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Welcome To Case's Column

Let me say a big welcome to all of you for joining me here. I'm going to call these blog meetings Case's Column. I wanted to use "Corner", but that was already taken. Since 2008, it's been a real privilege to come on here and share some of my life with you, and it's a big world where we live.

In these blogs, I'll just speak whatever is on my mind, but we will be playing within the rules here. I may pick a particular topic, point out an event, or shoot the breeze. I'm a little bit of an essayist at times, so I'll just speak what's on my mind, and I might tell a story or two. Or, I might spew out an opinion or three. There will be some serious moments, some tender, some poignant, but there will also be those moments that you'll just bust out laughing. But, hopefully, everything will be in good fun here. And, of course, there's a place below for your comments and thoughts as we go along here. So feel free to join me for the ride -- I sure as heck hope I'm doing this right and not making any mistakes.

Thanks for taking your time in reading Case's Column. Hopefully, you'll enjoy being entertained by it as much as I've enjoyed putting these writings together. And thanks for the time you spend in City-Data.com, where it's great to be alive!

Regards,

case44

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Scattershooting Again / An Election Like No Other, And Too Important

Posted 10-19-2020 at 01:04 PM by case44 (Welcome To Case's Column)

Is it that time again?? Well, I'll be, I believe it is. Forget the Halloween candy shopping; it's time for more Scattershooting for all you readers out there. You can get the chocolate and caramel and, well, everything else a little later on. We're going to go a little here, and a little there. Also, a word of caution: Since we're in the season of a very important election involving the U.S. presidency, the Senate, and the House, much of what will be covered...
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Here's A Suggestion For Laredo City Planners: Get Interstate 2 Going

Posted 10-18-2020 at 11:58 AM by case44 (Welcome To Case's Column)

In looking at the Laredo (Texas) Metropolitan Planning Organization's future plans for the next twenty years, I am amazed at those thoroughfare plans they have for their fair burg. It'd be great to see them double, or even triple, their population base in a metro area that is an oasis, particularly to travelers coming in from the eastern reaches to get there.

Where Laredo's interstate and freeway structure is concerned, I am astonished that there's something missing...
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New Freeway Section Opens In San Antonio, And Case Takes A Drive

Posted 10-17-2020 at 07:04 PM by case44 (Welcome To Case's Column)

Your writer could not contain his giddiness when he get a little test drive on a new highway. San Antonio just got a new segment of freeway built as U.S. Highway 281 opened up recently, currently consisting of new mainlanes from State Loop 1604 to Stone Oak Parkway.

Love it!

I also took time to survey the remaining construction to the north of that location, as the eight-mile project is only partially done for two miles. The other six is still seeing...
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Well, How's THIS For Some Baseball Drama?

Posted 10-16-2020 at 08:22 PM by case44 (Welcome To Case's Column)

While I was road-tripping in San Antonio, the Houston Astros' playoff ride with the Tampa Bay Rays had reached a point where I was writing the Astros off the page after Game 3.

That's right. Houston was down three games to none in a best-of-7 American League Championship Series. Tampa Bay was about to go on top of the world and would need one more win to reach the World Series. So, what changed?

Would you believe that the Houston Astros have come...
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From The "I Didn't Expect This" Department....

Posted 10-11-2020 at 07:22 PM by case44 (Welcome To Case's Column)
Updated 10-12-2020 at 11:04 AM by case44

I had been under the very impression that a certain barbecue franchise had completely disappeared. For years, it was a very successful chain with two names in two different metropolitan areas in Texas, but who had succumbed to poor management and a declining customer base in recent times.

You won't believe what Case spotted the other day.

For you Dallas foodies, remember Colter's BBQ? Well, something compelled me to do a Google search, and, lo and behold,...
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