Colonia residents concerned about creek

The Corpus Christi Caller-Times ran an article on Petronila Creek back on April 27, 2008. The article is on the need to clean up the creek, the effects of dumping, how some residents are reporting both sores on children's arms and sickened livestock, and possible effects on the area with the opening of the federal prison just north of Lost Creek.

While the article is very informative, the posted comments are equally telling. There seems to be a lack of knowledge of who actually lives in the colonias, what kind of lifestyles they live and why they are there.

If nothing else, this article lets us know that we have a long way to go in educating the public about what colonias really are and why they exist.

------

• The article was commented on by Texas Prison Bid'ness.
• The public meeting mentioned in the article regarding the prison is at 7pm on Thursday, May 15 at the Holiday Inn Airport for more info read here.