Special to El Rrun-Rrun
Cameron County Judge Eddie Treviño issued yet another Second Amended Emergency Management Order Friday including mandatory facial coverings, curfew, limitations on gatherings, shelter in place and beach access closures which was last modified on July 25 and set to expire on Tuesday Aug. 10 will be continued for another two weeks.
"We had it under control in April," he lamented. But, like a lemming after Gov. Greg Abbott's efforts to curry favor with the Trump administration, the restrictions were lifted, too soon it now appears.
“Those are not statistics we should be proud of or leading the world in,” Treviño said, referring to the national COVID-19 crisis while ignoring that his own home is on fire.
At the same time South Padre Island Mayor Patrick McNulty and the city commission said COVID-19 crisis be damned and continue to try to milk the tourism dollars by announcing that their beaches will remain open to the Labor Day business and extended a toothless set of y'all-come-to-the-beach-anyway order simply designating the distances between beach umbrellas.
On what has become known as McNulty weasel-word doublespeak, he intoned:
“This gives at least everybody who comes down between now and after Labor Day, that this is the rule,” SPI Mayor Patrick McNulty said during the meeting.
“This is what they know that it needs to be and this is how we need to operate. That’s the way I was looking at it from extending it to that period of time.”
WTF?
Despite this affront to his authority, Treviño – during one of his bully pulpit press conferences – waxed on and on as the county's chief executive:
“As long as these numbers continue to remain as high as they are, we have no choice but to continue to extend and enforce the orders,” he said. “For those businesses that are not following the mandates, both local orders and the governor’s, be warned that there will be checks throughout the time frame to make sure that you are in cooperation with the mandates.”
What he didn't say is that the governor has publicly stated that he will not enforce any fines or jail time county underlings like Treviño might impose.
Brownsville, the hot spot of Cameron County continues to occupy the dubious honor of leading the county in cases..and deaths. The county has recorded 16,590 positive cases since the crisis began. Saturday's numbers indicate 300 new cases were added with 162 – more than half – in Brownsville. Of the 9 new deaths reported, which brought the death count to 407, six were Brownsville residents.
This week there were 120 deaths recorded in Cameron, the deadliest so far.
This week there were 120 deaths recorded in Cameron, the deadliest so far.
Funeral homes and crematoriums cannot keep up with the demand and at least one city cop had to receive a local remedio treatment for trauma (curo del susto) after he answered an alarm at a local funeral home and stumbled into a morgue were he saw bodies strewn along the corridor with white sheets and paper sheets pinned on them with the name of the deceased written with Magic Marker.
Brownsville Mayor Trey Mendez – like Treviño – has taken a hands-off approach while urging the city residents to please, please, follow the guidelines. Wash your hands, keep a safe social distance, wear a mask or face covering, avoid crowds, etc., So far, the results, to put it mildly, have been adverse and has the city leading the other municipalities in the county in infection.
*1 from Adult Probation Department
* 1 from Juvenile Probation Department
* 2 from Justice of the Peace Pct. 5-1 Office
* 1 from District Clerk’s Office
* 3 from Parks System
* 1 from Health Department
* 4 from Sheriff’s Office
* 1 from Tax Assessor-Collector’s Office.
Treviño, meanwhile, has refused to heed then pleas of county staff and refuses to shut down the county buildings in Brownsville while employees continue to drop out like flies from the active roster. Just Friday, he announced another 14 have tested positive for the virus at these sites. (Were you there recently?):
*1 from Adult Probation Department
* 1 from Juvenile Probation Department
* 2 from Justice of the Peace Pct. 5-1 Office
* 1 from District Clerk’s Office
* 3 from Parks System
* 1 from Health Department
* 4 from Sheriff’s Office
* 1 from Tax Assessor-Collector’s Office.
The COVID-19 silver lining is that as the leading virus hot spot in the United States – as well as the poorest – Treviño might again get to make another national television cameo and bask in the national limelight.
54 comments:
Trevino is a part-time judge, as you noted during the county salary fight. Pay the man a full salary, as they do the count judge in Hidalgo County!
You always leave out the important facts, Montoya.
Fake news, Fake news..............The Sky is Falling!!!!
