major blow to head, Im a scrappy little fellah. Still cant open my mouth wide enough to eat a sandwich, but hey, we all know I can afford to drop a few pounds.

Is this a moral failing on my part? Most definitely, and Im going to pay for it. There will be legal consequences, and Goad will now attempt to seize everything I own. The Litigant will be a major part of my life for the next few years as he drags me this-way-and-that through court. But you know, hes been screwing with a whole pack of people for a good long while, and no matter what happens, Ill always be the guy that gave him a taste of what he deserves. Plus another restraining order against him to add to his collection.

By the way, if youre inclined to fight with The Litigant, be aware that you will be knocked near unconscious, or worse. This is no joke. While hes not accustomed to taking a punch, court records show that hes got plenty of experience throwing hands, especially at people significantly younger than him. You will ride in the ambulance. You will get the brain scan. I cannot, in good conscience, recommend you engage David Goad. Unless youre a cop, in which case I suggest the regular and enthusiastic use of a nightstick.

Ill have to review the security camera footage to know what exactly happened between the time he clocked me and when I was wheeled off the premises, but there is one more thing I remember. As Goad made a fast exit while I waited for the police, he wasnt wearing his signature smug expression anymore.

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Postscript: Goad was due in court Monday for an arraignment on a completely unrelated assault with bodily injury charge. According to the District Clerks office, he failed to appear.

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I was a kid when the Age of Space Exploration began. I have watched in fascination as we have moved from rudimentary low-orbit satellites to the recent exploration of Pluto.

In the early days of the Space Race, the Ruskies were kicking our butts. The Soviets were the first to build intercontinental ballistic missiles, send satellites into space, send a man into space, send a woman into space, walk in space, orbit the moon, land stuff on the moon, explore other planets, etc.

In fact, the USSRs domination of space sent shivers down US spines with the fear that, while in space, the Soviets would drop persuasive literature that would turn all red-blooded Americans into Communists.

We should remember, though, that the noble goal of going faster and farther was born out of the two super powers attempts to find a better a spacier way of killing one another.

Eventually, though, little by little, the Americans moved ahead of the Russians, due in no small part to the US confiscating a number of Nazi rocket engineers after the war.

Naturally, every kid in the nation wanted to be an astronaut. This was primarily because if you are an astronaut, you are the coolest person in the room no matter where you go. The second significant reason why we all wanted to be astronauts was because we were reared on fantastical science fiction tales, where space was a place full of free-flowing adventure and mystery.

Our understanding of space has grown exponentially since Sputnik 1 was launched in 1957. We have traveled in space and landed on another body, we have landed rovers on other planets, we have sent satellites to orbit far-flung bodies, and have telescopes in space. We have even found planets orbiting other stars.

We have learned a lot and, just as important, have developed a keen understanding about what it is we dont know.

But, I dont know, it all seems different, a little less fantastical. This is because with knowledge, we lose mystery. This isnt a bad thing, but just one of the bitter-sweet effects of progress.

When I was young, space was pretty much

all mystery we didnt know squat. Because of that, everything seemed possible. To get to another planet, you simply climbed into your Art Deco-styled rocket ship and flew away. Now, of course, we understand the vast distances of space. For example, it took New Horizons more than nine years to fly to Pluto, which is even longer than it takes to drive to El Paso.

In popular media before the Space Age, the deep regions beyond Earth made a boop sound, rockets took only short time to land on distant worlds, and space explorers wore silver suits and glass bowls on their heads. Oh, and there were laser guns. Everything was all so possible. After all, how did we know what was truly on other planets if we have never been there?

Now, because of our greater understanding of space, we know that we will not meet sexy green women from Venus. This is because Venus has sulfuric acid in its atmosphere, put there by sulfuric-acid-spewing volcanoes. Venus is a messed up planet and best avoided.

Of course, this isnt to say that our solar system isnt fascinating it is. Jupiter has enormous storms, Saturn still has rings and Uranus is on its side. Besides the planets, there are also numerous moons, some as interesting as their planets.

Beyond our solar system, the Hubble Space Telescope has shown us all just how beautiful and busy our universe is. We also know there are big holes in space. I should also mention that space is mostly made up of dark stuff we barely understand.

The most mysterious of all the mysteries is the Big Bang, which created all matter in the universe in one spectacular moment. There was nothing, and then there was everything.

No, our universe is an incredibly fascinating place, more massive than the mind can conceive and made up of a multitude of dimensions that we cannot comprehend. And, it continues to expand.

However, I am a bit wistful that we wont be visited by people from Pluto who speak like robots and have weird spindly things sticking out their heads.

