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To The Editor:
It was refreshing to have some
leaders emerge in the aftermath
of battle. As a matter of entertain-
ment one might explore the
reasons for this statement.
It looked as if more truth and
diplomacy had been put into the
endeavor of incorporation by
these folks than by the “ten
percenters” who put forth falla-
cious propaganda in order to
achieve annexation.
The multitude responded to
these future leaders’ battle cry for
self government.
There will always be the ten
percenters who will be against
almost everything that the mtyor-
ity is for, this is a fact of life.
The City of Mathis has applied
for an Economic Development
Administration grant, supported
by the Council of Governments,
to improve the water system to
make it possible for the textile
industry to move in.
Manufacture of a finished pro-
duct here where agricultural pro-
ducts are abundant continues to
be an objective in the Coastal
Bend.
The application says Mathis
has had several inquiries from
businesses desiring to locate
there. The obstacle which stands
in their way is described as de-
ficiencies in the municipal water
By Juliet K, Wenger
Coastal Bend Council
of (Governments
ida, some lawmakers are worried
he might do the same in Texas.
“It’s time somebody cleaned
out the barn,” and threw out in-
cumbent congressmen, Perot
told 2,00() suppo rters of T H RO —
Throw the Hyprocritical Rascals
Out.
The high school gym was filled
with cheers for Periot, including
Ross for Prez posters and chants
of “Run, Ross, Run!”
But Perot said he didn’t want a
title. “In a minute, I’d go up there
to Washington and spend the rest
of my life working nigh t and day to
fix it, just a private citizen,” he
said.
Governor’s Rating Drops
Her supporters may be pushing
her as vice presidential material,
but the latest Texas Poll says Gov.
Richards’ approval rating has
dropped in her home state
The approval rating for
Richards has dropped from 61
percent to 49 percent, while her
disapproval rating has risen from
Council may be helpful to Bee ,
County, as the area combines its
efforts to reach economic goals.
ule and self determination
Tuesday’s incorporation vote
reflected that the bay community
took the challenge, they looked
beyond the immediate and pre-
ceded their future potentials.
Hooray.
Norman Fleeman, Jr.
Ingleside on the Bay
system. The water system is oper-
ating in excess of design capacity,
and the city periodically has to
ration water to existing
businesses
One of the industries in-
terested in coming is identified as
scale.
The Mathis gin is described as
planning to expand operations
from ginning to textiles, in anti-
cipation of the knitgoods plant. It
is expected that the textile opera-
tion would employ more than 200
Other Highlights
• Calling the passage of Prop-
osition 8 a “victory for good gov-
ernment," State Treasurer Kay
Bailey Hutchison said Texas vo-
ters no longer will be asked to
approve state debt without know-
ing its amount, purpose and
source of repayment.
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workers.
The grant Mathis is seeking
would be for #921,000 to be
matched by the City with
#394,800.
Support for manufacture of
textiles also comes from the
South Texas Water Authority.
The authority had a market study
made which indicated a textile
operation could be successful in
this area.
The COG gave support at the
same time to an application from
the City of Beeville for #102,750
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Re: Ingleside on Bay Incorpora-
tion Vote
Congratulations to the many
hardworking residents of Ing-
leside on the Bay. This historic
event of deannexation to incor-
poration is evidence of your con-
stitutional guarantees of homer-
,/W,
24 percent to 44 percent, mainly
among independent voters.
The blow was softened later
when a gallop Poll reported her
favorite Republican target, Presi-
dent George Bush, had also drop-
ped. Blame it on anti-incumbent
fervor.
Richards shrugged off the end
of the honeymoon, explaining,
“the reality is that, for the last
nine months, we have fought
some tough political battles.”
And not very well, detractors
add, pointing to higher taxes and
insurance costs since she took
office.
There’s a Brighter Side
On the bright side for the gov-
ernor, she was interviewed in
dazzling supportive style by TV’s
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always served his country at its
beck and call, perhaps this image
and his enormous influence are
well earned.
After word reached Texas ears
that Perot fired up a rally of “clean
house” activists last week in Flor-
The “ten percenters” assem-
bled, replete with snowmaker, at
Catholic Hall Wednesday at 7:30
p.m. for a high profile presenta-
tion. It did not take long for the
snow to melt along with the aspir-
ant’s hopes. After the smoke and
steam cleared, it was apparent
there still remained the ten '
percenters. For reasons known or
unknown, the ten percenters re-
sort to deceit, intimidation, or
whatever means in order to gain
control and disrupt the process.
Like it or not, it is a part of the
political system and must be
countered with sound judgement
in the voting booth.
John Hennigan
has already received a check.
The City of Beeville, the Coun-
ty of Bee, Bee County College, the
Beeville Independent School Dis-
trict, Chamber of Commerce,
Pettus and Skidmore Indepen-
dent School Districts and Beeville
Water Supply District have joined
together to create a 21-member
Bee County Redevelopment
Council.
