Proposed Voting Acts From our founding, the United States of America has been a flawed but ambitious and aspirational nation that has made continuous gains towards our promise of liberty and justice for all. One such gain is our unending fight for voting rights. Unending, because while our nation bends towards equality there are those […]

Property Taxes I assume EVERYONE received their 2021 property tax statement from our appraisal board friends. A few observances: IS there no limit as to how far the appraisal bill will go up in the following years? I am getting pretty tired of having my county ‘RENT’ go up every year by the maximum amount […]

Letter to the Editor: I just want to say it’s been a pleasure writing the Chamber Chat for the Dolphin Talk. I began doing the article when the paper was first published in 1996; then Nancy Pomykal took over for a few years, then I picked it up again. I love Port O’Connor, so it […]

Thank You The family of Shirley Gordon would like to publicly thank the following people for all of their help with Ms. Shirley and her care/services: Mary Ann Claiborne, Margaret Claiborne, Michelle Marlin, Nathan O’Neill, Paul Hernandez, Grace Bradley, Troy Beaudry, Forrest Marlin, Virginia Marlin, Beverly Clifton (Salt Blossom), Susan Wallace, Chris Baumbach (Pinnacle Pest […]

Yesterday Yesterday in the late fifties until the late eighties were the best of times in POC for my family and myself. It was a time we spent the holidays and vacation time fishing and gigging flounder. We walked many miles looking for flounder to gig. During November we gigged the flounder and froze them […]