I'll give it to you straight: Citizen of the Year is not a popularity contest. Anyone who meets the criteria for this award has to have made someone unhappy or flat out angry. It goes with the territory. More...

Most observers are expecting the turnout in the 2008 election to be large. The question is how large. Significantly more voters tend to vote in presidential elections than in non-presidential years, in Texas and elsewhere. More...

Views expressed in Letters to the Editor are those of the writers and not those of the South Jetty. Use common sense I read with great interest your article entitled, "City can't discriminate against dog breeds. More...