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The US Supreme Court has

ruled in favor of the very
angry Anthony D. Elonis, who
made specific, terrifying, and
what-a-reasonable-personwould-consider threats against
the former Mrs Elonis, and went on
to mention that, based on his location, there
are Enough elementary schools in a ten mile
radius to initiate the most heinous school
shooting ever imagined, via the Facebook.
The Supremes agreed with Elonis
attorney, who argued that the government
should be required to prove that the
comments were intended as actual threats,
rather than just Eminem-style theatrics. If the
government wants a conviction now, theyre
going to have to find it another way.
Expect Justin Carter, who said that he
was going to, and we paraphrase, shoot up
a kindergarten during an online video game
session, was non-specific in his comment, and
maintained from the beginning that he was
engaging in the hyperbole and low-end comedy
common in video game culture, to make the
same argument. Also, as Federal/State law
is not generally recognized in Comal County
District Court, expect his trial to go forward,
result in a conviction, and be overturned by the
Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Austin, whose
sole job, it seems, is to correct mistakes made
by the City of New Braunfels and the Comal
County District Attorneys Office.

We Sure Get Our

Comeuppance
Well. As one might imagine, had one read
last weeks column about social-media savant
Trevor Snowden, he was less than pleased
with our take on his worldwide crusade to
demonize the NBISD. (That article, titled The
Worlds Most Poisonous Story, is pinned to
the top of the newsfeed at facebook.com/
txcitizen for your convenience.) Heres Mr
Snowdens response to that piece:
TXCITIZEN.COM

So I picked up issue 22 dated

the 28th. The article, authored
by Mike Reynolds, is quite a
piece of work. A real pathetic
attempt at sensationalism.
There is a very real issue in
our community and this crap just
perpetuates it. The best angle Mike
could come up with was to attack me?
Claim we are looking for attention and money
from the district? All I would have had to do
is turn on advertising, 1.7 million views in 5
days is a six figure return, and what about a
goto fund campaign, easily a few hundred k
more. Notice, none of that is there, not even
a hint of legal action has been mentioned...
Not to even bring up the hundreds of other
testimonials from our own community having
similar issues, both kids and adults with a
history. Mikes an ignorant clown.
I wish I knew TX Citizen was a smut rag
before waisting (sic) my time answering any
questions. But why were they even asked if Mike
already was set on how he was going to do it?
At least homeless people still have free ass
wipe. Thats a noble service at the very least.
Naturally, we take issue with Mr Snowdens
assessment of our work. Lets break it down and
address the most egregious of his claims:
A real pathetic attempt at sensationalism.
- Ok, look. Were going to concede this one right
off the bat. Even we have to admit that we dont
hold a candle to Snowden when it comes to
sensationalizing something. Hes the one that got
press from all over the world to pay attention
to him by posting photos of his distraught child
on the Internet. Our attempt at sensationalism is
indeed pathetic when put up against his.
Snowden - 1
TXC - 0
The best angle Mike could come up
with was to attack me? - Well, anytime
somebody lies as hard as Snowden did it
pretty much liquidates their entire argument,
so yeah, that is the best we can do - anything
less is lazy journalism. Snowden destroyed
his credibility with his own actions.
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The City of New Braunfels has asked the Third

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against the City by three local towing companies.
The City argues that the system governing nonconsent towing operations that brought about
the lawsuit is no longer in place, which makes
the impetus for any legal action moot.
The suit was brought by Comal
Towing, JJ Towing and Pro Care Wrecker
Service in response to the Citys 2012
decision to change the way it rewards nonconsent towing operations within New
Braunfels. Prior to that decision, several
towing companies shared those duties on a
rotating basis. The City decided to alter that
arrangement by awarding a contract to only
one company. Late into the decision-making
process, however, City Council decided to
award contracts to four companies.
The companies who sued the City said they
did not apply for the single contract because
it would be too onerous to be the only towing
company responsible for all non-consent tows.
However, they argued that Council violated
competitive bidding laws by not notifying
them that it had altered the system to allow
four companies. If the City had, the operators
said, they would have applied for the contracts.
As well, the companies argued that some of
those operators awarded the contracts did not
meet the Citys own criteria, and that Council
violated the Texas Open Meetings Act (TOMA).
The City argued that the courts have
no jurisdiction to hear the lawsuit against
them. District Judge Dib Waldrip disagreed,
prompting the City to appeal.
The Citys recent motion to the Court
of Appeals said that since the contracts at
issue expired on December 31 and because
the City is returning to a rotation schedule,
the point of suit is now moot and should be
dismissed. The City decided on May 1 to
return to a rotating schedule.
Since the plaintiffs were not asking for
financial relief, but only that the City void
the offensive system and reissue bidding, the
City says that the relief sought is to prevent
and control future action, not for anything
allegedly lost in the past. The future action
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is now dictated by the ordinance which

