In 2021 Comal County Precinct 1 Commissioner Donna Eccleston enraged her Canyon Lake constituents by asking the Commissioners Court to strike the words “free public access” and “free public use” for boat ramps from a 1994 interlocal agreement with the U.S. Army
Monday was the filing deadline for candidates running for U.S. Congress, the Texas legislature, Comal County seats and judicial races in the March 5, 2024 Republican and Democratic primaries. Two names were notably absent. Pct. 1 Comal County Commissioner Donna Eccleston, who
A Black activist who in 2016 election urged Black people not to vote unless they supported then-Republican candidate Donald Trump, this week parked his large campaign bus by the Exxon station at FM 306 and Purgatory Road, where he’s asking everyone to
Democratic candidates whose names will appear on the March 5, 2024 joint primary election ballot gave preliminary stump speeches outlining their positions on important issues at the December meeting of Democratic Women of Comal County at Tye Preston Memorial Library on Thursday.
Pct. 4 Comal County Commissioner Jen Crownover was elected president of the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas (CJCAT) at the organization’s annual conference in Abilene last week. CJCAT promotes the interests of county government through continuing education and active participation
Comal Young Democrats, New Braunfels Young Republicans and Riverside Pride organizations are tired of mass shootings. The Nov. 19 shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs, a popular LGBTQ club, that killed five people and wounded 19, also was an assault on
Bently Paiz, a 17-year-old New Braunfels high school graduate, will announce plans to take on incumbent Jason Hurta and run for New Braunfels City Council District 5 at today’s meeting of the Comal Young Democrats. The meeting at Freiheit Country Store, 2157
There’s a new billboard on FM 2673 between Startzville and Sattler that reads “You don’t have to be a Democrat to vote Democrat this time.” The sign went up Wednesday near the Canyon Lake Area Chamber of Commerce. Pct. 105 Party Chair
A citizens group spearheaded by former Tye Preston Memorial Library Director Roxanna Deane wants to stop the endless arguing about politics. Braver Angels works to unite red-and-blue Americans in an attempt to depolarize or ‘depol’ Americans as a highly contentious midterm elections
Comal County Young Democrats headed to New Braunfels Main Plaza yesterday to express their outrage after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, effectively banning abortion in states like Texas. Twenty-two-year-old Kit Noel, who serves as the group’s media director, said