LAND USE MAP: What do you think of Victoria's lack of zoning?

By gabesemenza in Crowdsourcing

I'm working on a story about Victoria, and its lack of zoning. Victoria is the second largest Texas city, behind only Houston, to lack zoning. Is that a good or a bad thing? Victoria Land Use Map * MAP PROVIDED ...

NEW DOCUMENT: View Victoria County precinct election results

By gabesemenza in Crowdsourcing

The Victoria County Elections Office gave us an Excel spreadsheet of the final precinct-by-precinct results from Tuesday. On Wednesday, I posted a blog that included those results -- but admittedly the form was tough to read and scroll through. Advocate ...

DOCUMENT: View Victoria County precinct results for all races

By gabesemenza in Crowdsourcing

I'm trying out a pretty cool web tool here to display documents, in this case an Excel spreadsheet detailing the county's master election results. Because this is the first time I've used it, I'm not sure how it'll work. Kudos ...

UPDATED W/ DOCUMENT: What election follow-up stories should we pursue?

By gabesemenza in Crowdsourcing

NEW: Since I first posted the brief blog below, I was able to embed in this blog a PDF of Tuesday's election results. For quick reference, I highlighted the straight-party voting numbers. I recommend using the zoom tool in the ...

Here's where you vote

By gabesemenza in Crowdsourcing

We've received a number of phone calls from Victoria County residents who want to know where they should vote. If you have questions about the precinct in which you reside, check your voter registration card. If you still have questions, ...

VIDEO: Why should you vote Tuesday?

By gabesemenza in Crowdsourcing

I visited the Victoria County Elections Office on Monday for a story about the office's last-minute preparations headed into Tuesday's General Election. The story publishes Tuesday. During my visit, I asked George Matthews, the elections administrator, to talk about why ...

Did you know the city likely will grow in these directions?

By gabesemenza in Crowdsourcing

For our ongoing coverage of the University of Houston-Victoria's expansion efforts, I recently read a 200-page feasibility study. The study, commissioned by local government last year, basically details why a new campus should be built near the airport. Within the ...

VIDEO: A look inside The Pumphouse, a future Victoria restaurant

By gabesemenza in Crowdsourcing

(Above: Artist's rendering of the restaurant as it will look next spring. Photo submitted by Dennis and Louise Hull Patillo). Today, I toured The Pumphouse, a future Victoria restaurant, with owner Dennis Patillo. The restaurant, which will be housed in ...

Should UHV sever ties with the UH System?

By gabesemenza in Crowdsourcing

I wrote a story, which publishes Sunday, that examines this question: Should UHV sever ties with the UH System? We've already reported that several Crossroads leaders want to sever ties, and that the system is against such a move. This ...

Do you favor UH plan for Victoria campus expansion?

By gabesemenza in Crowdsourcing

On Sunday, I reported about the University of Houston System’s Board of Regents and its reversal of opinions regarding a new campus here. You can read that story here. To get a better sense of the regents’ plan, I contacted ...