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Correction: Last week, we incorrectly

stated that Edwards Aquier

Recovery Implementation Planlobbyist and ormer New

Braunels Watershed Manager

Nathan Pence is now employed

by the San Antonio Water System.

Pence is actually employed by the

Edwards Aquier Authority (which, in our

opinion, is even worse). On one occasion

we also incorrectly identifed the San Antonio

Water System as the San Antonio Water District,

o which there is none.

We did not, however, caption a photo

o Tiger Woods with the word Sandusky in

uly o 2012. That was the Houston-owned

Herald-Zeitung.

We apologize or any conusion we may

have caused.

Keep Out, YallIt is true that, when an entitlement begins to be

enjoyed by people, they like to keep it.

Former US Senator Jon Kyl

Last week we brought you our rst piece

on the private island located at the

headwaters o the Comal River. The article

was prompted by multiple reports o people

being berated out o the State-owned

waterway or not belonging there. We

didnt touch on the topic o The Island itsel,

just the act that the general public isntallowed in the water. This week were going

to talk about the land in question.

As we mentioned last week, at

some point in the past, a group

o residents in the Landa ParkEstates neighborhood got

legislation passed orming

something called Comal

County Water Recreation District

#1, which is ostensibly a special

taxing district, but, in reality, is a hammer

o conusion designed to keep the at-large

public rom using public resources, i.e. the

Comal headwaters and The Island.

Judy Young o the New Braunels

Convention and Visitors Bureau posted this,

the standard explanation, to the Moms o

New Braunels Facebook page last week:

The Landa Park Estates Island is not and

has not been unded by the City. It is State

Water District number 1 and is a taxing

district. The residents within its boundariespay taxes to maintain the island. (Note: It

is not State Water District number 1. Its

Comal County Water Recreation District #1.

Theres a dierence.)

Gosh, that seems almost reasonable.

These olks pay extra taxes! The Island and the

waters around it are highly desirable. Those

taxes must be through the roo! We pulled the

County tax rolls to see exactly how much tax

burden those homeowners are bearing.

Now we couldnt very well look up all

300 or so properties in the neighborhood, so

we went with the 19 houses that actually ace

the water the ultra-prime locations, as it

were and it turns out, per County records,

that they are indeed part o the taxing district.

We then added up what all 19 property

owners have collectively paid to the District,

through the County, over the last decade, which

turned out to be zero, because, according to

the Assessors oce, Comal County doesnt

collect the tax on Comal County Water

Recreation District #1. The State might, so

thats where were looking now. Well let you

know what turns up.

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The signage all around The Island makes it clearthat The Island and all the water around itare

private property but, as youve seen rom our

interview o psychic City Attorney, Madame Val

Acevado, and in our prole o Scooter Store

ounder Doug Harrison, words used in our air

city very oten take on a meaning that is the

exact opposite o what they have meant to out-

o-town English speakers or centuries.

In the case o Landa Park Estates, The

Islands enorcers have conused the wordprivate with not private at all. You see,

when something is private, it belongs to

somebody, and that somebody can prove it.

For instance, i you owned some land or a

house or a rendering plant, you could prove it

at the County Clerks oce.

Youd just walk right in to the oce, tell them

your address, and theyd show you the deed with

your name on it. (Or maybe your banks name

on it, i you borrowed some cash to buy theproperty.) We thought that seeing whose name

was on the deed to The Island might shed some

light on the situation. Ater all, Comal County

Water Recreation District #1 claims ownership.

The deed should be in their name.

So, step one was to have The Islands

address in hand beore we went to the Clerks

oce. You might think this story comes to a

dead end right here. We sure did. It does not.

On the original 1933 plat map, all the lotsin the neighborhood are laid out. The Island is

on the map, but does not have a lot number.

All o the streets end at the waters edge.

In 2012, The Island is stillwithout a lot

number, but, as i by magic, has an address

o 1170 Booneville Ave. Weve never heard

o someplace having an address without a lot

number, but were a sheltered bunch. Were

mos de not as inormed or sophisticated as

Judy Young, et al. Maybe she can tell us whenit was annexed into the sub-division, sans lot

number. Maybe not.

