Probably every generation thinks the same, but I really do think I grew up in the best of times – 1955 to when I stumbled into my 18 year in 1973. Besides the sad assassinations, the Viet Nam conflict, Kent State, racial unrest, and other events that were anything but pleasant, that time period for most people on a personal level were great times.
Ricardo De Luna thought he was doing all the right things before he caught COVID-19. He limited where he went. Wore facemasks in public, practiced social distancing. In other words, he never considered it to be a hoax.
I used to say, Hidalgo County has to have more restaurants per capita (person) than almost anywhere in the country. Bar none.
Thankfully, I haven’t stepped on any dirty diapers in awhile -- on sidewalks, in parking lots. Now that I think about it, it’s probably because we moved out of that Twin Palms strip center near the expressway and bought the old Pharr City Hall building on W. Park eight years ago.
If you have an ounce of pot on you, make it two, and the police pull you over and discover the dope under your front seat – “That $#%@ belongs to my girlfriend, bro” – then you should probably hope you’re in Pharr
217 W. Park Avenue
Pharr, TX 78577