Alonzo Cantú of McAllen, whose far-reaching positive influence on the Valley’s economy, health care, education, and quality-of-life is felt on a large scale, on Friday, April 17, 2020, was selected by Gov. Greg Abbott as one of 39 Texans to serve on a Special Advisory Council which will share innovative ideas to help businesses strategically reopen while containing the spread of COVID-19. That blue-ribbon committee is one of five groups that make up Abbott’s Strike Force to Open Texas, a team of nationally recognized medical experts and private and public leaders who will advise the governor on safely and strategically reopening the ...