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James was a lot like my father in personality and looks🙌 my favorite TV western of all time!

It’s a crock of shit.. I have a Class A CDL with Passenger Endorsement with Zero Tickets and a clean back Ground. OTR 3 Years No accidents. I Submitted my application and had a Interview. They called me and told me they went with someone Else. It’s 💯% their fault they are short handed. I have talked to about 9 or 10 people that has a Class A with Passenger Endorsement that had a interview and they where not chosen.

soo,, Abilene! when we going to create our own clone of city and royal Royal rates, Carr....? i want to get to neighbouring counties we brag so much about how much about servicing!

just tell a few folks that have experience running the largest Transit system in Texas ( Dallas area rapid Transit ) D.A.R.T. I know for a fact that they'd love the big country life if they could maintain it, they drive the fleets and they'd love less stress, give them the opportunity to escape the rat race, they're professionals

If this is a new problem, call me crazy. I'm a disabled person, and I've had rides with CityLink from March 2023 to June 2024, and there is so much wrong with their ADA paratransit service that it's honestly infuriating that not much has changed in a year. I've talked to a lot of drivers during my CityLink rides. They're not narcissists like one bloody commenter would like to have you believe - if anything, their humility and honesty was the one redeeming factor of CityLink. I always asked them about how things are going with CityLink, and the conditions, and what they have to deal with. And I asked them why there aren't enough drivers. Turns out they're always either sick or they quit because the pay rates were inadequate. One year ago (July 11, 2023) I made a public comment at what was then called the Citizens' Advisory Board for People with Disabilities meeting, urging CityLink to raise its pay rates for drivers and workers because of how understaffed they were even then. ZipRecruiter says that CityLink workers earn on average $33 an hour - some earn as low as $26.53 an hour - and SoFi Learn says that's barely livable wage, and good luck if you have children. www.sofi.com/learn/content/what-is-a-good-salary-in-texas/ CityLink's navigation system is also inadequate. They still just use a system that's powered by Google Maps, it's not fancy, and you often have buses ping-ponging and zig-zagging across the city in the most geographically inconvenient routes possible. In my own experience, using CityLink has always been a gamble with my time. They're either extremely early or extremely late. Here are some especially egregious instances of times I've had to deal with CityLink's crap. On August 29, 2023, I was scheduled to go to the Mockingbird Branch of the Abilene Public Library, and I eventually did... only after spending 80 minutes in one bus, before arriving and then 10 minutes later the bus that was ready to pick me up to go home had come. The reason why I'd spent 80 minutes on that bus, as I'd soon learned, was that an A/C unit had broke down on someone else's bus, so that driver unloaded all his passengers on the driver who was driving me. Utterly outrageous. On May 14, 2024, I was going to the Grace Museum to take some background pictures for an animated short film that I'm making. I was at the mall (I had taken some pictures at the South Branch of the Abilene Public Library) and the bus came late. I spent 80 minutes or so in that bus, as well. I was patient, and I was in no rush, really. When I finally got to the Grace Museum, it turned out that the guy who was going to drive me to Wild Bill's Pawn Shop (again, to take pictures) was already there! His shift hadn't started, and I was his first pickup, so he decided he'd wait outside the museum while I had my visit. I couldn't just let him sit out there, so I made my visit really fast and I took those pictures as swiftly as I could. (They're really good background photographs, considering how quickly they were taken.) Since my visit was so rushed, the receptionist very generously gave me a free pass to come again if I wanted. (I've since used it.) Then I met up with the driver who was taking me to Wild Bill's - turns out he was a maintenance guy doubling as a driver. Insane. Here's the straw that broke the camel's back. On June 21, 2024, I was scheduled to go to the Abilene Convention Center, to attend the book sale. I had a fairly positive experience last year, so I thought I'd go again this year. 10 AM rolls around and my bus hasn't come, even after I waited outside for a while, so I walked to 7-11 and got myself a coffee. It wasn't until after I was walking back to my home that CityLink were calling me and telling me that my bus had waited 5 minutes for me and marked me as a "no show". I know I didn't take all of 5 minutes in 7-11 just to get a coffee, so I said, "What can be done about this? Can you send them back?" and they said, "We'll see what we can do," and they said they'd send another bus for me in 30 minutes. 10:30 rolls around, no bus, even after waiting. This is how that phone exchange went: "Hi, this is Charles Michael, may I ask where my bus is?" I said. "Oh, it's just arrived at the location," they said. "Oh, well I'm outside right now, and I don't see it," I said. "It's outside of the convention center, ready to pick you up and take you to the library!" After that it was, "...Okay, thank you," and I hung up. I just had my mom take me. Bless her, she drew a map for me that took me from N 6th St to Cedar St, where the Main Branch of the Abilene Public Library is. She even pointed out landmarks, like I had to pass the DoubleTree hotel and turn at the Beehive restaurant. After feeling so accomplished and proud of myself that I walked there, I decided I'm never using CityLink again. Before any of you respond to this comment with, "Why don't you just get a driver's license, Charles?" I must say that I can't, and I don't want to. What's worse than dealing with a system as broken as this, than yourself dealing with all the laws governing traffic, constant vehicle maintenance, insurance, potentially getting towed, the existential dread lingering in the back of your mind that whenever you get behind the wheel you might die in an accident, and the other shitty drivers in Abilene? And that's besides the point, really: you also haven't considered that a lot of disabled people can't drive. Some have seizures, some are narcoleptics, some are blind. My astigmatism and nearsightedness is so bad that I didn't even pass the vision test. As I've said earlier, this overwhelmingly complex problem has a stupidly easy fix: raise the pay rate. In the last year, the average pay rate for a CityLink driver has only been raised by $7 ($26 in July 2023, $33 in July 2024) and that's abysmal. My hopes that something will be done about this in the future have proven to be yielding diminishing returns a year on. The fact that this is still a problem is majorly disappointing, so I thought I'd at least put my experiences out there.