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When does football start again?I realize that might be the ultimate American thing to say, but Im just so freaking bored right now.

Dont get me wrong, there are plenty of fascinating stories happening in sports, things Ive touched upon before. The Houston Astros resurgence as a franchise, supplanting themselves as legitimate American League contenders a full two years ahead of schedule. Becky Hammons barrier-breaking performance as head coach of the Spurs Summer League team. Hammon and the Spurs won the title in Vegas earlier this week, just another notch on the off-season belt for San Antonio after the Spurs signed free agents LaMarcus Aldridge and David West along with bringing back Kawhi Leonard, Danny Green, Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili (and all far below market value). The drama of Dez Bryant (would he be willing to miss games without a new contract?) ended predictably: he and the Dallas Cowboys finally agreed to a long-term deal, ending their game of NFL chicken moments before the deadline.

Im anxious to see if the Astros can keep it up and reach the post-season for the first time since their World Series trip in 2005. Whats next for Hammon as she continues to succeed in a male-dominated profession? Will the Spurs be able to gel and make a run for the title with their revamped roster? How will Dez perform now that he got the money he felt he deserved?

These are questions that will take some time to be answered. Houstons race for the AL West title, for example, wont get really interesting until mid-to-late August. So right now I just find myself yearning. For games. With an odd-shaped ball.

Its funny because for the longest time in my childhood, I was afraid of football. Growing up in a Dallas Cowboys household, my dad was lets say a little too invested in the game. Cursing at officials, screaming at turnovers, forecasts of losses after a bad play in the first quarter, and this was all happening in the early

90s while the Cowboys were winning. For 10/11-year-old me: football = fear.

Things changed. As I got older, I suppose I built a tolerance for my fathers ways and used watching the game as a bonding experience, eventually building my own interest in the game (and eventually another team. Go Titans! *throws up*).

Now Im fully immersed. Ive covered high school football for over 10 years, college football for over 12 years, and am a proud subscriber of NFL Sunday Ticket. Thats right, Ill spend my entire week covering and reporting on football and on my one day off, Ill subject myself to 9 more hours of it on a Sunday. One day, producers of A&Es Intervention will be in my home and Ill end up in a resort in Phoenix in order to rid me of my addiction. Can I watch the fourth quarter before we leave for the airport?

I have been an NBA fan for 20 years, but admittedly my interest will wane from time-to-time and I cant be bothered to watch pre-season games. But with the NFL, youre damn right Ill watch a meaningless game in August. The NFL Network even made all pre-season games available last year (you had to pay for those games, and even I wouldnt do that. If you did, then you should be on A&E first).

I will watch a 2-11 Rams team take on the 3-10 Browns because football. I will not do the same for baseball. What game is on? The Mariners and Blue Jays? *changes channel to HGTV*.

I could write about the Spurs in every column, and I will be glued to the Astros as they race towards the post-season. I have enjoyed watching Becky Hammons journey unfold and even watched quite a bit of hockey this past post-season. But I still find myself asking one question:

When does football start again?

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Dear Mexican: Why is it so easy to escape from Mexican prisons, and why is it always accomplished the day before execution? And why have not the proper authorities figured it out yet? See Madero, Pancho Villa, Luis Terrazas, Jr., etc.

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Dear Jailbreak Fred: Dont forget El Chapo! The answer is obvious: Mexican law enforcement and government officials are more easily bought than a piratera copy of Star Wars: The Force Awakens at your local Mexican supermarket parking lot. As for Chapos already legendary escape, all I can add is that I still cant decide whether Dig Dug or Super Mario Bros. is the more hilarious meme for the situation. Oh, and fuck Mexican President Enrique Pea Nieto, that pinche prieto cagaleche.

Dear Mexican: Im Mexican. I dont mind when my friends ask me questions about Mexicans. But my Jew-wop friend asked me a question about Mexicans that I dont understand, and have no answer to. He asked me why do some Mexican chicks look Asian? Having grown up in SanTana, I immediately thought of the cholas and every Payasa, Tweetie, and Shorty I knew and their amazing skill with a liquid eyeliner. Several Google searches did not yield any good results. So neither of us got the much-needed visual to help us communicate. So, to reiterate the original question: why do some Mexican chicks look Asian? Is it the make-up, his Jew-wop ignorance, or something I am clearly missing?

