EMAIL INCLUDED: Victoria Chamber votes for UHV switch. Thoughts?

By gabesemenza in Crowdsourcing

The following text was copied and pasted from a mass e-mail sent out today by Randy Vivian, president and chief executive officer of the Victoria Chamber of Commerce. The Victoria Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors has voted to support ...

REPORT INCLUDED: Estimated economic effects of UHV expansion

By gabesemenza in Crowdsourcing

Dale Fowler, president of the Victoria Economic Development Corp., sent out a mass e-mail today requesting support of Rep. Geanie Morrison's bill, HB 2556. While the recipients of Fowler's e-mail were non-viewable, it is likely the e-mail went to business ...

A running list of UHV/A&M questions and answers

By gabesemenza in Crowdsourcing

If you haven't picked up a paper during the last week, or missed a few here and there, you might have missed our full and ongoing coverage of legislation filed by Rep. Geanie Morrison. Morrison filed HB 2556 last Tuesday. ...

Do you want UHV to join the Texas A&M System?

By gabesemenza in Crowdsourcing

If you haven't read our breaking news report about a bill to be filed today, click here. The gist of the news is that Rep. Geanie Morrison announced moments ago that she will file a bill today requesting that the ...

Do not mess with this DeWitt County man

By gabesemenza in Crowdsourcing

I just wrapped up a Your Life feature about people's funny, silly or elaborate mailboxes. That story publishes Sunday. Too bad a certain DeWitt County man did not contact me until today. While I found many mailboxes in Victoria County ...

Hispanic population 'explodes' in Texas

By gabesemenza in Crowdsourcing

Following is a news brief from the Associated Press: The Hispanic population in Texas is exploding, accounting for two-thirds of the state’s staggering growth since 2000 and now making up 38 percent of the total population, new figures show. The ...

W/ PHOTOS: How unique is your mailbox?

By gabesemenza in Crowdsourcing

I'll be honest. I've never owned an elaborate mailbox. Most of mine looked like this: or ... Because I'm up in the rotation for Your Life feature stories, I fished for a fresh idea about a topic we have not ...

Does Victoria County lack young, college educated residents?

By gabesemenza in Crowdsourcing

Advocate reporter Erica Rodriguez stopped by my desk with an interesting question: Does Victoria County lack young, college educated residents? She had a hunch, and her hunch was correct. The county lacks an ample number of young, educated folks. To ...

Public salaries, divorce records, registered gun owners and more

By gabesemenza in Crowdsourcing

Technology often is a very helpful tool. This is definitely the case when it comes to compiling or retrieving large amounts of data, and then spotting patterns and trends within the records. For a few years now, the Advocate has ...

DOCUMENTS: What does Victoria's future look like?

By gabesemenza in Crowdsourcing

For a story I'm working on that looks at Victoria's lack of zoning, I came across a 184-page report: "Victoria 2025: A Comprehensive Plan." The plan provides the mayor, city council, planning commission and residents with "a long-range guide for ...