LULAC Fights Midland Hospital Board Bill Over Election Methods
LULAC leaders plan Austin lobbying against a bill that would let Midland County Hospital District directors alter how directors are elected. The proposed substitute would expand from five to seven directors and allow three at large and four single-member districts or all seven from single-member districts, with implementation by September 1 if enacted. The move follows court rulings on MISD redistricting and a 2-year dispute led by LULAC and the Black Advisory Council.
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Midland
Edna Hernandez
Hernandez
Permian Basin
Ter
Midland County Hospital District
Texas House
Tom Craddick
LULAC
Black Advisory Council
U.S
Lucius Bunton
Midland Independent
MCHD
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Bunton
Board of Directors
Midland Memorial Hospital
Barry Williamson
Frank Cahoon
Dangerfield Campaign Sparks Senior Center Row
More than 70 supporters gathered to back Southside Senior Center operations as court actions on appointing a single director for two centers stirred protest. Precinct 4 Commissioner Joe Hernandez pledged to review the decision that shifted Northside Center Director Bill Pettit to oversee both facilities, elevating Pettit’s salary while keeping Dangerfield as assistant director at the Southside. Citizens questioned the legality of a small group deciding for many, urging public complaints be named as tensions over governance and access to the centers continue.
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Southside
Beulah Dangerfield
Precinct 4
Joe Hernandez
Northside
Bill Pettit
Pettit
Dangerfield
Walter
Killer gets 50 year term for infant death
After eight hours of deliberation a 70th District Court jury sentenced Orlando Hernandez Ranuelos, 18, to 50 years in prison for the April 1, 1986 suffocation death of his 7 month old son. He was convicted Wednesday of murdering the child by stuffing a sock in the throat and placing a clothespin on the nose, then dumping the body in a Dumpster.
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Odessa
Orlando Hernandez Ranuelos
Ector County
Ranuelos
Richard R. Alvarado
Alvarado
Roger Jones
Banuelos
Gene Ater
Mario Banuelos
Arson trial resumes as witnesses face scrutiny in Odessa case
In federal court at Midland the retrial of former Ector County Commissioner Willie Hammond Jr. and ex Odessa City Councilman Keith Weddell resumes after a two week recess. The defense seeks a voice expert to prove a taped confession is Peterson’s voice while prosecutors say the voice belongs to Arthur Prince. The case centers on arson conspiracy tied to the O’Michael Building now Jackson Center.
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Midland
Ector
Willie Hammond Jr
Odessa
Keith Weddell
Warren Burnett
U.S
Lucius Bunton
Weddell
Hammond
John Thomas Peterson
Peterson
O’michael
Jackson Center
Burnett
John T. Peterson
Thomas J. McHugh
el Paso
Arthur Prince
Odessa Council Candidates Debate Jail Plans and Budget
Shirley Huffaker and Craig Heap face off in Odessa Saturday voting on a new jail site and related ordinance. Huffaker backs a Gulf Oil building conversion with caveats while Heap opposes Second Street location and seeks a ground-up jail. Both weigh budget cuts, property tax, and safety concerns in a city facing revenue declines.
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Shirley Huffaker
Craig Heap
Odessa
Sherman Cox
West Second Street
Huffaker
Don Carter
Heap
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Hospital Bill
A.V. Sears
S. Jackson Ave
Ector County Commissioners
Ector County Independent School District Board
Jimmy Moore
Gulf Oil
Second St
Gulf
Second Street
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