Newsletter
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By LAHightower in Community Conversation
Welcome, Advocate readers, to another Wednesday. On this lovely day, we will be having another editorial board meeting. This week, we will be joined by Victoria City Council member Emett Alvarez. We'd like to see you there, too. Come on ...
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By GeorgeMatthews in Victoria County Election Administrator
The City of Victoria will hold an election on Saturday, May 11, 2013 to elect representatives to city council. This year the offices on the ballot are mayor, council members for districts 5 & 6 and an unexpired term for ...
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By JROrtega in The Daily Dose
I did absolutely nothing this weekend, and you know what - it was fantastic. A sore throat, endless sneezing and an overall cloudy judgement last week left me feeling lazy and needy. Not sure if it's a bug going around, ...
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By ThomasRMartinez in Easy writer
Today is my brother Chris’ birthday. Happy birthday, brother. Except, Chris is no longer with us. He would have celebrated his 47th birthday today – save for a tragic mistake he made 11 years ago. Circumstances in his life had ...
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By angeliwright in Advocate Photo Blog
In photojournalism a photograph that has a good idea behind it, but doesn't quite work, is often called an "almost." In my opinion the most common assignments to return from with an excellent batch of almosts are sports assignments. So ...
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Victoria County Commissioners to bid temporary Air Tower management
By melissacrowe in Man Bites Dog
Victoria County Commissioners are preparing to fill in gaps if Victoria Regional Airport loses federal funding for its air traffic control tower. The court is expected to vote whether to begin advertising for bids or requests for proposals for an ...
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By sara789456123 in Victoria Main Street Program
The second annual Independent Film Fest is just weeks away and actors and directors have already begun to descend on Victoria. ......and so have the paparazzi. This combination can only lead to explosive results! Join us downtown on Thursday March ...
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By GregZowarka in Rants by ZMan
Is it just me or is ironic that when Mr. Obama and the Democratic Group wanted to increase taxes by "just" 4% it was no big deal but now that sequestration calls for budget cuts of a little over 2%, ...
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Dear Alice: I am very good friends with two people at my school, for his I will call them Jake and Lilly. Jake and Lilly have been great friends since we started high school, about 3 years ago. Jake knows ...
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What are your plans for Spring Break?
By CarolinaAstrain in Other Words
It's almost here. Starting March 11 through the 15th, students will be whisked away by their parental units for adventures throughout the country for Spring Break. My freshman year of high school, I was about to turn 15 and in ...