moots their claims for allegedly not following
competitive bidding requirements.
When a contract expires and is
no longer in effect or when it has been
superseded by an amended contract, a
dispute on the contract becomes moot, the
City argues in its motion. A suit to enjoin
the performance of a contract becomes moot
after the contract has been fully performed.
When a request for injunctive relief becomes
moot because the action sought to be
enjoined has been accomplished, a request
for declaratory relief also becomes moot. All
of the contracts at issue have expired by their
own terms and are no longer in effect. As a
result, the claims are moot.
The City argues the new ordinance moots
claims that it violated the Texas Open Meetings
Act because there is a new selection system that
is decided upon by Police Chief Tom Wibert
(also a defendant in the suit), rather than City
Council, thus TOMA does not apply.
Plaintiffs sought to prevent selection of
RFP (Request for Proposals) awards behind
closed doors, however the selection process
used now is that qualified applicants are
placed on the list by the Police Chief, the
City argues. It is the Chief who makes
decisions (subject to the ordinance), but those
decisions also are not based on a competitive
bid. The TOMA applies to the governing
body, not individual staff members. No open
meetings issues come into play since there is
no competitive bidding and the ordinance
dictates who is on the list, not an RFP award.
As a result, the new ordinance moots the
TOMA claims presented by the Plaintiffs.
The City filed its appeal more than a year
ago and a decision had still not been rendered
by the Third Court of Appeals, certainly
giving enough time for the previous contracts
to expire and allow the City to reissue a new
ordinance which, at first glance, appears to
satisfy the towing companies demands.
Attempts to seek comment from the
towing operators attorney, Dan McCarthy,
were not successful by press time.

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out, Psys Gangnam Style video generated
Continued from page 3.
nearly a billion views and $870,000 in
We, in turn, ask of Snowden, Was lying YouTube revenue (The Atlantic, December 5,
the best you could have done? If your case is 2012, A.V. Club December 6, 2012). Thats
as solid as you claim, one would think you 1.03 cents per hit for the worlds most popular
wouldnt have had to resort to those tactics. video. At that rate, Snowdens distress porn
(And technically, we also went after his wife would have generated a whopping $17,510.
for taking pictures of, instead of comforting, Keep digging, Trevor. We wont argue what
a goto fund campaign might generate.
her obviously distraught son.)
Snowden - 1
Snowden - 1
TXC - 3
TXC - 1
Not to even bring up the hundreds of
other testimonials from our own community
having similar issues, both kids and
adults with a history. - Ok. Ive got to hit
him with the maths hammer again. If the
3,400+ responses to his blog post are what
hes referring to, he got perhaps tens of
testimonials of support from locals, along
All I would have had to do is turn on with a much larger helping of scorn from
advertising, 1.7 million views in 5 days is the community at large. The vast majority of
testimonials in support of Snowdens claim
a six figure return, and what about a goto
came from out of state. Perhaps hes not clear
fund campaign, easily a few hundred k more.
on the difference between a testimonial
Notice, none of that is there, not even a hint and a free-floating opinion. Or maybe the
of legal action has been mentioned - Ah. definition of local is where hes tripping up.
Aha. Hey, since Snowdens a wee bit clumsy In any case, why should he care? Nobodys
with the truth, lets run those numbers:
going to call him on it. #oops
Claim we are looking for attention and
money from the district? - Yes. Otherwise he
would have set up a GoFundMe account or
some other such thing to cash in up front.
Snowden - 1
TXC 2

