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We encourage community residents to share their opinions as a letter or guest column about the local issues we face. We reserve the right to refuse to publish submitted letters for general taste at the editor’s discretion. All letters must be signed. Published opinion letters do not necessarily reflect the views of My Canyon Lake, its Publisher, its staff or its advertisers.


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Opinion: Let Comal County Commissioners Know You Value Open Spaces and Clean Water

by Annalisa Peace, Executive Director of the Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance According to a recent report in the San Antonio Express News, the City of New Braunfels will be built out by 2035. Already, growth is leapfrogging out into the unincorporated areas

February 23, 2023
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Lake & Rivers/Local News/Opinion

Opinion: Drownings Highlight Need to Prevent ‘Avoidable Situations’ at Canyon Lake Boat Ramps

by Doug Leecock Canyon Lake Boat Ramps Community Alliance The things that continue to resonate as we are working through developing long-term initiatives for improving access to Canyon Lake are safety and courtesy. As we saw just last week, two families are

June 9, 2022
Annalisa Peace with UTSA students
Local News/Opinion

Opinion: Happy Earth Day, Things Are Looking Up for Texas’ Environment

by Annalisa Peace Executive Director, Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance When people kill random innocents, it is called ‘terrorism.’ When corporations do it, it is called ‘an industrial accident.’ Sadly, a dysfunctional permitting process managed by the Texas Commission for Environmental Quality (TCEQ)

April 23, 2022
Jen Crownover
Local News/Opinion

Crownover Blasts State Legislator for ‘Ignorant Rant’ About Property Taxes

Comal County Pct. 4 Commissioner Jen Crownover, who represents Canyon Lake, took to Facebook yesterday to blast Texas State Rep. Steve Toth, a Republican who represents the Woodlands, for accusing county commissioners of setting new property tax rates and then pointing the

April 16, 2022
Vulcan Comal Quarry
Growth/Local News/Nature/Opinion

Opinion: TCEQ Stands with an Out-of-State Aggregate Behemoth Instead of Protecting Comal County’s Citizens

by Milann Guckian President, nonprofit Preserve Our Hill Country Environment  Volunteering to help protect our Hill Country is not the post-retirement job I asked for—but one I felt I must undertake. Born in Lockhart, my family’s roots are embedded here in the

February 5, 2022
Carolyn Besselman
Elections/Local News/Opinion

Opinion: LWV-CA Is Partisan, and the Group’s Belief in Voter Suppression Wrong

by Carolyn Besselman former President, Canyon Lake Republican Women I feel it’s time I weighed in on the Opinion piece that was published regarding the League of Women Voters-Comal Area (LWVCA) dated Dec. 30 and their so-called ‘nonpartisan’ message. First of all,

January 18, 2022
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Guadalupe River Flow Rates

  • Guadalupe River @ Spring Branch (upper):

    Guadalupe Rv nr Spring Branch, TX

    • Streamflow: 31.8 ft³/s
    • Gage height: 1.99 ft
    USGS
  • Guadalupe River @ Sattler (Lower):

    Guadalupe Rv at Sattler, TX

    • Streamflow: 59.6 ft³/s
    • Gage height: 4.20 ft
    USGS
  • Guadalupe River @ New Braunfels:

    Guadalupe Rv abv Comal Rv at New Braunfels, TX

    • Streamflow: 71.0 ft³/s
    • Gage height: 1.72 ft
    USGS

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TWDB’s Water Weekly: The latest drought map for conditions as of January 13 shows an increase in drought area, the sixth consecutive week with an increase. Extreme or worse drought now impacts almost 15 percent of the state, its largest extent in half a year. Expect more drought on next week’s map. bit.ly/TexasWaterWeekly ... See MoreSee Less

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Comal County Republican Chair Calls Recent Fire at Party Headquarters an Act of 'Political Violence' | My Canyon Lake

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Comal County Republican Party Chair Anita Valdez called a Jan. 14 fire at party headquarters an act of "political violence."
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And y’all know a thing or two about shameful violence…and also about assigning blame with no evidence. Come with facts when you have some. I don’t see any of that here.

No surprise with all the liberal transplants around here now!

Stupid liberals!

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Fischer Neighbors advocates for responsible growth in Fischer and Canyon Lake, promoting community engagement and conservation of natural resources in Texas Hill Country.
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