I have posted my response to Brother Garner, including the charts. Feel free to peruse the debate and let me know what you think. What do I need to add, or say differently? Also any other general comments.
Ok,
This is the last straw. The city commission of Dumas is ridiculous. In the time I have lived here they have:
1.Voted to put the families of Dumas at risk by voting to put a drug rehab center in a residential area- Lowering property values of the homes in the general vicinity.
2. Turned several streets in the city including the street in front of my house into a one-way street- Lowering property values on all the homes on those streets.
3. They voted to allow a low income govt. subsidized housing complex in the west end of town, which substantially lowered property values of homes there.
4. An now are planning to violate my, and other citizen's property rights. They want an ordinance that will tell people they can not store their travel trailers in their front lawns, and that that people cannot work on cars in view of the open public. And I guarantee you Their excuse will be that they don't want to lower property values! why in the world do we all the sudden care about property values?
"The very Idea!"
Rest assured, if they pass this I will do all that I can to see each and every one of them defeated in up coming elections, even if it means me running myself.
I'm opposed to the ordinance, but if they want to pass it, at least send it to a referendum!
Oh I'm sure they will pass it, and probably unanamously. I doubt they consider sending it to a Referendum. But Rest assured that I will be ready to remind folks of all of their nonsene in May
Oh, and Mike's ok...I just think some of the things they have done are stupid. The funny thing is, I used to never care about city Government, until I became a homeoner myself.
The Debate continues and David has posted his first negative. I have begun writing my response, but feel free to email me with comments or things that sick out and need to be addressed. Also, if you have any ideas of how to answer or word arguments I will welcome those also.
Kurt, I have a question in regards to Bro. Garner's comments. He wrote "...Kurt agrees that it is okay to have a potluck (where the members bring the food) in the building., yet I never saw you write anything close to that matter. I hope you are planning a response to that.
Indeed I have responded in my next article. He has added words to my mouth, and even though I pointed out in my first article that I was opposed the the church, planning, funding, or otherwise supporting the meal for social purposes
I have posted my first affirmative to the Garner-Jones debate at the following address.
http://garnerjonesdebate.wordpress.com
In this debate, David Garner (a Browntrail School of Preaching Graduate, and preacher in the institutional churches) and I are discussing Whether or not there is scriptural authority for the church to provide for common meals for social purposes.
We have disabled comments for the duration of the debate, but feel free to email me or Brother Garner with private comments as the debate proceeds.
what classless morons. Challenging a TD when you are up by two and there is 16sec left? Harrell acting like a bigshot, mocking the aggies? Fans cussin and fightin all game long? Like I said, classless morons
