Author: Jon Mark Hogg

Contributing Editor for the Concho Observer

This article represents the two party chairs – Republican and Democrat – of Tom Green County giving their final arguments for why you should vote their way today, on Election Day.

Read their arguments and let us know what your closing thoughts on the election: on Facebook or in the comments down below, what have you been thinking about in these last few weeks?

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Hiking along, I am always taken by the amazing beauty of the Americas. But like many travelers; the darker, more cynical side of my nature started to emerge over time, and noticed a trend. This came with the realization that many National Parks were created after they had already been contaminated or damaged by industry and business.

I call it the “bankruptcy theory of conservation.” The way America approaches natural conservation is that it does not become a priority until we have sucked every dollar we can out of the region.

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