More needs to be done to protect county employees. Leaving it to the department heads is not the best choice. Some don't want to do skeleton crews causing lack of sufficient social distancing. Restrooms are shared among employees and the public increasing the chances of infection. Theres elected officials that only want to provide skeleton schedules to certain employees while excluding others such as Sylvia. HR should get involved.
The tv station in corpus has it broken down by city sections how many are infected and have died but here nobody gives a shit and that includes the feds.
Its a rich people infection some people are getting filthy rich and others are dying. I just can't believe that the city is still paving bike trails and painting white bike stripes in the downtown area where you NEVER see a bike rider.
And SPI with all bars open and beach access and the county judge still ball-less. STOP everybody in SPI and put a check point at the bridge and boca chica. NO SEAS UN PENDEJO. PEOPLE ARE DYING AND YOU COME UP WITH A TOY SOLUTION SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!!!
Well at least we lead the nation in SOMETHING? its about all our leadership can win at.
I wish I could go to the island today and stay for the week. I feel a little sick maybe it was the burger I had at Chilli’s bar side. I have a little chorro today and my head hurts. Could’ve been the birongas who knows. My ruca called her chola friend that works at a clinic where they do the rapid testing. Guess what, I went and in 30 minutes the cool Hindu doctor said I was negative. Me ranque al GucciB compre pan y jamon and my ruca said “don’t forget the eeeejole chips!” Isla Del Padre in 30 minutes no vemos raza! I invited Roque and his girl he told me he couldn’t go he was feeling sick Friday. He said he’s waiting on his results from the public testing center. Que it could take 15-20 days for the results? I said te watcho homes. Pinche roque calls me 15 minutes later que he’s on the way to the island con todo la familia. Vato is crazy!
For the time being, new COVID-19 cases appear to be on the decline in the hospital setting. If we can keep on this track, we can flatten the curve of new COVID-19 infections. We have to maintain our current facemask and physical distancing practices. The winter will be here and then we as a community will get double whammied with flu and COVID-19. The healthcare system can not handle both.
Wear a facemadk when out in public, maintain six feet physical distancing, wash your hands, don't touch your face.
Stay safe, be smart.
SPI extends beach operations orders
DO SOMETHING PINCHE GUEY THEY GET INFECTED AND COME DOWN HERE AND INFECT EVERY BODY... DO SOMETHING!!!
BALL-LESS COUNTY JUDGE DO SOMETHING!
Y el shoplifting en Target que?
Persons familiar with the situation and numbers are going to say poor folks in that area being lead by completely incompetent officials. Thats a reflection on all elected oiicials in this area. Sadly we all agree we don't have to be experts.
Keep voting democrat!
Y el Target shoplifting que?
Pélame la verga Eddie Treviño! Enano desgraciado! Sierra el negocio de tu mamá pinche aborto!
Majority was the beach when they left it open to 4rth july!!
Stop throwing temper tantrums and banging the gavel on the bench and do something about it. You and Trey need to get your act together and start issuing ticket just like they do for no seat belts. Puro pedo y nada de caca.
CLOSE THE CAUSEWAY AND BLOCK HWY 4 LIKE MUSK DOES TO DAYS TO BLOW UP A ROCKET 500 FEET INTO SPACE! I can jump higher than that.
Now we see that our loco-president is not worried about the virus. He is trying to negotiate and buy out the S.D. governor so that they will plaster his face on Mount Rushmore. He better hurry, cause rumor is that if Sylvia A gets off she is having her face blasted on there.
Eder cast a spell on our area.....nos dio El Ojo! Saca el huevo! Our city leaders need an Exorcism someone cast a spell on them how stupid could they be allowing a pseudo doc “con-coct” A Covid remedy. They drank the kool aid and now they are blinded! Is he Hiding at Southwest Keys with Diego and his Sister or at the Urgent Care or maybe he’s in Houston 300 miles away with his Medical Supervisor with no Hospital Privileges in our area?
Provide us with a source because in www.foxnews.com there's no article about your graphic. In addition, the graphic looks slanted and the bottom straight.
"The sky is falling bullsh*t" ! Pinche King Trevino is on a power trip! All the deaths are from regular deaths that is part of life, the only difference is that are being added to the Cameron county fake COVID-19 deaths list! Hospitals are making a killing (no pun intended) with each reported Covid deaths! If you get tested and you come out positive, go secretly and retest yourself. I guarantee your result will come out negative. Some of the testing was porposely made to come positives as to add credibility of a high rate of infections!!!
