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Mexia’s Economic Development Corp. board members are trimming the group’s 2023-2024 budget to get the City Council to finally approve it, according to Executive Director Jeff Looney.

Clocks and timepieces. We all have them and we all have to pay attention to them, whether we are retired, at home, or we are still working. We cannot escape their menacing hold over us. Now as a retired person, I don’t have to punch anyone’s time clock nor am I bound to be anywhere at any particular set of hours. I am my own time clock. If I have a set time that I would like to get something done, I can put myself under that time clock, but if I am beset by distractions, you know, those “little foxes” that nip away at our goals, then, oh well, I can tackle my task at another time. So, I’m not too bothered by not getting something done when I first set to get it done. Of course, sometimes I cause my own set of distractions, like when it’s time to mow my yard and I don’t want to mow my yard, I can always find something more pressing, something “more important” to do. Know what I mean?

Limestone County Commissioners spent the bulk of their meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 26, approving matters related to the upcoming Constitutional Amendment Election, slated for Nov. 7.