TXCITIZEN.COM

Bonus: What Snowden doesnt know

is that I am intimately aquatinted with the
shortcomings of NBISDs Special Education
program. And that anecdotal evidence from
bandwagon complainants is near worthless.
Snowden - 1
TXC - 4
Mikes an ignorant clown. - I am not
a clown. Clowns have professional training
and a costume. Well split the point.
Snowden - 1.5
TXC - 4.5

What Mr Snowden has failed to

recognize is that WE CANT BELIEVE HIM.
His arguments are now moot, because he
lied to sell his story, and, as evidenced in the
previously deconstructed revenue example,
has a penchant for wild exaggeration. We
are unable to discern truth from fiction in his
account. All of the people, including his son,
that may have legitimate grievances against
the District, have lost credibility because
of him. Any legitimate battles are now
decidedly more uphill.
We invite further correspondence
with Mr Snowden. Hes quite the delight.
According to his LinkedIn page hes a Race
Car Driver (which seems awfully generic).
Frankly, were surprised Astronaut isnt
listed among his credits, but theres only so

I wish I knew TX Citizen was a smut rag

before waisting (sic) my time answering any
questions. - Mr Snowden doesnt have the
slightest clue what the word smut means.
This is hilarious.
Snowden - 1.5
much room on those forms.
TXC - 5.5
At least homeless people still have free
ass wipe. - Classy. Were going to assess
a one-point penalty for vulgarity and another
half-point for lack of creativity.
Final Score:
Snowden - 0
TXC - 6.5

\m/
Mike Reynolds
Publisher/Editor-in-Chief

Chase Cochran contributed to this column, and should

be named as a co-defendant in any litigation filed as a
result of its publication.

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2013 Street Bond:
Mid-2015 Report Card

write this article, nor drag my kids all over

town taking pictures of the Citys repairs (and
subsequent disrepair).
After last weeks article highlighting the major
One of the big talking points pre and
construction blunders currently happening on
post-election
from City Hall was the promise
Common Street, I figured that now is a great
time to recap the 2013 Bond street projects of online access to updates on the progress
that 8% (2,789) of the electorate voted on, with of the projects that less than 1,900 New
a whopping 1,895 of those voters deciding Braunfelsers got duped into voting for. Lets
we needed. Im also throwing in a couple of have a look at that:
bonus projects, because, well, theyre funny.
Proposition 1 of the 2013 City of New
Braunfels bond was for street improvement.
Of the $37.5 million approved by voters,
$10 million of that was for Citywide Street
Improvements. An average of five or so
streets per year, at $2 million a year, for 5
years, is what the City sold it as.
Well, that seems a little less than current.
In the May 9, 2013 edition of this
Guess its up to your only local source for objective
publication, I wrote:
street assessments to get yall up to speed.
The leftover $10 million will be in the
Common Street is currently under
form of a blank check written to the Public
construction,
which I highlighted in last
Works Department for increasing the life
span of streets by restoring existing pavements weeks TX Citizen. If you missed it, check it
to excellent condition without reconstructing out online at txcitizen.com/Article/401/
the entire street. Let me put that in laymans common-street-horror
*Fun Fact- Construction in June of 2015
terms: The City wants to put Band-Aids on
heart attacks. We do not currently have is NOT completion in 2014
management in place in the Public Works
The bond portion of Walnut Avenue has
Department to manage or implement this been completed, (not the Walnut Project in
kind of project (Walnut Avenue, anyone?). I total) and the job aint half bad. There are a
encourage anyone considering voting yes few surface cracks emerging in the bike lanes,
on Proposition One to take a drive down a and some minimal rise-and-fall areas in the
few of the streets that have had this kind of
main driving paths, but overall, Ill give the
work done on them in the past three years:
City a win on this one. They get a solid B here.
Merriweather Street, Houston Avenue,
Post Road, which the City website reports
Navaho Circle, Grape Avenue, Oelkers
should have been completed in 2014, has
Drive and Woodland Avenue. This is the
not even begun construction. Im assuming its
Street Departments idea of restoring existing
pavements. Theyre not even three years because someone with half a brain actually
old, and theyre coming apart. Is this what went out there and realized that nothing short of
we want all over the city? Would you like a full-on reconstruct would do anything to help,
this type of repair on your street? ... Please, and now theyre scrambling to try and figure
vote NO on Proposition One. Force your out what to do. (Free advice for the City: Fix
leaders and city staff to come back with a the ####### road.) I invite anybody wishing
better-defined plan, and one that spreads the to have a possible lawsuit against the City for
money more evenly across the city.
vehicle damage to travel down Post Road at the
If only my warnings had been heeded, posted limit. Make sure you go back and retrieve
and the vote had been in the negative (893 your oil pan, though. Youll need it for evidence
voters got it right), I wouldnt be having to in court. Is there a grade lower than an F?
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Wald Road has also been completed.