La Sad Girl

Dear Pocha: What youre missing is that a chingo of chinitos are Mexicans. Asians have been coming to Mexico since the 1500s, when Filipinos worked the Manila galleons that would unload in Acapulco and intermixed with the population in Guerrero, Oaxaca, and beyond. And, give or take a

Chinese pogrom or a chino, chino, japons schoolyard chant, the Asian presence in Mexico has never ended, joined in recent years by Korean migrants in Mexico City and the continued takeover of Ensenada by Chinese nationals (their presence in Mexicali, on the other hand, dates back nearly a century). Not only that, dont forget that our indigenous side came from Asia thousands of years agoso dont be surprised when your cousin grows up to look like a radiant Burmese tribeswoman from a Cold War-era National Geographic spread instead of however the hell a normal Mexican is supposed to aparecer.

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On MinnesotaTheres really not much to say about Wisconsin. We stopped only overnight in a campground that was unattended. A sign asked that you find a spot and leave your money in a lockbox, indicating a level of trust beyond my imagining. It did work on us though (yea for anarchy), and we spent a pleasant eight hours there before heading out for Minnesota.

The point of this trip was to allow my step-father, Steve, to see his children. One lives in the western part of Minnesota and the other in South Dakota near Sioux Falls. We stopped in Adrian, Minnesota, a small town roughly equidistant from both, an hours drive or so. In the end, we stayed in Minnesota for nearly a month.

I have more than a little to say about the area, but I thought it would be best to start with a concluding thought before moving on to my standard political/libertarian conclusions and mundane observations. In this case, that conclusion is one that is more emotional than rational.

This portion of the trip was distinctly Steves. There can be no question that he did, and will, enjoy other aspects of the trip as a whole. In fact, he had been promoting the trip as a once in a lifetime adventure long before we ever left. But, because this was an opportunity for him to reconnect with his children, and because of the stage he finds himself in his life, this portion of the trip overshadowed everything else for him.

Theres a point in everyones life where the idea of mortality falls into view. This lack of awareness is probably the most endearing and frustrating thing about young people. They usually retain this blissful ignorance a bit beyond their teens, but no one can hold visions of the Reaper off forever. This is especially true when dealing with your own children, and in this case grandchildren.

Steves children are grown now and have children of their own. They have

lives, loves, careers and problems of their own. Steve, having been some 2000 miles away for years, feared that they might not have time for him or that their lives might have changed so much that they had no connection to his any longer.

He neednt have worried; though, I think all parents do. His children were thrilled to see him and spent every moment they could with him. Little league games and other plans simply offered more opportunities for his son and daughter to invite him back into their lives, and with each chance to be with them, I saw him brighten.

In addition, this area was where Steve had grown up, and he had relations all around the area. He got the opportunity to reconnect with aunts, uncles and cousins, some long forgotten, others sorely missed. And with all these people, Steve found himself transported back in time. I could tell that while the years that had passed were clear, the emotions hadnt changed at all. (I should also point out that there is apparently nothing like the welcoming nature of the Midwestern culture. I have seen Southern hospitality too, but never have I met a more approachable and friendly people than on this portion of the trip.)

But, I cant just leave things here. I began by talking about the nature of and human feelings about mortality. They took a back seat to the joy Steve was having during his time with his family, but as that time came to a close, the specter of death returned in full form.

In our last few days of the stay in Minnesota, Steve met with relatives whom he knew he would never see again. An aging aunt who represented the closest connection Steve had to his now dead parents hugged him as she left the campground the day after we had all participated in a family reunion. It was easy to see in Steves eyes that he knew he would not see her again. Likewise in his last meetings with his son and daughter, I

could see on the faces of both the concern that this might be a final goodbye. Promises were made to visit by both sides, glistening eyes in evidence. The world is a smaller place than it was a generation ago, but a mile isnt really any shorter, and good intentions often evaporate with other troubles, and we lose touch with people for years at a time.

Steves never been much of one for outward expressions of emotion, so I often got to see him suck up tears as best he could during these parting moments. The joy of his time in Minnesota was matched by the pain of his leaving. In the end he hurried us all quickly into the truck to roll away to our next adventure.

When asked later what his favorite part of the trip was, Steve said, not surprisingly, the time with his children. We all expected this, and in fact, when Steve was asked the question it was assumed that this was unquestionable, and the real question was what beside that time was his favorite.

Even so, perhaps its not so self-evident. The love we have for people close to us can be both a blessing and a curse. There is little question in my mind that who and how we love defines us as people; it makes us who we are. But Im not sure that its true to say that it provides us with the greatest joy in our life, or if it does, perhaps we should also note that it also provides the greatest sorrow.

What do I mean for people to take for all this? Nothing really. Nothing I say will change the way that these encounters play out for you or anyone else. Steve wouldnt have traded this section of the trip for anything, and I have no doubt that he would do it all over again, including the tearful partings, tomorrow. In the end, this will be the trip of a lifetime for Steve certainly, but I hope its not the last trip in his lifetime where he gets to experience these emotions.

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