Not Quite Felix and Oscar, But Hurricane Lodging Was a Bit Odd

The Chicago Sun-Times ^ | October 24, 2017 | Mark Brown

[PBRCat]

My reporting on the hurricane recovery effort in Puerto Rico would not be complete without mention of my roommate on the trip — Rep. Luis Gutierrez.

In an admittedly unorthodox decision, the Chicago congressman and I shared a hotel room and rental car to reduce the logistical difficulties of following him around to hurricane-damaged locations on the island.

I learned Gutierrez is probably more popular in Puerto Rico than in Chicago because of his advocacy on the island’s behalf in Congress, which gets him more media attention there than here. Everywhere we went, random people wanted to chat him up, thank him and get their pictures taken.

One of the stranger moments in my travels with Gutierrez was when I looked up from my computer one night and saw him sitting on the hotel room floor counting his supply of cash.

[PBRCat]

It is exceptionally ironic to see Guitierrez calling out for American assistance and reminding everyone that Puerto Ricans are Americans after spending his entire career promoting FALN causes and condemning the USA.

[ClearCase_guy]

One of the stranger moments in my travels with Gutierrez was when I looked up from my computer one night and saw him sitting on the hotel room floor counting his supply of cash.

Everywhere we went, random people wanted to chat him up, thank him and get their pictures taken.

And give him cash, apparently.

[bgill]

Why is he giving money to mayors?

Why is he purchasing supplies “in” PR?

[originalbuckeye]

I find it appalling that a member of a newspaper is bunking with Luis and is expected to cover him in an unbiased way! (Do I really need the sarcasm tag?)

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

One of the stranger moments in my travels with Gutierrez was when I looked up from my computer one night and saw him sitting on the hotel room floor counting his supply of cash.

Everywhere we went, random people wanted to chat him up, thank him and get their pictures taken.

And give him cash, apparently.^{accept desperately needed cash from him.}

This happens to be one of those times when it helps to read the article.

[smokingfrog]

Tell us all about how Guitierrez met with the mayor of San Juan and gave her the we are dying t-shirt and sos hat.

[bgill]

My comment was directly from the article. The article specifically states he gave money to mayors and purchased supplies in PR.

[carcraft]

I thought cash over $10,000:00 had to be declared and cleared? I wonder if this was done?

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

The article specifically states he gave money to mayors

[SoFloFreeper]

If you want to see why Luis Gutierrez is in Congress, go look at the lines of his Congressional district, apparently drawn by the corrupt Illinois legislature. You can tell it was purposely gerrymandered to get a Hispanic DemonRat voted into Congress.

The most ridiculous contiguous district I think there is in the present Congress.

Illinois 4. Check it out.

[bgill]

He shouldn’t be giving cash to mayors. They will pocket it and it’ll never been seen again.

[libertylover]

I didn’t see any mention of Guitierrez keeping records of who he gave the money to, the date, and how much. Without that it’s very suspicious and he knew this “in his pocket” “journalist” would not do anything but write a nice puff piece.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

That’s racist.

[RegulatorCountry]

“Mayor” is a race now?

[PBRCat]

Guitierrez is a Puerto Rican, himself. His parents moved to Chicago. His manufactured district includes Chicago’s largest Puerto Rican area as well as Mexican precincts. As a comment stated the district was gerrymandered.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Isn’t everything?