For the past eight years, with the exception of last year, local judges and lawyers have performed a play centered around a real-life crime event that occurred in Bastrop County at the turn of the 20th century.
The plays, which are historically-accurate portrayals of murders and trials in the county, help fund the Bastrop County Bar Association’s Bobby Jenkins Scholarships, which assist high school students in the county with paying for college.
While the 2020 edition of the play was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, the seventh edition of the play is set for later this month as live theater has returned with the reopening of the Bastrop Opera House in September.
Austin American-Statesman
In his Jan. 21 commentary slamming Donald Trump, Joe Grady Tuck begs the GOP to return to the principles of Ronald Reagan. We d suggest Mr. Tuck crack the books and do a little more studying.
Ronald Reagan steadfastly supported what he called the Eleventh Commandment: Thou shalt not speak ill of another Republican.” Reagan understood the importance of this commandment in unifying the party after Goldwater s defeat. He understood that for the GOP to win and govern, it was Democrats who needed to be defeated at the ballot box. Today both parties seek unity, but for different reasons. Republicans, however, keep shooting at each other. Mr. Tuck s commentary is a perfect example.