a lot of those bus drivers are narcissists honestly, they're sitting on progress that could be made in my opinion, perhaps people only have so much tolerance for it before they're just like screw it, i miss when Abilene had 3 or more bike shops too, we need zoning that does not coincide for more 'car dependency'

Don Greene's dumbass is the main reason United left Abilene. I don't blame them.

Such a prolific actor… so many great roles, and I loved him on Northern Exposure too! Thanks for this piece.

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The old mechanic (in the video) claims he makes $4000/mo. on inspections? I say bull$hit! Even IF the shop kept the full $7 fee (which they don't - part goes to the State), that would be over 570 inspections per month, or more than 20 per day (6 days/week). Really? 😂😂 A couple of local shops I have spoken with say it's such a minor part of the business, it will really have no impact on their bottem-lines...

Youre still gonna have to inspect it to get it registered

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lol texas

The inspections are a hold-over from many years ago, when the Federal Gov't required all 50 states to conduct vehicle "safety" inspections in order to qualify for Federal highway funds. This requirement was eliminated by the Fed many years ago, and while most states dropped the "safety" inspection requirements, a few have continued to this day... Texas being one of them.

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It is a good thing no inspection as Florida doesn't have one, good for Texas!

Every state should have yearly inspections. They should be at a reasonable price, maybe even have it done by state employees, paid by taxes. I live in Michigan, and am a former mechanic. We don't have inspections, and I've seen hundreds of cars myself, that should not be on the road, but people turn down repairs, and keep driving.

This is a bad idea. Still have to get emissions inspection. So this only allows junk on the road

Was the annual inspection free?

GREAT! NOW THE DAMN COPS ARE GOING TO EXTEND A TRAFFIC STOP TO WHO KNOWS HOW LONG! ALL THEY HAVE TO SAY IS A SAFETY INSPECTION! GET READY TO BE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR HOURS NOW! TWENTY MINUTES OR LESS JUST WENT OUT THE WINDOW FOR A TEXAS TRAFFIC STOP!

Thats a mistake Your gona start seeing a lot ofcars on the road that shouldnt be on the road

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"Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God"(John 3:18)

"For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him" (John 3:17)

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16)

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Where did they get this dog?

After the finalie?! They were nowhere close to the finalie.

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One of many ACU pervs 😡

As long as the city doesn't put the siren back near Anderson hall on the HSU campus, oh the ptsd of the last Friday of the moth test at 1:30 pm

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ATTENTION! THIS MESSAGE COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE! PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY! Everyone has broken one or more of God’s laws. Most of us are proud, self-centered, self righteous, and rebellious… And have willfully lied, coveted, lusted, and hated others…or worse. We have often failed to love God and our Neighbor. God is holy, righteous and just…we are not. We deserve judgment and our sins have separated us from God. We desperately need to be reconciled to God. BUT THERE’S GOOD NEWS! "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life" (John 3:16) God loves you in spite of your sin! He has provided a way for you to be saved from his righteous judgment. Instead of being judged guilty and having To pay for your sins, Jesus Christ, the sinless Son of God, took your place And bore the punishment of your sins by sacrificing himself on the cross. "Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6) If we are repentant about our sins, and believe that he died on the cross for us, And that he was buried and rose again, then we are pardoned and saved from hell! Instead, we are given eternal life in heaven with a loving and just God! The choice is now yours, will you repent of your sins, and make Jesus your lord and Savior? If you choose to do so, please pray to God, and say with sincerity, “Dear Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner, and I ask for Your forgiveness. I believe You died for my sins and rose from the dead. I turn from my sins and invite You to come into my heart and life. I want to trust and follow You as my Lord and Savior. In Your Name. Amen.” If you genuinely and sincerely prayed that prayer, You are saved from eternal Hell! If you’ve declined this message, and don’t believe it, you are not saved, and will go to Hell. Now that you know about the good news, share this good news to everyone you know! Continue to walk in your new life in Christ! Spend time reading God’s Word! www.bible.com/ Find a local church that's close to you! www.google.com/search?q=churches+near+me If you have any questions, God has an answer! www.gotquestions.org/

for the area code yes, 325 Abilene has a lot considering being the "center port" of the big country i like to call it Abilene steel probably could take examples from the DFW metroplex's homeless systems, like the Union Gospel mission models the two separate "ugm's" in fort Worth and Dallas seem particularly really good

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this is so frustrating; no disclosure of the breed of dog, what happened to the dog... does everyone sweep this murder by dog under the rug like always?

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That was not an accident, it was a collision.

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"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life" (John 3:16)

Yes,we can watch,but we also need to listen.

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The 2 teenagers homeless AND pregnant? Dang, their kid going be homeless also. Not very good parenting values.

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Grew up in Abilene .oved there in 75 lived there until 90 ,briefly moved then back in 93,fished Ft Phantom alot waded down by the spill way

Caught lots of fish at the silos