Bunch of Shady Democrats At It Again

It was the brainchild of shady Boerne Democrat Ann Dietert. Last year she proposed that we Kendall County Democrats buy a native tree and plant it on the little too sunny Old #9 Bikeway. It was a great idea, but the wheels of buracracy turn slowly and instead of waiting on us, to her credit, Ann went ahead and bought a nice-sized Bur Oak.

An idealistic group of us showed up last spring to help plant, and we managed to find nearly every rock in Boerne in one 2 & 1/2 foot hole. It was amazing. We got it done though, and it survived its first summer due to the diligent lugging and pouring of water, once again on the part of Ann.

During the last Kendall County Democrats meeting Ann presented the plaque she had purchased in our names to mark the site so that Boerneites (especially those foolish enough to be Republicans) know who's responsible for the shade they'll get as the years go by and the tree starts casting some.

So this evening a bunch of us (Ann, Jack and Natalie Morgan, Katherine Long, Dani Vollmer and Sarah White) showed up to dig the hole and put the sign in concrete. As it turns out, we found all the rocks we hadn't found in that original hole, so Boerne has officially been quarried out.

So as you get your exercise on the bike path, stop by and admire your club's handiwork. If you park at the parking lot on the Cibolo end of things, the tree is a couple of hundred yards up on your left, next to a bench. Is it co-incidence that the bench is the one nearest Dietert Street? Mmm...I wonder...