Karnes County voters will be getting a new congressman come January. Congressman Lloyd Doggett won’t be voted out, but instead will be replaced by Ruben Hinojosa due to a district alignment shift ordered by three Texas appeals court judges.

The remedy to Texas’ congressional district map is an attempt to rectify congressional district 23 map, which judges declared unconstitutional earlier this summer. The changes to district 23 will affect districts 15, 24, 25 (which includes Karnes County), and 28.

The Hill Country certainly has the lion’s share of state parks – including two of the very best: Garner and Lost Maples.

In both cases, they can be packed – not only with people but a frenetic butterfly invasion.

Or, as the Garner park worker referred to them when asked what all those butterflies flitting about like an mad autumn leaf fall were: "A nuisance."

We certainly didn’t think so; the influx only made the parks more magical.