Tag: City of Port Isabel

BREAKING: Unofficial election results

PRESS Staff Report The following are the unofficial election results for the City of Port Isabel and the Point Isabel Independent School District Board of Trustees elections. Projected winners’ totals in red; (I) denotes incumbent. Early voting numbers also include mail-in ballots. City of Port Isabel Mayor Juan Jose “J.J” Zamora – 61% Early voting: 423 Election …

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Laguna Madre election results

By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Listed below are the unofficial results for the City of Port Isabel, Town of Laguna Vista, and Point Isabel Independent School District elections. Canvassing of votes will occur later this week. Incumbent candidates are indicated with “(I).” Race winner tally numbers are shown in green. To jump to …

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TEMPERS FLARE: City commission meeting tense in wake of ongoing litigation

By ESTEVAN MEDRANO Port Isabel-South Padre Press press@portisabelsouthpadre.com In the weeks leading up to the Port Isabel election, city commission meeting attendance has increased from a handful of regular attendees to a near or above full capacity presence of local residents. Before City Attorney Robert Collins could begin making a summary of previously held mediation meeting …

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Opinion: From the desk of the City of Port Isabel’s city manager

Special to the PRESS From the Desk of the City of Port Isabel’s City Manager With the unfortunate political turmoil happening in Port Isabel, I , Edward Pro Meza, city manager of this beautiful and unique coastal community, would like to remind our residents about the positive projects and programs that are being done to …

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PANDEMONIUM: Two commissioners voted out of office in raucous meeting

  But I pay my taxes. -Former Commissioner Juan Jose “J.J.” Zamora   April 16, 2015   To listen to audio excerpts from the meeting, click here. By ESTEVAN MEDRANO Port Isabel-South Padre Press press@portisabelsouthpadre.com The political fate of three Port Isabel commissioners was decided Monday evening at a special meeting of the City Commission. On the …

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UPDATE: Arturo Galvan Coastal Park groundbreaking location change

Special to the PRESS NOTICE: Due to predicted inclement weather, Saturday’s Arturo Galvan Coastal Park “Living Shoreline” Groundbreaking will be relocated to the Inez C. Martinez Multipurpose Instructional Building on the Derry Elementary School campus. The ceremony will start at 3 p.m. Mayor Joe E. Vega and the Port Isabel City Commission cordially invite the public …

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Annexation dispute going into mediation

By ESTEVAN MEDRANO Port Isabel-South Padre Press press@portisabelsouthpadre.com A mediation session is going forward following the longstanding annexation dispute between The City of Brownsville and the City of Port Isabel. The session, which was ordered by Judge Janet Leal for both parties to attempt to come to an agreement on an acceptable boundary line prior to …

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Possible hotel and hospital coming to PI

By ESTEVAN MEDRANO Port Isabel-South Padre Press press@portisabelsouthpadre.com James Parkey, of the Houston-based consultant firm DP Consulting, spoke to the Port Isabel City Council Feb. 10 about the practicality of adding both a hotel and a hospital to the City. Both ideas have long been discussed but have never materialized, but a pair of upcoming feasibility …

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LAWSUIT: Annexation case heads to court

By ESTEVAN MEDRANO Port Isabel-South Padre Press press@portisabelsouthpadre.com February 12, 2015 A request by the City of Brownsville to dismiss an annexation lawsuit filed by Port Isabel was denied Tuesday morning in a Cameron County district court. The disputing parties now have a month to come to terms for new city limits to avoid trial. If …

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Charette sees large turnout

By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com February 12, 2015 Dozens of Port Isabel representatives met at the Port Isabel Event & Cultural Center Saturday as part of the Port Isabel Culinary Charrette Invite and Agenda. The seven hour gathering was sought to discuss opportunities and recommendations for the ongoing transformation of the former Yacht …

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