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Cameron County residents will get a chance to make their voices heard on pay raises for county officials.
In accordance with state law, the county will hold a public hearing next week on proposed increases in pay for elected leaders.
Commissioner’s court members, the sheriff, and 20 other elected officials are on the list for the proposed pay raises.
Cameron County Commissioners Court has the highest proposed increases at $11,000 each.
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Local activists in the Rio Grande Valley are frustrated with Elon Musk’s SpaceX operation in Boca Chica, just east of Brownsville.
Their concerns range from blocked public access to parks and beaches to long-term ecological damage to region-wide gentrification.
Local leaders, including Brownsville Mayor Trey Mendez, regularly post on social media to announce meetings and tours with SpaceX officials while providing updates to local media about the developing relationship between the company and the region.
In a
Rio Grande Guardian, Mendez expressed excitement that housing prices in the area were beginning to “shoot up” as a result of SpaceX and the third-party projects that it has already attracted to the area. Those projects include a newly formed out-of-region venture capital firm dedicated to funding space startups and a media channel that will broadcast only news about the space industry.
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Pieces of debris are seen in a National Wildlife Refuge after uncrewed SpaceX Starship prototype rocket SN11 failed to land safely, in Boca Chica, Texas, U.S. March 31,2021. REUTERS/Gene Blevins
Local activists in the Rio Grande Valley are frustrated with Elon Musk’s SpaceX operation in Boca Chica, just east of Brownsville.
Their concerns range from blocked public access to parks and beaches to long-term ecological damage to region-wide gentrification.
Local leaders, including Brownsville Mayor Trey Mendez, regularly post on social media to announce meetings and tours with SpaceX officials while providing updates to local media about the developing relationship between the company and the region.