County Continues To Spend Big Dollars On Richard Borchard Fairgrounds




Here is a partial list of items recently approved for purchase by the County Court of Commissioners. Most, but not all of these items, are designated the Richard Borchard Regional Fairgrounds in Robstown.
You can see that these items amount to some real money! About $15,507,732.9 by my figuring.

For the Regional Fairgrounds, two John Deere HPX 4X4 Gator Utility Vehicle,
$13,828.42.
For the Regional Fairgrounds from Corpus Christi Cycle Plaza, two Kawasaki Mule 3010 Tran 4X4, $19,415.90.
For the Regional Fairgrounds from American Material Handling, Inc., a Toyota Model 8FGU25 Industrial Forklift Truck LP, $26,155.00.
For the Regional Fairgrounds, from H&E Equipment Services, a 2007 JLG 2646ES Electric Scissor, $14,262.00.
For the Regional Fairgrounds from John Deere Company for:
i. John Deere 6330 Open Station Tractor, $40,883.50.
ii. 6430 Comfortgard Premium Cab Tractor 95 HP, $51,904.50.
Authorize a Tarrant County Cooperative purchase for the
Sheriff’s Office for a 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe from Windham
Motor Company in the amount of $27,506.08. This vehicle will
replace Unit #53249.
Authorize a purchase for nine 2007 Chevrolet Impala 9C1 from Caldwell Country Chevrolet in the amount of $170,383.00. Each vehicle will replace an existing police package unit.
For the Regional Fairgrounds, 8’ Model 1300 TR3 Arena Rake, Kiser Dragmaster, and 1,000 Gallon Kiser Water Wagon from Absolute Innovations, $31,235.00

Rogue's Gallery: These Right Wing Idealogues Have All Spoken Here This Year!

Ask Not Who Pays the Toll. It Is Paid By Thee!!

Texas Toll Roads; A Ripoff Of The Taxpayers!!

Your TXDOT Dollars At Work!



South Padre Island Drive has suffered from poor design and planning from the beginning. TXDOT(Texas Department of Transportation) has recently embarked on an ambitious program to move, reverse and alter many off and on ramps to correct errors inherent since the earliest days of the freeway.
Their success has been mediocre at best and has caused many chain reaction, multi car crashes. Who knows how long this will go on?

Texas Lege Fails To Appropriate Red Light Camera Money To Cities

Mauricio Celis, The Great Pretender!

Mayor Of Corpus Christi Henry Garrett; "Happy Henry!"

Disney World Padre Island?






Todays' paper(Oct. 16,2007) has a story about market research being done by a Florida media group at the behest of Paul Shexnailder, the millionaire Austin developer who sparked last year's fight over closing of some public beaches to vehicles to allow him to build a huge, foreign financed, beach resort on North Padre Island. A Florida consulting firm, i.d.e.a.s.,based at Disney studios, held a focus group to gauge public support for development on the Shexnailder properties that have been at the center of the beach dispute for several years now.
Though no direct connection with Disney is yet known, speculation abounds as to what may be in store for these properties.

The First Developers On Padre Island!

New Unies For Corpus Christi Police Department!


Recently new uniforms have been proposed for the Corpus Christi Police Department replacing the light blue shirts, dark blue pants outfit they have worn for many years now.
The new unies are a dark blue color which some have questioned, considering our warm climate. Proponents of the change say the uniforms will be cool and durable. I suspect they will cost a lot less also.

Turnabout Is Fair Play?

Ex Corpus Christi City Council Members Air Sour Grapes!


Recently a group of former Corpus Christi City Council members met and bemoaned the poor state of local infrastructure. This was kind of funny since the current council has been in office about eight months and these guys were in office for many terms and don't have much to brag about!

White Elephant! Police Shooting Range An Expensive Embarrasment!





Somebody dug a pit and called it a shooting range and billed the City of Corpus Christi an enourmous amount for the job! It's another example of waste and incompetence in local city government!

To Kill The Goose That Laid The Golden Egg...
Big Money Developers Have Plans For Our Area!

Landfills Filling Up!





The landfills in the Corpus Christi area are filling up. Where the next will be is becoming a hot potato as a political issue.
A few years ago the local city government ended the city backed re-cycling program. .

Corpus Christi Is In A Coliseum Quandry!





There are many plans for the Corpus Christi Memorial Coliseum. Most are crackpot ideas. Many want to tear it down. The big fear is, what would be built in it's place?

Bay Front Plans Are Disastrous!








So far all the "plans" proposed for Corpus Christi's bayfront are plans that would involve giveaways to big money developers which would wipeout the natural beauty and add tremendous commercial clutter and overcorwding in an area that needs no more stuff!

Corpus Christi City Staff Meeting

Our Local City Government Is A Bad Joke!

Computer Surf Art