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Special to El Rrun-Rrun
Guess whose feelings are hurt?
Would you believe the Sunshine Boys of McAllen?
It seems that during the Trump visit there, the New York Times included photos that are not in the Chamber of Commerce brochure it hands out to tourists and posts on its website.
The images, three of which are included on top, accompanied the New York Times article have upset some due to the way the city, and essentially the Valley as a whole, is portrayed.
While the pictures used are of actual locations in McAllen, some say the images do not represent the city.
NewsCenter 4 reported that McAllen Mayor Jim Darling, who refers to the photos as a disservice, says there are many facets of the Valley not shown in the images.
“Not only McAllen, but the whole Valley is booming and it really does a disservice to put those kind of pictures and depict us as that’s all we are,” states Mayor Darling.
He adds that there are a lot of sites that show just how much McAllen has grown, including the expansion of La Plaza Mall, new shopping centers, restaurants and entertainment.
“Not only McAllen, but the whole Valley is booming and it really does a disservice to put those kind of pictures and depict us as that’s all we are,” states Mayor Darling.
He adds that there are a lot of sites that show just how much McAllen has grown, including the expansion of La Plaza Mall, new shopping centers, restaurants and entertainment.
McAllen and its city officials and bloggers, who regularly dumps on Brownsville for its ropa usada stores and struggling downtown, didn't like it when a national publication like the Times pointed out that there are two McAllens in the valley; one which is polished up for the national media, and the other which is real life without the glitter.
It is after all, the epicenter of the humanitarian crisis being experienced along the border. The migrants from Mexico and central America didn't come here to shop at the mall, mayor. They came seeking refuge from the violence and poverty in their homelands.
But who are we - Brownsville tlacuaches as we are considered there in the City of Palms - to pass up a chance to say "Se, I told you so" when national media descended there and took back pictures of the real McAllen the Sunshine Boys don;t want tie world to see?