Anyway, we wrote down the addressand walked over to the County Clerks oce

and looked up the deed o which there was

NONE. No deed ound at the place where

deeds are kept. Now, beore you go thinking

that we just didnt look hard enough, let me

say right out that we had help rom County

sta and they couldnt nd it either.

So what were let with is private property

that apparently extends all the way across a

State waterway, without a deed. Just to be sure

about this, we put in an ocial inormation

request with the County. It could be another

week or two beore we hear back. Well let

you know the result o that request, either way.

Its unny, i the Islands enorcers hadnt

chased people out o the river, we wouldnt

have even looked at the issue. Its a toss up

as to whos less popular in Landa Park Estates

right now the sta o the TX Citizen, or the

enorcers that git-wrapped the story or us.

Fact: The disposable container ban does

not apply to the waters around The Island.

Ok, now we know its us or sure.

Enjoy that Tax IncreaseLast Monday, City Council voted 5-0 to adopt

the Citys new budget and our new 6.6% tax

increase. This increase is on top o the $86 million

in new bonds voted in by a reckless electorate inMay, that came with an average tax hit o 8.8

cents per $100 valuation, and the Certicates o

Obligation the Council approved in July, which

raised the rate another 3.5%. Hooray.

(TX Citizen landlady and) District Twos

Aja Edwards-Patino and District Sixs Stephen

Digges were not present or Mondays vote. Our

row is procedural we think i a tattoo shop on a

state highway (that at most, would directly aect

three homeowners) requires a supermajority osix votes or approval, so should the budget and

anything else, like Certicates o Obligation,

which aect every last one o us (except people

over 65 who have their taxes capped).

Council Highlight ReelBar none, the best moment o the night came

when current Mayor Gale Pospisil stopped the

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wonder o the world, Baron Casteel to Gooutside or just stop talking. Thank you

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The LiquidatorThis Saturday, in preparation or the move to

their new, smaller corporate headquarters,

The Scooter Store is selling much o their ofce

equipment and urniture with the help o Uber-

Auctioneer Gary Rogers. We sat down with

Gary as he readied his team or the sale,

and talked about his job, the event, and i

scratching your head will inadvertently commit

you to buying a truckload o water coolers.

TX Citizen: Weve never met an auctioneer

beore. Whats this gig like?

Gary Rogers: Its the craziest, most un

job anybody could ever have. Every minute

o every day is new and exciting. From going

out onto a ranch or an estate, or a house inor out o town. Im called by people who are

in distress or trouble. The auctioneer is oten

called at times o problems in a amily or a

corporation. We get to have a lot o un in

doing it, and help people at the same time.

I know that sounds kind o unny, but you

get to go out to a arm, ranch, outbuilding, go

through it, see what things there are to sell, see

what you can nd that the amily didnt know

was worth money and sell it or them. Thatsor a residential client.

We do the same thing in like manner or

our commercial clients. Like i a actory or a

business owner has excess inventory that they

want to turn into cash, we bring buyer and

seller together. Thats what Im doing or the

Scooter Store auction.

We also run the Gruene Flea, which

is an 18,000 square oot antique mall

right here in New Braunels. We are in theliquidation business. Thats what we do on a

day-to-day basis.

TXC: Lets get into this Scooter Store

sale, specically.

Gary: Well, its a lot o things or sale.

Ironically, the Scooter Store has no scooters or

sale! Thats the most interesting thing. Everybody

hears Scooter Store and thinks they can come

and buy their mom or grandmother a scooter.The Scooter Store is still in business, still doing

business, and still selling scooters to senior

citizens and people with impaired mobility.

However, at the auction, we are actually selling

oce equipment, computers, printers, copiers,

monitors, a ull stainless steel kitchen, an IT

hub, servers, all the things you need to run a

corporate oce the size o the Scooter Store.

TXC: How do you set the opening bid?

Gary: I usually do my research and know

what an item sells or new. We know that the

rule o thumb is that a good, serviceable item

is worth hal o what it cost new, at least.

