Posts Tagged politics
Breaking up is hard to do
January 26th, 2012
By Texas Senator CARLOS URESTI
Pecos, meet Poteet.
Fort Stockton, let me introduce you to Charlotte and Christine.
Alpine, I just know you’re going to like Crystal City and Pearsall.
Rocksprings, say hello to Carrizo Springs.
Beginning next year, you will likely be a part of the family known as Senate District 19.
While the redistricting process is still playing out …
Area congressman to deliver Republican address to nation in Spanish Tuesday
January 23rd, 2012
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, announced Monday that Far West Texas U.S. Rep. Francisco Canseco, R-San Antonio, will deliver the Spanish-language Republican Address to the Nation following President Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday evening.
Francisco Canseco
Canseco is a freshman in the 112th Congress. He was …
Marfa, Alpine gas company “divorce” almost complete
January 19th, 2012
By ALBERTO TOMAS HALPERN
MARFA, ALPINE – The past year was fraught with spotlight divorces. First, J Lo and Marc Anthony, followed by Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries, then Ashton and Demi, and now, Marfa and Alpine.
At a Southwest Texas Municipal Gas Corporation (SWTMG) meeting held Monday in Marfa, gas board members, who include city officials …
Council sends clinic zoning issue to P&Z
January 12th, 2012
By ALBERTO TOMAS HALPERN
MARFA – City Council members Tuesday night agreed to have the Planning and Zoning Board look into a rezoning issue for the Presidio County Health Services (PCHS) proposed clinic expansion.
PCHS, which operates the Marfa Community Clinic, has been trying to rezone a city block they own to support a new medical and …
Jail may bust budget
January 12th, 2012
By ROSARIO SALGADO HALPERN
PRESIDIO COUNTY – The Presidio County budget approved recently lists projected revenue from the county jail in the amount of $1.9 million and a projected income over expenses from the jail as $508,716. This budgeted extra half million dollars in revenue was to cover general fund expenses.
After four months into the fiscal …
County learns of jail, bridge delays
January 12th, 2012
By ALBERTO TOMAS HALPERN
PRESIDIO COUNTY – As the national and the global marketplaces face one of the poorest economic climates in years, the people and local governments of Far West Texas have ridden the choppy economic waters relatively well.
The good times can’t last forever. During an update report on the reopening of the county jail …
Candidate filing deadline extended
December 15th, 2011
TEXAS – The March 6 primary election date in Texas is still in place, for now. But with a U.S. Supreme Court decision coming next year regarding the state’s congressional and legislative redistricting maps, everything is up in the air.
The state’s official deadline to file for local, state or federal office was today, Thursday, December …
Armendariz back in his Presidio precinct
December 15th, 2011
By ALBERTO TOMAS HALPERN
PRESIDIO COUNTY – Presidio County Commissioner Carlos Armendariz is back in his precinct.
In early August, commissioners approved new precinct maps as part of their redistricting mandate, which occurs every 10 years.
The county’s redistricting consultant, Allison, Bass & Associates, along with county commissioners, made a small oversight in those adopted maps, which put …
Alpine housing project slowed, not stopped, by utility issues
December 15th, 2011
By MARK GLOVER
ALPINE – Construction of a two story rental complex in the 600 block of Avenue A in Alpine remains without a Permit to Build even though a tabling of the project at last week’s city council meeting was overturned late last week.
“According to the City Attorney’s interpretation of the ordinance, the 3-2 vote …
Presidio County candidates
December 15th, 2011
UPDATE:
Luis Bobby Pippen filed paperwork today to run for Constable Precinct 1.
James “Jim” White III filed paperwork today to run for Commissioner Precinct 1.
Sheriff
Danny Dominguez, incumbent
John Schuller.
County Attorney
John Fowlkes, incumbunt
Tax Assessor-Collector
Norma Arroyo, incumbent
Brenda Jo Garcia
Commissioner Precinct 1
Felipe Cordero, incumbent
Larry Skiles
Commissioner Precinct 3
Carlos Armendariz, incumbent
Butch Acosta
Lorenzo Hernandez
Constable Precinct 1
Juan Lara, incumbent
Estevan “Steve” Marquez
Constable Precinct 2
Esteban “Steve” …
