Tim, I canceled out your vote. True, no one holds the office of Inspector of Hides and Animals in any Texas county. But who’s to say we won’t need one in the future? And just because the tannery at the end of the street is no longer open for business doesn’t mean we should let our ranches sit defenseless against cattle thieves. I thought the issue was self-explanatory. I wish I knew there were supporters like you who needed educating. I woulda started a campaign: “Save Our Hides.”
My campaign woulda been: “You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide.”
I’m sorry.
[...] I know, I know. It’s yet another post about Prop 10, the recently passed measure to abolish the constitutional authority of an inspector of hides and animals. I just want to thank DMN writer Eric Aasen for his mini-profile of the current inspector Jeff McMeans. Aasen gives a bit more background on the office than I have the past couple of days, including a Web site I wish I’d known about earlier so I could have given it more publicity: Votenoprop10.org. In particular, I love this part of the story, which is near the end of it, so, you know, spoiler alert: Mr. McMeans, 42, ran for county hide and animal inspector because he figured it would earn him name recognition if he were to run for another office someday. Some years, he faced opponents, including a magician. But Mr. McMeans never lost a race. [...]