‘Concerned citizens’ can pay more taxes after driving all tourists away

While understanding the concern over polluting the river (which is not proven at all), I have to ask one question.

With the exception of those born and raised here, how did all these “concerned citizens” find this area?

Did they come here on vacation and fall in love with it like so many? I wonder where they stayed?

These “weekend” rentals add to the coffers of local businesses, taxes, WORD taxes, county taxes and state taxes.

There are laws already in place for noise complaints, rowdy visitors and trespassing. Call a cop. That’s their job and they do it exceptionally well here.

If we allow this kind of interference with our property rights, what's next? What if I don’t like your landscaping or the flag you fly? Should I be able to take it out?

We are a growing community and the whole region benefits from tourism, all of us, why are some trying to kill our way of life? We advertise “family friendly” but if the whole family or group of friends can’t be together, how long will they continue to visit and add to our coffers?

I wonder if those “concerned citizens” are willing to pay more taxes for the loss if the tourists are chased away?

Denise Eads-Terbush

Canyon Lake

One-lane Plaza bad for downtown

I feel like choking traffic down to one lane on the Plaza will prove to be deadly to the vitality of downtown. I have lived in New Braunfels my entire life and I remember downtown New Braunfels in the 1980s and early 1990s when it looked liked a ghost town. Throughout the late 1990s and the 2000s, we have seen a revitalization of downtown and that has been great.

In my opinion, having a healthy, interactive and historic downtown is extremely beneficial to the vitality of a city. Restricting traffic flow through this area causes congestion now. Just wait till the summer visitors arrive.

I will avoid going through downtown altogether and I am confident I will not be the only one changing my routine. With less traffic through downtown, businesses located downtown will suffer — possibly causing them to move to one of the many available retail spaces in strip centers outside of the downtown area.

Dustin Seidel

New Braunfels

Thank you for story on McKenna board

Thanks to the Herald-Zeitung for exposing the McKenna Health System Board for what most of us already suspected for quite some time. I am so disgusted I will not patronize any business owned or operated by board members, their relatives or family.

Dan Murphy

New Braunfels

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