Tag: annexations

City Council talks annexations

By ABBEY KUNKLE Special to the PRESS Wednesday evening’s City Council meeting proved to be another eventful one. The meeting lasted for over two hours and covered a variety of topics, the most controversial being the approval of a Specific Use Permit (SUP) request for Origins Recovery Center to build in the Padre Beach and …

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PI to fight Brownsville land grab

By CRAIG ALANIZ Reporter/Photographer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com  On Tuesday, the Port Isabel City Commission approved Resolution 02-26-2013-02, a unanimous resolution expressing concern and objection to the City of Brownsville’s strip annexations in the Laguna Madre area. In 2009, the cities agreed on a map where the Brownsville ETJ would extend to the north edge of the ship …

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