There is already cracking on the shoulders,
which is to be expected when you build the
road edge higher than the dirt/grass of the
shoulder. If theres no curb or a flush shoulder,
the asphalt is going to push out. Path of least
resistance. Physics and whatnot. Several of
the low spots that were present before are
also making their way back to the surface.
The City gets a C
minus on this one.
Last on the list
is Saur lane, which
has been completed
as well. While its
currently in the best
condition of the five,
dont expect it to last. Cracks on the shoulders
are slowly emerging. And with the high-traffic
area its quickly becoming, what with the new
subdivisions and all the traffic buzzing in-and-out
of the over-$9 million-4B-funded-internationalhub-of-an-airport, its not going to hold up too
much longer. Another solid B here.
So there you go. Only three of the five roads
that were to be completed in 2014 are actually
complete, and were halfway through 2015.
The City is already far behind, and theyre only
one year into the project. Congrats, guys.
The two bonus City ####-ups are
Goodwin Lane and Gruene Road (from
Business 35 to Glenbrook).
Goodwin Lane has been a sore spot for
me since my City Council run back in 2012,
when I accurately predicted its demise. It has
been quickly deteriorating since then, to the
point that the City was forced to shut it down
this weekend. The low water crossing had been
in such disrepair for so long, that a mere 1.5
feet of water took it out during the recent rains.

The cracks in the road are too many

to even count. They are so deep, that they
swallow a brand-new, ScanTron-approved,
#2 pencil.

The reason I point these things out is

because the repair methods utilized on Goodwin
Lane are the EXACT same ones being used for
the Bond Project streets. They are bandages,
not repairs. Its a complete waste of time and
money. Ten million bucks is not worth an extra
year on streets that need major overhauls.
Gruene Road is just flat out sad.
Highlighting it is like making fun of the ugly
kid. I almost feel bad. But hey, Im like that. Im
just going to let the photo speak for itself here.

The fact that your Public Works Department

deemed it okay to pave a road alongside curbs
that look like that, and not fix the curb, speaks
volumes. In fact, this entire article should be
screaming to you what the problem is.
Hear that flushing sound? Thats millions
of your tax dollars going down the #######.
Until theres a department wide change
in management and mentality, and more
than just one City Council member asking

questions and trying to fix this ####, (major

props to District Threes Ron Reaves), expect
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Colton ONeill Band
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COMAL COUNTYS
LLEN,
JASON LEE

Male 511 150 lbs

DOB: 10/17/1967
CHARGE:
Aggravated sexual
assault of a child

BETHUNE,
MEDELLIN, JESSE
RODRIGUEZ
JOSEPH
THOMAS

on Sports WITH BRANT FREEMAN

LUERA,
ALFONSO

Male 510 214 lbs

DOB: 06/05/1965
CHARGE: Driving
while intoxicated
w/child under 15 yoa

ED

T
ARRES
ROBERTSON,
TOBI L

Male 507 200 lbs

Male
510 145 lbs
Female 503 140 lbs
DOB: 01/01/1976
CHARGE:
Possession
DOB:
12/19/1982
DOB: 10/04/1968
of a controlled
CHARGE: Motion to
CHARGE:
substance pg 1 under
revoke probationPossession
of a of
1 gram and theft
property under
$1500
driving while
controlled
substance
with 2 or more
intoxicated 3rd or more
previous convictions