Now thats a general rule o thumb. For

instance, a piece o used chewing gum is not

worth hal o what it was when you paid or

it! It doesnt always apply! And things closer

to the body, like clothes, socks, sot goods,

carpets, shoes, it doesnt work. But or hardgoods that have a long, serviceable lie, it

generally does. What I try to do is to start at

about 25% o its value, then we bid it on the

ree and open American enterprise concept,

and let the market set the value.

I can never sell it or too much or the

person Im selling it or, and I can never sell

it or too little to the person buying it! So I

walk a tightrope. But the neat thing about the

auctioneers trade and business is the marketends up setting the price.

When the dealers in that used commodity

business quit bidding, and the little church

group wants used stacking chairs, and they

buy it or $1 over the guy who buys to resale,

then the market has set those prices. The

auctioneer, believe it or not, does not set the

prices. Just like pork bellies, or a bushel o

wheat, or a barrel o oil - the market sets thoseprices. And the market sets the nal prices or

things that sell at auction, whether high or low.

TXC: How much stu are we looking at here?

Gary: There are a lot o items, and they

will be sold in lots. I a person is looking to

buy just one cubicle, then they need to talk to

me privately on the side. I dont want to sell

just one cubicle at the Scooter Store. This is

or somebody who is going to buy them in

lots. There were, I think, 1600 employees at

one point, so weve got between 1000 and

1600 cubicles. That means every cubicle

had an oce chair, so weve 1000 to 1600

o them. Weve got 1000 to 1600 monitors,

keyboards, mice. Weve got all o the stu

youd have at an oce.

We also have the support. Theres a ull

photo studio. Theres a great video camera.

There is a ull, stainless steel restaurant. There areconerence rooms, executive oces, executive

urniture. There are olding tables and stacking

chairs. Theres patio urniture, a storage pod.

Theres a lot o stu. Theres a whole git room

o Scooter Store memorabilia. Theres a lot o

single item stu that is going to sell reasonably.

But we are hoping to get the bigger, corporate

buyers or the cubicles and oce chairs and the

stu we have so many multiples o.

TXC: What i we just want one thing? Onereally cool thing. Weve got our eye on one o

those toasters. And a gun rack.

Gary: All the things are palletized. Like

the computers, I think its 75 towers to a pallet.

But theres one thats not 75, so that person

should bid on that one. Most people are not

going to want more than one. But the thing

they can also do is get the business card o

the person who buys all o the items and makethem a deal on the side. Most o the time,

theyre over-buying and would be happy to

deray some o their expenses by selling a

much smaller quantity to somebody.

Ive been at sales where Ive sold the bulk,

then somebody buys one or two o the item

rom them. Its the American ree enterprise

system, but youve got to think outside the box

just a little bit.

TXC: How long do you expect the auction

to last?

Gary: It should be about a our-hour auction.

TXC: I Im there and I scratch my head,

have I just inadvertently bid?

Gary: Thats an old joke about i you

scratch your nose or your ear, or turn to your

wie and say something, that thats a bid. No.

I auction very, very clearly. Youll know exactly

where youre at. Youll know exactly what

youre bidding on. You will have to hold your

bidder card up, and Ill know in no uncertain

terms that youre bidding.

That was the I Love Lucy humorous thing

that they say about auctions. A good auctioneer

wants to know that you are certainly bidding. I

need you to know when youre bidding.

The Scooter Store ofce equipment and urniture auctionis scheduled or this Friday, September 13, at noon. I

youd like to bid, you can preview the items on Thursdayrom 9am to 5pm and on Friday rom 9am to 12pm. Formore inormation, logon to nbauctionco.com.

The TX Citizen Interview:

Gary Rogers, Auctioneer

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A Comal County residents lawsuit againstvarious entities o the Church o Scientology

was ratcheted up last week when Mark MartyRathbun added an adavit to his wies case.Monique Rathbun led suit and

a temporary restraining order againstScientology leader David Miscavige, theReligious Technology Center and the Churcho Scientology International (CSI) or what shesays is harassment, orchestrated by the churchagainst she and her husband.

Also named in the suit are Monty Drake,a private investigator based in Texas, and

Steven Gregory Sloat, a ormer U.S. Marshal.Two more names were added to ling: DavidLubow (aka David J. Labow) and Ed Bryan.The our men are accused o carrying outharassment against Monique Rathbun.

