PHARR – City of Pharr Commissioners Roberto “Bobby” Carrillo, Dr. Ramiro Caballero, and Daniel Chavez announce that they are seeking re-election to the offices they currently hold. The City of Pharr city elections will be held on May 1, 2021.
While COVID-19 and Medicaid expansion are sure to receive major attention during the ongoing 87th Texas Legislature, other key issues dealing with state health and human services may very well also be taken up by state lawmakers in the next few weeks and months, according to the House Research Organization.
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.
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