Nueces De La Parra: G I Forum Solution Suggestion
Project name: G I Forum Solution Suggestion
List the objectives for the piece: Re instate Founding Chapter, force them to unify, put the money out in front of the membership for all to control (not just a few people), return National Administration to Corpus Christi (perfect example of Brain Drain)
Who will receive or see the piece?
South Texas, South Texas Politicos, GI Forum Founder Hector P Garcia Familia, Ram Chavez (Founding Chapter GI Forum ex Commander / re-elected Commander), Joe Ortiz (National GI Forum Civil Rights Director), Agnes Horne (title) , Tony Morales (National GI Forum Commander)
Explain the concept in one or two sentences:
Two Options; either the Founding Chapter will be erased or it will be reinstated.
Defiance will destroy, disband and certainly bring forth litigation on both civil and criminal fronts.
The path towards reinstatement begins with a very proud man swallowing a little pride and taking one for the team.
What themes or images come to mind?
A productive modernized Hector P Garcia building / program in Unity with Al Gonzalez Center a skatepark at the Memorial Coliseum and a boardwalk from Oso Pier to Cole Park
What are the main messages for the copy?
Supporting Ram Chavez is noble but will not produce positively for the Founding Chapter of the National GI Forum.
What kinds of illustrations will be used?
Hector P Garcia building with high grass
Timeline selected & created from Caller Times Articles
Corpus Christi Sky Line
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
this community's resilience and ability to unite when the chips were down.
Homeport was a big coup at a critical time
May 15, 2005
Not many days in Corpus Christi's history could have rivaled the significance of July 2, 1985.
For sure, the day that the Port of Corpus Christi was opened in 1926 had historical signficance; it established this area's economic security.
And the day when the gates of Naval Air Station-Corpus Christi were first opened in 1940 began the modern era of military presence in Corpus Christi.
But July 2, 1985, was the day that it was announced that Homeport would come to Corpus Christi.
That meant, at the time, that a naval surface fleet would be based at a new base, yet to be built, on the north shore of Corpus Christi Bay.
It was a great day for Corpus Christi and the area at a time when this city badly needed a boost.
But the announcement was also a reward for this community's resilience and ability to unite when the chips were down.
A memorable photo
In a memorable photo taken that day, copies of the Corpus Christi Times, the now-defunct afternoon newspaper, carrying the headline "City gets Homeport" were held up by a beaming County Judge Robert N. Barnes, Mayor Luther Jones, state Sen. Carlos Truan and state Rep. Hugo Berlanga.
That photo was a personal coup for me.
As city editor for an afternoon newspaper whose deadlines closed around noon, I didn't have much chances for breaking news. But we did that day.
The Times staff had been preparing for days ahead of the announcement, writing background material that would be ready for the final touches if it turned out that the announcement, long awaited, would come in our news cycle. Otherwise, the baton would be handed off to the morning Caller.
Sure enough, the morning of July 2, as civic leaders gathered, the word came from Washington: Corpus Christi had beat out five other cities for the Homeport designation.
The idea then was that the battleship Wisconsin, revived out of the mothball fleet, would be based at the future Ingleside base.
The Times staff turned out a first edition with the news and headline, the first copies going to the Chamber of Commerce building where dignitaries were still celebrating and Caller-Times photographer George Gongora took the photo that ran in the final edition.
Those who were part of that day can't fail to remember the euphoria.
Homeport was the payoff for an enormous gamble.
Just months before, on April 6, Nueces County voters went to polls to approve, by a margin of 3 to 1, $25 million in bonds to buy land for the yet-undesignated Navy base.
That's right: $25 million in voter money for a federal base that didn't exist, that we had no guarantee we'd get, on land in another county, for another group of taxpayers.
But it was a time for desperate measures.
The oil bust of the 1980s was still reverberating throughout the area. Scores of offices related to the oil industry had closed. The area was in the grip of a stagnating economy.
There was no Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.
Corpus Christi back then was not yet the home of a regional health-care and hospital complex.
It's amazing how priorities get straight when a crisis looms, or opportunity beckons.
In a space of three days, the Nueces County Commissioners Court, the Corpus Christi City Council and the Port of Corpus Christi all held meetings to approve the Homeport bond election.
The late Hayden Head Sr. organized the fund-raising for the campaign to pass the bonds.
Congressman Solomon Ortiz and Sen. Truan employed their formidable political forces to get out the vote.