Marty Rathbun served 27 years in theChurch and was second in command underMiscavige. Rathbun, who was Inspector Generalo the Religious Technology Center (RTC), let thechurch in 2004 and has been publicly critical o

Miscavige, accusing the Church leader o physicaland mental abuse. Monique Rathbun has neverbeen a member o the Church o Scientology norspoken publicly about the organization.

Rathbuns adavit is in response toSpecial Appearance lings by Miscavige,the RTC and its president, Warren McShane,which argue that Texas courts do not haveproper jurisdiction. Along with the SpecialAppearance, Miscavige and McShane led

Declarations stating that, among other claims,they have never had any business in Texas,have never heard o codeendants Drake andSloat, nor have ever contracted anyone in thestate to do work or them or the RTC.

A hearing or a temporary injunction isscheduled or Thursday and Friday. A decisionon the Special Appearance is expectedThursday. Judge Dib Waldrip will be presiding.

In his adavit, Marty Rathbun deniesMiscaviges claims about Drake and Texas.Rathbun states that Miscavige, who is RTCchairman, has known o Drakes work or theChurch since the 1990s when he becameScientologys primary private investigatoror Texas matters.

One instance o Miscaviges relationshipto Drake, according to Rathbun, was inthe case o Lisa McPherson, a ormer Texanwho died in 1995 while under care o theChurch in Florida. McPhersons amily sued

the Church or wrongul death. The case wassettled or an undisclosed amount in 2004.Criminal charges were dropped when, in

2000, the medical examiner changed thecause o death rom undetermined to accident.

The McPherson incident was a notoriouspublic relations nightmare or the Church.Rathbun states that his ormer boss orderedhim on several occasions between 1996 and2004 to have Mr. Drake obtain both specicand general inormation on the amily o LisaMcPherson. Rathbun goes on to say in theadavit that he personally handed each oMr. Drakes reports to Mr. Miscavige.

He then asserts that Miscavige wantedto get the McPherson case moved to Texas

because the Church leader thought PedilloCounty in Florida, where McPherson died, washostile. Miscavige repeatedly stressed to methat no Texas suit could be led unless I oundTexas legal counsel so connected to the localjudiciary as to assure victory to (the) Church.

The adavit continues to describe whatRathbun says were the Church leaders attemptsto stop the suit, even sending someone toMcPhersons uneral in an attempt to handle

McPhersons mother to get her not to investigatethe circumstances o her daughters death,even i that meant paying her. Rathbun quotesMiscavige as saying it was worth it to lose acouple hundred grand or this to go away.

Monique Rathbuns amended petition,led by her attorney Ray Jerey, countersMcShanes claims to having never contractedwork in Texas on behal o RTC. The petitionquotes a 2010 report led by the sheri o

Caliornias Riverside County regarding acase o a Church deector. The report said thatMr. McShane told me RTC had previouslycontracted with a private security rm in theState o Texas to monitor Mr. Rathbun.

Calls and emails seeking comment romattorneys or Miscavige, RTC and CSI were notreturned by Monday.

Also as o Monday, none o the otherour deendants have representation, norhave they been served. Jerey said that heintends to ask the court or permission toserve the men at their homes.

Update: In response to Marty Rathbunsafdavit, CSI fled a motion to have his wies

attorney, Ray Jerey, removed rom the case.

CSI is claiming that comments by Marty

Rathbun concerning the Churchs search or

a Texas attorney in the McPherson case was

secret inormation and a violation o attorney-

client privilege. Neither Rathbun nor Miscavige

are attorneys.

Nick Rogers covers courts and crime or the TX Citizen.

Due ProcessWITH NICK ROGERS

Ex-Scientology Ofcial Files Afdavit in Wies Suit

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Uncle Esel,

With all the problems on cruise

ships, would you recommend to a

reader to take a cruise? I have wanted

to cruise to Mexico or years, but Im

scared o a re or some bad sickness. Is

it worth the risk?