Why is it Trevino's fault?
It was fucking Greg Abbott and his moron Republicans, that wouldn't allow cities to enforce masks or the shutdown.
HEB wanted to enforce masks and Abbott wouldn't allow them to. Sick people were coughing going into Walgreens to buy cough medicine and the store couldn't force them to cover their face, all they could do was 'recommend' a mask. All because of Abbott and Trump and the moron Republicans.
Remember all those people walking into HEB without a mask? 4th of July, Trump wouldn't wear a mask on TV, it's all a hoax and will disappear like magic on its own, he said.
"For the time being, new COVID-19 cases appear to be on the decline in the hospital setting. If we can keep on this track, we can flatten the curve of new COVID-19 infections"
...then Labor Day happened
One thing I am grateful of, is that our schools aren't sending kids to their deaths, riding on buses and mingling in the halls and sitting next to each other. Look at these idiots in Georgia, kids crammed in the halls without masks. If you think RGV's numbers are bad now wait to see what happens in those Trump loving states, when their kids start dying.
On the way to la isla stop at that place where they sell headstones and but one for you so you got that covered....
Nearly 100,000 Children Tested Positive in Last 2 Weeks of July
Y estos pendejos want to open all the schools!!!
Speaking at a Saturday news conference, President Donald Trump commemorated the US economy for seeing "a new record for jobs" for people of color.
But the monthly jobs report the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday said the unemployment rate for the Black population "showed little change."
Just like the local elected officials they'll say anything to get REL-ELECTED
Maybe the judge can start caring by closing down town and all the bridges from Mexico but we all know he won’t do it . What do Brownsville, Hidalgo-McAllen, Laredo and El Paso Which all have very high rate of infection have in common, unstopped Traffic coming in from Mexico. And last I checked McAllen, Laredo and El Paso don’t have beaches
NOTE TO CITY OF BROWNSVILLE MAYOR,CITY COMMISSIONERS AND DR. EDER:
The city of Donna have approved (got bids) and purchased 5,000 nasal swab tests to test for Covid. Four clinics (real doctors) have volunteered to administer the tests at their clinics for FREE.
THIS IS WHAT LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE. This is what caring people do for their communities. These are real MD'S that don't promote themselves or use the word of God while they enrich themselves.
Come on Mayor and City Commissioners. Do what's right and get our taxpayer money spent on overpriced testing back. This was outride theft of taxpayer money.
Don't these stupid idiotas knwo that this is the poorest city in the nation. Go to 19th street and all that area all the houses are vacant that company they bring here to collect taxes are kicking all the citizens that live in that area out. check it out all the houses are vacant call the fffbbbb ooh never mind they left the area...
Who will help??
@6:51 Pendejo! Don't believe everything you hear on TV or from from the government! Just go be obedient and hide in your stinky closet with your silly face mask all afraid! Idiota!
August 9, 2020 at 9:19 PM
Its not the bridget traffic pendejo its the SPI traffic 200,000 at the beach idiota and another 10.000 at boca chica. All these jerks get infected and head to brownsville and the elected officials don't seem to care to stop these babosos no seas guey
Y el bidding que?
Claytons not open Tequila sunset not open B.o.Bs. Not open wanna wannas not open boomerRang Billy’s not open driftwoods not open So no there is not. 200,000 people at the beach But all the bridges from Mexico are open downtown is open malls open so maybe it is Brownsville’s fault
@1:58pm. "200,000 people in South Padre Island and 10,000 people at Boca Chica beach"
No mames! You lose all credibility when you start making shit up. Don't tell me you also have an online Doctorate degree. No mames! Ya tienes dientes!
Y el Target shoplifting que?
If we had a competent County Judge that spi bridge would be closed by now BUT we have a ball-less idiot.
Labor day is coming wait and see over 200k jerks at the beach
GET THE HOSPITALS READY BRING IN THE REFREGERATED TRUCK THE GOOD THING HERE IS THAT THEY ARE ALL STUPID GRINGOS...
access to the sur is by parking on the road and walking over to the surf
OPEN BARS RIGHT NOW!!!!
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WANT More places?
WANT MORE PLACES IDIOT!!!
AND WHERE DO THEY GO IF THEY GET INFECTED YOUR PLACE STUPID?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO they come to brownsville f&**& moron.
