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LWV of the Comal Area
PO Box 311324
New Braunfels, TX 78131
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Date: 10/16/2022
Subject: Newsletter October 2022
From: LWV Comal Area


October 2022 VOTER
OFFICERS & DIRECTORS

PRESIDENT
Jerrie Champlin 
 
VP-ORGANIZATION
Kristen Coppock
 
VP-PROGRAM
Daphne Spraitzar
 
VP-VOTERS SERVICE
Laraine Henchal
 
SECRETARY
Ada Conlan
 
TREASURER
Roxanna Deane
 
DIRECTOR, MEMBERSHIP
Vacant- Volunteer needed!
 
DIRECTOR, PUBLICITY
Cassie Wedding
 
DIRECTOR, YOUTH
EMPOWERMENT
Sheila Pattison
 
CHAIR, NOMINATING 
COMITTEE
Robin Engel
 
______________________________
 
 
 
 
 
 
 WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!
 
Margo Joiner
New Braunfels
 
Barbra Riley
Canyon Lake
 
 
Most people join the League 
because they are asked. 
Ask a friend! 
 
Ready to join?
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
  Calendar
         (click on links for more information,
     members must log in to see volunteer slots)
 
WHEN: Saturday, Oct. 22, 9 a.m. - 1p.m.
WHERE: 186 S. Castell Ave.
 
WHEN: Saturday, Oct. 22, Noon to 5 p.m.
WHERE: Landa Annex
 
WHEN: Sat., Oct. 29 - Sat., Nov. 5
WHERE: St. Francis By the Lake
121 Spring Mountain Dr.
Canyon Lake
Bid on LWVCA's Home Sweet Home Wreath!
WHAT: Texas Drought - The New Normal
Comal County Conservation Alliance
WHEN: Wednesday, Nov. 9, 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: McKenna Center
801 W. San Antonio St.
New Braunfels
 
WHAT: Unity Sacred Service Award Ceremony
WHEN: Sunday, Nov. 13, 11 a.m.
408 Gruene Rd
  New Braunfels
 
Lunch & Learn co-hosted with
Tye Preston Memorial Public Library
WHEN: Wednesday, Nov. 16, Noon to 1:30 p.m.
WHERE: 16311 S Access Rd
Canyon Lake
 
WHAT: GIVING TUESDAY
 WHEN:Tuesday, Nov. 29, all-day
WHERE: Online
Support LWV Comal Area
 
WHAT: Annual Holiday Brunch
WHEN: Saturday, Dec. 17, 11 a.m.
WHERE: Members will receive details
SAVE THE DATE!
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
Silent Auction to Benefit Local Nonprofits Includes LWVCA
 
St. Francis By The Lake is hosting a Canyon Lake Charity Wreath Auction Sat., Oct. 29, through Sat., Nov. 5, concurrent with the church serving as a polling location for the second week of early voting.  The one-of-a-kind Home Sweet Home Wreath pictured above was created to support the League of Women Voters-Comal Area.  
 
Make your plan to vote at the church and then place a bid on this unique, handmade wreath!  The wreaths will be displayed at St. Francis By The Lake, 121 Spring Mountain Dr., Canyon Lake, TX 78133 on the following days and time
  Oct.  29, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  Oct. 30, Noon to  6 p.m.
  Oct. 31 - Nov. 4, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  Nov. 5, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
 
Bidding closes Sat., Nov. 5, at 3 p.m. followed by a closing celebration with wine and hors d'oeuvres at which highest bidders will claim their wreaths and checks will be awarded to the nonprofits.
 
11 events
850 contacts
231 voter registrations
8 member volunteers
7 community partners
107 hours
 
(volunteers & hours
for VOTE411
and candidate forums
not included)
From the President
 
8 days until early voting starts, 22 days until Midterm Election Day as League volunteers and community partners are doing an exceptional job empowering voters.  We've distributed 5400 election information flyers, interacted with 1600 potential voters, recorded 3 candidate forums, invited 48 local candidates to participate in VOTE411 and forums; are just starting distribution of 4,000 printed Voter Guides and expect to reach thousands more potential voters with online information and advertising!  
 
 Many thank yous are owed: thank you BIG GIVE donors for making our increased distribution of the printed Voter Guide and so much more possible, thank you Milda Scott for all the hours you toiled over VOTE411, thank you Sheila Pattison for the beautiful fundraising wreath, thank you Unity of New Braunfels for the Sacred Service Award, thank you to my fellow Comal Area Board members for your support, time and creative energy in handling whatever's come up.  A special thank you to Barbra Riley who joined the League and  then put in her first volunteer hours all before 2 p.m. on National Voter Registration Day!  Several members have organized their own opportunities to reach voters at club and community meetings.  Contact Us for materials and VDRs as needed.  Thank you to all our awesome volunteers!  
 
Thank you also to the members who have shared pictures of their pets.  Shown below are a few of those furry companions that we featured in a social media series celebrating Voter Education Week. Keep those photos coming!
 
On the calendar above you can see upcoming opportunities to empower voters, to learn, to support our mission and  to celebrate.  Please save the date for our annual Holiday Brunch Dec. 17!  And I hope you can attend the award ceremony at Unity in New Braunfels on Nov. 13.  It's an opportunity to celebrate what we, a small all-volunteer group, can do to power democracy!
 
- Jerrie Champlin
 
 
 
County Authority on Land Use Public Forum Nov. 16
 

Are you concerned about unpleasant surprises that may show up in your neighborhood, surprises like a huge rock quarry or a multi-acre gas station?  Are you concerned about the impact on your own quality of life such surprises may entail, like increased noise, lights, and traffic, perhaps a downward dive to your property values? And what about the impact on the environment? Such concerns are of special interest to the many area residents who live in unincorporated areas. 

 

LWV Comal Area and the Tye Preston Memorial Library(TPML) are hosting a lunch and learn public forum about county authority on land use on Wednesday, November 16, from 12 noon to 1:30pm at TPML, 16311 S Access Rd, Canyon Lake, TX 78133.   Bring your lunch and hear Comal County Commissioner Jen Crownover; Elizabeth Bowerman, President of the Comal County Conservation Alliance; and Annalisa Peace, Executive Director of the Greater Edwards Aquifer Authority discuss the topic.


Commissioner Crownover will outline the limits of county authority as set out in the Texas State Constitution.  Bowerman will delineate the detrimental effects of lack of authority on the environment, and Peace will discuss efforts to expand the limits of county authority and how some counties have worked around such limits. Commissioner Crownover states that “County government … can only do what is allowable by statute, and we have very limited powers and authority….”  According to Peace, “[W]ithin our state lie some of the fastest growing counties in the nation” and “in order to promote civilized and rational growth,…we need to provide county governments with effective means for planning for appropriate land uses within their own counties and across county lines.”  

 
LWVCA's land use position (see Issues and Positions) includes the following: “The Commissioners Court of Comal County, with voter approval, should have additional regulatory authority from the state legislature for making land use decisions. Examples include, but are not restricted to: 1. implement impact fees on developers of new subdivisions; 2. require minimum fire suppression systems in new subdivisions; 3. require improvements to roadways and drainage systems serving new subdivisions; 4. limit the amount of impervious cover in order to increase recharge and limit runoff in new subdivisions; 5. require subdivision restrictions that promote water-conserving landscapes; 6. require natural areas, or neighborhood parks, in new subdivisions.” 


The LWV-CA plans to livestream the meeting and post a recording to our YouTube channel @LWV Comal Area.
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