Saturday, July 1, 2017

JUST LIKE THE GOOD OLD DAYS IN MATAMOROS?

 (Ed.'s Note: Well, not really. It's actually flooding at 9th Street and Monroe during last week's rains. Brownsville paid good money to get an All-American City designation, is preparing for the announced coming of SpaceX whose owner billionaire Elon Musk promises to send me to Mars one of these days. Meanwhile, a pile of money (some say rising up to $90 million or more) piles up at the Public Utility Board coffers as a result of raising utility rates by over 30 percent to build a $500 million power plant that might not get built.

God only knows what is in the muddy water where the kids are cavorting to get some relief from the nearly 100-degree weather we have been experiencing. Oil, sludge, and runoff from nearby homes probably carries all types of unhealthy liquids and substances.

The city has invested millions in hike and bike trails and other amenities. But one might ask if they will ever address the basic services like drainage and good streets. As long as the city's priorities remain on window dressing and pretending we're the Austin-on-the-Rio Grande, residents will continue to live in a city that floods after a steady rain, streets will continue to deteriorate because of the rain water, and we will continue to flush the city's resources down the drain. The silver lining in all of this is that the hike and bike trails didn't flood.)

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

How funny but if you would pass by any politicals house at that time, it would not be flooded,Just like mex!

Anonymous said...

You should know about Matamoros, you fucking illegal alien!

Anonymous said...

But we continue to elect the same bozos for our leaders. Pero como no ese la Bernard de los Vela, o la Palm Blvd/Ebony del pantalon blue jean, it does not matter if it floods or not. Has Rio Viejo ever flooded, even with the Resaca at its backdoor. Does Land of Lakes ever flood even thought the name tells you to assume that? What is wrong with Brownsville leaders? Que no se miran la cola? Brownsville es una verguenza en el valle pero tenemos chingos de bike trails y la
gente ni usa bicicleta. Something is totally wrong.

Anonymous said...

Frog Oliveiras fault.

Anonymous said...

Yes, Land O Lakes DOES Flood in certain streets and areas.

Anonymous said...

Even new streets flood if it rains for more than ten minutes. Are the city engineers idiots or what?

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