The Early Years By Michael Barron The idea for the County Blues began in the winter of 1984. Nat Gutierrez, a deputy I worked with at the Harris County Sheriff’s Dept., approached me one Sunday and said the newly formed Harris County Deputy Sheriff’s Union need someone to write a newsletter for their members. And there’s money involved and would I be interested. Now anyone who knew me at the time, knew I was all about owning my own business as opposed to working extra jobs. My best friend John King and I had just opened one the first video rental stores in Houston, and I even created the first drive-up video store in an old Fox Photo booth in Humble. (You younger cops, ask your parents what a Fox Photo Booth was.) The idea of an extra job that didn’t involve sitting in a bank on my day off certainly intrigued me. So Nat and I met for lunch at the Humble City Café to talk about the details and see how this proposal would work. Nat’s ‘plan’ was to start a monthly newsletter for the Union, sell ads, and we could split the revenue 82 The Blues 40th Anniversary Issue
The Humble City Cafe was the original meeting place where Michael Barron and Nat Gutierrez, Jr. came up with the idea for a Newsletter that would ultimately become The County Blues. with the Union – 60/40. With the union getting the 60%. Wait a minute. We’re doing all the work, selling all the ads, and the Union gets the largest share of the pie. Why is that Nat? “Well because we’re using THEIR name.” Uh Huh. I have a better idea, how about we start our own publication, publish all the Union news inside of it for a fee, and we keep 100% of the money. “Hmm, I’m not sure they will like that,” says Nat. Or we can just not include any Union news and do our own thing. “Ok well I’m sure they will agree to something or another.” Nat Gutierrez Jr. The Blues 40th Anniversary Issue 83
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