editorials
Who needs jobs when you’ve got government health care?
It seems as though the Obama administration is tone-deaf. The nation, which is suffering through an extended recession, is crying out for “jobs, jobs and more jobs.” Instead, President Obama and t...
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Stasny-DeWitt runoff extends primary season one more month
As various media sources last night noted, it’s down to Perry vs. White for the Texas governor’s race in November. No runoff will be needed in the gubernatorial race as Gov. Rick Perry, a 10-year ...
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Hear, hear for hospitals, highways and voters at the polls
Several Bee Countians deserve our praise following developments revealed this week. First, Jerry Rodriguez, Christus Spohn Hospital Beeville chief operating officer and vice president, announced t...
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Score one for the voters, chamber
It’s not the Olympics with a panel of judges recording decimal-pointed scores, but there were most certainly winners at Monday’s candidates forum. Regardless of how the election turns out for the ...
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Know the candidates, cast an informed ballot
Are you planning to vote for Bill White or Farouk Shami, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Debra Medina or Rick Perry for Texas governor? Early voting in the March 2 Democratic and Republican primary election...
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Moving into modern era of border law enforcement
In what might appear to be a scene right out of one of those reality TV shows involving law enforcement chases, Bee County sheriff’s deputies may soon be equipped with the latest in high-tech gear...
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San Patricio demonstrates what cooperation can do
by Jeff Latcham
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Regular readers are no doubt familiar with this newspaper’s position on economic development in Bee County. Simply put: we’re all in the same boat and it’s too small to split our efforts and dupli...
Salute junior show entrants
by Chip Latcham
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Despite the cold and rainy weather, the Bee County Expo Center is a flurry of activity. Many youths’ livestock and homemaking entries, as well as some adults’, have been checked in and judged, yet...
Big step for STCHM
by Chip Latcham
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Last Saturday’s open house of the newly renovated Patterson Student Center on the Boothe Campus of the South Texas Children’s Home near Mineral was a feel-good event. First, the new facility is go...
Will Massachusetts revolt carry on in South Texas?
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Our own Congressman Rubén Hinojosa should be one of the Washington, D.C., big government Democrats deeply concerned by Tuesday’s special election in Massachusetts. The shocking win by Republican S...
Massachusetts stunner; President Obama certainly no MLK
by Chip Latcham
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Again we commend the organizers and community leaders for their participation in Beeville’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. march and ceremony, held Monday on his birthday observance. Although the numb...
Hearts go out to people of Haiti
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Once again the world can only watch and wonder following a massive natural disaster – Tuesday’s tragic earthquake in Haiti which caused catastrophic destruction and loss of life, probably more tha...