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 […]
The Mark of CHORRO!
How in the world does a Webb County department head get his hand slapped 29 times and still manage to keep it in the cookie jar? As the Laredo Morning Times reported online yesterday, former water utilities director for Webb County Johnny Amaya was reprimanded nearly 30 times over a decade and “at one point was […]