The City of Brownsville has a history of wasting money on studies. $900,000 on Imagine Brownsville; never implemented. $70,000 on Downtown Revitalization; nothing to show for it. $454,000 on an industrial corridor plan; may or may not come to fruition. I understand we may be paying for a comprehensive bike trail plan soon. With all of the above monies coupled with grants, we could have bike trails in every part of town.
Anyway, I Googled my old neck of the woods and "bike trails." Yes, the roads in Western Washington are typically wet.
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Follow the money. Where is it coming from? Ask the dept. head at City Hall. And, btw, you do come across as being anti-bicycle. More reporting equals better info.
ReplyDeleteJim, people in the valley only care about eating. Bike trails are ok if they are used.
ReplyDeleteI drive through a good part of the city on my way to work and back at different times of the day and I cross many of the bike trails and I rarely see anyone walking or bike riding on them. WTF. Fix our roads, synchronize our traffic lights and bring more businesses and manufacturing to Brownsville, first. We have the cart in front of the horse. Jesus.
ReplyDeleteA Harlingen man was arrested after he crashed his car into a mailbox and chain-link fence, according to a police press release. Officers were called at 11:31 a.m. on April 10 to the 100 block of Massachusetts Street, where they spoke with the driver, identified as Taylor Danny Martinez, 19, who said he had lost control of his car and struck the objects, police said. Officers determined that Martinez had been driving with disregard for safety and arrested, the release said. He was arraigned on a Class B misdemeanor charge of reckless driving, with bond set at $500.
ReplyDeleteI'm keeping my eye on the skirmish in Nevada. Some dipshit rancher isn't paying his grazing fees for use of public lands. He owes more than $1 million and the Rednecks have arrived with weapons. Feds seized and then released some 400 cows owned by ignorant rancher Cliven Bundy, a Mormon. Hey, a head of cattle nets about $2500 x 900 head =$2,225,000. Bundy used government land (which belongs to every American) and refuses to pay taxes owed the people on the millions he has made. He is a gun toting tax evader whose mob drew weapons on Federal Agents. Its not over. Perhaps they will just seize him the next time he goes to the feed store. LOL.
ReplyDeleteCity commissioners will consider whether to suspend the recently hired city manager at a special meeting set for Sunday morning. The meeting comes after the District Attorney’s office launched an investigation into an unnamed city employee earlier this month for failing to report a complaint about the alleged sexual abuse of a child to law enforcement. Escobar said preliminary information in the investigation indicates that a complaint was made to a city official March 5 about Rio Grande City Boys & Girls Club employee Jason Solis allegedly sexually abusing a child, but it was not forwarded to the police department. Failing to report child abuse is a misdemeanor, unless it is shown that the person intended to conceal the abuse. In that case, it is a state jail felony, according to the Texas Family Code. Starr County District Attorney Omar Escobar declined to give the name of the city employee currently being investigated. But both City Manager Matt Ruszczak and Mayor Ruben Villarreal said previously that the city manager would be the point-of-contact if a complaint was made.
ReplyDeleteA shoplifting suspect at the La Plaza Mall drowned in a nearby canal, police said Sunday. Despite some witness accounts, the man suspect was not zapped by a Taser before he bolted, police spokesman Alvaro Zabaleta said. The man’s body was pulled out of the canal by rescue divers on Saturday evening. Police did not release the name of the man. The Homicide Bureau is handling the case. Investigators say the shoplifter ran out of the north side of the mall after security alerted an officer working in the mall. He then jumped into the canal behind the mall. The officer lost him and called city Fire Rescue divers, who pulled the suspect out of the water. La Plaza Mall security declined to comment. This is the second drowning this year involving a suspect on the run.
ReplyDeleteThe Vagina Club of Brownsville is pleased to announce its 2014 award winner in the field of sexual relations. He is local blogger and educator Jerry McHale, who will be honored during a gifting ceremony at the Half Moon Saloon on Saturday, April 26. "Mr. McHale's life in our town and his writings about romance, love, marriage and marital break-up symbolize the essence of what this organization stand for here in the new millenium," said club President Frank Copenhaver. McHale, editor of the Brownsville Blues blog known far and wide as the conscience of Brownsville, will be presented with a representation of a marbled vagina of the sort found in Hispanic women. The award id the first for the club, which in the past has chosen to bestow tributes on women clubmembers see as doing their best for local manfolk, added Copenhaver. McHale was unavailable for comment. The Vagina Club is employing local celebrity/guitarist Dave Handelman as emcee for the event, which will also see poor man's blogger Juan Montoya hand-carry McHale's award onstage for presentation. Admission to the ceremony will be $75 per person.
ReplyDeleteA Laguna Vista woman won the top community prize in the H-E-B Slim Down Showdown Saturday.
ReplyDeleteAn H-E-B spokesperson said $30,000 was awarded to two customer and two H-E-B Partner (employee) contestants who made the greatest gains in health improvement and fan engagement over a 14-week period. Prior to the announcement, the 30 contestants strutted down the runway in a dramatic makeover reveal to show off their 14 weeks of hard work.
Marie Pechacek, of Laguna Vista, dropped four dress sizes and 53 pounds to nab the $10,000 Community Slim Down Showdown prize. Ashley Trimble, of Belton, won the $10,000 prize as the Partner Slim Down Showdown Winner; Richard Arrington, of Aransas Pass, and Elizabeth Sandoval of Corpus Christi, each won $5,000 as the Community Healthy Hero and Partner Healthy Hero winners, respectively.
“You know, it wasn’t as difficult as I first thought,” Pechacek said, Saturday evening. “After my decision to change and fully embrace everything they taught me at fit camp, I have to say the journey was amazing.”