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MMBlog: September 2006
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Wednesday, September 27, 2006. Trouble in the Rio Grande. Disinfection processes at the water treatment plant are all that prevent Laredoans from drinking sewage each time they reach for a glass of water. Gilbert Anaya, El Paso-based acting chief of the International Water and Boundary Commission environmental division, says his agency tests for any contaminants, but specifically for human fecal matter, looking closely for E. coli bacteria because those tests are more specific. Although public water syst...
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MMBlog: October 2006
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Friday, October 27, 2006. Familiar ring to Trans-Texas Corridor stories. This story from The Guardian, off Farringdon Road in London, reports of unhappiness with growth in southern Spain. This is only the first few graphs of the story. Spanish town goes on strike over development. Dale Fuchs in Madrid. Friday October 27, 2006. An entire town on Spain’s cement-clogged Costa del Sol went on strike for a day to protest at the planned construction of two golf courses, 800 luxury homes and two hotels. Gattis'...
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MMBlog: November 2006
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Monday, November 27, 2006. Two schools at once. A print version of this story can be read online at www.laredosnews.com in the November issue of LareDOS, or be found around Laredo, Texas. Tempting, beckoning, curiosity-sparking electives look like presents under the Christmas tree to young college students with a knack for learning. We never say OK, you’re done, see you later, LCC counselor Lisa Gonzalez said. Students in a joint enrollment program like the one LCC and TAMIU have will likely hear more fr...
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MMBlog: July 2006
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Monday, July 24, 2006. Of government and forms. We have been hearing from some angry lawmakers, Texans for Public Justice Director Craig McDonald said after his organization’s report on campaign donor disclosure went public last month. Ain’t Nobody’s Business: Lawmakers Flunk Big-Donor Disclosure, available on the TPJ Web site said, Three senators and 28 representatives left the occupation and employer fields blank every time they reported a large donation. Sen. Judith Zaffirini, (D-Laredo) raise...Zaffi...
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MMBlog: May 2006
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Tuesday, May 30, 2006. Sleezy Texas labor law loophole. I am not up on the labor laws everywhere around the world, but we have a nasty one here in Texas. State law allows employers to fire an employee and reel that person back into the office the instant they apply for unemployment benefits. This happens because a fired worker can be denied the money if they turn down work, so Mr. Business takes something of a feudel lordship over the worker in question. Posted by mmblog @ 2:07 PM. Links to this post.
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MMBlog: April 2006
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Sunday, April 23, 2006. It's no bull that brahma bulls can be some of the meanest animals on the planet when angered, so when this one stared me in the eye and started flicking its ears this Texan knew it was time to resume walking. It is sacred and I was about to get scared. Posted by mmblog @ 5:17 PM. Links to this post. Posted by mmblog @ 5:12 PM. Links to this post. Getting from enclave to enclave or anywhere to anywhere involves negotiating a cab fare, unless friends have a car and time to stop at t...
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MMBlog: December 2006
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Tuesday, December 05, 2006. Note: A print version of this story can be seen in the November issue of LareDOS in Laredo, Texas, or online at www.laredosnews.com. Common ground must taste pretty good, judging from approving nods at. 10 East Del Mar Blvd. where Baptists and Catholics share facilities. First Baptist Church is in the process of building its new facilities. Not far away behind the Post Office on Del Mar and temporary site host. The Bob Bullock Loop, but seem glad for the temporary shared.
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MMBlog: August 2006
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Thursday, August 31, 2006. How Webb County handles the dead has been a live issue for some time and remains one with related duties under scrutiny and discussion. Picking up bodies has been a sore spot with the county at $50,000 a year, Casso said. Unidentified bodies and those requiring extensive forensic examination in criminal cases are frequently sent to the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s office in San Antonio. Casso says Webb County sought to have its own morgue unit a few years ago and floated bon...
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MMBlog: June 2006
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Monday, June 26, 2006. When will they ever learn? Get an honest, current job description from a Texas school teacher and too often it is "teach the tests.". Which is the same direction California schools were traveling back in the '60s during my more formative years there. "Teach the tests" leaves you, eventually, a great tester and lacking in the daily approach. Daily study habits are probably much more important to the growth of young minds and people than the ability to take a test. Links to this post.
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MMBlog: January 2007
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Tuesday, January 30, 2007. Higher education means higher costs. Note: A printed version of this story is available in Laredo, Texas in the January 2007 edition of LareDOS. You can read more online at www.laredosnews.com in pdf, too.). Tenacity and staring into computers for hours could be the most important factors in finding affordable universities. Research-minded students and parents can begin sizing up potential universities by visiting their Web sites. Many schools have started to include costs ...