FUC*** RACIST REPUBLICAN
Dr. Jose Vazquez, the Starr County health authority, resigned after a proposal to increase his pay from $500 to $10,000 a month was rejected by county commissioners.
Starr County Judge Eloy Vera said Vazquez had been working 60 hours per week in the county, one of the poorest in the U.S. and recently one of those hit hardest by the virus.
City of Brownsville Public Servants have blood on their hands. They awarded a contract to an Unsupervised PA. They failed to follow proper protocols when awarding the Bid. We want answers City Attorney. Where the hell is the Herald on this matter assign this to your pavement pounding journalist. Dig deep we are dying over here. I miss my tall friend, I miss my former art teacher and his beautiful wife, I miss “por mientras” and the many more.....we will not let this go. We take care of our own!!!
@5:22pm
"You ain't black."
SPI really is run by trash rednecks nowadays. These dumbass white Trump supporters not doing anything to protect themselves, not shutting down the beach because you love the money money money coming in from tourism.
Death is coming for you. Didn't use to be this way, the beach wasn't stuffed with redneck trash in the 80's. You've pushed your luck with the short term summer vacationers picking up COVID over the weekend and taking it back home quickly, not staying long enough for it to fester and spread. But it's coming this fall with the long term snowbirds. It will be a doozy listening to all you old ass white Trumpers getting sick and dying and asking for thoughts and prayers. Betting on hydroxychloroquine to magically save your stupid asses because you heard about it on FOX news LOL I hope they write that on your tombstones, "But Trump said hydroxychloroquine.... RIP"
I’m actually a brown Democrat pendejo just keeping it 100 %
County extends emergency orders until Sept. 7
Will this include the gringos at SPI? Sent the military if they resist
Cameron County officials announced on Monday they are extending emergency management orders through Sept. 7 which enforces a shelter-in-place order, mandatory facial coverings, curfews, limitations on gatherings and beach closures.
Now it needs to be enforced sent the national guard to SPI and close the bridge
who's a dud? Shorty the mayor of the poorest town in the US and they continue to built bike trails - GIVE ME A BREAK!!!
August 9, 2020 at 10:05 AM
He ain't worth a full salary pendejo idiota
August 10, 2020 at 1:57 PM
Idiota
If your a brown Democrat then that means "YOU AIN'T BLACK."
RED NECK HILLYBILLY TRASH SOUTH PADRE ISLAND.
JUST CLOSE DOWN ALREADY!!! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU WAITING FOR?!?!?!? TO ME I FEEL AS IF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS THINK THAT NOT ONLY THE RESIDENTS OF CAMERON COUNTY BUT ALL THE AFFECTED AREAS ARE JUST NUMBERS AND EXPENDABLE. YOU NEED TO GROW SOME BALLS AND SHUT THIS BITCH DOWN ALREADY!!!! LIKE ITS BEEN SAID OVER AND OVER AND OVER MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL AND ITS BEING PROVEN RIGHT NOW BY SACRIFICING THE LIVES OF PEOPLE BY NOT TAKING THE PROPER STEPS BECAUSE IT WILL AFFECT REVENUE, BUSINESS AND VOTES......I UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE NEED TO WORK TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILY AND PAY THEIR BILLS, BUSINESS NEED TO GROW AND FLOURISH SO OUR ECONOMY CAN STRIVE, BUT WHAT GOOD AFFECT IS IT GOING TO DO FOR REVENUE AND BUSINESS IF YOUR EMPLOYEES GET SICK AND DIE? WHAT GOOD IS BUSINESS AND REVENUE IF YOUR CUSTOMERS ARE GETTING SICK AND DYING? AFTER A WHILE OF PEOPLE GETTING SICK AND DYING THE REVENUE AND BUSINESS IS GOING TO STOP COMPLETELY....... WE NEED TO SACRIFICE A LOT MORE TIME AND EFFORT SO WE CAN GO BACK TO THE WAY WE WERE