The Old West

He looks like Clint Eastwood and loves John Wayne; now this county official faces a showdown with Tomball's elderly

A A A Comments By Margaret Downing Thursday, Aug 22 2002

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"The college right now is the possibility," Eversole says, then listing what he says really would happen there. The library would be built on land at the front of the campus away from the other buildings. There would be close-in parking, with a covered canopy and handicapped spaces. The children's area would be separate from the rest of the library.

Since Eversole first officially proposed the merger, there's been a county-college feasibility study done of similar mergers in Cy-Fair and the College Hill Library in Westminster, Colorado. Eversole has also called for a community meeting with Harris County and the college.

Margaret Downing

Dugan is fighting to preserve the Tomball library.

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"What those people have to realize [is] you're talking about 1,000 people, I'm dealing with 150,000 people who will be using that facility."

What it all comes down to really is vision and shared dreams. Eversole had a vision, the details of which he didn't share until after some of the townsfolk got all riled up. Now, instead of handling a few questions and moving on, he's got full-scale community forums to fit into his busy schedule.

And who knows, he may get to play out one more scene from the Old West. The one about one riot, one Ranger.

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