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TexasTowelie

(112,204 posts) Tue Sep 18, 2018, 07:57 AM Sep 2018

This tiny Texas town passes anti-Beto resolution over national anthem comments

Leaders in a small North Texas city are pulling back the welcome mat when it comes to Colin Kaepernick and U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke.

The Reno City Council this week passed a resolution saying it’s disrespectful to kneel during the national anthem and that comments on the topic made by O’Rourke — the El Paso Democrat challenging Republican Ted Cruz for the U.S. Senate seat he holds — are false.

“The City Council has declared that it is disrespectful toward, and dishonors the sacrifice of our veterans, service members, and first responders of the United States of America to kneel during the National Anthem, a time during which all should stand to recognize and honor the sacrifice they have made to our country,” the resolution stated.

Beyond that, the council weighed in on what O’Rourke said when he spoke last month about football players — such as Kaepernick, who recently became one of the faces of Nike’s “Just Do It” campaign — kneeling during the anthem.

Read more: https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article218387840.html

Reno is to the northwest of Fort Worth, between Azle and Springtown, in case you want to avoid contributing any sales tax to the town.

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This tiny Texas town passes anti-Beto resolution over national anthem comments (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2018 OP

Wonder how many Veteran's this counsel talked to SimpleC Sep 2018 #1

RIGHT ON!!!! ROB-ROX Sep 2018 #5

Nothing like trampling on their citizen's first amendment rights, eh? SWBTATTReg Sep 2018 #2

It would be the citizens of the town that would have to vote to disincorporate. TexasTowelie Sep 2018 #3

I would be working to vote out everyone on the city council for sinkingfeeling Sep 2018 #4

SimpleC

(279 posts)

1. Wonder how many Veteran's this counsel talked to

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 08:05 AM

Sep 2018

I'm a veteran and I'm not offended by the kneeling protest...

ROB-ROX

(767 posts)

5. RIGHT ON!!!!

Reply to SimpleC (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 11:43 AM

Sep 2018

I am a veteran and I think the FIRST AMENDMENT should be protected from the conservative NUTS.... I remember the 1972 election, when we were informed that bumper stickers (which were new at that time) were not to be used. This was just a few RIGHTS not allowed by service members. We did our time and we are TWICE a citizen for serving and for voting.......CHEERS

SWBTATTReg

(22,129 posts)

2. Nothing like trampling on their citizen's first amendment rights, eh?

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 08:15 AM

Sep 2018

Sounds like the average age of this town must be 80 years old, and that they don't have enough to do, other than to come up w/ crap like this, which has nothing to do w/ running a town. I'd say that the city council needs to be dissolved, since obviously it is not needed. Texas voters?

TexasTowelie

(112,204 posts)

3. It would be the citizens of the town that would have to vote to disincorporate.

Reply to SWBTATTReg (Reply #2)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 08:35 AM

Sep 2018

While it would lower their tax bills, it would also mean the loss of services such as trash collection and police protection. It would also probably mean affect water and sewer hookups. They also sit near to a few other towns who may decide to annex them and those towns wouldn't have to initially provide services to them for a few years so that possibility would offset the possibility of lower taxes.

The best way to protest is to not vote out the council that passed the resolution and to boycott the town since there are other towns a few miles further along the road that have the common sense not to get involved in such nonsense.

sinkingfeeling

(51,457 posts)

4. I would be working to vote out everyone on the city council for

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 09:26 AM

Sep 2018

over stepping their authority. They aren't paid to declare what's false.

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