Port Isabel survey shows voters favor keeping port locally
Informal poll of 400 Port Isabel area residents finds 68 percent favor San Benito leaving the Port Isabel San Benito Navigation District and forming a Port Isabel Nation District. 20 percent back a merger with Brownsville or districts after San Benito exits. 12 percent support dissolution with Brownsville Acquisition.
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Susan Smith
Port Isabel
San Benito
William J. Vaughn
Pan American University
Brownsville
PAUB
Brownsville Navigation District
BND
Vaughn
J P Candidates List on Ballot for Port Isabel JP Race
In Port Isabel two candidates vie for precinct justice of the peace in the May 6 primary. Incumbent Hud Emmons, 71, seeks another term and cites experience and community trust. Challenger Rennie Ochoa, 27, former city commissioner, promises full-time dedication and fair enforcement.
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Justice of the Peace
Hud Emmons
Port Isabel
Liceme
Mander
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Emmons
Lowstate University
Lamar
Rennie Ochoa
Voters Head to Polls for State and Local Primaries
Voters will cast ballots in the first Democratic and Republican primaries on Saturday May 6 to choose nominees for U S Senate US House and state and county offices. The ballot features candidates for lieutenant governor attorney general comptroller state treasurer agriculture and railroad commissioners and judges across districts with several races including county clerk treasurer and justice of the peace. Polls open 7 am to 7 pm. voters must present current registration or vote in their moved precinct if recently relocated.
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United States Senator
Bob Krueger
Joeristic US
Kika de la Garza
Dolph Briscoe
Preston Smith
John Hill
Agriculture and Railroad
Supreme Court
Raul Longoria
Cameron County
San Benito
U.S
Marshall Graham
Raul L Cle
Filemon Vela
Darrel Hester
Ray Ramon
Juanita Brodecky
Rio Hondo
Richard Blier
Brownsville
Joe G. Rivera
Carlos Garza
Enrique Castillo
Ralph Cowen
Raul Cervantes
Michael T Puckett
Aldermen Name Robert Register Island Police Chief
Acting Police Chief Robert Register was named Chief of Police for South Padre Island after an aldermanic executive session. He succeeds Bob Park who resigned Feb 15 to become Chief of Police in Refugio. Park’s successor will earn 13200 dollars annually.
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South Padre Island
Board of Aldermen
Register
Bob Park
Park
Refugio Register
Troy Dillon
Mary Lou Campbell
Edinburg
New Business Manager Hired for School District
The Point Isabel school board hired Robert Dean Sharpe as the new central business manager at $18 000 annually on the recommendation of Superintendent Martin Pena. Sharpe 30, holds a BS in Accounting from Missouri and is pursuing a Masters at Del Mar University Corpus Christi where he teaches part time. he presently works as an accountant for Quintana Howell Joint Venture Oil Co. in Corpus Christi. The board also approved two new elementary teachers Rita A Garcia and Henrietta Barrera and reemployed several teachers and staff. It authorized plans for a cooperative Summer Recreation program with nearby towns and a Summer Remedial Instructional program funded by federal money, plus a remedial program for fifth to eighth graders funded about $2 000. Authority to hire an architect for remodeling central kitchen, junior high library and admin building was granted. Health inspectors and state officials recommended kitchen improvements.
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Point Isabel
Martin Pena
Board of Trustees
Robert Dean Sharpe
M.N. Caudill
Sharpe
University of Missouri
del Mar University
Corpus Christi
Quintana- Howell Joint Venture Oil Co
Pena
Rita
Port Isabel
South Padre Island
Laguna Vista
A.A.U
Island permits top million dollar mark in April
South Padre Island issued building permits totaling 1,285,035 in April, with first four months reaching 2,407,680. The largest permit was 684,347 for Executive Condominiums in 16 units. Bayshore Condominium and City Hall projects listed 312,000 and 155,000 respectively. Port Isabel permits totaled 48,625 in April and 671,827 year to date.
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South Padre Island
Port Isabel
Bayshore
Republican Ballot Positions Listed For Port Isabel Primary
Republican voters will cast ballots for U S Senator nominations with John Tower incumbent and Lendy McDonald seeking the Republican nomination for U S Representative District 15 Bill Clements Ray Hutchinson and Clarence Thompson vie for the governor nomination For Lieutenant Governor James W Lacy is the sole ballot name and Edie Brees runs unopposed for Texas Legislature District 50 The Port Isabel primary also includes a race for Republican County Chairman Bill Perrin unopposed with no precinct chairman candidates A pari mutuel betting referendum and tax limit measure appear on the ballot Voters may cast ballots at Port Isabel City Hall 7 am to 7 pm Election judge is Eleanor D Roger Mike Harris clerk and Fran Firth alternate judge
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U.S
John Tower
Lendy McDonald
U.S. Representatives
Bill Clements
Ray Hutchinson
Clarence G. Thompson
James W. Lacy
Edie Brees
Texas Legislature
Texas
Port Isabel
Eleanor D. Roger
Mike Harris
Fran Firth
Staff Writer Joins Press News Dept in San Benito News
Susan Smith, 25, daughter of Gordon W. Smith of Port Isabel, assumed staff duties Monday in the San Benito News. A former Press employee, she served as news editor in 1970 71 and was employed by the Texas Employment Commission as an interviewer. She holds a UT BA in French with a journalism minor earned in 1975 and will report, photograph, and edit the South Padre Parade and Benito News.
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San Benito
Steve Elam
Susan Smith
Gordon W. Smith
Port Isabel
Texas Employment Commission
University of Texas
South Padre
Benito
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