Sinton resident Alma Suarez, a substitute teacher, said she can't think of any reason for Chapa to be targeted. And especially in a community with so many churches, she said.Uhmm. Excuse me. Haven't you noticed where all of the animus against the LGBT community is coming from?
The Supreme Court’s ruling affirms the state’s right to ban sanctuary cities in Texas, Perry wrote on his Twitter account late Monday afternoon, saying he will “again fight to pass this important bill next session.” But immigrant advocates and Rio Grande Valley state legislators opposed to the measure say they are prepared for narrowly crafted laws that target the provision the Supreme Court upheld.I have no doubt that every person of color in Texas will soon be subjected to profiling by the racist republican party.
Corpus Christi will move forward with a request to amend its state water permit so it can decide whether to sell raw water to companies using it for Eagle Ford Shale oil and gas extraction.People don't have to have clean water. Corporations do. In republican crony capitalist world where the odious US Supreme Court says corporations are people, only more equal than breathing people.
The City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved city staff submitting an amendment request to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for water mining. It's a process that takes about nine months, Corpus Christi Water Director Gus Gonzalez said.
On three house-lined cul-de-sacs in a western Hidalgo County subdivision, the U.S. Census Bureau counted a total of 14 residents. In another neighborhood block, with 42 rooftops visible through aerial photographs, the 2010 census reported there were only two residents.republicans don't want Hispanics to vote or have representation. Much easier to abuse and use people that way.
That’s some of the preliminary evidence Hidalgo County has gathered as it challenges the 2010 census results that put Hidalgo County’s population at 774,000, a growth of 36 percent over the previous decade. County officials are using technology to incorporate data such as aerial photographs, 9-1-1 addresses and appraisal information as they attempt to prove the census missed thousands of residents in rural, isolated colonias that are historically undercounted.
On the economy, Yarbrough — a relative unknown who unexpectedly made the made the runoff with Sadler — said he supported a plan to subsidize the costs of new hires in the private sector with federal money. Yarbrough, unlike Sadler, also said he supported extending unemployment benefits. Sadler instead urged fiscal restraint, saying he'd focus on cutting the national debt. “Until we get our financial house in order, we cannot continue to spend money,” Sadler said.My candidate was Sean Hubbard. Explain to me why I should vote for Paul Sadler?
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At last check, Laughon was in critical condition.
According to police, Laughon showed super human strength as he fought with officers at the jail. Now, Laughon’s family is speaking out with a different side of the story.
"I'm upset because they seem like they're trying to cover something up,” says Antonio Seara, Laughon’s brother. “That's why I'm talking."
Authorities say several correction officers had to physically restrain the 37-year-old inmate after he became violent. They also say that Laughon broke out of a restraint chair and began to struggle, showing no signs of letting up.
"I don't believe he's powerful enough to break out. He's not a super human like they're trying to say," says Seara.
According to Seara, Laughon is not the 6-foot, 185 pound powerhouse that police described. He says his brother-in-law is actually about, 5-foot-5 and around 145 pounds.
However, even before Tuesday's incident, Laughon, who's serving a 6-month sentence for marijuana possession, was also charged with two counts of battering a law enforcement officer.
"He's not that big where four guards can't hold him down without causing that type of injury to him, where at one point he had to be revived," says Seara.
Laughon's family believes he was suffering a seizure at the time he fought with officers in the jail. It’s a problem they say could easily get out of hand, as they've seen, unless he's taken his medication.
"Before he had his medication, he was living with me. We considered it sleep walking. He woke up, bouncing off the walls, swinging," says Seara.
Official investigators say it is not clear if Laughon's current condition is the result of his pre-existing illness or because of his struggle with officers. Laughon’s family also hopes to find out as they hire attorneys to do their own investigation.
Says Seara, "I just want him to come out OK. It doesn't sound so good."
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Attorney Noe Domingo Garza Jr. apologized Tuesday for pulling the race card in defending attorney Ray R. Marchan, the federal court record indicates.
This was in response to U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen’s order that Garza submit a brief by Tuesday as to why he should not be sanctioned for having done that.
A new study found no evidence that health care costs in Texas dipped after a 2003 constitutional amendment limited payouts in medical malpractice lawsuits, despite claims made to voters by some backers of tort reform.
The researchers, who include University of Texas law professor Charles Silver, examined Medicare spending in Texas counties and saw no reduction in doctors' fees for seniors and disabled patients between 2002 and 2009. A 2003 voter campaign in Texas, and some congressional backers of Texas-style tort reform in every state, however, argued that capping damage awards would not onlycurb malpractice lawsuits and insurance costs for doctors, it would lower costs for patients while boosting their access to physicians.
Cameron County District Attorney Armando Villalobos, under indictment for racketeering and other crimes, has been spared a call for his resignation by the county Commissioners Court.
A motion asking him to voluntarily step down failed on a 2-2 vote at a meeting Thursday morning.
The action would not have had any legal bearing if approved, county legal counsel said.
Scientists from Louisiana and Michigan have wildly different predictions for the size of this year's "dead zone" of low-oxygen water in the Gulf of Mexico.
Forecasts released Thursday say it will either be the smallest in nearly a quarter century at just under 1,200 square miles, or five times that big and a bit above average.
The Texas attorney general is accusing Google of improperly withholding evidence to stymie an investigation into whether the company has been abusing its dominance of Internet search.Since when does a republican care how bad a company's business practices are? Oh, yeah. When it hurts a crony capitalist.
The allegations surfaced in a court filing earlier this week as part of Texas' 2-year-old probe into Google's business practices.
Attorney Noe Domingo Garza Jr. apologized Tuesday for pulling the race card in defending attorney Ray R. Marchan, the federal court record indicates.
