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Progress and collaboration across the county

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Atascosa County Judge


I want to share with you some of the great things happening across our county. I recently attended a meeting with the mayors of Pleasanton, Jourdanton, Lytle and Charlotte. We talked about what each city is working on. Pleasanton is making big investments in their wastewater plant and working on projects to improve the airport and downtown area. Lytle is […]

Mayor’s Message – Pleasanton

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I hope you are all having a great week. Next month a delegation from the City of Pleasanton will go to Washington and discuss the city’s priorities and objectives. The group will meet with different agencies and members of Congress. This is the third year that I have participated in the trip. We have not only brought back millions of […]

Get your strawberries at the Sift, April 6

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Local Matters

Every year, the Pleasanton Express publishes the 2024 Poteet Strawberry Growers Spotlight. This gorgeous three page spread features the berry best growers in the county. This is a keepsake piece that you can use all season to find growers’ farms and learn about their offerings. You can meet these strawberry farmers who are locally loved berry celebrities at the Strawberry […]

The Strawberry City

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Historically Speaking


This week, I’m going to pivot a little from Women’s History. With the preparation and all the talk about the Annual Strawberry Festival, now would be a good time to share some Poteet History. Certain items of history always seem to land coincidentally in bunches of topics. Poteet History is no exception. On April 7, we will be dedicating a […]

Chief Priest Report – Lytle

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Welcome to your onestop shop for weekly Lytle P.D. news and some other tidbits of what is going on around town. Lytle P.D. officers handled 36 calls for service, so call volume was down for sure last week. Officers conducted 96 traffic stops. Of those stops, 72 resulted in a citation and 24 were warnings. Now, on to some more […]

State immigration law again on hold

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State Capital Highlights


The on-again, off-again state immigration law is once more on hold while the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals considers its constitutionality. Senate Bill 4 would allow state and local law enforcement officials to arrest and deport people suspected of entering the state illegally from Mexico, the Austin American-Statesman reported. The U.S. Supreme Court last Tuesday removed a temporary hold on […]

Shrinkflation, spotted seatrout and you

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Possum Cop

I guess everybody has heard about “shrinkflation” by now. The President has been famously touting the injustices of it by noting the recent change in the air-to-chip ratio of a bag of potato chips as a means by which corporate fat cats keep the commoners at bay while they, themselves, continue to live high on the hog. More politics – […]

Cowboy Homecoming starts Friday!

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Local Matters

The 56th Cowboy Homecoming festival kicks off Friday, March 22 with a Cowboy breakfast at Security State Bank. If you have not met the 2023-2024 Cowboy Homecoming Court, please come meet them on Friday at the complimentary Cowboy Breakfast. I will be at Security State Bank taking photos. I would love to take a photo of you with this delightful […]

Now Accepting Applications

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Atascosa County Judge


Hello Atascosa! I’m excited to share some wonderful news with you all. Atascosa County is launching a special program this summer called the High School Summer Internship Program and right now we are accepting applications. This program is all about giving our local high school students a chance to learn and grow by working in different parts of our County […]

Mayor’s Message – Pleasanton

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I hope you are having a great week. I want to include some updates on projects we are working on here in our city. We met with the new San Antonio TxDOT district engineer, Charles Benavidez, and our area TxDOT engineer, Frances Merecka, P.E., to continue discussions on Drainage and Hwy. 97 expansion of the H-E-B segment between Bryant and […]


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