Ralph Coker
National Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Month
Each year, the month of June is designated as National Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month. This awareness month began as a way to educate communities about PTSD and provide support and resources to those individuals living with this condition. PTSD is a psychiatric disorder that can occur following the experience or witnessing of a…
Read MoreNueces County Long-term Priorities
In my March article, I discussed near-term priorities for Nueces County. Nueces County’s long-term priorities should be to increase its tax base by recruiting oil & gas-related industrial plants. Several years ago, the Nueces County tax base was about $25 billion-plus, and the San Patricio County tax base was about $3.5 billion. Since then, San…
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