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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”

Pictured Left to Right: Councilman Gilbert Eguia, Steven Herrera, Councilman Sabino Mena, Library Director Norma Herrera, Ken Gajdos of CoBank, Librarian Maria Gauna, City Clerk Noelia Rodriguez, City Administrator Rudy Alvarez, Everardo Castillo, and Medina Electric CEO Mark Rollans

Medina Electric Cooperative and CoBank partner on donation

Medina Electric Cooperative presented the Dilley Public Library with a $4,000 donation on Friday, October 27. The presentation took place at the new building, with Mark Rollans, CEO of Medina Electric, and Ken Gajdos, with CoBank, and various Dilley residents. The donation was made possible through the members of Medina Electric Cooperative, and through CoBank’s Sharing Success charitable contribution program. CoBank, a national cooperative bank, is one of Medina EC’s financial partners.

Library Director Norma Herrera plans to use most of the donation for computers, a popular feature among Dilley residents. “They use them for applications, income tax, job searching, emails. Kids use them for school projects,” said Herrera. Assistance is available when appropriate, as well as printing and copying for a fee.

The donation was made possible through the members of Medina Electric Cooperative, and through CoBank’s Sharing Success charitable contribution program. CoBank, a national cooperative bank, is one of Medina EC’s financial partners. Through the Sharing Success program, CoBank matches an annual donation of up to $5,000 that Medina EC makes to up to three nonprofit organizations. Each year, Medina EC selects organizations located in a different parts of their 17-county service area to receive the donation.