08-09-2016, 07:09 PM
A bit more local Austin colorful history:
"Marion Bennett, whose father, [the elder] Polk Shelton, was famous for defending prostitutes and other societal outcasts -- may have a more romantic recollection of the area due to her father's tolerance... "Up north [of the Colorado River], that's where everyone has moved in, and it's changed the way Austin is," she says. "It's a whole different world. The friendliness is gone. The friendliness never did leave South Austin. South Austin is like a rural Texas town. If your friend is drunk, you help them get up.""
Here's the article, which contains a photo of Marion (Shelton) Bennet and her husband (ex-Marine with a 600 knife collection) Pat Bennet sitting in front of their South Austin home.
http://www.austinchronicle.com/features/...in-secede/
The article is mostly about the difference between North Austin and South Austin, which, like most other kinds of stereotypes, is a tiny bit accurate and at the same time a whole lot of bull.
PS: I believe the juvenile criminal court building (Gardner-Betts) is named (partly) after Judge Betts.
"Marion Bennett, whose father, [the elder] Polk Shelton, was famous for defending prostitutes and other societal outcasts -- may have a more romantic recollection of the area due to her father's tolerance... "Up north [of the Colorado River], that's where everyone has moved in, and it's changed the way Austin is," she says. "It's a whole different world. The friendliness is gone. The friendliness never did leave South Austin. South Austin is like a rural Texas town. If your friend is drunk, you help them get up.""
Here's the article, which contains a photo of Marion (Shelton) Bennet and her husband (ex-Marine with a 600 knife collection) Pat Bennet sitting in front of their South Austin home.
http://www.austinchronicle.com/features/...in-secede/
The article is mostly about the difference between North Austin and South Austin, which, like most other kinds of stereotypes, is a tiny bit accurate and at the same time a whole lot of bull.
PS: I believe the juvenile criminal court building (Gardner-Betts) is named (partly) after Judge Betts.
"All that is necessary for tyranny to succeed is for good men to do nothing." (unknown)
James Tracy: "There is sometimes an undue amount of paranoia among some conspiracy researchers that can contribute to flawed observations and analysis."
Gary Cornwell (Dept. Chief Counsel HSCA): "A fact merely marks the point at which we have agreed to let investigation cease."
Alan Ford: "Just because you believe it, that doesn't make it so."
James Tracy: "There is sometimes an undue amount of paranoia among some conspiracy researchers that can contribute to flawed observations and analysis."
Gary Cornwell (Dept. Chief Counsel HSCA): "A fact merely marks the point at which we have agreed to let investigation cease."
Alan Ford: "Just because you believe it, that doesn't make it so."