City, Chamber Conducting Housing Survey
The City of San Angelo and the San Angelo Chamber of Commerce want local opinions about housing, and they’ve have launched an online survey according to a news bulletin on Wednesday.
The survey is part of a larger plan to produce a third-party housing study conducted by Community Development Strategies, that will “help guide city leaders, developers and businesses in making informed decisions to meet San Angelo’s evolving housing needs.”
Launched by the City’s Economic Development Corporation, the survey consists of 31 questions and takes about 5 minutes to cover everything from types of floorplans to price ranges and locations, along with several demographic questions.
Take the survey here.
— From Loreli Day, City of San Angelo Communications
Ram Media Students Bring Home TIPA Awards
Representatives of Angelo State University’s student-run Ram Media outlets brought home several top awards from the recent Texas Intercollegiate Press Association (TIPA) Convention in San Marcos.
The TIPA journalism/media competition consists of two parts – the Annual Contest that solicits submission of entries previously published or broadcast in the past academic year, and the Live Contests that take place between students attending the convention.
In the Annual Contest against entries from other mid-size, four-year universities, Angelo State’s Ram TV took first place in the Video Newscast category. In the Live Contests against students from institutions of all sizes, ASU students on the staff of Ram TV and/or the Ram Page digital newspaper won the following awards:
- Katie Scholl of Lubbock – 1st Place in Live TV Announcing
- Millie Switzer of Bentonville, Ariz. – 2nd Place in Live Press Release Writing
- Anaomy Somoll of Phnom Penh, Cambodia – 3rd Place in Live Print Advertising
“I could not be prouder of our Ram Media students for their outstanding performance at the TIPA competition, where they brought home several well-deserved awards,” said Dr. Leslie Rodriguez, chair of the Communication and Mass Media Department. “Their success is a clear reflection of the exemplary, hands-on training and mentorship they receive in our department. We are committed to equipping our students with the skills, experience and confidence they need to thrive in the media industry after graduation.”
Scholl and Switzer are mass media majors, and Somoll is a computer science major.
Ram Media consists of the Ram TV television station that broadcasts locally on Optimum Cable Channel 6, the Ram Page digital newspaper and the Ram Radio internet radio station, as well as Ram TV Sports that broadcasts live ASU intercollegiate sports on the FloSports Network.
— From Tom Nurre Jr., ASU Office of Marketing and Communications
Trump to Move Against ActBlue
According to a news bulletin from the organizing director of the Texas Democratic Party to local party chairs throughout the state, it’s expected that the Trump Administration will move forward with an executive order that shuts-down the ActBlue Democratic fundraising apparatus as early as Wednesday evening.
According to original reporting from the Associated Press last week, ActBlue and Indivisible, a left-leaning protest organization, have been preparing for such a move by federal authorities, as many Trump allies have been suggesting that both groups should be prosecuted.
The move comes on the heels of an April 2 letter to ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones from the House of Representatives, making several demands for information while lodging several unsubstantiated claims about fraud.
The letter was signed by representatives Bryan Steil of Wisconsin, Jim Jordan of Ohio and James Comer of Kentucky.
