Inside City Hall

Does it bother anyone that teen pregnancy is one the most critical issues facing America today? Let’s get closer to home: does it bother anyone that half of the girls in the senior class are pregnant or have already given birth?


However it’s not just in Munday, it’s all across these United States. Imagine, WE, the United States of America lead the civilized world in teen pregnancies. Aren’t you just ecstatic with pride!

Some of you feel as I do: It makes me ill. Some don’t give a damn. Some are pounding their chests, they’ve knocked up another girl. Kidding? I should say not. That is the mind set of some of the present-day Casanovas. They notch their bedposts with every new conquest. It’s only a game to these mindless sperm-donors. No thought is given to the young ladies they ruin. Of course they don’t realize that any little squirt can cause a baby, but it takes a real man to have and to raise a child.

Mark my word Munday, mixing the junior high girls with these morons* with heat-seeking missiles will mean even higher statistics. I’m sorry, some of these morons have graduated, but still seek out the younger, weaker high school girls. Maybe they can’t fend for themselves in the real world.

I hope this has not offended anyone, but if it did I hope it made them think. For now it is permissible to think in Munday. Evidently there is not enough thinking going on in our society.

I have been a teenager, and I can still remember what teens think about, talk about, and do all they can to act it out. I have also been a parent, and I know that sometimes parents can be preoccupied with many other thoughts. Sometimes we don’t even notice our kids grow up while we are at the office or in the cotton field, or in the bar. Kids grow up faster these days and begin experimenting with things long before we did. And sometimes we miss their growing up entirely, and then wonder why we have a difficult time relating to them as young adults.

Parents, for the life of your children, look and listen to things going on around your house and town and think about what you see. I guarantee that if you look hard enough and listen attentatively enough, you won’t like what’s going on. But I won’t try to be the bearer of all the bad news, you need to see for yourself what’s going on right in front of you. And I hope you prove me wrong, I really do. Because I want every family to be a good, happy and productive family. And I pray God’s blessing upon every family in Munday.

Farmer’s Market is still going. However, it will be winding down soon, as the produce tapers off. But the other part of the market can continue to flourish. Bring your jams and jellies and crafts of all kinds. Bring your bake wares, cookies and cakes and coconut cream pies. Bring your pop corn, your soft drinks and your chips and we will dip happily in the morning sun.

So far there has been an excellent market among the vendors. We buy each other’s merchandise and go home happy. None of us want this time together to end. Everyone has a blast just being part of something that is alive and growing. It’s not just one or two vendors anymore, it’s a market place of real people.

We asked for souvenirs from the White House but were told that we would have to pay taxes on them, so we refused delivery of 1,000 autographed Bud Light cans. Did I say the cans were empty!

Tout Munday as you go your way. But please do it in a dignified manner. Don’t be like the Texan I saw in Paris, bragging about everything in Texas. People don’t really like that, anyway. Munday has plenty going for it and we are gaining on our vision. It’ll come into focus soon enough.

*A moron is a very stupid person. Or a mental defective with a potential mental age between eight and twelve years who is capable of doing routine work under supervision.