"TROUBLE, RIGHT HERE IN RIVER CITY"

  "TROUBLE, RIGHT HERE IN RIVER CITY"


ATTN:   PLEASE FORWARD TO:  Professor John Hood

Professor Hood,

Did you THINK that the Community of WIMBERLEY would JUST ROLL OVER & "SUCK IT UP"????

Below, is the First email that went out to 200 or so Friends of mine in the Wimberley area, including San Marcos, Buda, Kyle and Dripping Springs, along with one attachment - your letterl  ONLY one NEGATIVE came back.


The MAIN BODY went out yesterday to the same numbers with two attachments and as this AM, ONLY one NEGATIVE has come back. 

GEE, what NICE FRIENDS that I HAVE???

Chuck Peterson
Wimberley, TX.

#1

Chuck, Here is letter! Enjoy!

With the above line and Attachment, forwarded to me a week or so, WE, HERE in WIMBERLEY, ENTERED into A NEW STRUGGLE - with the IDEA of a "raunchy" PLAY COMING here to THE PLAYERS Theater on Nov. 8.  There was a LITTLE HOPE at Monday's MTG, that there MIGHT BE a GOOD RESOLUTION to the situation; BUT, such was NOT the OUTCOME!!  So, IT IS TIME to PUT THIS OUT INTO the Wimberley Community for YOUR INPUT.

Folks, I am getting the rest of this letter looked at BEFORE sending out; BUT did NOT want to hold this part up.

Should you WANT TO BE TAKEN OFF THIS LIST, JUST LET ME KNOW.

Chuck Peterson

#2

Friends, this is WRITTEN to you NOT for an audience in a paper etc., so it is easier to express MY
THOUGHTS personally.

I have heard the BACKGROUND INFO on this STORY from the MAIN PEOPLE here in WIMBERLEY
who I HAVE the UTMOST RESPECT FOR - such as those that WROTE the Letters to the Editor in last
Saturday's (8th) Wimberley View and other people in this community that I TALKED TO at length.  ALL
three were just EXCELLENTLY WRITTEN, and one of them, Lee's, took the WORDS right OUT OF MY
MOUTH!!  Some time you are JUST SO IN TUNE with LIKE MINDED People!!  I also think Charles
McClure's front page was VERY FAIR and GAVE US MUCH AMMUNITION AGAINST the other side. 
But NOW, it has COME TO LIGHT in the Sept. 12 edition of a MAJOR ERROR:  His wife, Gina, DID
NOT VOTE against the Production of "SORDID LIVES" by Del Shores, as there NEVER was a VOTE by
the Board of Directors while she was out of town.  Her Letter to the Editor on the back page clarifies the
above and ends with this quote: "I have been very open with the board that I personally do not feel
Sordid Lives is good material for our audience due to the fear of damage it may cause for the Players.
But with that said, I stand behind my fellow board members and the democratic process of majority
decision".

I am FORWARDING these TWO Attachments that establish the commitment between Prof. John Hood 
at State Texas University who also serves as the Artistic Director for The Wimberley Players. This is felt
by OUR GROUP as PURE CONFLICT of INTEREST and REVEALS an AGENDA.  But, basically, for
you WHO HAVE NOT been following this story in Wimberley, I will NOW EXPRESS MY THINKING
on this ISSUE.  Most of you that KNOW ME, I LIKE to use CAPS for EMPHASIS - NOT ANGER!!

FIRST, we have Professor  HOOD who HEADS up the HONORS CLASS in the LGBT Studies at Texas
State Univ. - (LGBT  =  Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender).  NOW, the Prof. CAME HERE to Texas
State from "OUT EAST - YALE UNIV." where he was a Prof/Dept. Head.  I have ALWAYS been LEARY
with PROFESSORS that COME OUT of the "IVY LEAGUE" schools,YALE, HARVARD etc.  IS IT NOW
AGENDA TIME IN TEXAS??

This professor and his associates from the university have gradually INFILTRATED OUR LOCAL
theatrical group and IMPOSED their LIBERAL IDEAS which have MORPHED into the PRESENTATION
of this Controversial play.  Many of the current Board of Directors and Past Presidents HAVE SIDED with
THEM.  NOW, THEY are RUNNING IT "WITH THEIR CORE VALUES"!!! 

In MY OPINION, Wimberley's "CORE VALUES" are MUCH DIFFERENT. Being a Retirement Community
mainly, whose long time residents established The Wimberley Players decades ago CERTAINLY maintained 
the "CORE VALUES" of this Community which were maintained during the Presidency of petitioner Allan 
Eastwood from 2000 to 2006.


