By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com I was catching up with a good friend over lunch on Wednesday when I noticed that I had the attention of a small audience. It’s not as though there was anything particularly unusual about where I was or what I was doing. I was simply enjoying a delightful conversation …
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Aug 22 2014
CONSIDER THIS: Kudos to the Board of Trustees
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Like many of you who attended the Meet the Greyhounds community pep rally on Thursday, I too was surprised to see something I thought would never happen again – the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees successfully working together. Trustees made the purple and gold faithful in attendance cheer …
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Aug 15 2014
CONSIDER THIS: Exercise Your Laughing Mussel
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Even though it’s been more than 10 years, I can still remember the look on my friend’s face the first time he tried mussels. George – an eccentric fellow who I thought of as a brother – said something rather curious to me as we looked on in confusion …
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Aug 08 2014
CONSIDER THIS: Perpetuating a Vicious Cycle
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com It amuses me when I encounter individuals who claim to have the city’s best interest at heart yet spew vile rhetoric about its people. Too many times have I read comments, fielded phone calls and met with individuals who, on the surface, appear to advocate for all that is …
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Jul 25 2014
CONSIDER THIS: …The Week That Was
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com It’s been a long week for yours truly. By “long,” I don’t mean to imply that our efforts to help keep the community informed were in any way tedious. My specific tasks were simply grueling, and not for any extraordinarily-problematic situations like we’ve encountered in the past but for …
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Jul 18 2014
CONSIDER THIS: Here’s to Hope for San Benito
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Plenty can happen in a week. Since my last entry, officials from the City of Rio Hondo have been more forthcoming concerning Place 5 Commissioner Joseph “Joe” Lopez’ domestic violence charge. City Administrator Ben Medina went from scolding a News reporter for inquiring about the matter to not just …
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Jul 11 2014
CONSIDER THIS: Rio Hondo’s Media Blackout
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com If Rio Hondo should ever escape the dark cloud of controversy that has long been cast over the sleepy community, it’ll happen because its leaders embraced challenges rather than running from them. Take, for instance, Rio Hondo City Administrator Ben Medina, who expressed anger Friday when San Benito News …
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Jul 03 2014
CONSIDER THIS: The Struggle Continues
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com I know there’s plenty about myself that’s unattractive – I snore in my sleep, I eat at double the speed as ordinary humans and I’m clearly overweight. To my friends, I jokingly refer to myself as “The Obeast” in a rather pathetic attempt at self-deprecating humor. I suppose my …
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Jun 27 2014
CONSIDER THIS: Miller Jordan’s time has come
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com It’s been nearly a year since I issued a challenge to the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees, then-Interim Superintendent Alfonso Obregón and Miller Jordan Middle School Principal Mary Alice Leal to turn the oft-troubled campus around. Plaguing Miller Jordan at that time was yet another principal reassignment, the …
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Jun 20 2014
CONSIDER THIS: The Good, the Good and the Good
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Twenty-one years is a long time to be in pain, and yet Janet Mata has lived it as a badge of honor. Afflicted with a muscular dystrophy disease called dermatomyositis (DM), the 21-year-old San Benito resident is no stranger to pain and discomfort. Consider that her muscles have deteriorated …
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