AND WE CAN FUNCTION HEALTHY AGAIN. WHAT GOOD IS IT GOING DO FOR THAT SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME TO REMAIN OPEN TO GAIN A LITTLE BIT OF REVENUE OR BUSINESS? WE NEED TO JUST SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY AND TAKE CARE OF WHAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF AND RESOLVE THE SITUATION AND THEN MOVE ON IN A SAFE AND PRODUCTIVE FASHION FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED. AND FURTHER MORE TO THE ELECTED LEADERS OF THIS COMMUNITY WE LIVE IN, IS THAT GREEN PIECE OF PAPER WITH NUMBERS ON IT WORTH MORE THAN YOUR CHILDRENS LIVES? YOUR GRANDPARENTS? YOUR SIBLINGS? YOUR GENERATION? IS THIS HOW YOU WANT TO BE REMEMBERED BY FUTURE GENERATIONS THAT DURING THESE TRYING TIMES THAT WE ARE LIVING IN THIS WAS THE KIND OF LEADERSHIP YOU DEMONSTRATED???? IS THIS HOW YOU WANT TO BE REMEMBERED AS?? WE NEED TO LAY DOWN THE LAW AND ENFORCE IT AND QUIT SUGAR COATING THE REALITY OF THINGS ALREADY. WE ARE AT A POINT OF OUR LIVES THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS AND MAKE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY STAY HOME AND KEEP THEM THERE UNTIL WE CAN GET THIS BULLSHIT UNDER CONTROL. UNFORTUNATELY PEOPLE DONT LIKE TO BE TOLD WHAT TO DO , BUT AS LEADERS OF THE COMMUNITY YOU ARE ELECTED AND GIVEN THE RESPONSIBILITY AND AUTHORITY TO DO SO. SOMETIMES YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SAY AND DO THINGS THAT THE COMMUNITY DONT LIKE OR AGREE WITH, BUT YOU HAVE TO DO WHATS IN THEIR BEST INTEREST IF THE LIKE IT OR NOT, AND IF THAT INCLUDES STEPPING ON THE TOES OF OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS SO BE IT (EXAMPLE:SOUTH PADRE ISLAND). NOT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO BE HAPPY AND THATS JUST TO BAD BECAUSE YOUR NEVER GOING TO SATISFY EVERYBODY, BECAUSE THE MORE TIME YOU WASTE THE MORE PEOPLE DIE AND GET SICK. WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS CRAP SINCE MARCH WHEN OUR COMMUNITY STARTED TO DEAL WITH THIS SITUATION,,,,,WE ARE ALMOST 6 MONTHS INTO THIS, WE COULD HAVE DONE SO MUCH PROGRESS ALREADY IF SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE HAD THE BALLS TO TAKE OVER AND LAY THE LAW DOWN. THE ELECTED OFFICIALS NEED TO BE THE PARENT FIGURE IN THIS SITUATION AND GUIDE THE COMMUNITY LIKE CHILDREN......BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THATS HOW THEY ARE ACTING LIKE CHILDREN THROWING TANTRUMS, REFUSING TO WEAR MASK, REFUSING TO STAY HOME BECAUSE "I WANT TO GO TO THE BEACH, I WANT TO GO OUT CAUSE IM BORED, I WANT TO GO WORK OUT"....WE ARE NOT LIVING IN AUGUST 11,2019.....THIS IS AUGUST 11,2020 A VERY DIFFERENT TIME THAN LAST YEAR PEOPLE!!! SO AS THE CHILDREN DON'T LIKE TO GET SPANKED OR GROUNDED WHEN THEY MISBEHAVE SO DO THE COMMUNITY BUT THATS TO BAD BECAUSE YOU NEED TO DO WHATS BEST FOR THEM OR ELSE YOUR NOT A RESPONSIBLE PARENT, OR IN THIS CASE A RESPONSIBLE ELECTED OFFICAL........AND THATS THE BOTTOM LINE
Sent the brownsville traffic engineers to SPI to insatll traffic light and create a traffic jam they are the supreme experts in that area. Install them at all beach entrances that will stop everybody from going into the surf area...
@10:42 I want write a comment and to scroll down like 3minutes because este pendejo with probably shit to do, write a super long comment about nothing. Probably forgot to take his medication!
August 11, 2020 at 4:23 PM
IDIOTA
August 10, 2020 at 4:50 PM
Moron it was in the NYT don't open your mouth just because you have a lengua guey
How much does it cost to get an online doctorate degree?
August 12, 2020 at 7:18 AM
All depends if its for business or personal and does it include the 10x10 feet degree in a plastic frame
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