Tim Eaton
The Contender
Juan Garcia has the perfect resume, but can he win his first big race?
It’s a typical sticky summer afternoon in Taft, a sorghum and cotton town in San Patricio County named for President Taft’s half-brother Charles. With temperatures close to 100 degrees, it’s not a comfortable day to be on the streets, but … Read More
The Contender
Juan Garcia has the perfect resume, but can he win his first big race?
It’s a typical sticky summer afternoon in Taft, a sorghum and cotton town in San Patricio County named for President Taft’s half-brother Charles. With temperatures close to 100 degrees, it’s not a comfortable day to be on the streets, but … Read More
Dateline
Making Up for Lost Time in Lubbock
The nearly vacant, deteriorating buildings that make up the Lubbock’s Green Fair Manor public housing complex bake in the summer sun. Rows of trains from the adjacent rail yard block the views. And occasionally, the evening breeze delivers the stench … Read More
Fear and Loathing in San Antonio
Republicans get riled up over immigration and taxes at their state convention
The 2006 Republican State Convention in San Antonio had all the usual trappings. There were women in red, white, and blue sequined vests, the anti-Hillary T-shirts, and, as ever, the copious praying, pledging of allegiances, and chattering on about freedom. … Read More
The Fall of King Louie
Bruni?s gone, Valdez and Benavides duke it out to become the next Webb County judge
Webb County Judge Louis Bruni had big plans. So lofty were Bruni’s ambitions that he wanted to change the South Texas climate – not the political climate but the weather itself. The man some people called King Louie invested $1.2 … Read More