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This article originally ran in the Aug. 27, 2021 issue of the Progress Times. The historic Roosevelt Auditorium does not have a demolition date yet, but the project is still headed in that direction. At the Aug. 11 board meeting, the Mission CISD board of trustees approved the $175,000 budget and professional services from Chanin…

This article originally ran in the April 16, 2021 issue of the Progress Times. Adela Ortega remembers being in a Thanksgiving program in the historic Roosevelt Auditorium when she was at the then elementary school. “I was, I think, a pilgrim at one time when I was in second grade or first grade,” the Mission…

Mission City Council reinstated the no parking on grass ordinance that caused much debate for the last two years.  City government originally created ordinance No. 5001 in 2021 to promote city beautification and allow code enforcement officers to issue citations. The ordinance stated that all residents needed to park their vehicles in the designated driveway…

The Sharyland ISD board of trustees made the May 6 election results official and inducted the two winners at the May 16 meeting. Meagan Sullivan took the Place 1 seat on the board, and Julio Cerda took Place 2.  The official vote count is 1,584 for Place 1, with Sullivan defeating her opponent Sergio Saenz…

The Sharyland ISD board of trustees will have one new and one not-so-new member join the panel of seven elected officials for the next three years. Meagan Sullivan will take over Place 1 after longtime board member Ricky Longoria decided to step down from the position. And Julio Cerda, a former trustee of six years,…

Sixty-nine residents of the Stonegate subdivision signed a petition against their neighbor David Balderas and his request for a permit to sell firearms out of his home. Their main concern regards a potential increase in traffic in a neighborhood that lacks the space to support a commercial business. At the May 8 Mission City Council…

For more than two years Mission City Council has debated a no parking on grass ordinance — and after the May 8 city council meeting, the discussion continues with the order still on a moratorium. After residents issued complaints both for and against the ordinance, the council still works to find a compromise.  In March…

Mission City Council awarded the Lions Park Improvements Project to G&G Contractors — a company with some history of requesting additional days to work on projects.  The mayor and council discussed and voted on the agenda item in two separate meetings. At the first meeting, the council unanimously approved the contractor. But at the second,…

After 15 years on the Sharyland ISD board of trustees, Ricky Longoria had difficulty compressing the experience into a 30-minute interview.  “How do you do that,” he asked. “How do you serve it justice?”  He reminisced on the accomplishments, the highlights and the efforts that went into holding the Place 1 seat. But with the…