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The Way I See It

Confused? Don’t be...

You may have noticed a few signs displayed around Pleasanton. Some of them are for closing a small portion of Main Street and some are against it. In case you are wondering, I support the partial closure of Main Street. With the public library and community center taking over most of the city block, it makes sense to have some […]

State Capital Highlights

States’ federal lawsuit targets e-book dealers

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and 15 state attorneys general on April 11 filed an antitrust lawsuit against a trio of book publishing firms and a computer giant, alleging the companies colluded to fix the sales prices of electronic books. Named as defendants are Penguin Group (USA) Inc., Simon & Schuster Inc., Macmillan Holdings LLC and Apple Inc. Filed in […]

Texas Politics

Grand Jury Service Underlines Need for Changes

TV evangelist Pat Robertson and I finally agree on something. Robertson recently said the war on drugs is an expensive fiasco. “I just think it’s shocking how many of these young people wind up in prison and they get turned into hardcore criminals because they had a possession of a very small amount of controlled substance,” Robertson said. “The whole […]

STRAWBERRY AUCTION RESULTS



Motel, subdivision, bank coming to town




Council unanimously approved the variance for a 25 foot setback at the front of the property line for a temporary building for First National Bank at Chaparral Place, Lot 3 on W. Oaklawn, after the engineer has submitted a phasing plan for the infrastructure, acceptable to the city engineer. This is contingent on the approval of all submitted plans and […]

CITY / SCHOOL ELECTIONS – MAY 12 EARLY VOTING APRIL 30 – MAY 8

CITY OF PLEASANTON

DISTRICT 1 INCUMBENT I currently have the honor and privilege to represent District 1 and the city of Pleasanton as your city councilmember. I have served as mayor pro-tem twice and acting mayor for 6 months. While serving on the council, I have been involved with the following accomplishmentsthe Sports Complex, new Police Department, new Public Works, the remodeling of […]

Atascosa County announces 2012 county/district convention plans

Atascosa County Democrat Party convention set for Sat.

The Atascosa Democratic Convention will be held this Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 9 a.m. at the ACT Theater, Hwy. 97 West, Pleasanton. The convention will be open to any qualified voter who registered to vote at least 30 days prior to the Convention and who signs an oath of affiliation with the Democratic Party. Because of changes to the […]

Atascosa County announces 2012 county/district convention plans

Atascosa County Republican Party announces plans

Atascosa County Republican Chairwoman Texas Moore has announced that the 2012 Atascosa County/ Senate District 19 and Senate District 21 Republican Conventions will be held on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at the Atascosa County Courthouse in Jourdanton, Texas starting at 10:00 A.M for Senatorial District 21, which includes Voting Boxes 4, 6, 9, 11 and 21, and at 1:00 P.M. […]

Republican Candidates’ Forum April 24



The Brush Country Republican Women cordially invite the public to a Meet the Republican Candidates Forum, Tuesday, April 24, at 7 p.m. at the American Legion Post, 1404 Zanderson (Highway 16) in Jourdanton. Please join us and take advantage of this great opportunity to hear first hand where the candidates stand on issues important to you. Candidates for both local […]