City council members are cautiously optimistic about statements that Port Aransas might continue to operate its own dune permit program, exempt from a proposed Nueces County amendment that would move building construction 350 feet back from the vegetation line. County commissioners sent the proposed amendment to the Texas General Land Office (GLO) late last year. If the GLO certifies the […]
David and Goliath
A small outboard motorboat outruns the Desh Prem, an Indian tanker GOOD ship, in the Corpus Christi Ship Channel off Charlie’s Pasture on Wednesday, Dec. 27. While the smaller boat appears about to be swallowed by the ship, it was in no danger.
Kovacs gets high marks
Port Aransas c i t y c o u n c i l members believe Michael Kovacs is doing a pretty good job. In a closeddoor executive session during the city council meeting on Thursday, Dec. 21, the council evaluated Kovacs’ performance over the past year. Mayor Claude Brown said the council agreed to give Kovacs a raise of $600 […]
Neblett: Growth being handled well
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. The first article in the series was an interview with […]
Texas politics
What's this? A race for speakerThere’s a wartime saying about “calling the guns in on your own position.” It refers to soldiers who realize that for their side to win a battle over an enemy, they actually have to radio their comrades to train the big guns or bombs precisely where they are — and pray the enemy is killed and they aren’t. Less often, […]
A Texas voice
Getting ready to come back homeSome six weeks away from my return home, my wife has begun preparing me for what changes might expect to find. She’s been quick to remind me that I was barely in our new home for two months before leaving for Antarctica. She will have had more than four months without me before I’m back. “We hadn’t even found places […]
Editorial
Appreciate city, school leadersOver more than a few years, I’ve sat in city council chambers and heard and watched citizens berate city council members for what were perceived as bad decisions, uninformed judgments, malfeasance in office, and plain moral turpitude. I’m not saying none of those things ever went on in city councils, or aren’t going on now. I’m certainly not an apologist […]
Sage observations
The trip's not what it used to beStarting a new day where we began, of course. The calling is loud and clear. So many happy days from our birthplace. And the new year erases the past, and the ringing bells herald a new start, a new day, a new chance. The call from our sea always lures us back. My family gave ourselves a Christmas gift many […]
