“Next session is the session. I’m not saying there will be a casino on the Island but typically when gambling efforts are tried they are when the economic situation is bad,” Peña told the audience. “We have a perfect storm next session. We are going to be in a shortfall. We are going to be looking for revenues.”

Imagine the public outrage if the national news media suddenly reported that President Bush had signed off on a Congressional plan to sell property rights to Yellowstone National Park to private developers.

A group interested in keeping Isla Blanca Park from being commercially developed is organizing against an $8 million certificate of obligation approved by Cameron County commissioners. 

Winter visitors organize voting bloc to show the Cameron County commission how serious they are about keeping private development away from the Isla Blanca natural treasure.

Protesters made one last futile attempt Tuesday to stop county officials from issuing $8 million in certificates of obligation to fund park improvements and expansion.