Tom Green County

Well, there is generally back in the day, and I'm talking about long

in the day, Tom Green County was part of the old Bexar County

all the way down in San Antonio.

So over the series of years, there were other counties formed out of that.

And Tom Green County originally was more of a rectangular shape.

And the folks in Erie County decided that they wanted to be separated from Tom Green County.

So they petitioned the legislature and Erie County was created.

But at the time, Tom Green County, of course, the city of San Angelo where it is right now, has to be physically connected to the other parts of the county.

And much of your money is being shipped out of Hayes County or shipped out of Collin County or shipped out of Denton County, shipped out of all of the counties around Houston, out of Waller, out of Fort Bend, out of Montgomery, and going to places like Sweetwater, Texas.

Tom Green County, places where they don't have enough local property tax revenue for schools because basically Texas puts all its money into all its school property tax dollars into one big till and then divides it up on a pro rata basis in theory by student.

Now it's a little more for different students because some have special needs and things, but in theory it's the same amount of dollars going per student.

So if If rural Texas is not paying property taxes because their homes are valued at or below $300,000 and that's the exempted amount or the vast majority of the exempted amount, then who's picking it up? Who's picking that up? You and I are.

Turnout rate for Lubbock County, for just all people, was 13 percent republicans 47 uh republican with no democrat mixed stuff was 47 percent it's not enough but lubbock county had 13 percent midland county only nine percent turnout potter county 10 percent randall county 12 percent smith county in east texas where tyler is doing decently 12 percent remember the vice president have been there Taylor County, 11%.

Tom Green County, 12%.

And Wichita County, Wichita Falls area, 11%.

And that's interesting that it's so low because they have a huge contested mayoral election on the ballot and city council elections, and yet they've only saw 11% turnout.

On November 11, 1988, the first breakthrough came in a devastating fashion.

Remains later identified as Sally's were found on a remote ranch property off a rural farm road in Tom Green County.

Three days later, on November 14th, searchers discovered skeletal remains of Shane in the same general vicinity.

The two were found only a short distance apart, confirming they had met the same fate.

For nearly three decades, the mystery of who slew Sally McNally and Shane Stewart saw little movement, until a shocking break in 2017 injected new hope into the cold case.

And trust me, this is going to be one of the weirdest and most disturbing twists I've ever discussed, and suggests the occult group wasn't your typical group of edgy teenagers.

In June 2017, a 47-year-old San Angelo man named John Cyrus Gilbreth was pulled over by Tom Green County deputies on a routine stop.

This minor incident quickly escalated into something far more significant.