THE REAL DEAL By JERRY DEAL UPDATE: The Rally Around the WhiteWings Parade and Autograph Signing Party was a huge success as kids of all ages got to meet one-on-one with the members of the 2012 baseball club. If you missed it you missed a good time. Starting at Fifth and Jackson streets, the...
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THE REAL DEAL By JERRY DEAL Now that the frivolous complaints by former Harlingen City Commissioner Kori Marra against City Attorney Roxann Cotroneo have been rejected — again — let’s have a ruling on the real issue, Marra’s conviction by a jury for failure to file a conflict of interest affadivit. For that, she...
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THE REAL DEAL By JERRY DEAL Just a couple of messages to readers. No. 1, I am up to my ears in baseball business right now and am not intentionally ignoring Myleadernews. But preparing for a Kid’s Day exhibition game Thursday morning, a Saturday morning Rally Around the WhiteWings downtown Harlingen parade (at 11...
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THE REAL DEAL By JERRY DEAL I am saddened to learn that veterans advocate and insurance agent Luis Perez has lost his battle with cancer. Luis was a friend of long standing, although we had not communicated all that much in recent months. I knew he was not in good health when we talked...
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THE REAL DEAL By JERRY DEAL (Because of some emotional responses about mothers and Mothers Day, I decided to move this up front for this important day). This is especially for you folks whose mothers are alive, take note, do something for them on Mothers Day, Sunday, but also do so the year round....
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THE REAL DEAL By JERRY DEAL OK, all who have been complaining about the blight and have ideas about improving the city’s appearance, there is a Harlingen City Commission workshop on Thursday concerning just that. Be there, or forever hold your tongues and your typing hands. The workshop will be held in city commission...
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THE REAL DEAL By JERRY DEAL This writer was unable to make the latest Harlingen City Commission session in which an Economic Development Commission request for some assistance for a new hotel here was OK’d by the city dads. I later received word by a reader that the deal by Candleworks Suites, which plans...
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THE REAL DEAL By JERRY DEAL The San Antonio Spurs made it 3-0 over the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City Saturday night, 102-90, in the NBA’s first round, but it did not come easy. The Spurs only led 52-50 at intermission and everytime they took a bigger lead the Jazz came back to...
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THE REAL DEAL By JERRY DEAL (Today (Saturday) is the anniversary date, so I am putting this column up front again. JD) It doesn’t seem possible, but the revamped Myleadernews, which began somewhat after my return from San Antonio, will be two years old on Saturday, May 5 — Cinco de Mayo. I plan...
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THE REAL DEAL By JERRY DEAL “When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s amore,” small part of a song made famous by Dean Martin. Well, the moon Saturday night will be like a huge pizza pie, big and bright, the largest and brightest of the year. It’s bewing called...
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