ECISD employees favor boot camps for discipline
A survey by the Association of Texas Professional Educators found 77 percent of ECISD staff favor boot camps if current alternative education fails to curb disruptions. About 32 percent of the 1,000 randomly selected employees responded, with 52 percent saying planning periods are repeatedly interrupted by other duties.
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ECISD
Ector County
Association of Texas Professional Educators
Ees
Marsha Dry
ATPE
Dry
Chuck Hornung
Ecisd Public Information Officer
Hornung
Disci
Ector County Association of Texas Professional Educators
Larry Comer
Ireland
Landscaping ordinance advances to City Council
After six years of revisions and hearings, a landscaping incentive ordinance moved toward the City Council. It would allow new businesses to waive building permit fees if at least 5 percent of their lot is landscaped, with a 10 percent parking space cut option for sites with 30 or more spaces. Existing businesses could qualify if renovations exceed 50 percent of property value.
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Planning and Zoning Commission
Parks and Recreation Advisory Board
Khoury
Economic development loan request put on hold
Odessa Development Corporation tabled a $255,000 loan request from a company code named Project Liberty. The company had not responded to a draft contract by meeting close, after a subcommittee condition required it to legally commit to job creation per ODC guidelines. The plan, to loan interest free and remodel a West Odessa site, would pair with a $510,000 total investment and 20 percent of the loan forgiven at year end.
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Odessa Development Corporation
Project Liberty
ODC
Odessa
Doug Hill
United States
Hill
CDC
Steven
West Odessa
Big Bend haze study aims to pin down pollution sources
Fran Sage of the Big Bend Sierra Club backs a cross border effort to identify haze causes from Carbon I and II power plants near Piedras Negras Mexico and possible Texas sources. Texas efforts include Baylor aircraft flights measuring haze, oxides and wind to test models and guide funding for scrubbers.
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Big Bend
Fran Sage
Sage
Sierra Club
Piedras Negras
Mexico
Texas
NAFTA
United States
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
Baylor University
Gulf of Mexico
Ken Rozacky
Scien Sn
Doyle Pendleton
TNRCC
Rozacky
Odessa American 1991 year in review recalls Gulf War and local politics
The Odessa American year in review highlights the 1991 anniversary of the Persian Gulf War, national and state events, and local matters. It notes the firing of City Manager Bill Brown, a controversial state lottery push, and Dynagen’s payment to Texas Air. The piece reflects on Gorbachev’s US tour and Subic Bay base transfer amid regional crises.
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Persian Gulf
Odessa
Bill Brown
Odessa American
Iraq
Kuwait
Soviet Union
United States
Mikhail Gorbachev
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Darwin Weigel
City Planning Commission
Wal-Mart
THE
Aggie
U.S
FDA
Ridder Publications
R.C. Hoiles
W.L. DeBolt
Freedom Communications Inc
Subic Bay
Killeen
Luby’s
Chandler
Gib Lewis
House of Representatives
Herald
Brown
Dynagen, Inc
Texas Air
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