A reader's e-mail to me regarding the recent election results in which voters voted for a Republican mayor in four cities:
So far, Texas Monthly magazine is ignoring the GOP wins.
It'll be interesting to see their view. They have some great writers,
but the editorial slant is sure "Turn Texas Blue"
There's
all kinds of Republicans ...McCain, Murkowski, Romney on the low end of
my regard... and I don't know Villalobos' record. But, just his win in
McAllen is unthinkable as any kind of Republican. That is a
powerhouse trade area. They have a mall, LaPlaza, that led the nation
in sales per square foot for years, improbable as that may seem. Last I
saw, McAllen was in the top 20 of all cities nationwide for sales tax
collected.
Any
allegiance, whatsoever, with someone who's a longtime Republican makes
me blink rapidly. This is when I [regret being retired], I'd love to
call a few buddies and see how the retail and commercial markets are
doing there - and if they had any insights.
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So,
yeah, Ft Worth and Arlington are far bigger cities, but neither of
those shocked me as much as McAllen. Both of them combined didn't shock
me as much as McAllen.
Biden won the county by 17 points, but the US Rep Dem Gonzalez barely won, so that should be an interesting 2022 race
Texas-sized Warning for House Democrats
MAGGIE ABBOUD | JUNE 7, 2021
House Democrats should be very concerned today.
Over the weekend, Republicans flipped the mayorship in McAllen, TX for the first time ever. The city is an 85% Hispanic border community.
McAllen is also in the heart of vulnerable Democrat Vicente Gonzalez’s district, who is a top NRCC target after barely winning reelection last cycle.
NRCC Comment: “Vicente
Gonzalez should be having nightmares about how doomed his reelection
hopes are. Texas voters want nothing to do with Democrats’ socialist
agenda that has created a crisis along the southern border, wants to
raise taxes on middle-class workers and plans to defund the police.” – NRCC Spokeswoman Torunn Sinclair
Hidalgo
County has voted D for President since 2000, but you can see how Trump
had a big up bump in 2020!!!!!!!. (;>) That's after all that very
visible beautiful wall building - (;>) Wow! Hillary had won by 40
points in the county. So, after 4 years of Trump, they really liked
what he delivered. Powerful graphic.
Ah
- I'd mentioned that the mayoral loser was a woman named Whitacre, but
she's from the strong Dem Vela family ... I knew one relative was a US
Rep, but didn't realize he was freshly appointed Vice Chair of the Dem
National Committee. Slap in the face.
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I'm sure smiling as I unearth this stuff. Nothing's inspiring poetry, however. Whew!
Well, wait a minute.... Apologies to Marty Robbins
Out in the South Texas town of McAllen
The Democrats lost big - surprisingly so
Vamanos Vela, Kamala and Biden
Trump built a wall, and Adios Joe
To be continued (;>)
Right now my brain has segued into "Cielito Lindo" and I don't know who wrote it.
Ai yi yi yi
Viva El Donald
He's sure not a Commie
He built a big wall
Nice job there Tommy
Made Democrats fall
Ai yi yi yi
That's enough of that.
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