All the friction, all the posturing, all the personal agendas seemed to melt away for a community effort.
Those moments of unity have been few and far between since then. We seem to find much more interest in pursuing personal agendas and nursing old wounds than in thinking outside of ourselves to the future.
But Friday's announcement has, I hope, clarified matters.
The loss of Naval Station Ingleside would be a terrific blow to the local economy.
The good thing is that we know we have the capability to mount a unified effort get the prize. Now it's just a matter of keeping it.
Nick Jimenez is editorial page editor of the Caller-Times. Phone: 886-3787; e-mail: jimenezn@caller.com.
MORE JIMENEZ COLUMNS »
May 15, 2005
Not many days in Corpus Christi's history could have rivaled the significance of July 2, 1985.
For sure, the day that the Port of Corpus Christi was opened in 1926 had historical signficance; it established this area's economic security.
And the day when the gates of Naval Air Station-Corpus Christi were first opened in 1940 began the modern era of military presence in Corpus Christi.
But July 2, 1985, was the day that it was announced that Homeport would come to Corpus Christi.
That meant, at the time, that a naval surface fleet would be based at a new base, yet to be built, on the north shore of Corpus Christi Bay.
It was a great day for Corpus Christi and the area at a time when this city badly needed a boost.
But the announcement was also a reward for this community's resilience and ability to unite when the chips were down.
A memorable photo
In a memorable photo taken that day, copies of the Corpus Christi Times, the now-defunct afternoon newspaper, carrying the headline "City gets Homeport" were held up by a beaming County Judge Robert N. Barnes, Mayor Luther Jones, state Sen. Carlos Truan and state Rep. Hugo Berlanga.
That photo was a personal coup for me.
As city editor for an afternoon newspaper whose deadlines closed around noon, I didn't have much chances for breaking news. But we did that day.
The Times staff had been preparing for days ahead of the announcement, writing background material that would be ready for the final touches if it turned out that the announcement, long awaited, would come in our news cycle. Otherwise, the baton would be handed off to the morning Caller.
Sure enough, the morning of July 2, as civic leaders gathered, the word came from Washington: Corpus Christi had beat out five other cities for the Homeport designation.
The idea then was that the battleship Wisconsin, revived out of the mothball fleet, would be based at the future Ingleside base.
The Times staff turned out a first edition with the news and headline, the first copies going to the Chamber of Commerce building where dignitaries were still celebrating and Caller-Times photographer George Gongora took the photo that ran in the final edition.
Those who were part of that day can't fail to remember the euphoria.
Homeport was the payoff for an enormous gamble.
Just months before, on April 6, Nueces County voters went to polls to approve, by a margin of 3 to 1, $25 million in bonds to buy land for the yet-undesignated Navy base.
That's right: $25 million in voter money for a federal base that didn't exist, that we had no guarantee we'd get, on land in another county, for another group of taxpayers.
But it was a time for desperate measures.
The oil bust of the 1980s was still reverberating throughout the area. Scores of offices related to the oil industry had closed. The area was in the grip of a stagnating economy.
There was no Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.
Corpus Christi back then was not yet the home of a regional health-care and hospital complex.
It's amazing how priorities get straight when a crisis looms, or opportunity beckons.
In a space of three days, the Nueces County Commissioners Court, the Corpus Christi City Council and the Port of Corpus Christi all held meetings to approve the Homeport bond election.
The late Hayden Head Sr. organized the fund-raising for the campaign to pass the bonds.
Congressman Solomon Ortiz and Sen. Truan employed their formidable political forces to get out the vote.
All the friction, all the posturing, all the personal agendas seemed to melt away for a community effort.
Those moments of unity have been few and far between since then. We seem to find much more interest in pursuing personal agendas and nursing old wounds than in thinking outside of ourselves to the future.
But Friday's announcement has, I hope, clarified matters.
The loss of Naval Station Ingleside would be a terrific blow to the local economy.
The good thing is that we know we have the capability to mount a unified effort get the prize. Now it's just a matter of keeping it.
Nick Jimenez is editorial page editor of the Caller-Times. Phone: 886-3787; e-mail: jimenezn@caller.com.
MORE JIMENEZ COLUMNS »
this community's resilience and ability to unite when the chips were down.
Homeport was a big coup at a critical time
May 15, 2005
Not many days in Corpus Christi's history could have rivaled the significance of July 2, 1985.