The grant will enable them to
hire an executive director and a
consulting firm to explore all op-
tions, develop a feasible market-
ing strategy, and accomplish
other things which will make the
transition less damaging to the
economy.
Such a cooperative effort has
been seen in the region in the
Homeport Steering Council.
They have made valuable con-
tributions in guiding the area to-
ward success in obtaining a Navy
facility, and in other economic ;
and (fuality of life issues.
The Homeport Steering Coun- •
cil will cease to exist in the spring.
__________________ its mission accomplished. Some
to be used for developing altema- of the experience gained by the
tive plans for the Chase Field
facility, which is being decom-
missioned by the Navy. The city
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By Lyndell Williams
Texas Press Assn.
AUSTIN — Two days after
Texas voters approved more
bond money to build prisons, the
state’s prison chief said many will
never be built.
And as grumblings about the .
insurance industry rumble
statewide, a top New York-based
ratings company warned Texans
to beware of the many small in-
surance companies in the state.
“It would be prudent to take a
real hard look at these types of
companies,” said Willaim O’Neil
of Standard & Poors Corporation.
“Historically, the majority of fai-
lures have been among small
companies.”
If that’s not enough to worry
Texas politicians, the media is
reporting another kind of com-
plaint: voter dissatisfaction with
politicians, particularly long-
time incumbents of either politic-
al stripe.
Even public servant at-large H.
Ross Perot, the Dallas billionaire,
is spreading the word nationwide
for Texans.
Like a (Grocery Store
Texas has had more life insur-
ance companies go bankrupt
than any other state, partly be-
cause past law made it easy to
start companies with very little
capital.
During the last legislative ses-
sion, industry lobbyists com-
plained that under-capitalized
companies were hurting adequ-
ate ones, first by competition,
then by saddling them with their
pooled losses after bankruptcy.
Told it is easier to start an in-
surance company than a grocery
store, legislators passed a new law
to require investors tp put up
more money.
But that doesn’t address the
problems caused by insurance in- »
vestments in junk bonds and bad
real estate mortgages.
Few New Prisons?
The anti-incumbent sentiment
which reportedly is sweeping the
country is not likely to be quelled
if what the state prison chief says
is true.
Seldon Hale, criminal justice
board chairman, said many of the
planned prisons will never be
built because the state doesn’t
have the money to staff and oper-
ate them,.
Hale, an appointee of Gov. Ann
Richards, said it will take #3 bil-
lion a year to operate the planned
prison system and will require a
tax increase.
Throw Them Out: Perot
If II. Ross Perot has the image of
a private entrepreneur who has
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Drive east along the Gulf Coast from the Bay Area
and look out over the sea. Not theGulfofMexicoor the
Atlantic but a sea of RV’s, each built around or
oriented to one or more golf courses.
It’s big industry, attraction of retirees. Along with
golf courses, there are fishing camps advertised
Development of a super RV park could be a joint
project for Aransas Pass and Ingleside and could have
a tremendous economic impact.
A public golf course can be built cither by private
developers or local governments. Port Aransas is in
planning stages now preparing to build such a course.
The more golf courses there are in the area, the
stronger the incentive •for retirees to spend winters
here.
The Bay Area has the fishing. It has the liveoaks that
create the perfect setting for a beautiful park With a
public golf course and the number of membership
clubs in the area that allow winter Texans to play,
along with carefully targeted promotion in the mid-
west, the industry would have strong chances of suc-
cess.
The business is there for the taking. Anyone who
doubts it, drive and look. The thousands of RVs in
existing parks along the coast are expensive homes on
wheels. Those who come south in them are in a
position to make a major economic contribution.
Like anything else, the retirement industry is com-
petitive. It takes an innovative and energetic
approach to detour some of the RV’s headed for the
Rio Grande Valley and interest them in staying here.
It could be done.
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Juliet Wenger returned recently
from a three week trip by land and water along the (Gulf
Coast and noted a tremendous increase in the number
of attractive golf related RV Parks catering to re-
tirees.)
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Cornish Knitgoods. Their
reasons, the application says, are
that San Patricio County is the
largest producer of cotton in the
state, and the state is the largest
producer in the nation; Mathis is
close to the maquiladora plants
and has a large pool of workers
and unemployed women who will
work within the company’s salary
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“Sixty Minutes,” a victory for
those who seek to boost her
nationally.
The governor was also feted in
New York by Glamour Magazine
as one of the seven “Women of the
Year," which also included Anita
Hill as an honoree.
Richards denied plans for high-
er office, which Capitol observers
insist includes the vice presiden-
tial nomination.
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• The estranged wife of U.S.
Rep. Craig Washington filed for
bankruptcy protection to save
their home from foreclosure sale.
Washington, a state senator be-
fore going to Congress, claims to
owe more than #250,000 in back
taxes. Texas GOP chairman Fred
Meyer has suggested taxpayers
are not obligated to pay the con-
gressman’s salary until he pays
the back taxes.
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