Airport fuel check documents falsified

After employee resigned in '03, sumps not checked

By Port Aransas South Jetty Staff | on February 28, 2008

BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

City Manager Michael Kovacs has been told to tighten up management at Mustang Beach Airport after he reported on Thursday, Feb. 21, that aviation fuel at the airport got contaminated because the fuel tank hadn’t been inspected as it should have been. The contaminated fuel, discovered during a regular check of the fuel system, could have had serious consequences if […]

Ready, set go!


By Port Aransas South Jetty Staff | on February 28, 2008


Scores of runners, big and small, take off at the beginning of the fourth annual Beach Dash near Horace Caldwell Pier on Saturday, Feb. 23. Turn to Page 10A for results of the event sponsored by the Port Aransas Kiwanis Club.

Clinton, Obama draw early voters to polls


By Port Aransas South Jetty Staff | on February 28, 2008


Early voting figures reflect the hotly contested race for a Democratic Party nominee for president. By late Tuesday, Feb. 26, the tally of early voters in both the Democratic and Republican primaries was 290, with four waiting to vote, according to election clerk Joe Bomarito. In the 2004 presidential primary, 87 had cast early ballots in Port Aransas as the […]

City to take look at 11th Street zoning


By Port Aransas South Jetty Staff | on February 28, 2008

BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

City council members on Thursday, Feb. 21, took a figurative deep breath and began the process of redesigning South 11th Street – a project that has been years under discussion and planning. At issue is the fact that 11th Street, which connects Avenue G and Beach Access Road 1A, began as a neighborhood street but has since turned into a […]

Big rig


By Port Aransas South Jetty Staff | on February 28, 2008


Tugboats slowly push a massive production platform through the Corpus Christi Ship Channel near the ferry landings as a crowd at Roberts Point Park watches on Saturday, Feb. 23. ‘Blind Faith,’ the Chevron semi-submersible production platform, was pieced together at Kiewit Offshore Services at Ingleside. Destined for waters off Louisiana, it will be used to drill for oil or gas, […]

Ballots fill; still only one contested race


By Port Aransas South Jetty Staff | on February 28, 2008

BY MARY HENKEL JUDSON SOUTH JETTY EDITOR

Ballots are full, but only one race has developed so far in filing for positions on the city council, school board or water district board of directors. Filing continues through Monday, March 10. In all cases, incumbents eligible to seek election have filed, and one newcomer, Glenda Ballentine, has thrown her hat in the ring for a place on the […]

Political Cartoon


By Port Aransas South Jetty Staff | on February 28, 2008


Clinton-Obama stir Texas voters


By Port Aransas South Jetty Staff | on February 28, 2008

Dave McNeely

  There was a buzz around the Austin debate Feb. 21 between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama that hasn’t been felt in Texas for a long time. That’s partly because for the first time in literally decades, the Texas primary vote actually matters. But it’s also because Obama’s campaign seems to have struck a nerve in Texas as well as […]

Editorial

Airport must be maintained as asset

By Port Aransas South Jetty Staff | on February 28, 2008


News that fuel checks at Mustang Beach Airport have been falsified since 2003 is shocking and totally unacceptable. The situation exposed the city to huge liability in terms of the physical safety of people using the airport as well as the cost that would be incurred if the worst happened because of the city’s negligence. The fact that the runway […]

You know you’re special when they call


By Port Aransas South Jetty Staff | on February 28, 2008

Mary Henkel Judson

They think I’m special – or they’d like to think they’ve made me feel special. I’m talking about Sen. John McCain, former President Bill Clinton, Sen. Barak Obama’s wife Michelle, former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk and Gov. Rick Perry. They’ve all called me. McCain wants me to vote for him, Michelle and Kirk want me to vote for Barak, Bill […]