This was in response to U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen’s order that Garza submit a brief by Tuesday as to why he should not be sanctioned for having done that.
The Rev. Fred Luter wiped away tears Tuesday after thousands of Southern Baptists unanimously elected him the first African-American president of the nation's largest Protestant group.Update: Right on cue.
Southern Baptists criticized President Obama's support of gay marriage and narrowly approved "Great Commission Baptists" as an optional name for the Southern Baptist Convention in closing sessions Wednesday.Update 2: Guess other people see what the Baptists are doing, too.
The messengers (those attending who are authorized by their churches to vote) also declined to consider a resolution by the Rev. Dwight McKissic of Arlington pointing out what he called "racist terminology" in Mormon scripture.
For over two decades, white Southern Baptists have been trying to make inroads to the African American community, particularly black urban community, to not only increase their dwindling membership but to also promulgate an aggressive anti-gay agenda.
[State Rep. John Smithee's, R-Amarillo] letter, sent Monday, said models provided by the association estimate that a Category 4 hurricane could cause damages in excess of $14.3 billion in Corpus Christi, $14.2 billion in Galveston and $3.3 billion in Brownsville.If a republican from Amarillo is bringing this up, watch out for your wallet. Some crony is going to benefit.
The letter asked [Texas Department of Insurance Commissioner Eleanor] Kitzman to confirm that the association would come up about $10.7 billion short if a storm of that magnitude should strike and what the commission is planning to do about it.
Kitzman confirmed the cash shortfall, based on the damage estimate.
Ramiro Garza is backing Filemon Vela for the new Congressional District 34.Vela and his wife, sucked the Democrats dry before Rose Vela and her husband turned their backs on the Democratic party. Nice.
Garza, city manager for Edinburg, made public his endorsement at a fundraiser Vela had at the Lansky and Brats steakhouse in McAllen on Tuesday evening.
A new study found no evidence that health care costs in Texas dipped after a 2003 constitutional amendment limited payouts in medical malpractice lawsuits, despite claims made to voters by some backers of tort reform.
The researchers, who include University of Texas law professor Charles Silver, examined Medicare spending in Texas counties and saw no reduction in doctors' fees for seniors and disabled patients between 2002 and 2009. A 2003 voter campaign in Texas, and some congressional backers of Texas-style tort reform in every state, however, argued that capping damage awards would not onlycurb malpractice lawsuits and insurance costs for doctors, it would lower costs for patients while boosting their access to physicians.
Jose Manuel Longoria – a middleman in the racketeering case of former state District Judge Abel C. Limas – has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Longoria, 52, of San Benito, appeared Tuesday before U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen, who handed down the sentence. His prison term will be followed by three years of supervised release.
Attorney Noe Domingo Garza Jr. apologized Tuesday for pulling the race card in defending attorney Ray R. Marchan, the federal court record indicates.
This was in response to U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen’s order that Garza submit a brief by Tuesday as to why he should not be sanctioned for having done that.
Texas A&M System Chancellor John Sharp and Board of Regents Chair Richard Box have yet to explain why tuition was held flat at the flagship College Station campus while allowed to rise at nine of the System’s 10 other campuses.Rick Perry loves his cronies, hates real people.
But a curious trend occurred, as the situation with tuition was the same at the University of Texas System: Designated undergraduate tuition also was allowed to rise at all of the UT System’s schools, aside from the flagship Austin campus. Tuition at the systems was decided in board meetings a day apart last month.
Critics say regents, all of whom have now been appointed by Gov. Rick Perry, made decisions about tuition based on politics and not sound policy: They held tuition flat at the flagship campuses to send a political message about affordability at the state’s only two public tier-one research universities, but failed to recognize the universities’ unique missions.
The Republican incumbent for the House District 43 seat has raised almost 10 times more money than his nearest challenger, according to candidates' 8-Day fundraising disclosures due May 21.
State Rep. J.M. Lozano, R-Kingsville, reported almost $170,000 in cash and in-kind contributions between April 21 and May 20, including $31,000 in mail advertising from the Hispanic Republicans of Texas and a $65,000 donation from Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC.
Lozano said the donation from Texans for Lawsuit Reform came in response to about $11,000 in direct mail and consulting fees paid in support of both architect Bill T. Wilson II's and Republican Willie Vaden's campaigns by Valley PAC, a political action committee itself funded in part by Texans for Insurance Reform.
Texas Education Commissioner Robert Scott sided with the Edcouch-Elsa school board’s decision to fire Superintendent Delfino Alemán last year after he made “disparaging” remarks about trustees to local media.
In an order issued last week, Scott denied Alemán’s appeal of his termination and agreed with an independent hearing examiner who partially blamed the superintendent for a breakdown in relations with his bosses.
El Paso Mayor John Cook has made the short list to be recognized as the best mayor in the world.
Cook is one of six mayors in North America and one of 25 worldwide in contention to be named the 2012 World Mayor, to be awarded in December.
Cook was unaware earlier this year that several people had nominated him for the prize.
The award is given by the London-based City Mayors Foundation, an international think tank "to promote strong and prosperous cities as well as good local government," the organization's website says. "Established in 2003, City Mayors encourages city leaders from across the world to develop innovative and sustainable solutions to long-standing urban problems such as housing, transport, education and employment."
Some 37,000 Hidalgo County voters have cast ballots through the first two weeks of early voting, a sum that tops most previous elections with polls still open Friday. While South Texas voters historically vote in big numbers during early voting, Hidalgo County’s 11.9 percent turnout is more than double the state average thus far.Less than 12% is a lot? More on AACT here.
And if the Rio Grande Valley exceeds state turnout in elections this year, it will be in part due to the efforts of AACT Now phone bankers like Kathy Kennedy who have volunteered some nights to encourage people to vote.
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