Saturday, July 27, 2013

Shots are occasionally heard and most agree that the shots were a dispute between thugs. However, most days are quiet. The mayoral election is Acuna was quiet and surprising. The PRI lost. Many people say that they accepted the 200 pesos offered by the PRI for their vote, but that they voted their conscience and ousted the PRI.

I know the new first lady (her husband takes office on January 1) because of her generous work and support at the Divine Providence Nursing Home. She's donated substantial amounts of money and a lot of elbow grease to improve the shelter. She is not afraid to get her hands dirty as she helps the poor. She's personally rescued old people that were literally dying on the street.

We've opened  "Sam's Park" and Christine and her husband are pleased. When Sam passed away last year, Christine asked that money be donated to build a playground in the colonias to honor Sam. Donations came flooding in and we now have a new playground in an area where there was nothing for the children of the poor.

Immigrants from Latin America continue to arrive in hope that immigration reform will make it possible for them to qualify for work permits. Most claim to have lived in the USA for many years and hope that they will slip through the system. In the meantime, Acuna has a troubling number of immigrants with no jobs and no food. The immigrant shelter that was designed for 35 people sometimes houses a hundred, with many more sleeping on the streets.

School will open. We need to increase the number of children we feed at the schools. Parents get out of bed at 5 a.m. and go to the schools to prepare the meals. Each is a volunteer, certified and trained by the state to prepare the food. The state sells the ingredients at far below costs. We pick up that cost. There are still too many children going to school that are too hungry to concentrate. We will fix this because we can.

I am walking the dirt roads in tomorrow. Otherwise, I would be bored.