Barton Brings It Home San Marcos Mercury editor Brad Rollins weighed in recently on who brought home the bacon -- and who didn't -- when the county went hunting for stimulus funds.

What I Believe: A Contract with Hays County Treat tax dollars like your own, watch baseball ... stay out of gun range.

The Bridges That Bind (Speech at Salt Lick, April '06) Bridges of love, memory and responsibility tie us to each other -- and the region.