Published Brownsville Herald March 14, 2011
Last weekend exploded into some real community politics that I thought was being washed from our community by changes at the polls. However, it seems that the “the government has to do it for me” attitude still prevails in our community and there are those that want to become the “middle men” in the process to advance heir own interests in spite of what the electorate wants.
One instance erupted at a meeting held at Senator Eddie Lucio Jr.’s office, at the unreasonable time of 8:30 a.m. last Sunday! It was billed as a factfinding meeting, to consider the concerns of those Texas Southmost College trustees who had voted against a revamped partnership between the UT System and the community college.
Some observers perceived that Sen. Lucio, Rep. Eddie Lucio III and State Rep. Rene Oliveira had summoned TSC trustees Trey Mendez, Adela Garza and Chairman Kiko Rendon for some oldfashioned arm-twisting. More »
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