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should be 92.5 fm.

It is like talking in the phone while driving. You can talk to a person in the car with you and be perfectly aware of your surroundings. Talking on the phone changes that dynamic. Even on a classic landline phone, watch people‘s eyes while they are talking. They might be staring up in space or looking straight ahead but not seeing anything. Once you have that phone in your hand, it becomes about 90% of your concentration point. People riding in golf carts, ATVs, etc. are driving on a roadway as if they were driving on a golf course or in someone’s yard. They simply are not paying as much attention. Bicycles on the other hand, are almost exclusively ridden on the road and you know that if you’re riding in the middle of the roadway, particularly at an intersection, you were facing danger. Even children perceive that. It is not that they cannot make mistakes and obviously children get killed on bicycles but they are aware that they are not a motor vehicle. There are probably 500 times more bicycles with children on the roads (at least) than there are children driving golf carts and ATVs on the road yet what are the likelihood of making a bad mistake with one compared to the other? Even with hundreds of more times kids on bicycles, how many times do we hear serious injuries on them as compared to one of the “toy” vehicles? Like talking on the phone even when sitting at a desk, in my opinion it is the mindset of the person and not whether one is inherently more dangerous than the other. With your example of driving a car on the road before you have a license, even 14 years old is well aware of the difference of a car and a bicycle. I just think that children driving ATVs and golf carts are not thinking the same way they would when with driving a car. Those off road vehicles are just a bicycle by other means.

This topic has been beaten to death but I find this interesting. Apparently another Indian group (Indigenous People’s Movement) has complained about the PNG mascot, the Indians. As part of their protest, they call on all opponents of PNG to forfeit their games. I guess they think PNG going 10-0 and winning district is a punishment. But here is the reason I am posting this. It lists all of PNG opponents this year such as Beaumont United, Nederland, WOS and…….. Santa Fe. Santa Fe you ask?? Yes, the Santa Fe INDIANS need to forfeit to the PNG INDIANS because PNG uses Indians. I am not sure if people can read the Beaumont Enterprise pages whatever Subscription. [Hidden Content]

I am glad that PNG, like Nederland, has a dedicated station. I have listened on many occasions. But, their announcers I think are borderline comical to the point (like you say) of being annoying. I don’t think there is any ill intent at all. They seem cheerful, never derogatory to the other team and really push for their team. They probably do a better job than I ever could. But …… 😀

Mandatory…. IF it is prosecuted as such. For example…. It has been a while since I looked up the penalties but a habitual violator (three strikes on any felonies except a state jail felony which is basically an enhanced misdemeanor) carries a 25 year minimum sentence. As an example, a guy is intoxicated, runs a stop sign and hits another vehicle. It causes a broken foot on the other driver but nothing life threatening. That is Intoxication Assault and a third degree felony or a 2-10 sentence. BUT, a few years ago he was convicted of using his 70 year old grandmother’s credit card and on another occasion, got caught with a single rock of cocaine and convicted. So he was caught in two fairly low key felonies (no injuries or even threats to anyone) non-violent felonies. All the cases carried the 2-10 year sentence. Since the guy previously used his grandmother’s credit card without permission and since he got caught with a rock of cocaine, for the broken foot in a DWI accident he is now facing 25-99 as a habitual violator. Even Murder has a 5-99 penalty so in this case the broken foot in an accident actually carries a stiffer of penalty than Murder. That is an extremely powerful tool for prosecutors. So let’s play the plea bargain what if game. We (DA) will let you plead guilty to intoxication assault and 10 years in prison as the maximum sentence. You can potentially get out on parole in about two years. OR……. you can go to trial and face a jury and they can give you a 25 year minimum and up to 99 years. So if you are the accused and reasonably certain of a conviction, do you accept the maximum sentence and get out two years or do you face with jury that might give you up to 99? Therefore, while there are a mandatory sentencing guidelines for a three strike felony, whether a DA makes a plea deal or not can mean everything. So 2-10 or 25-99? That is why you see stories like a guy that has eight felony convictions but is walking the streets. So to your question, are there mandatory for three felonies convictions? Absolutely!! Are these potential life sentences prosecuted to the max? Absolutely……. not.

But at the same time they have people with multiple DWIs and no prison time. It makes for a quick guilty plea bargain. The suspect can risk a felony conviction and prison time or plea guilty to a misdemeanor for a month in the county jail…. to be served on weekends. Let’s see, which would I choose……

I have read discussions and have seen a few videos and they are all over the place as to legalities. But…….. Several have said that a president, while he’s in the office, can authorize, declassify or whatever with any documents that he wishes. Some (or maybe all) of it is done by executive order and the only way that the executive order can be overturned, is for the current president to undo what the last president did. Since it is not enacted law, it can be changed basically at the whim of the current president. Almost everyone that spoke about this subject agreed that Biden would have to approve the seizure of the documents.

There is a reason that you have to be at least 16 years old to get a drivers license and then only if you took driver’s ed. Everybody knows that but for some reason when it’s a cute vehicle like an ATV or a golf cart, all of a sudden the 12-year-old knows as much as a 30-year-old.

I will add, it obviously depends on what happened and what can be proven. What if the 12 year old unknowingly took the keys and without any person’s consent or even knowledge? What is an adult allowed the children to use the ATV in the yard but they thought it would be fun to sneak onto the road for a few seconds? To many “what ifs”.

In my opinion, yes and realistically, almost without question. Whether the DA will pursue charges is a different matter. In my experience a DA will often let the parents slide, probably out of sympathy.

I inadvertently ran into McGuire that year while working as a police officer at another game on a Saturday. He seemed like an extremely humble young man. I have no clue about him other than that one chance encounter but it was enough to make me remember it 30 years later.

Game, MHS 42-21

Kneeling.

1:02

Intercepted at MHS 3

On 4-2 Nederland, MHS offsides. 1-10 from MHS 38 with 2:24.

On 4-8 from MHS 18, punt is for 30 yards but running into kicker. MHS declined penalty. Nederland ball at midfield.

4-10 on Nederland 46. Punt rolls out at MHS 16, 5:12 left, MHS 42-21

I don’t know but he was running hard. Hope he isn’t hurt too bad.

Pass to Nederland 33 keeps it alive. After another penalty, 3-12 gets an interference call.

Timeout at 8:08, Nederland with 3-10 from own 22.

Swing pass to Nederland 4 called back on holding. On 4-9 MHS punts to Nederland 10

I thought that the entire scrimmages.

Punt on 4-10 after delay penalty. Rolled dead at Nederland 48, and of 3, MHS 42-21

Could be. I lost track.