Skip to main content

U.S. Cites Rise in Violence Along Border With Mexico

Image
By
U.S.
Cites Rise in Violence Along Border With Mexico: "Wow! We it finally made
the New York Times. The drugs and the related violence that we have watched over
the years grow and grow here on the border is being made note of in the nation's
paper of record and the halls of congress. I can remember when some chamber of
commerce types told me that it was all part of my imagination and that I was
doing a disservice to the community by bringing up the subject. Where are they
now? Probably cowering behind a gated fence while other less fortunates are
forced to confront the cold realities that they once denied.Now the violence and
the spread of drugs has reached such proportions that it has silenced the
critics. No, now they are hiring public relations firms to cover-up the drug
related violence that runs through our streets. I just couldn't believe it when
I read that story. Rather than attack the root of the problem which they once
denied existed, they now bring in spin doctors to hide or shade the truth. That
truth that continues to grow has not changed, drugs, its violence and organized
crime are slowly eating away at our social fabric and society and if effective
action is not taken immediately, even at this late hour, irreversible damage
will be done to a significant part of this nation. I call upon those early
critics to read here -- tru"

More on border violence from State Rep. Aaron Peña He has been keeping an eye on the subject. In this latest blog entry, he notes how our struggle in the Rio Grande Valley is finally making news in the New York Times and making waves in Washington.

Comments

Anonymous said…
God has touched that man. God bless Rep. Pena for having the courage to speak up when so many others hid from the truth.
11:00 AM
Anonymous said…
do you belive in new order that is what is going to happen so no matter what we do it is going to get wors.
1:18 PM
Post a Comment

Affiliate Links

Popular posts from this blog

Cleaning Mold and Mildew From Your Window Air Conditioner

By
I don't think cleaning mold and mildew from your window air conditioner is a problem specific to the Rio Grande Valley. After all, there are plenty of other places with high temperatures and high humidity. However, given that there are so many of us who rely on window units to cool our homes, allow me to share some experience in cleaning these things out. Why I'm Cleaning My Own A/C Obviously, our window units grew some black stuff on the blower and its enclosure. This generated allergies in my little one, who is sensitive to such things. Not having my own laboratory, I couldn't tell you if it is mold or mildew. It matters not. What I've Tried Other than replacing the window unit every couple months, I've tried washing the unit with Clorox products. I figure bleach kills everything; but, I guess it doesn't. We still had to use cotton swabs to wipe and scrub surfaces on the blower and enclosure, which is almost impossible on some models. You can't d...
1 comment
Read more

Fall 2024 in the RGV

By
It's that time of year again when Winter Texans start to make their way south from the northern states. I have already had phone calls with a Winter Texan client who is getting ready to come down. I think it is fascinating that we can make friends from people who are visiting only seasonally.  Looking at the blog stats, I seem to get a peak in traffic every year. So I suppose it must be partly due to many of our friends coming back from up north.  Image generated by Gemini 1.5 Pro AI Speaking of seasons, we still have a couple of months to go before the end of hurricane season for 2024. We have been fortunate this year, compared to other parts of the USA. Although, south Texas could use the rain.  This time of year makes me happy as we finally have nights that are below 78F like we had all summer. This week we have had mornings in the 60s. While we still have hot days in the 90s, we at least get some respite in the evenings, leading to cool mornings.  Returning to RG...
Post a Comment
Read more

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

By
There's this letter to the editor in today's Monitor. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR : LETTERS TO THE EDITOR February 09,2006 The Monitor Salinas is a worthy candidate for judge To the editor: I read with great curiosity a letter by Roxanne Sanchez of Mission on Feb. 5, which indicated she has some questions for Hidalgo County Judge candidate J.D. Salinas. J.D. knows all members of the community are hard-working. But how many of us could afford to give $5,000, $10,000 or even $30,000 in one payment to a political candidate? I don’t think many of us could. It is only the wealthy who have given contributions to the current county judge. J.D. has put a lot of his won money into his campaign. That money is listed as a loan on the campaign finance report because that’s what is required by law. J.D. is a lot like you and me, he works hard for his money and he won’t take a campaign donation unless he’s putting some money in himself. The simple fact that J.D. has money to lend to his campaign i...
24 comments
Read more