For sure, the day that the Port of Corpus Christi was opened in 1926 had historical signficance; it established this area's economic security.
And the day when the gates of Naval Air Station-Corpus Christi were first opened in 1940 began the modern era of military presence in Corpus Christi.
But July 2, 1985, was the day that it was announced that Homeport would come to Corpus Christi.
That meant, at the time, that a naval surface fleet would be based at a new base, yet to be built, on the north shore of Corpus Christi Bay.
It was a great day for Corpus Christi and the area at a time when this city badly needed a boost.
But the announcement was also a reward for this community's resilience and ability to unite when the chips were down.
A memorable photo
In a memorable photo taken that day, copies of the Corpus Christi Times, the now-defunct afternoon newspaper, carrying the headline "City gets Homeport" were held up by a beaming County Judge Robert N. Barnes, Mayor Luther Jones, state Sen. Carlos Truan and state Rep. Hugo Berlanga.
That photo was a personal coup for me.
As city editor for an afternoon newspaper whose deadlines closed around noon, I didn't have much chances for breaking news. But we did that day.
The Times staff had been preparing for days ahead of the announcement, writing background material that would be ready for the final touches if it turned out that the announcement, long awaited, would come in our news cycle. Otherwise, the baton would be handed off to the morning Caller.
Sure enough, the morning of July 2, as civic leaders gathered, the word came from Washington: Corpus Christi had beat out five other cities for the Homeport designation.
The idea then was that the battleship Wisconsin, revived out of the mothball fleet, would be based at the future Ingleside base.
The Times staff turned out a first edition with the news and headline, the first copies going to the Chamber of Commerce building where dignitaries were still celebrating and Caller-Times photographer George Gongora took the photo that ran in the final edition.
Those who were part of that day can't fail to remember the euphoria.
Homeport was the payoff for an enormous gamble.
Just months before, on April 6, Nueces County voters went to polls to approve, by a margin of 3 to 1, $25 million in bonds to buy land for the yet-undesignated Navy base.
That's right: $25 million in voter money for a federal base that didn't exist, that we had no guarantee we'd get, on land in another county, for another group of taxpayers.
But it was a time for desperate measures.
The oil bust of the 1980s was still reverberating throughout the area. Scores of offices related to the oil industry had closed. The area was in the grip of a stagnating economy.
There was no Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.
Corpus Christi back then was not yet the home of a regional health-care and hospital complex.
It's amazing how priorities get straight when a crisis looms, or opportunity beckons.
In a space of three days, the Nueces County Commissioners Court, the Corpus Christi City Council and the Port of Corpus Christi all held meetings to approve the Homeport bond election.
The late Hayden Head Sr. organized the fund-raising for the campaign to pass the bonds.
Congressman Solomon Ortiz and Sen. Truan employed their formidable political forces to get out the vote.
All the friction, all the posturing, all the personal agendas seemed to melt away for a community effort.
Those moments of unity have been few and far between since then. We seem to find much more interest in pursuing personal agendas and nursing old wounds than in thinking outside of ourselves to the future.
But Friday's announcement has, I hope, clarified matters.
The loss of Naval Station Ingleside would be a terrific blow to the local economy.
The good thing is that we know we have the capability to mount a unified effort get the prize. Now it's just a matter of keeping it.
Nick Jimenez is editorial page editor of the Caller-Times. Phone: 886-3787; e-mail: jimenezn@caller.com.
MORE JIMENEZ COLUMNS »
May 15, 2005
Not many days in Corpus Christi's history could have rivaled the significance of July 2, 1985.
For sure, the day that the Port of Corpus Christi was opened in 1926 had historical signficance; it established this area's economic security.
And the day when the gates of Naval Air Station-Corpus Christi were first opened in 1940 began the modern era of military presence in Corpus Christi.
But July 2, 1985, was the day that it was announced that Homeport would come to Corpus Christi.
That meant, at the time, that a naval surface fleet would be based at a new base, yet to be built, on the north shore of Corpus Christi Bay.
It was a great day for Corpus Christi and the area at a time when this city badly needed a boost.
But the announcement was also a reward for this community's resilience and ability to unite when the chips were down.
A memorable photo
In a memorable photo taken that day, copies of the Corpus Christi Times, the now-defunct afternoon newspaper, carrying the headline "City gets Homeport" were held up by a beaming County Judge Robert N. Barnes, Mayor Luther Jones, state Sen. Carlos Truan and state Rep. Hugo Berlanga.
