Shutdown — Laredo Style!

Just when you thought you hadn’t seen anything stupider than the Federal government shutdown, we get our very own debacle right here in sunny South Texas earlier this month. Granted, the stakes in this city-county chingazo weren’t nearly as high as the stakes were when Rafael Cruz (you might know him as Canadian Ted) and […]

County Judge Race Is Set … or is it?

Last week, Webb County Judge Danny Valdez formally announced his re-election bid behind closed doors at a local restaurant. According to a couple of attendees, the doors were closed for three reasons:  1) to prevent the rest of the patrons of the Northside eatery to see how few people turned out to support Valdez;  2) […]

Mark of CHORRO, Part 2

In spite of the “flood” of finger pointing in the Rio Bravo Water System scandal (yes, I think it’s safe to call it a scandal now), reports from Rio Bravo and El Cenizo earlier this week indicate that the water is STILL green in those communities.  This comes from an insider who is intimately familiar […]