Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain."
"I will show you fear in a handful of dust..."
The Burial of the Dead, fromThe Waste Land, by T. S. Eliot
By Juan Montoya
Eliot may well have substituted the last day of February for April considering the tumultuous events that have surrounded us. It seems almost fitting that it is the beginning of Lent, when Christians go through a period of self-denial in preparation for the sacrifice and resurrection of Christ.We are not known to be overtly religious in this blog, though we respect the faith of those around us.
And we have no inkling of the depth of pain that the death of Port Isabel homeboy Ray Marchan has brought to his family and loved ones. Ray was a superstar who made it out of the shrimp boats and wind-blown sports playing fields of his native Port Isabel.
Before his involvement with the corruption at the Cameron County Courthouse, he was a man people and youngsters looked up to in his hometown. That he took his own life, as appears to have been the case, isn't for us to judge. That will be left up to himself and whoever we come before after this whirligig is done on this mortal plane.
I never knew Ray on a personal basis, though I have friends who did. He will be remembered among them not for the lurid headlines of the Abel Limas corruption case and its aftermath, but for his easy sense of humor, his ready wit, and his keen legal mind.
It is unfortunate that he chose to exit rather than paying his penance to the public though incarceration. But then again, we will never know what he was going through after a life of struggle to climb out of Smalltown USA and establish himself as a legal force to be reckoned with before his fall.
RIP, Ray.
11 comments:
there is always a way to reedeem your honor. a man that betrayed his country his men and all he was supposed to uphold had no other way out but the one he chose.
a cup of his own soup. subject begged and freely admitted he was guilty and committed suicide on his own will for the efficiency of the service.
HE'S FACING ANOTHER JUDGE RIGHT NOW...OUR 'MAKER'...HE'S GOT ALOT OF EXPLAINING TO DO TO MAKE IT TO THE KINGDON!!!!!
A crooked lawyer on his way to prison, takes a header of the SPI causeway high point and he is now glamorized for becoming what he was..i.e. a crooked lawyer. What a bunch of crap! The guy laid down some bad karma and it caught up with him.
Juan, he deserves the condolences payed to his family. But his past is nothing to be proud, nobody is judging him. Just reminding people, extortion, mail fraud, offering bribes, women beater and on and on. I don't see how anyone can defend this man actions.
Thank you, Juan, for putting Ray's life and death in perspective. Everyone is so swift to judge and your comments are like a mirror for us all. Not having walked in his shoes, I for one shall not judge. RIP, Ray!
(I for one shall not judge. RIP, Ray!)
Never will, I know that. But I would love to get drunk with someone like you.
Jake.
We can only hope that other players in the corruption of Cameron County will feel the shame of their corruption the way Ray Marchan did. We grieve for his family, but his pain was created by the corruption of the judicial system in Cameron County. Unfortunately it continues but those playing the game have less concern for their actions than this man. Of course, Ray Marchan went to Stanford...the rest surely are more ignorant.8123
RIGHT.....5:58PM POSTING.
Why is enrique escobedo like Ernie Hernandez getting their security company, Printing company, Landscaping contracts, Vending Machine CONTRACTS AWARDED from their friends at the Port, County, BISD, City?
Is this a conflict of interest?
Rest in Peace Mr. Ray Marchan, my condolences to his family. Monkey
Why is enrique escobedo like Ernie Hernandez getting their security company, Printing company, Landscaping contracts, Vending Machine CONTRACTS AWARDED from their friends at the Port, County, BISD, City?
Is this a conflict of interest?
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