I continue to ask myself “what is the purpose of this life”? Born and raised in Texas and no matter my age…I will forever be a small town girl. I love the lazy Sunday afternoons sitting on the porch with a cup of coffee discussing Friday night’s football game or the turn out at the Fall festival. Beautiful weather like today does something to this East Texas girl! There is no other place I would rather be but lately I have been thinking about our small town and what is at stake if we don’t open our eyes and see what is going on behind the curtain. A curtain that is closed to everyone but a select few and those connected or related to them. I have sat back too long and watch the nepotism run rapid in our small community. Only recently have I decided to question ANYTHING! Like most of you, I am busy with the “everyday” schedule of life that I don’t have the time to pay attention to someone else’s job and how they are performing it. I am not insinuating that every civil employee is corrupt or that they even know what is going on. As with any place of employment, we usually do what were told without asking questions. What I am doing is encouraging my neighbors, my friends, my fellow citizens to start paying attention, start asking questions, there is nothing wrong with checks and balances across our community and if we are aware then the curtain can be pulled back and never be closed again.