Dispute between two may mean revision for all



You haven’t heard the last of the city’s noise ordinance. Neither has the city council. Faced with a resident who can’sleep on one hand and a businessman who depends on live music lovers on the other hand, the council has the problem of either trying to decide who’s right or mediating the disagreement. Hewitt Krauskopf has lived in the 400 […]

Looking back at 2006



A year of the expected and unexpected, joy and sorrow, victories and defeats, now draws to a close. Looking back on 2006 in Port Aransas reflects a community on the grow and with divergent views on how to move ahead in the dawn of 2007. Here is a brief journey into the past 12 months in Port Aransas . . […]

Mayor reflects on past, looks to future



[Editor’s note: With the emerging new year – a time when people traditionally look ahead with renewed hope and predictions – the South Jetty is publishing a seven-part series of interviews with the current and past Port Aransas mayors reflecting on the state of our island town and its future. Following is the first article in the series, an interview […]

Treasure Hunters



Treasure Hunters

OPINION



Texas politics

2006 interesting, 2007 may be too

What an interesting political year 2006 has been, both nationally and in Texas. As a result, what an interesting year 2007 might be. The President of the United States from Texas, George W. Bush, got himself stuck in his war in Iraq. But by this year, enough people had figured out that Iraq’s connection to the 9/11 World Trade Center […]

A Texas voice

Get polar-ized in Antarctic summer

Ever since being accepted into the U.S. Antarctic Program, I have said that I had one thing on my wish list while on the frozen continent. There are a lot of things that could be on such a list, like seeing a penguin, camping in sub-zero weather, visiting the Dry Valleys, climbing a mountain, seeing a seal, skiing, learning about […]

Sage observations

Please, don't send gifts

I can remember when we radio folks would get all kind of Christmas gifts from our listeners. It was kind of embarrassing they knew us, but we didn’t know them. But it was very nice to know that there were a lot of nice people out there. I know there are still a lot of kind people out there in […]

Spinoff

Why have Christmas on December 25?

I suppose it would be most un-Christianlike to suggest we change Christmas to the fourth Saturday in December, but I’ll give it a shot, no disrespect intended. It’s tough to be in the weekly newspaper business and put out the weekly edition plus celebrate Christmas when it falls on a Monday. It’s worse when Christmas falls on a Tuesday, and […]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR



LETTERS Abuse of power We recently received a letter from the city that the physical address for a house we own in Port Aransas had been changed. As is usual, there was no reason given for the change, just the quoting of some ordinances that required abiding by the change and the threat of City Hall Wrath if we did […]