Tank You,

Colleen

Dear Colleen,

Certainly it cant be as bad as when

the Esels came over in the mid 1800s rom

Germany. There have been some incidents

that got a lot o media attention in the last year

or two, but keep in mind that there are manymore cruises that go o without much problem

each year. Best bet is to use a reputable

travel agent and buy insurance or the trip in

case something goes wrong. By the way,

Uncle Esel does not get seasick and makes a

wonderul travel companion.

Love, K

Dear Uncle Esel,

Heyyyyyy, the Cowboys won. Smells

like this is our year, doesnt it?

Danny

Sorry Danny Boy,

Gotta love the way Cowboy ans light

up with a lead or a win. Its like a death row

prisoner cheering a power outage. Uncle

Esel isnt really a big ootball an, but I was

once, in my younger days, and back thenI was a an o the Oilers. Truthully, I was

more a Derrick Dolls an with those little skirts

and red hair.

Another reason I preerred the team to the

east is that Houston people are ar less stuck

up and uptight than the typical Dallas person.

Did I mention the Derrick Dolls? Unortunately,

Mrs. Esel would change the channel i she

caught me eyeing those cheerleaders.

In the long run, its always good to see

a Texas team do well against those outsiders.

Its those Packer ans who give all Yankees a

bad name.

Love, K

Mr. Esel,

Ater reading last weeks article

by Mr. reynolds about the Island I

wondered i the area was also inhabitedby those endangered species that weve

been hearing about or the last ew

years? I so, why are they allowed to

take cans and stuf in there?

Tanks,

Nancy

Dear Nancy,

Actually, the area is very sensitive

and inhabited in particular by the Karst

Invertebrates that were a big part o the

reason the government was sued by the Sierra

Club. It is also Fountain Darter habitat. Why

the area is not subject to the same restrictions

as the rest o the Comal River (yes, this area

is technically the Comal River) is part o what

was described last week. The people in

power who protect the little oasis didnt wantanyone to mess with their prize.

Former City employee Nathan Pence

had broad discretion to include or exclude

areas rom being part o the habitat areas,

and this one was obviously excluded even

though the area is perhaps more critical

than areas down river in the articially

created channel.

It is still possible that with the reducedwater fows that this area may one day

be identied as so critical that water

recreation may be halted. There have been

challenges to previous protections in Bexar

and Comal counties that resulted in more

sensitive areas being added relating to

the Karst Invertebrates and the threat rom

environmental groups remains high. Esel

cant help but see the irony that the so-called

intent o the water district was designed

or ecological reasons to begin with and

because that isnt happening, the threat o

losing recreation is very real.

Love, K

Uncle Esel,

What scares you more than

anything?

JM

Dear JM,

Two words. Mayor Krueger.

Love, K

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JUST DO ITSometimes, the ideas I get derive rom a nearly

unathomable thought process. Normally I

lter things a bit, as I eel that this is the best

way to get polished work. I thought today I

would do things dierently. What you see

below is how I got rom teaching to parenting

to oreign policy and Syria, topics mostly

relatable only in my own mind.

Ive been told by a lot o teachers that

teaching is in many ways like parenting. And,

I have been told by a lot o parents that theirchildren are animals. This insight has done a

lot to color the way I teach and the advice I

oer to new teachers.

Establish dominance early. Here,

fipping over desks and chairs while hooting

loudly like a chimpanzee on the rst day o class

can be as, or even more, useul than urinating

on students legs as they come through the door.

Never show fear. Like animals,

students have a keen nose or ear and areeven more likely to press i they eel they

have an advantage.

Avoiddirecteyecontact.Eyecontact

can be a key to engaging with students, but

some o them will see it as a sign o aggression.

The idea here is to avoid a severe beat down

or an accusation o sexual harassment.

Dontbeafraidtoturntothewhip.

Discipline must be maintained at all times, and

it is ar less important to air or kind than itis to be consistent.

Beore you call the teachers union, in reality,

I have never oered this advice, but sometimes

what seems to be the worst possible action can

actually be brilliantly conceived in the eect it

has and lesson it teaches. I learned this not as

a teacher, though. Instead, I learned it rom a

simple interaction with a riend and his son.

