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Obama: I was a goof-off who tried drugs and drank alcohol in high school
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - Presidential hopeful Barack Obama on Tuesday told high school students that when he was their age he was hardly a model student, experimenting with illegal drugs and drinking alcohol. Obama stopped by a study hall at Manchester...
Stephen Colbert drops presidential bid
NEW YORK - Stephen Colbert has dropped his bid for the White House. His announcement came after the South Carolina Democratic Executive Council voted last week to keep the host of "The Colbert Report" off the state's primary ballot. The vote...
List of constitutional amendments to be decided by voters
The proposed amendments, in their ballot order, are: PROPOSITION 1 Provides for continuing the constitutional appropriation for facilities and other capital items at Angelo State University in a change of governance of the university. PROPOSITION...
READERS ASK Â…
Readers submitted comments and questions via e-mail and online this week for mayoral run-off candidates Pat M. Ahumada Jr. and Ernie L. Hernandez Jr. and City Commission At-large A run-off candidates Anthony P. Troiani and Ernesto De Leon. We posed selected...
Commissioner at-Large A candidate: Anthony P. Troiani
Top 3 issues: 1. Street repairs and maintenance: As a city commissioner, it is my goal to ensure that a street repair and maintenance program be made part of a city master plan. We need to identify problem areas, prioritize according to need and...
At-Large A candidate: Ernesto De Leon
Top 3 issues: 1. Jobs: The Brownsville Herald on April 16, 2007, reported “Low education mars RGV job growth.” Our area ranks 184 in low educational attainment in the state of Texas. It is therefore imperative that we work closely with Brownsville...
Mayoral candidate: Pat Ahumada Jr.
Top 3 issues 1. Prohibt future benefits for mayor and City Commission: Trust, with good transparent and honest city government, is the No. 1 issue citizens have expressed in this mayoral campaign to me. Citizens voted against paying the mayor and...
Mayoral candidate: Ernie L. Hernandez Jr.
Top 3 isuses: 1. Implementation of the Master Drainage Plan: At some point, we could be devastated by a Category 4 or 5 Hurricane. Today, we are not equipped to manage the overflow of water produced by a catastrophic weather event. In the event we...
Candidate-to-candidate Q&A
Q: Mr. Ahumada, you are a one-issue candidate who has built your entire campaign on impact fees. Why have you ignored other issues facing our city? A: Apparently, Mr. Hernandez, you are not informed but are sensitive about impact fees. The issues...
Candidate-to-candidate Q&A
Q: How can you, Ernie Hernandez, feel comfortable hiring a non-expert (Tom Snowden) in the field of impact fees and following a non-expert’s conclusions for doing what is right for Brownsville and its needed capital improvements and the analysis that...
Sample ballot for the municipal runoff election
MAYOR Pat M. Ahumada Jr. Ernie L. Hernandez Jr. COMMISSIONER AT-LARGE A Ernesto De Leon Anthony Troiani...
Early voting locations for constitutional amendment election
Early voting for the constitutional amendment election runs from Monday, Oct. 22 through Friday, Nov. 2. You can vote at any of the following locations: Christ the King Catholic Church 2255 Southmost Rd., Brownsville Brownsville Public Library 2600...
Election 2007 return finals
Here are the final election results in the Brownsville municipal elections. The results are unofficial until they are officially canvassed. BROWNSVILLE MAYOR Sally Miniel Arroyo - 2007 Henry Gonzalez - 1458 Pat M. Ahumada Jr. - 2191 Ernie...
Longoria soundly defeats opponent for District 1 seat
On the eve of Saturday’s election, Commissioner Ricardo Longoria Jr. stood under a palapa in his back yard, holding hands with family while his parish priest offered a blessing for the day to come. The Rev. Mario Castro with Southmost’s Good Shepherd...
Changes ahead for Los Fresnos school board
The Los Fresnos school board is going to see some changes. Martin Castillo and Juan Carlos Sierra ousted the incumbents Eddie Abrego and Jackie Kyger. Castillo, a driver for a children’s rehabilitation clinic and a newcomer to the political...
Los Fresnos school board trustees ousted
The Los Fresnos school board is going to see some changes. Martin Castillo and Juan Carlos Sierra ousted the incumbents Eddie Abrego and Jackie Kyger. Castillo, a driver for a children’s rehabilitation clinic and a newcomer to the political...
Mayoral contenders enter ring with ‘unity’ message
A rocky and dividing political landscape welcomed Mayor Eddie Treviño Jr. in 2003. Four years later, the outgoing mayor is exiting the city stage on equally shaky ground. Some of the issues then: Communication among commissioners and cost...
At-Large A candidates provide spark to election
It’s election day and the air is electric with excitement. But even if there were none, the four candidates competing for At-Large A on the City Commission are capable of producing enough of their own to go around. It’s a recipe comprised...
Middle-aged, married man is online readers’ ‘ideal’ mayor
Results of an online poll asking readers to build their “ideal” mayor from a list of qualities ranging from sex and age to education, occupation and political history doesn’t stretch the imagination — much. A majority of survey participants said...
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