Over at La Sanbe, Laredo's Most Imposing Blog, Editor-in-chief Keyrose is rocking another Laredo-style fiasco. Yesterday, Blogging Juggernaut BTB posted about Mcallen's (they of our lunch-eating fame) super-sized library. Today, La Sanbe picked up on a Facebook discussion spurred by the mega-library in which City of Laredo Public Information Officer, Xochitl Mora took umbrage with the fact that some Laredoans were giving kudos to McAllen for having apparently given high priority to their public library.
In her post/rant, Ms. Mora admonishes KR and others for even mildly criticizing our own city's lack of similar support for public places of learning. She defends the city's mis-handling of the South Laredo library branch construction and scolds laredoans that they shouldn't complain because, according to her, we don't even use the library nor its services.
The most incredulous part of her post/rant was her remark about how we should all be working to change Laredo's image by being the city's biggest cheerleaders. Obviously, Ms. Mora absolutely failed in her own opportunity to do so. Instead of taking the high road, as befits her position with our city's government, she, instead took the Salinas Regime's usual approach of badmouthing the citizens for even daring to question the city of Laredo on anything what-so-ever.
The Mayor will be truly proud.
I wonder whatever happened to that "Customer Service" training that city employees were supposed to attend a few years ago. Looks like somebody was sick that Monday.....
ReplyDeletePS, you nailed this one, even though I am not a McAllen lunch eater statement supporter.
ReplyDeleteTom, I think I wrote something along these lines in La Sanbe, but I agree, the whole "eating Laredo's lunch," is not apropos of the two cities. But, it is comical because Mayor Salinas was the one who brought it up initially months ago.
ReplyDeleteLaredoTejas here is the authority on all things "eating Laredo's lunch," and he can give you a more precise time frame.
It seems that phrase really gets city officials so riled up they lose proper decorum. Or, if they are taking cues from Mayor Salinas--he of LareDOS infamy--then it is applauded in City Hall.
BTB, the "McAllen's eating our lunch" phrase is blogging gold and thus the reason I use (overuse?) it. The Mayor himself repeated several times as in "I'm tired of hearing that McAllen's eating our lunch" so how can I resist? How could anyone for that matter?
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Exactly. "It's gold, Jerry, pure gold," to use a well-worn Seinfield reference.
ReplyDelete"Eating our lunch," is the ultimate Mayor Salinas punchline. And, yes, I can't resist either--accuracy be damned!
Actually the phrase was started by a man named Javier Garza who worked at the old Laredo National Bank. I heard him use that saying many times over the years in economic meetings throughout the city. But I agree that local politicos have since taken over the phrase, or at least fear it when it is not used by themselves.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, all the blogs in Laredo, keep up the good work, as the main streamers fail to fufill
Thanks for the positive words Tom Wade. You've been consistent in supporting the blogs as you always did when you were on the radio-urging your listeners that, regardless of ideology, they should check out Laredo's blogs.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, sadely, the main streamers-for the most part, have failed. Altough, lately there's been a trend (Unitrade-Raul Garza's political contributions) to be more expository.
LT
sadely? altough? Egad, what's hapenning to my speling? (yes).
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Mora is an idiot. She thinks she's in the inner circle while they are just using her, they laugh behind her back.
ReplyDeleteBT Blues and Tom- So great to see blog-raderie- I like that ideologies may differ but Laredo bloggers stick together. :)
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