Voters Approve Two Constitutional Amendments in Texas Special Election
About 540000 residents, over 10 percent, voted to approve two constitutional amendments. Proposition one boosts retirement benefits while the legislative pay raise increases lawmakers salaries from 4800 to 7200 dollars a year. Final counts show roughly 393470 to 138343 for retirement and 307243 to 219725 for the pay raise. Callie Smith of the Texas State Teachers Association praised the results. Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby welcomed the turnout and results.
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Bill Hobby
Hobby
Texas Election Bureau
Callie Smith
Texas State Teachers Association
Voters Approve Two Amendments in Calhoun County Referendum
Calhoun County accepted both constitutional amendments in yesterday’s referendum with 64 percent backing amendment one to raise pension funding and authorize full $102 million in retirement benefits. Amendment two won 532 to 480, boosting state representatives and senators salaries and allowances. Turnout reached 997 voters, about 13 percent of 7,711 eligible. Precinct tallies show varied support across districts.
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Calhoun County
Weather Outlook With Mild, Cloudy Skies Through Thursday
Partly cloudy to cloudy and mild this afternoon through Thursday with a slight chance of showers and thundershowers tonight and Thursday. Southeast winds 10-18 mph gusty, high in the low 80s, low tonight in the upper 60s. Marine forecast shows southeast winds 12-22 knots, seas three to six feet, slight chance of showers Thursday.
Citizens seek reopen hearing on Calhoun landfill
The Concerned Citizens of Calhoun County filed a motion with the State Health Department to reopen the public hearing on the proposed landfill at the intersection of U S Highway 87 and FM 2433. Victor Patterson chairs the group and attorney William S Fly of Fly Moeller and Stevenson is legal consultant.
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Calhoun County
U.S. Hwy. 87
FM 2433
State Health Department
Victor Patterson
William S. Fly
Fly, Moeller and Stevenson
Victoria
Austin
Herschel Moore, Jr
Howell Nelson
Legal Department
The
Texas Health Department
Commissioner’s Court
Patterson
Fly
Calhoun County Commissioner's Court
Nuclear plant talks continue in Bay City Texas
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission heard assurances from local officials that a nuclear power plant should be built near Bay City to supply about one third of South Texas. The hearing drew few opponents while officials from schools, cities, and chambers of commerce endorsed the plan for a $1 billion plant along the Colorado River near Bay City, though one critic accused major cities of shipping pollution to Matagorda County.
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Bay City
Tex
Federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission
South Texas
Colorado River
Houston
Texas
Matagorda County
City Council
Chambers of Commerce
James Hughes
Friends of the Earth
James Morgan Scott Jr
Matagorda
Daley
South Texas Nuclear Project
Houston Lighting & Power Co
Central Power & Light of
Corpus Christi
City of Austin
City Public Service Board
Point Comfort approves new General Telephone rates
After 18 months of negotiations and a court visit, the Point Comfort Board of Aldermen approved a rate ordinance for General Telephone Co. of the Southwest. The new rates align with nearby Seadrift and Port Lavaca, raising business lines to 13.95, one party residential to 6.25, and two party residential to 5.40 monthly, with extensions set at 1.75 and 1.25. The ordinance preserves the 1973 framework while omitting automatic increases and confirms the city’s authority to approve rates.
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Bill Pack
Point Comfort
Board of Aldermen
General Telephone Co
Southwest
Seadrift
Port Lavaca
Nassau Bay
District Court
David Roberts
Rhodes, Garner & Roberts
Roberts
Mila Cameron
Cameron
Paul Griffith
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K.A. Wallace
Don Carlson
Reg. A. White
David W. Fagan
Virginia and
Mahan Streets
Griffith
Equalization Board
Board of Equalization
Robert Langdon
Health Department
Moore and Howell
Farmer's Gin
First State Bank & Trust Co
Mason Askew
Robert Pearce
Robert Sheppard
Betty Griffith
David
Sheppard
Pearce
Askew
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