Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Mayor Cortez, supporters lobby for youth park expansion, sale of Westside Park

Mayor Cortez, supporters lobby for youth park expansion, sale of Westside Park
McAllen voters will decide in May special election

March 16, 2010 9:13 PM
Nick Pipitone
The Monitor

McALLEN — Mayor Richard Cortez and several supporters urged voters Tuesday to approve two separate ballot propositions that would usher in big changes to the city’s parkland and change the city’s tax rate for the first time in over a decade.

McAllen voters will decide in a May special election whether the city should issue $35 million worth of bonds to build a youth baseball and softball complex, expand the city’s lone youth soccer complex, build a giant new tennis center and renovate Municipal Park.

A second proposition will authorize...

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