That photo was a personal coup for me.
As city editor for an afternoon newspaper whose deadlines closed around noon, I didn't have much chances for breaking news. But we did that day.
The Times staff had been preparing for days ahead of the announcement, writing background material that would be ready for the final touches if it turned out that the announcement, long awaited, would come in our news cycle. Otherwise, the baton would be handed off to the morning Caller.
Sure enough, the morning of July 2, as civic leaders gathered, the word came from Washington: Corpus Christi had beat out five other cities for the Homeport designation.
The idea then was that the battleship Wisconsin, revived out of the mothball fleet, would be based at the future Ingleside base.
The Times staff turned out a first edition with the news and headline, the first copies going to the Chamber of Commerce building where dignitaries were still celebrating and Caller-Times photographer George Gongora took the photo that ran in the final edition.
Those who were part of that day can't fail to remember the euphoria.
Homeport was the payoff for an enormous gamble.
Just months before, on April 6, Nueces County voters went to polls to approve, by a margin of 3 to 1, $25 million in bonds to buy land for the yet-undesignated Navy base.
That's right: $25 million in voter money for a federal base that didn't exist, that we had no guarantee we'd get, on land in another county, for another group of taxpayers.
But it was a time for desperate measures.
The oil bust of the 1980s was still reverberating throughout the area. Scores of offices related to the oil industry had closed. The area was in the grip of a stagnating economy.
There was no Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.
Corpus Christi back then was not yet the home of a regional health-care and hospital complex.
It's amazing how priorities get straight when a crisis looms, or opportunity beckons.
In a space of three days, the Nueces County Commissioners Court, the Corpus Christi City Council and the Port of Corpus Christi all held meetings to approve the Homeport bond election.
The late Hayden Head Sr. organized the fund-raising for the campaign to pass the bonds.
Congressman Solomon Ortiz and Sen. Truan employed their formidable political forces to get out the vote.
All the friction, all the posturing, all the personal agendas seemed to melt away for a community effort.
Those moments of unity have been few and far between since then. We seem to find much more interest in pursuing personal agendas and nursing old wounds than in thinking outside of ourselves to the future.
But Friday's announcement has, I hope, clarified matters.
The loss of Naval Station Ingleside would be a terrific blow to the local economy.
The good thing is that we know we have the capability to mount a unified effort get the prize. Now it's just a matter of keeping it.
Nick Jimenez is editorial page editor of the Caller-Times. Phone: 886-3787; e-mail: jimenezn@caller.com.
MORE JIMENEZ COLUMNS »
Monday, July 10, 2006
Thursday, July 06, 2006
House District 33 Democratic Precinct Chairs. Who will vote which way?
JohnM
You guys got it all wrong...
7/6/2006 4:14:36 PM
Noyola will get the Democratic nomination, and you heard it from me first. Countywide Solly would easily take the nomination from Noyola. However, it is only the precinct chairs from Dist. 33 that get a vote. He only needs 23 out of 44 precinct chairs to vote for him to get the nod. Solly''s strengths are in the outlying areas of Nueces County like Robstown. The problem is that district 33 ends in Molina (Noyola''s home turf). Included in these districts is Moody, Sunnybrook, Molina, etc., where Noyola has strong support. I think both of these guys carry some baggage and are not the greatest candidates to get the conservative democrat vote (yes they exist). So I think either candidate opens the door for a moderate Republican (not McComb - too conservative) to step in. When it is all said and done, Noyola will narrowly defeat McComb in November. WRAP IT!
curtis rock
Re: You guys got it all wrong...
7/6/2006 5:06:08 PM
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Well, sounds like you have a better grasp on local Democratic politics than probably most of us do.
I just know that if Soli gets the nod in this traditionally Democratic district, then Republicans shouldn''t even try.
