Green
Matagorda Bay’s avian diversity offers coastal birding experience like no other
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Palacios hosts third annual Matagorda Bay Birdfest February 15, 16, & 17
Green
RGISC, property owners file illegal dumping complaint against concrete plant upriver of City’s intakes for municipal water delivery
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Environmental assault: flow of Santa Isabel Creek — a tributary to the Río Grande — blocked
Government and Politics
De Leon had detractors in and out of City government, but he also established viable working relationships
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City poised to launch national search for De Leon’s replacement
Green
USBP, RGISC, Audubon meet to discuss Feds no-blade-of-grass-left-behind to clearing valuable avian habitat and riparian ecosystems
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USBP has funds to denude 16 acres of native flora; none to re-vegetate area to mitigate erosion
Culture
Exodus and diaspora: as the North Vietnamese marched on Saigon, 12-year-old Yến Bạch Nguyễn boarded a merchant ship in the China Sea
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The odyssey’s compass point rested at Matagorda Bay
Green
USBP, City staff, RGISC to meet Thursday to discuss BP’s massive stripping of Carrizo and all foliage on river vega east of Bridge II and adjacent to Las Palmas Nature Trail
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Habitat of migratory and native avian species: White collared seedeater, Blue bunting, Morelet’s seedeater, Amazon kingfisher, Cedar Waxwing, Black necked stilt, Ringed kingfisher
Commentary & Opinion
Another Vela video, another look at his lack of character
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Candidate uses “retard” to describe people who are different from him
Maverick Ranch Notes
José R. Perez III: an informed, articulate, educated, and experienced choice for City Council District II
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Perez’s qualifications far outpace those of incumbent Vidal Rodriguez
Satire
Transparency in government, lamentably the wrong kind
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Oh, but that endorsements meant
you were the best person for the job
Commentary & Opinion
Bully boy mayoral candidate unleashes wrath on Pla-Mor chef
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Video captures unfettered vitriol