DIRECTION of Allan Eastwood, they CERTAINLY maintained the "CORE VALUES" of this Community.
MY MAIN "CORE VALUE "is that of being a CHRISTIAN BELIEVER for nearly 30 years, as many are in
this Community. OR, they have developed "MORAL & ETHICAL VALUES" through out their life to lead
them to where they are NOW.

Personally for ME, I DO SEE THIS as CHRISTIAN VALUES vs NON-CHRISTIAN VALUES!!  GOOD vs
EVIL here!!  NO "POLITICAL CORRECTNESS" here ( I DO NOT BELIEVE in that "CRAP" which became
popular in the 90's) - this IS FOR THE LEFTIST PROGRESSIVES - USING WORDS they "LOVE TO USE"
AGAINST 'US'":  "YOU are NOT TOLERANT   -   YOU HATE  -  YOU ARE DISCRIMINATING" for just
a few folks.  They LOVE TO "TRY & SHOVE IT DOWN OUR THROATS" which IS ALL THEY ARE
ABOUT!!

So, let us LOOK at these THREE PHRASES:

"TOLERANT".  YES, WE ARE and have been TOLERANT of you Prof. HOOD and your associates.  We
have LISTENED to YOU with your IDEAS.  BUT, as TOLERANT people, WE HAVE "the RIGHT" to
"OUR CONVICTIONS" - perhaps from CHRISTIAN VIEWS (mine) or people with their VALUES IN LIFE. 
Gilbert K. Chesterton has wrote a EXCELLENT article on "TOLERANCE".  If you would like me to SEND
this, just let me know.

"YOU HATE", this IS SO COMMONLY HEARD from the LEFTIST ORGANIZATIONS because IT IS A
FACT that 80% of the DEMOCRATS "DO NOT BELIEVE in GOD".  As CHRISTIANS  "WE ARE TAUGHT
TO LOVE" - WE PRAY for you "LOST SOULS", that the "HOLY SPIRIT" might "HIT YOU UPSIDE THE
HEAD" for a revival of YOUR MIND.  FOR ME, I THINK THIS for OBAMA & his CZARS - I do NOT SEE
ANY "REDEEMING GOOD" in this current ADMINISTRATION and HOW THEY ARE TEARING DOWN
"OUR COUNTRY".  So, Prof. HOOD, you CAN TAKE YOUR "Ingrained prejudiced" ATTITUDE that YOU
THINK "WE HAVE" and DROP IT IN THE San Marcos SEWER system and LOOK BACK IN THE MIRROR
at YOURSELF!! 

"DISCRIMINATING" - AGAIN, ONLY in "YOUR MIND" Professor HOOD - your LGBT Studies Group can
MEET & LIVE as YOU WANT - WE could care less; BUT, WE WILL NOT LET YOU COME IN & SHOVE
THIS "ATTITUDE" DOWN "OUR THROATS or OUR COMMUNITY"!!  IT IS NOT SOMETHING WE
HAVE TO ACCEPT!!  I think Prof. Hood sums IT ALL UP RIGHT HERE: He "has Published a blanket
response, which basically tells the Petitioners to 'SUCK IT UP' BECAUSE, LIKE IT OR NOT - 'SORDID
LIVES' IS HAPPENING"!!!   WHAT "ARROGANCE & CONDESCENSION" for the LACK OF ANY KIND
OF RESPECT" for the PEOPLE of WIMBERLEY!!!  IF I WAS THE MAYOR of WIMBERLEY, I WOULD ASK
Prof. HOOD FOR A APOLOGY TO THE COMMUNITY - don't YOU THINK????

What IS THE PROBLEM here Prof. HOOD - DID Texas State "TURN YOU DOWN" for putting this PLAY
ON in the WONDERFUL Theater there??  YOU COULD EASILY TAKE this PLAY TO AUSTIN and FILL
a Theater "WITH LIBERAL MINDED PEOPLE" - which I BELIEVE "YOU WILL HAVE TO DO THAT
HERE"!!! 

IF The Wimberley Players Org. DOES NOT manage to SURVIVE - DUE to lack of Attendance,  lack of
Monetary Funds, and Memberships NEXT YEAR,  WE CAN POINT TO YOU "AS THE FAILURE" - NOT
US GOOD PEOPLE OUT HERE in WIMBERLEY!!   WE WILL CONTINUE to "KEEP WIMBERLEY
BEAUTIFUL" in SPIRIT!!

JUST MY HONEST CHRISTIAN THOUGHTS!!  PTL