Cruel. That’s really the only way to describe life at times.Just two weeks ago, Feb. 8, local attorney and McAllen Mayor Javier Villalobos along with his wife took the stage at the Convention Center to welcome the sold-out crowd to McAllen’s State-of-the-City address. It was Villalobos’s second round as host after being elected mayor in a runoff election in June 2021, and he was happy to report that the year prior, 2022, had been a “momentous” year for the city, with its 12-percent increase in sales tax revenues. Plus, McAllen had been ranked the sixth safest city in the U.S.Approximately ...