To the Editor:
Re “Assignment America: A Look at What Makes Texas Texas” (May 8):
I am a Texan. I was born in Texas and I grew up in Texas. I got my first pair of cowboy boots at the M. L. Leddy’s boot shop when I was 4.
I no longer live in Texas, and the Texas I read about and hear about does not seem like the Texas I knew. It does not seem like the Texas I keep close to my heart.
My Texas was the Texas of John Connally and Ann Richards. My Texas was the place where my grandfather, a windmill repairman and former ranch foreman, could wear a Stetson hat and cowboy boots and yet not believe in the death penalty or in the killing of animals for sport.
I am sad that I no longer recognize the Texas of today.
DAPHNE HAUBER
Killingworth, Conn.
Note from KBJ: What's the problem? Daphne Hauber is happy living in Connecticut and we Texans are happy that she lives in Connecticut. By the way, we Texans put murderers to death because, and only because, we value innocent human life. As for hunting, do they not kill animals for sport in other states, including Connecticut? (Answer: Yes, they do.)
