Dave Mundy is the Managing Editor of The
Katy Times in Katy, Texas, a suburb located about 25 miles west
of Houston. During his four years with The Times, his investigative reporting
has carried his 8,500 subscribers from the sometimes-combative Board of
Trustees meetings of the 30,000-student Katy Independent School District
to the thick of the fight in the state capital of Austin over the development
of the state's new curriculum guidelines, and on to Washington, D.C., and
the Clinton Administration's agenda to nationalize control of the public-school
system in the 50 states. During those four years, The Times has won more
than 30 awards from the Texas Press
Association, Texas Gulf Coast Press Association, South Texas Press
Association and the Houston Press
Club -- and on Sept. 25, 1998, Dave's in-depth reporting was cited
as the Best Coverage of Education in the nation in 1998 by the National
Newspaper Association.
A 24-year veteran of journalism, Mundy has worked professionally with a number of Texas newspapers: the Baytown Sun, Bayshore Sun, Deer Park Progress, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Houston Post and the Rosenberg Herald-Coaster. In addition, he served six years as a Combar Correspondent for the United States Marine Corps, where he won three Thomas Jefferson Awards for superior military journalism.
Over the years, Dave's columns have ranged from the serious to the silly, but the ones his fans love the most concern his rambunctious chihuahuas, LtCol. Smedley D. Butler and SgtMaj. Russel J. Chihooiehooie. He published a compilation of those columns in his first book, which can be ordered and downloaded on-line at White Knight Publishing. His coverage of the Texas education debate from 1995-97 led to the publication of his first hardback book, Duh! Texas: A Case Study in Educational Takeover, which can be ordered through Barnes & Noble or can be downloaded directly from the publisher, Abique Books. A release of Duh! in paperback is scheduled this fall.
Dave hung up the trappings of career bachelorhood on Feb. 14, 1998, when he married a really loving and understanding woman, Peg. The couple have two grown daughters, Jennifer and Angela, and until they get some grandchildren, they'll have to make do with three chihuahuas -- Smedley, Rusty and the newest addition, Sugar Baby.
You can contact Dave via email at either his Katy Times account (katytimes@fbtc.net) or his home account (pegcap@fbtc.net). Federal agents are asked to assault his house using medieval weapons only.