SEGUNDO BARRIO UPDATE: A REPEAT OF 2006?
Dear Friends, I will continue to report to you the latest on the boundary between the proposed Segundo Barrio National Historic District and Downtown National Historic District until the issue…
BISHOP SEITZ OPPOSES DIVIDING SEGUNDO BARRIO
Dear Media and Friends, The Bishop of El Paso, Mark J. Seitz, has sent the attached letter to the El Paso Commissioners Court firmly opposing the division of Segundo Barrio…
FATHER RAFAEL GARCIA OF SACRED HEART CHURCH: “THE REASON WE ARE HERE IS TO SERVE THE IMMIGRANT POOR”
Dear Friends, Father Rafael Garcia is one of many who is trying to convince the County Commissioners Court that the proposed Sacred Heart National Historic District should not be divided…
SEGUNDO BARRIO HISTORIC DISTRICT UPDATE
Dear Friends, On June 15 the County Commissioners Court voted 3-2, with Judge Samaniego and Commissioner Stout dissenting, to divide Segundo Barrio between two historic districts along Campbell St., with…
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS VOTES TO CONTINUE DISCUSSION OF SEGUNDO BARRIO HISTORIC DISTRICT IN A SPECIAL MEETING
Dear Friends and Media, Today the County Commissioners Court voted 3-2, again with Judge Samaniego and Commissioner Stout dissenting, to affirm last week’s decision dividing Segundo Barrio between two national…
SEGUNDO BARRIO HISTORIC DISTRICT BOUNDARIES SET FOR ACTION THIS MORNING! PRESERVATION TEXAS WEIGHS IN
Dear Friends and Media, This morning at 9:30am the County Commissioners Court will convene. Item 6, the first action item on the agenda, concerns the final boundaries of the proposed…
ACTION TO FIX THE SEGUNDO BARRIO NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT SET FOR MONDAY
Friends, The County agenda for Monday includes item 6, which would allow the Commissioners Court to take action on the proposed Segundo Barrio National Historic District and fix issues that…
DISCUSSION OF SEGUNDO BARRIO HISTORIC DISTRICT TO RESUME ON MONDAY, SACRED PASTOR AND SEN. RODRIGUEZ WEIGH IN…
Dear Friends, The County agenda for Monday includes item 6, which allows the Commissioners Court to take further action on the proposed Segundo Barrio Historic District. You will recall that…
PETITION TO ESTABLISH SEGUNDO BARRIO HISTORIC DISTRICT WITHIN ITS CORRECT BOUNDARIES
Dear Friends, Yesterday the County voted 3-2, with Judge Samaniego and Commissioner Stout dissenting, to divide Segundo Barrio into two historic districts, with the western half of the neighborhood attached…
COUNTY BOTCHES SEGUNDO BARRIO HISTORIC DISTRICT
Dear Friends, I regret to report that the County Commissioners Court, on a 3-2 vote, has moved to omit about half of Segundo Barrio from the planned Segundo Barrio Historic…