The old San Juan Cemetery on Moore Rd., just east of Veterans Blvd. (I Rd.), turns 100 next year and despite its age, it’s as beautiful as ever, with colorful flowers, plastic and fresh, in abundance no matter the direction you look. It’s almost as if every gravestone has some color added to it by loving family members.
In last week’s Advance story about the McAllen Chamber of Commerce and the recent resignation of CEO/President Steve Ahlenius, who drew a six-figure annual income for most of the 24 years he was there, the question was asked:
HIDALGO — U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Hidalgo International Bridge intercepted $3,061,000 in alleged methamphetamine in two incidents.
EDINBURG — A Mission man was found guilty on one count of continuous sexual abuse of a child, six counts of indecency with a child sexual contact and six counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and will be formally sentenced on Friday at 1:30 p.m.
When it comes to its CORE VALUES, which is how it’s written on its website (all letters upper case), the McAllen Chamber talks the talk; but when you (in this case, I) ask the nonprofit for some relatively simple information, its core seems off, and the chamber doesn’t seem to be walking the walk.
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