Gus Bova
Senior Writer and Assistant Editor at The Texas Observer
Kansas-Texas transplant. Interim Editor-in-Chief @TexasObserver. Tips: [email protected], or DM for Signal.
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1 month ago |
ourcommunitynow.com | Gus Bova
Share In recent years, Los Fresnos has changed, much like the rest of the Rio Grande Valley. More retail chains are coming to the town of around 8,400, mostly along Highway 100—called Ocean Boulevard in town. Suburbs expand from that road toward Olmito or Bayview, with the oldest neighborhoods being rural colonias or collections of craftsman homes.
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1 month ago |
texasobserver.org | Gus Bova
Texas Observer readers,A half-century ago, Molly Ivins penned one of her many famous lines about the Lege in a special Texas issue of The Atlantic Monthly. “The Texas Legislature consists of 181 people who meet for 140 days once every two years,” she wrote. “This catastrophe has now occurred sixty-three times.”The number of lawmakers, the frequency of sessions, and the catastrophic nature of their work all remain unchanged.
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1 month ago |
texasobserver.org | Gus Bova
Throughout her political ascent, Sylvia Garcia has been followed by the word “first.” In 1987, she became the first woman and first Hispanic to preside over Houston’s municipal courts. Fifteen years later, after a stint as city controller, she broke those same barriers upon her election to the Harris County Commissioners Court. And yet again, in 2018—following five years in the state Senate—she became one of the first two Latinas ever elected by Texans to the U.S. House.
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Jan 6, 2025 |
texasobserver.org | Gus Bova
Texas Observer readers,Last month, we at the Observer officially celebrated our 70th year of continuous publication. Some 200 supporters gathered at Scholz Garten, the historic downtown Austin watering hole that nurtured the liberal social scene around the Observer for decades. In a bleak time for Texas and the country, I know that I felt heartened.
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Dec 26, 2024 |
texasobserver.org | Gus Bova
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