Bonilla's Selection as "Mr. South Texas" Angers Laredo Hispanics

Laredo, TX, Morning Times ^ | 08-24-03 | Cortez, Tricia

[Theodore R.]

People outside Laredo cannot imagine the humor of this story!

[ThreePuttinDude]

Bump for later

[Ken522]

Bonilla must be doing something right.

[Dog Gone]

"Shame on the Mr. South Texas selection committee," were the angry words of District Judge Manuel "Meme" Flores.

Flores is a typical judge in the border region, which is why it is impossible to get a fair trial in his court. When my company gets sued and it's assigned to his court, we know we will lose at the trial court level. His cronies win every time. Imagine that.

[mtbopfuyn]

I guess he thinks he's Anglo or that he's above and beyond everybody else. Eventually, we all pay for our mistakes," Martinez said.

I'm in TX but never heard of these folks nor Mr. South Texas so guess you do need to be in Laredo. However, I do wonder if Martinez wil pay for him Anglo comment mistake.

[=Intervention=]

Fill us in?

[Texas_Jarhead]

I can relate. I've heard more than a few stories of cases tried down South. It's amazing tthat the Justice Dept. hasn't looked into the goings on down there.

[Husker24]

"We demand an apology for his ill-timed, disrespectful and uninformed comments," national LULAC President Hector Flores said angrily from Dallas.

fu*k you

[Iscool]

I guess he thinks he's Anglo or that he's above and beyond everybody else.

I was born "Anglo"...I still am one...I don't hate or dislike anyone because of their race or color, except maybe muzlims...

Racism however, is alive and well in many of these professional minority organizations...They feed their propoganda to the masses of the minorities to justify their own exhistance...In my view, if you are a Mexican, an African, an Irishman, an Asian or a Slovokian, you're not an American...Only Americans are American...

[tom h]

"Bonilla's Selection as "Mr. South Texas" Angers Laredo Hispanics"

If the liberals are angry this means too things:

(1) They are worried.

(2) We are doing something right.

[shiva]

"Bonilla's Selection as "Mr.REPUBLICAN South Texas" Angers Laredo Hispanics"

[KEVLAR]

Excuse me, Dick, er, I mean Hector, When your organazation apologizes for pushing for unlimited immigration, a bilingual North America and other assorted cultural attacks, we can talk.

[Texas_Jarhead]

I'll see your FU and raise you a KMA!

[hocndoc]

Typical dem response:Flea/flee/don't show up.

Good for Representative Bonilla!

(And Zaffirini was really "Mr South Texas"?)

[Theodore R.]

As with the Time former "Man of the Year," the "Mr. South Texas" may be female.

[Theodore R.]

The "Mr. South Texas" designation is supposed to be nonpartisan, but I understand that when Republicans were given this honor previously, some loyal Democrats did protest, but to no avail in rolling back the bestowing of the honor. These kinds of Democrats will never give up.

[hocndoc]

Thanks!
I called Representative Bonilla's office last week to let them know that, while I live in a neighboring county and so I'm not a direct constituent, I am grateful to the Representative for speaking out.
30 more days for the Fleas!

[Theodore R.]

"Mr. South Texas" is an honor given at the annual George Washington Birthday celebration, a 10-day festival held in Laredo in mid-February. The person does not have to live in South TX to receive the honor. It was once given to popular Gov. Ann W. Richards, a non-South Texan who swept South TX in both of her gubernatorial races.

[=Intervention=]

Kewl. Thanks. So that's the context and the Dems are just up to their usual whining...

[Theodore R.]

Another irony, the Laredo Democrats want Bonilla (who polled some 15 percent of the vote in Webb Co. last year) out of office. The redistricting plan proposed by the Republicans would remove Laredo from Bonilla' district. It would divide the city between two popular neighboring Democrat representatives. Still the "democracy" here says that splitting Laredo is unfair, and it strongly opposes the GOP redistricting even though it would remove the unpopular Bonilla from this district. People here really oppose Bonilla, but he could remain their congressman for some time. They have suffered already for ten years under Bonilla, in their view. Bonilla has never carried Webb County.