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Thumbs-up, thumbs-down; it's your choice

  • Originally published September 30, 2011 at 4:48 p.m., updated September 30, 2011 at 4:55 p.m.

THUMBS-UP

Thumbs-up to the railroad for the smooth crossings in the city and county.

Ruth, Victoria

Thumbs-up to Victoria area job creation numbers.

Rick, Wharton

Thumbs-up to the new meeting place for St. Peter's Baptist Church.

Marcos, Victoria

THUMBS-DOWN

Thumbs-down to the oil and gas companies and pipeline companies whose employees litter the roadsides with their trash and leave leftover pieces of tires when they have a flat.

Carol, Concrete

Thumbs-down to the city for taking back the ballpark they could not afford to fix up after the '98 flood. They cannot afford to maintain the Rose Garden after volunteers fixed it up. There was trash from someone's picnic, dead rose bushes, and weeds among the blooming bushes the last time I was there.

Hope the city has hired more caring staff that are proud to maintain park facilities. Picturesque sites to take children's photos at Riverside are replaced with mediocre, if replaced.

Ruth, Victoria

FROM THE EDITORIAL BOARD

THUMBS-UP

Thumbs-up to the 25th annual Adopt-A-Beach cleanup.

Thumbs-up to Hallettsville 17th annual Kolache Fest.

Thumbs-up to lower gas prices.

Thumbs-up to the 26th annual Czech Heritage Festival.

Thumbs-up to Chief Petty Officer Thomas L. Roznovsky of Yoakum. He is a surgical technician with the Combined Security Transition Command in Kabul, Afghanistan. He teaches modern medical procedures to Afghanies.

Thumbs-up to groups at the senior citizens center that get together and make quilts.

Thumbs-up to Kevin "The Food Dude" Roberts, best-selling cookbook author and host of TLC's "BBQ Pitmasters." He gave a cooking demonstration at the Victoria College Student Center on Thursday.

Thumbs-up to U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos. A Port Lavaca native, Ramos is the newly confirmed U.S. District Judge for the Corpus Christi Division of the U.S. Southern District of Texas.

THUMBS-DOWN

Thumbs-down to the continuing drought.

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