HAMILTON,
JAMES GILBERT
Male 602 200 lbs
DOB: 11/09/1983
CHARGE: Motion to
revoke probation- bail
jumping and theft of
property over $1500
under $20,000

ED

T
ARRES

GILL,
ALVIN HERBERT
Male 507 165 lbs
DOB: 05/16/1955
CHARGE: Driving
while intoxicated
3rd or more

JUAREZ,
PRISCILLA

Female 409 150 lbs

DOB: 08/19/1985
CHARGE: 2 counts
driving while
intoxicated with child
under 15 yoa

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RICK
Male 600 185 lbs
DOB: 04/09/1980
CHARGE: Burglary
of building

SOLIS,
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Male 506 130 lbs
DOB: 11/26/1989
CHARGE: Motion to
proceed with
adjudication- burglary
of habitation

STUART,
GLENN
Male 507 160 lbs
DOB: 10/07/1963
CHARGE: Driving
while intoxicated 3rd
or more and tamper/
fabricate physical
evidence

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New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston,

Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego and Dallas.
Each are major metropolitan cities, each
boasts multiple pro-sports teams, and in
some cases, multiple teams in a single sport
(New York Yankees and Mets, LA Lakers and
Clippers, Chicago Cubs and White Sox, etc.).
What else do they have in common?
These are eight of the nine largest
populated cities in the United States. That
other city ranked in the Top 9 in the U.S. (by
population) is San Antonio, which has the 7th
largest estimated population in the US, ahead
of both San Diego (Padres, Chargers) and
Dallas (Cowboys, Rangers, Stars, Mavericks).
Where ya goin with this, chief?
GLAD YOU ASKED. The city of San Antonio,
which has shown how devoted of a sports town
it can be with its cult-like following of the Spurs,
large representation of Dallas Cowboys fans
and hosting of several major college sporting
events, continues to be overlooked during talks
of relocation or expansion in pro-sports. The
best that SA can claim is that its the greatest
leverage city in North America.
Several NFL franchises, in search of new
stadium deals for the cities they already call
home, have flirted with the Alamo City only to
get the better deals they were looking for all
along. That list includes the Minnesota Vikings,
the New Orleans Saints and most recently, the
Oakland Raiders. According to several media
reports, Raiders ownership made numerous
visits to San Antonio, met with highly ranked
city officials, had expensive dinners near
the Riverwalk, took helicopter tours, and all
that SA has to show for it is that the Raiders
are now pursuing a $1.7-billion-dollar joint
stadium with the San Diego Chargers in
Carson, CA. This is like being taken out on a
date, being told how smart and funny you are,
and at nights end hearing your date say This
was GREAT, but my boyfriend heard about us
going out and then he proposed, and I said
yes! But dont worry, youll find someone
*date ends with handshake*.

So, after that date, do you give up, let

yourself go and just settle for that girl at work
whos good enough? NO, this is America,
DAMMIT. You keep putting yourself out there
in hopes of luring that girl of your dreams, in
this case, another pro-sports franchise. San
Antonio is big enough, its good enough,
and doggone it, people like it. The Spurs
were one of 10 NBA teams to sell out all
of its games this past season. The Cowboys
once drew over 200,000 fans for two weeks
worth of training camp practices in SA. The
recent US-Mexico mens soccer match at the
Alamodome was a sellout (64,369). The
LA Dodgers and Texas Rangers drew an
average of 23,000 in the Domes 3rd annual
Big League Weekend for two exhibition
games of Major League Baseball. This city is
HUNGRY for sports, and speaking of MLB,
should a franchise explore relocation, SA
would likely be near the top of the list.
Except one man believes that instead of
shooting for that dream, you should settle.
In a recent article by the San Antonio
Business Journal, Bexar County Judge Nelson
Wolff said that progress is being made to build
a new ballpark in hopes of attracting a Triple-A
baseball team and was quoted as saying: We
may not be a Major League Baseball city right
now, but we are clearly a Triple-A city.
Clearly.
Here are the current 14 AAA baseball
cities: Buffalo, Allentown, Pawtucket, Rochester,
Moosic, Syracuse, Charlotte, Durham, Gwinnett,
Norfolk, Columbus, Indianapolis, Louisville and
Toledo. The average population of those cities
is just over 350,000 residents, while SA has an
estimated population of 1.4 million.
I know theres more to it than how
many people live in your city, but to go from
wooing a franchise like the Oakland Raiders
to saying were just as good as the Toledo
Mud Hens is sad. We can do better than
Helen from accounting.