As the riend and his son, who could

not have been more than seven at the time,

approached me, the ather asked o the son,

Is that a quarter on the ground?

The son, like any child o that age,

immediately looked to the ground or his

possible payday.

When he did, the ather briskly, but not

brutally, slapped his son in the back o the

head. Dont trust anyone, he said.

At rst I was shocked. Why would someonedo that? Then, slowly but surely, the brilliance o

my riends parenting strategy dawned on me.

It was conrmed or me a week later when

I saw the riend and his son again. This time

the son was being quite petulant. With a sighthat indicated his rustration, my riend began

to count while waiting or his son to comply.

Abruptly and precisely on the count o two,

my riend swatted the child orceully on the

buttocks. The child looked at him aghast. It was

clear the child had expected more time. Perhaps

it was his athers habit to count to ten (or at least

three) beore action was taken. Tears welled up

in the boys eyes and he ran o sniveling.

Again, Im not a parent, so tell the CPS

worker on the other end o the line to never

mind, and put down the phone. The point is

this. My riend was teaching his child valuable

lie lessons in perhaps the best way possible.

Sure, everyone teaches their children not to

take candy rom strangers (Halloween excepted),

but statistically speaking, strangers are relatively

sae. How many parents teach their children the

more practical lesson? Maybe you should bewary o Uncle Pete who oers horsey rides

at every amily reunion and seems to enjoy

them a bit too much. Assuming that this lesson

is reinorced periodically, your child might grow

up to realize that the only thing more oolish than

lending money to riends is lending money to

amily, without the generally obligatory nancial

drubbing. Just as important as teaching your

child to be sae in his interactions is to teach him

or her not to be a mark.The second event teaches an equally

valuable practical lesson. You dont always

get to three; dont push the envelope. I cant

tell you the number o kids that ail to grasp this

important truism today. Sometimes Mommy or

Daddy is having a bad day, and you should

learn to recognize these situations. You may

not be ostering the closeness with your

children youd love to have, but you may be

saving them rom an inevitable ass-whuppin

at the biker bar or a tazing by the police.

All o this might be said to be valuable

rom a oreign policy perspective as well.

President Obama is in just such a situation

with Syria right now (assuming Russias current

plan to calm things down doesnt work).

Having set a red line or the use o

chemical weapons, it appears that the Syrian

government has jumped both ooted over saidline with their tongue sticking out. What is the

leader o the ree world to do?

While most o us ponder what is legal,

what is best or America, what is best or the

Presidents credibility, or what the internationalcommunity will think, Obamas best move may

be a little old ashioned practical discipline

considering none o the above.

The correct response may just be one

that no one is considering. Be unpredictable

and perhaps a little vindictive. He could nuke

Damascus, or better yet, Iran. What about

destroying the countys entire oil producing

capability? It isnt enough to seriously disruptthe world market, but it would cripple what is

let o Syrias economy.

The administration has made a constant

case that this will be a small strike, a shot

across the bow i you will. Maybe the shot

across the bow should sink the entire ship this

time. (Oops! Our bad.) Heck, level the entirety

o the country currently held by Assad, civilian

and military targets alike. (It worked in Waco.

Why should we treat Syrians any dierentlythan we treat Texans?)

The reason Obama is in trouble here isnt

because he shot his mouth o without thinking,

its because Assad knows that Obama has no

will to back his strong rhetoric up. Obama

should prove him wrong. Part o the magic

o President Reagans oreign policy with the

USSR was that the Soviets suspected he might

be a little bit crazy, a cowboy who might startWorld War III on a whim. It almost certainly

wasnt true, but it kept them guessing.

Obama needs a little o this tough-

guy magic right now. The way to get it is

to act out o character. The world has seen

Obama tear himsel apart over this. He

appears weak. He appears to be looking

or some way to shit the inevitable blame

rom whatever decision he makes. Stop it all,

and respond with a totally incommensuratelevel o orce. Once thats done wait or the

ur to fy, and consider responding in similar

ashion when it does. I you cant get respect,

be willing to settle or a little ear. I or one

would appreciate it i we could get back to

a point where tin-pot dictators shuddered a

bit when the U.S. was mentioned.

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