Antone's Nightclub
Not So Friendly
RECEIVED Fri., May 26, 2023
Dear Editor,
The official state motto of Texas is Friendship. I think we may have forfeited that motto.
In the last 10 years Texas has had as many as 84 hate groups located in our state, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. In 2021, Texas had 2,064 homicides, according to Statista.com – the most of any state in the nation. Texas had nine mass shootings in the last 14 years, according to the Texas Tribune. We have had brawls at school board meetings, medical staff at hospitals physically attacked, some even killed, drive-by shootings have become commonplace, and then there's the 88th Texas Legislature...
There were 141 bills filed negatively targeting the LGBTQ community alone, according to EqualityTexas.org. The Legislature didn't stop there. They targeted voting rights, cities, and the environment. ... Have I missed something?
The official state motto of Texas is Friendship. I think we may have forfeited that motto.
In the last 10 years Texas has had as many as 84 hate groups located in our state, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. In 2021, Texas had 2,064 homicides, according to Statista.com – the most of any state in the nation. Texas had nine mass shootings in the last 14 years, according to the Texas Tribune. We have had brawls at school board meetings, medical staff at hospitals physically attacked, some even killed, drive-by shootings have become commonplace, and then there's the 88th Texas Legislature...
There were 141 bills filed negatively targeting the LGBTQ community alone, according to EqualityTexas.org. The Legislature didn't stop there. They targeted voting rights, cities, and the environment. ... Have I missed something?
Tanda Rasco