The Inside Scoop Ray Quiroga publisher@sbnewspaper.com DECEMBER 21-27, 2018 On the fateful night of September 6th of this year, America went to bed learning about the tragic death of 26-year old Dallas resident Botham Jean at the hands of an off-duty police officer who allegedly mistook the St. Lucia native’s apartment for her own …
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Dec 14 2018
His Final Moments: Did Ricardo Treviño Deserve to Die?
The Inside Scoop Ray Quiroga publisher@sbnewspaper.com DECEMBER 14-20, 2018 This community needs to understand the impact Ricardo Treviño’s death can have moving forward and much of it is due to the times in which we live and technology used to record the events leading up to his untimely death Friday afternoon at the hands …
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Dec 07 2018
More Lessons in Open Government
The Inside Scoop Ray Quiroga publisher@sbnewspaper.com DECEMBER 7-13, 2018 Several years ago, at the onset of what was a brief but intense public fervor over the West Nile Virus, it was discovered that there was at least one case of the virus reported here in San Benito and possibly more around the Resaca area …
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Nov 30 2018
Para Que Te Sirve
The Inside Scoop Ray Quiroga publisher@sbnewspaper.com NOVEMBER 30-DECEMBER 6, 2018 I had the benefit of living through diverse experiences in life and being raised, in part, by my Depression Era grandparents who had, what the “kids” nowadays would say, an antiquated way of doing things. My grandmother, for example, was a stickler for manners. …
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Nov 21 2018
School District Playing With Fire and Open Government
The Inside Scoop Ray Quiroga publisher@sbnewspaper.com NOVEMBER 23-29, 2018 Coincidentally, I found myself attending the tail end of an open government seminar Thursday afternoon sponsored by the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas. Concluding the daylong workshop was attorney Tom Williams of Haynes and Boone LLP who’s been specializing in open government in Texas for …
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Nov 16 2018
They can dish it, but can they take it?
The Inside Scoop Ray Quiroga publisher@sbnewspaper.com NOVEMBER 16-22, 2018 Among all the ironies and coincidences in the growing list of dealings, controversies and shenanigans involving the San Benito school district in recent months, arguably none is more ironic than the observation that certain members of the board and administration appear to revel in the opportunity …
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Nov 09 2018
‘The Apparent Few’: A Lesson in PR
The Inside Scoop Ray Quiroga publisher@sbnewspaper.com NOVEMBER 9-15, 2018 Longtime SBCISD Public Relations Director, Celia Longoria did not resign from her post after 20 years of service to the district. Nor was she fired. She was pushed out. She was called, under a false pretense, to what she thought was a personnel meeting where …
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Nov 02 2018
Big Bucks Behind the Bond
The Inside Scoop Ray Quiroga publisher@sbnewspaper.com NOVEMBER 2-8, 2018 How much is your vote worth? Twenty million dollars, $30 thousand, maybe $50 dollars, or is it priceless? I ask because I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that San Benito was sold out for little more than a song and dance, or maybe a …
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Oct 26 2018
Fast and Loose at Taxpayers’ Expense
The Inside Scoop Ray Quiroga publisher@sbnewspaper.com OCTOBER 26-NOVEMBER 1, 2018 Let it never be said that our readers are apathetic, especially as it pertains to City and school district matters. As indicated by the veracity and thoughtfulness of the letters we receive, the people of San Benito are passionate about their community, especially when they …
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Oct 19 2018
What we don’t know about the bond
The Inside Scoop Ray Quiroga publisher@sbnewspaper.com OCTOBER 19-25, 2018 The biggest take away — for me, at least — from Tuesday night’s town hall, presented by the San Benito school district and pertaining to the upcoming bond election, isn’t so much what district representatives shared at the town hall, but what they didn’t share, at …
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