Brant Freeman is a seasoned local sportscaster,

serving as the radio voice of Texas State University,
hosting television coverage of Texas State Athletics and
delivering the goods as a reporter for major pro and
collegiate sporting events in the greater San Antonio
area for over a decade.
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ASK A MEXICAN!

By Gustavo Arellano big hog on the sidewalk, came up to

Dear Mexican: Do your countrymen

still worship the rock band Santana?
Or are they looked as, like the Who in
England and Crosby Still and Nash in
America, old relics from the good ol
Woodstock days?
Abraxas to the Maxas!
Dear

Gabacho:

Mexicans

actually

never worshipped Carlos Santana, who

was born in Jalisco and grew up in Tijuana
before

moving

to

San

Francisco

and

become the Quetzalcoatl of rock. Oh, weve

always respected himafter all, Santana
is a mexicano who hit it big by fusing Latin
rhythms with acid rockbut he long ago left
the earthly realm of nationalism to hang out
with his guardian angel, Metatron, making
him the true manifestation of la raza csmica.
Mexicans respect all of that, but like their
male Mexican musicians the way hombres

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like their sex: loud, sweaty, and done in

under four minutesokay, three.

us and started yelling loudly at my

husband in a Midwestern accent,
Hey, you Mfer, Im a gringo, I dont
like that shirt youre wearing, you
better take that shirt off. My husband
thought at first the guy was just joking,
but the biker continued and everyone
was looking at him. I figured the guy
was drunk; I was so mad I wanted to
kick his bike over when we walked
back our car, but I said nothing until
we got in the car and I did the I told
you so to my husband.
So my question to you Mexican
is: What should we have done? Cause
a scene? Stand for our rights to wear
what ever the hell we want to wear?
Or just ignore the biker dude and walk
out of the store, which is what we chose
to do? This was a big Mfer, and my
husband is a small-framed 50-yearold diabetic viejito. Back in the day,
he wouldve knocked out the SOB
the floor. My view iseven thought
I did the I told you so thing to my
husbandI believe my viejito should
have the right to wear the T-shirt. But
I feel the biker dude was entitled to
be offended, too. The question in my
mind was does this idiot even know
the history of Pancho Villa? Probably
not, and it was just an act of ignorance
or the Mfer really was drunk. Last
night, my viejito slept in that T-shirt
and refuses to take it off now; Im
proud of him.
Angie la OC Pocha

Dear Mexican: My husband,

who is very proud of his Mexican
heritage, was born and raised in
Santa Ana, and his parents were
also born and raised in Santa Ana.
He grew up with a more traditional
Mexican upbringing then I did.
Long story short, he bought this
T-shirt with Pancho Villa on it that
has the word Gringo I Want You in
big bold letters on the back of it with
a picture of Pancho Villa pointing.
Now, when he bought this T-shirt
Dear Pocha: Short story long! Long
I told him, Honey are you sure
answer short? Reward his bravery by wearing
you should be wearing that t-shirt?
Pancho Villa chonis.
Someone might take offense to it.
He told me No! No one would even
Ask the Mexican at
notice what it says.
themexican@askamexican.net,
Well, last night we were our
be his fan on Facebook, follow him on
local drug store picking up some
Twitter @gustavoarellano or follow him
prescriptions. Some big biker dude
on Instagram @gustavo_arellano!
that had just rode up and parked his
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EVERY WED NIGHT
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Texas Hill Country Outlaws

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