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The complete candidate list for the May 5th, 2018 Dilley city council election: Continue reading “The Final List of Candidates- 2018 Dilley City Council Election”

According to the city of Dilley, for the second election year in a row, each of the city council incumbents will have a challenger. As of February 14th at 5pm, these residents have submitted paperwork declaring their candidacy: Continue reading “Dilley Will Have At Least One Challenger for Each Open City Council Seat For The 2018 Election”

Dilley City Council chambers August 18, 2008. Photo by: Jose Asuncion

As Dilley city council candidate filing opens on Wednesday January 17th, 2018, here’s a look back at the recent history of Dilley elections, from 1999-2017: Continue reading “Thinking About Running for Council? A Look Back at Past Elections…”

Dilley’s wastewater and water woes have been escalated to the federal level through Environmental Protection Agency violations. This information was revealed in a presentation from Communities Unlimited, and the item ended after a testy confrontation on January 9th. Continue reading “New Federal EPA Water/Wastewater Violations against Dilley Revealed During Heated Council Meeting”

Photo: Maria Gauna, Dilley Library Assistant

The newspaper back issues offer a wealth of content for trips down memory lane, fact checks, or even light opposition research for local political candidates…

Maria Gauna couldn’t remember which year her brother died. It had been a couple of decades, and she feared the memory of her loved one was slipping. Continue reading “ICYMI: Dilley Public Library Hosts Online Archives of Frio-Nueces Current, Dilley Herald dating back to 1961… for Free”

 

No movement on Prison WWTP

On October 30^th, Dilley’s city council authorized the commencement of proceedings for a $7 million dollar loan to build a new wastewater treatment plant that would exclusively serve the Dolph Briscoe prison. Continue reading “Dilley City Council End-of-2017 Updates”

For the past year, the Dilley’s city council has discussed action to independently re-appraise CoreCivic’s South Texas Family Residential Center, believing the true valuation to be more than double the Frio County Appraisal District’s current $45 million dollar figure. As a result, most taxing units in Frio County may be collecting far less revenue than possible, thereby affecting property tax rates, services, and operations. Continue reading “Has CoreCivic Been Paying Their Fair Share Of Property Taxes to Dilley and Frio County?… Part 3 of 3”

Based on the counsel of a city attorney currently under disciplinary sanction by the State Bar of Texas, and the engineering company that oversaw the $4 million city hall/convention center project, the city of Dilley voted to take steps toward a new $7 million wastewater treatment plant exclusively for the Dolph Briscoe prison. It will be funded through certificates of obligation, and will nearly double Dilley’s current certificates of obligation debt. Continue reading “COUNCIL SILENT As Members Vote On Water Rate Study, Initiate Steps To Borrow $7 Million For New Prison WWTP”