Odessa HUD audit conflicts prompt department reply
Odessa's Department of Housing and Community Development rejects key HUD Inspector General findings and defends accounting choices amid a multi month federal review of three years of records. City officials and the department argue over misappropriated subsidies and unit occupancy data while outlining steps to modernize via contracted data processing.
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Odessa
Department of Housing and Community Development
Jack Dillard
Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
Bob Bryant
Housing Authority Board
Ed Costello
Inspector General
Dillard
FBI
HUD
Elms
Faris
RRC seeks halt to saltwater leaks on Winkler leases
Texas Railroad Commission moves to stop saltwater discharges from six of B J Elliott’s Winkler County oil leases near Wink and Kermit. Judge James Clack set December 30 for a hearing on a temporary injunction filed by the AG’s office asserting leaks in underground flow lines and corroded tanks. Commission counsel Glenn Jordan says the saltwater could pollute groundwater and has killed grasses. Elliott contesting the injunction as vague while alleging a disposal well issue.
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Texas Railroad Commission
RRC
B.J. Elliott
Elliott
Winkler County
Glenn Jordan
Commission
Austin
James Clack
James Clack, 109Th District Court
Andrews
State Attorney General’s Office
Railroad Commission
Clack
Jordan
Wink
Kermit
John R. Lee
Midland
Elliot
University fund battle may aid UTPB bonding
A legislative drive to grant Prairie View and other UT and A&M schools access to the Permanent University Fund could lower interest on University of Texas of the Permian Basin bonds. Rep. Wilhemina Delco backs a constitutional amendment, with Watts of UTPB predicting likely approval. The move would allow PUF backed bonds for construction, easing reliance on state funding or tuition. Prairie View aims to share earnings, potentially enlarging PUF funds for operations while UT Austin and A&M College Station remain primary non construction users.
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University of Texas
Permian Basin
Wilhemina Delco
D-Austin
University of Texas and
A&m
Bryan College Station
Delco
Prairie View
Houston
Willaim A. Watts
UTPB
Watts
PUF
West Texas
Prarie View A&m
The
Eagle
Dallas Morning News
Chagra Sentenced to 10 Years in Wood Assassination Case
El Paso attorney Joseph Chagra received a 10 year federal prison term after pleading guilty to conspiring to murder U S District Judge John H Wood Jr Sessions imposed the maximum under the plea deal and noted Chagra's remorse He testified as a key witness in the Harrelson trial and in the cases of Charles V Harrelson Jo Ann Harrelson and Elizabeth Chagra sentencing for them is set for March 8.
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San Antonio
el Paso
Joseph Chagra
U.S
John H. Wood Jr
William S. Sessions
Chagra
Wood
Sessions
Charles V. Harrelson
Jo Ann Harrelson
Elizabeth Chagra
Peso devaluation steadies border traders feel unchanged
Bankers and merchants along the Texas Mexico border react to Mexico's third peso devaluation this year with a wait and see stance. The Bank of Mexico cuts the controlled rate to 140 to 1 and allows limited dollars at a free market rate. By Monday traders report 140 to 1 in Laredo and 150 to 1 on the Mexican side. export and debt payments will use the new rate while ordinary buyers may access dollars at the free rate.
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David McLemore
Dallas Morning News
San Antonio
Texas-Mexico
Mexico
Laredo
Nuevo Laredo
Bank of Mexico
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Julie Bird
City and Housing Authority
Bryant
Costello
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Lee
U.S. Capitol
Senate
Congress
Lee Chagra
Joseph
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