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McAllen isn’t a sanctuary city, so please stop claiming it is

McALLEN – What are the odds? All McAllen’s incumbent City Commissioner John Ingram needed to avoid the June 22 runoff election was one vote. One Vote. In a three-way race such as was the case for District 5, all Ingram needed to win another term was 50 percent of the vote, plus one. Not one percent. One vote. In Donna, this would be the equivalent of packing one nursing home patient into the front seat of a politiquera’s van. Pack in the usual 10, 15 if you leave out “Gordo,” and that would make 50 percent, plus 10 votes, just to add ...

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