I usually stay out of commenting on editorial stances but your May 13 endorsement of House Bill 160, which would allow use of a school-issued student ID card as satisfactory identification to vote, is wrong.
Student ID cards and the background needed to obtain one do not have the provenance needed to determine that a person holding the card is eligible to vote. There are sufficient other means for voting ID. Adding this one is not needed.
John Williams, Hutto
down the right path
I second what Sara Stevenson wrote on May 12 in response to Mona Charen s column of May 10 about pre-K.
pressure on lawmakers
Due to political pressure from the gas industry, legislators may fail to impose regulations ensuring electric companies receive natural gas during freezes, although it s possible to keep gas flowing during extreme cold.
When we lived in Colorado, we never had an interruption of our gas service or an extensive electricity outage, even though it gets much colder there. I moved here from Florida two years ago because my kids and grandkids live here.
The disruption in electricity in Texas in February was pathetic. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas said we re lucky the whole system didn t shut down for months, which would have resulted in no electricity or heat for months. Without electricity, gas pumps and grocery stores can t operate.
AUSTIN The slow-moving winter disaster pummeling Texas that began with snow, ice and widespread blackouts is now moving into a new phase: A dire lack of food and fresh water.
Supermarket chains that remained open in past disasters have shuttered in the face of power outages and impassable roads. Cities like Houston and Austin are on citywide water boil orders, even though many homes don’t have power. And stores that are open are often lined with empty shelves, as delivery trucks struggle to reach them over still-icy roads.
Joe Giovannoli, 29, arrived at a Central Market supermarket in Austin at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, an hour-and-a-half before it opened. Minutes later, more than 200 people had lined up behind him in the biting 26-degree weather.
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AUSTIN The slow-moving winter disaster pummeling Texas that began with snow, ice and widespread blackouts is now moving into a new phase: A dire lack of food and fresh water.
Supermarket chains that remained open in past disasters have shuttered in the face of power outages and impassable roads. Cities like Houston and Austin are on citywide water boil orders, even though many homes don’t have power. And stores that are open are often lined with empty shelves, as delivery trucks struggle to reach them over still-icy roads.
Joe Giovannoli, 29, arrived at a Central Market supermarket in Austin at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, an hour-and-a-half before it opened. Minutes later, more than 200 people had lined up behind him in the biting 26-degree weather.