Since the Donald Neely arrest, oceans of ink have been expended dissecting the optics of the incident. Almost nothing has been mentioned about using the optics of any event as the nearly sole standard for judging the legality, or even the compassion shown, in such incidents.
In June, Moody Early Childhood Center celebrated the conclusion of its first school year as an “in district” charter school with the graduation of 167 pre-K3 students.
Improving islanders’ quality of life should begin with moving large events away from residents and businesses. Businesses and residents have asked council to relocate the disruptive parties away from the historic district for 10 years.
The number of firearm-related deaths in children has changed dramatically in the last 10 years. Children are shot in their homes, in their neighborhood, their school, their church and other public places.
In a previous column (“Something must be done to balance power,” The Daily News, July 24), I argued that since Reynolds v. Sims forces state senate districts to be proportional to population, large urban areas will control those states that contain these high-population areas, so their small…
When the interlocal conversation began, the city of Galveston initiated discussions among the Park Board and the Wharves Board, aimed at finding areas in which leadership could create efficiencies among the three.
For President Donald Trump to allow racist and bigoted remarks to be made at a so-called campaign rally is, within itself, unpatriotic. The chant, “send her back” was meant to denigrate four first-time congresswomen at a so-called campaign rally in North Carolina. It brought back hurtful mem…
I’ve soul searched about my column (“State got it half right on nature center renovation,” The Daily News, July 10), but I still feel strongly that the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department sold short the park, the Friends of Galveston Island State Park, and park patrons in the redesign of the…
Twenty years ago, the Galveston Economic Development Partnership opened our doors when Galveston was facing several economic challenges. From the city to the port — from crumbling infrastructure to eyesore buildings — many of the wheels on Galveston’s economic bus were either losing air or o…
My time on council taught me some important lessons. One of those lessons, and the one that drives me to write today is, as a rule, the loudest folks in the room are often heard best. Whether or not those folks are on the right side of any particular issue is another matter.
Once again, we’re facing weeks of sweltering heat during summer’s “dog days.” While we hope for an occasional rainy and cool reprieve, mostly we know we’re in for hot weather, and lots of sun, so most of us will look for a shady spot.
Never let the truth get in the way of a good story. With a few exceptions, that seems to be the maxim governing the initial social media outcry and resulting media coverage of the recent incident involving Galveston mounted police officers and the arrest of a local homeless man.
"We have an opportunity to be a better community," Sam Collins III writes.
The alarm goes off, and I sleepily roll over and stop the irritating decibels. It’s 5:30 a.m., the sun isn’t up and it’s still dark outside, but that doesn’t bother the turtles though.
Mayor Jim Yarbrough is on the right track suggesting the Port of Galveston needs to pay more of its revenue to the city of Galveston. Here’s my analysis why the residents of Galveston should care.
Tuesday evening’s community gathering called by the Galveston Police Department allowed residents a direct line of communication with Police Chief Vernon Hale, just a mere 24 hours following the worldwide, warp-speed viral viewing of photographs showing horse-mounted Galveston police officer…
Every day our nation faces risks, whether it be from flooding, hurricanes or other threats.
Walking up the crosswalk to College of the Mainland’s conference center recently, I knew the night would be exasperating as we prepared to view Ava Duvernay’s “When They See Us.”
The time has come for Congress to act in a bipartisan manner to ensure the prosperity of our nation and bolster economic growth by ratifying the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
It’s possible, though often not easy, to alter our circumstances: occupation, residence, nationality, marital status, social class, educational and economic levels, and religious and political preferences.
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