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Port Aransas city council begins to address short term rental issues and last updated 2021-07-15 23:32:17-04 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The anticipation had definitely built up in Port Aransas. It was a full room at the monthly city council meeting, many there to talk about short term rentals (STR). Council heard arguments from both sides, but some decisions made make it seem they are against short term rentals. They passed a second reading that with tighten up language of what defines a sleeping room. Sleeping rooms dictate how many people can stay in an STR. Their hope is this revision wi...

Port Aransas residents say short-term rentals have become too much and last updated 2021-06-23 19:31:38-04 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Port Aransas has been known to be a tourist town, but the locals now have to ask 'What is enough tourism?' “This is something different," said resident Barney Farley. "This is not tourism: this is mega-commerce and mega-bucks." The issue on some Port Aransas permanent residents' minds is the number of short-term rentals being built in the city, and how quickly they're being built. “It is eroding our community," said Maggie Sheldon. "It is taxing ...

Please Donate Boxing coach, roadhouse operator, saloon keeper, and Ingleside character for over fifty years. Barney Farley, a Character Study by Woody LaBounty Barney Farley, athlete, boxing trainer, and saloon keeper, spinning stories from his Ocean Avenue roadhouse resort, as depicted by a newspaper artist, February 19, 1897. - San Francisco Call In 1896, the San Francisco Call described Bernard Farley, a pioneer of the Ingleside District’s old Ocean Road (today’s Ocean Avenue), as a “character of renown.” I will admit to having a personal weakness for characters. My family histo...

Please Donate The history of San Francisco’s Lake Merced from 1830-1870. San Francisco's Lake Merced: Rancho Days by Woody LaBounty (Published in Outside Lands magazine with support from the Schwemm Family Foundation.) Since the 1850s, Lake Merced and the land around it have been the site of roadhouses, a famous duel, truck farms, and large scale "city within a city" housing developments. Located in the southwestern corner of the City and County of San Francisco, the lake has been used as a source for the city's water supply and for recreational activities from skeet shooting to golf to dra...