4
Alex Nieto, 876-7981
HD 33
6
Vic Menard, 937-1142
HD 33
8
Mary Rivera, 334-3261
HD 33
17
Maria M. Gonzalez, 334-1456
HD 33
20
Sylvia Lerma, 855-8058
HD 33
32
Sheri Phillabaum, 992-8048
HD 33
43
Melissa Madrigal, 883-0449
HD 33
48
Rosie Garcia, 855-9066
HD 33
53
Blanche M. DeLos Santos
HD 33
56
Ken Gandy, 888-8205
HD 33
57
Vacant
HD 33
67
Christopher B. Semtner, 994-9266
HD 33
68
Martha Gutierrez, 851-9520
HD 33
69
Pablo Garza, 852-8012
HD 33
70
Joan Veith, 991-0656
HD 33
71
Viola Van Houten, 852-4284
HD 33
72
Susie Luna-Saldana, 851-8137
HD 33
73
Lisa Ann Torres, 853-1517
HD 33
74
Margaret Palacios, 225-0540
HD 33
75
Rose Mary Martinez, 883-9517
HD 33
80
Jose Antonio Lopez, 739-2910
HD 33
83
Gus Munoz, 888-6798
HD 33
84
Jerry Alvarez, 992-9394
HD 33
87
Sylvia Samaniego, 854-4272
HD 33
88
Omar Ozuna, 992-0564
HD 33
89
Barbara Cline, 992-1634
HD 33
90
Coretta Graham, 334-5929
HD 33
93
Connie Gutierrez, 334-3668
HD 33
94
Susan Pizana, 443-5984
HD 33
95
Belinda Pompa, 851-0156
HD 33
96
Crystal S. Hernandez, 549-3170
HD 33
97
Carlos Homero Valdez Sr., 854-1772
HD 33
98
Gloria Lozano, 852-2936
HD 33
106
Flo Martinez, 855-5078
HD 33
112
Olga Bell
HD 33
113
Rowland M. Andrade, 726-6532
HD 33
115
Mike Rendon, 991-4263
HD 33
116
Alma Noyola, 855-0339
HD 33
117
Glenda G. Turner, 937-1790
HD 33
118
Buck Sosa, 852-3710
HD 33
119
Mary J. Saenz, 985-8380
HD 33
121
Katharine Guerra
HD 33
122
Jerrold Towle, 939-8233
HD 33
124
Kenneth Hawkins, 334-1655
HD 33
125
Yvette Ortiz-Sanchez, 991-9947
HD 33
Was there a National search for this position?
Good Afternoon Jaime,
Breaking News City names new police chief
CORPUS CHRISTI - The City of Corpus Christi has announced that Commander Bryan Smith of the Corpus Christi Police Department as the new Police Chief.
CORPUS CHRISTI - City Manager Skip Noe announced Thursday that he has chosen to recommend Commander Bryan Smith for the position of police chief. 6 News' spoke with him about his plans for the department. "I assure you and everyone else that I'll strive everyday to uphold the honor and integrity of the corpus christi police dept. And the offfice of chief of police," said Smith.Commander Smith said that even though he's been working towards this position, he was still caught off guard by the announcement. "It was shocking, it's a life changing experience," he said. "I've waited for this opportunity for a longtime." Smith might've been shocked, but he already has plans for the department. "The first thing I want to do is to reach out to the officers and let them know they have a police chief who believes in them." Next on his agenda is adressing problems like keeping up with the city's rapid growth, gang problems, and traffic issues. That's a full plate, but it's something Smith said he's used too. "Being a police manager is a 24 hour day job, it's probably going to be a 36 hour day job now."
Commander Smith's appoinmtment will be finalized once the city council approves it next week.Online Reporter: Jenny Suniga
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Breaking News City names new police chief
CORPUS CHRISTI - The City of Corpus Christi has announced that Commander Bryan Smith of the Corpus Christi Police Department as the new Police Chief.
CORPUS CHRISTI - City Manager Skip Noe announced Thursday that he has chosen to recommend Commander Bryan Smith for the position of police chief. 6 News' spoke with him about his plans for the department. "I assure you and everyone else that I'll strive everyday to uphold the honor and integrity of the corpus christi police dept. And the offfice of chief of police," said Smith.Commander Smith said that even though he's been working towards this position, he was still caught off guard by the announcement. "It was shocking, it's a life changing experience," he said. "I've waited for this opportunity for a longtime." Smith might've been shocked, but he already has plans for the department. "The first thing I want to do is to reach out to the officers and let them know they have a police chief who believes in them." Next on his agenda is adressing problems like keeping up with the city's rapid growth, gang problems, and traffic issues. That's a full plate, but it's something Smith said he's used too. "Being a police manager is a 24 hour day job, it's probably going to be a 36 hour day job now."
Commander Smith's appoinmtment will be finalized once the city council approves it next week.Online Reporter: Jenny Suniga
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