I don’t know what it is lately – “it’s the dystopian pandemic, stupid” -- but I’ve been re-living a flight I had in an old Luscombe that almost came to an unhappy end, which is almost always the case when a spinning plane impacts the hard ground nose first, depending on the altitude from which the spin began. Long sentence. Sorry.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez announced a $3,210,638 grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for COVID-19 relief for the McAllen International Airport.
The English pop-music group, The Beatles, has long been considered one of the most popular entertainment acts of all time. But in 1966, bitter controversy was swirling around the fab four, as the Beatles were called back then. John Lennon, the unofficial leader of the group, had declared the Beatles more popular, more important, than Jesus Christ. Only after relentless criticism did Lennon half-heartedly apologize; but any casual observer to the whole affair could easily see the insincerity of the apology. John Lennon honestly believed the Beatles were more influential than Jesus and it appears he took this conceit to his unfortunate premature grave.
EDINBURG – Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez responded to Governor Greg Abbott’s announcement to reopen Texas businesses at 100 percent and rescind a statewide mask mandate with the following statement: “I appreciate Governor
Local news media reported that the City of McAllen was working on developing temporary City-issued IDs to assist in resolving an issue concerning migrants crossing local points of entry and clearing Transportation Security Administration pre-boarding inspection at McAllen International Airport. This report was based on initial information that access to flights was prohibited without photo identification. City of McAllen officials worked to address the initial reports of denied access to flights, it was determined that access was, in fact, not denied but instead delayed due to the complexities related to the identity verification process of immigrants boarding flights at McAllen International Airport.
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