So now, in the emergency room, the helmet is less than useless: it is opened easily and as a matter of course, because brain and spine injuries in this town of big football are obviously nothing new.
"We were viewed as outsiders looking in, which is really tough because this town has a history of critics trying to tell them how to run their business".
I'm also hoping the developer has more foresight than the political and business leadership in Leander, Texas, because this town is a collection of dollar stores, car washes on every other corner, Walgreen's or CVS, and auto parts stores, and, predictably, a couple of very good family run Mexican food joints.
Because the Town of Clinton does not have a village center, its own school district or supporting commercial industry, it lacks an integrated sense of community.
"It's because the town of Jackson blocked the elk's migration route to their historic winter feeding grounds.
The award-winning chef prepares better food than you could find elsewhere, a convenience because the town of Livingstone isn't known for fine food.
"Do you stand by your statement they succeed in this town because of intimidation?" he said.
"All the attention that came in, came here because of this town.
It's challenging, though, because in this town there are all kinds of people whose job it is to obfuscate the facts".
"At no time in the 31 years that I've lived here did anyone ever question the quality of this town to me because of its name," she said.
