Special to El Rrun-Rrun
Poor Arturo "Turi" Treviño.
If we are to believe him, he just found out this week (after a lifetime of living on the border) that there is no "Taco Tuesday" in Matamoros, or in Mexico, for that matter.
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Maybe it's about time that he establishes a "new tradition" across the river just as he established the "Gringo de Mayo" scam in Brownsville.
He posted this astounding new finding in his Facebook page and he was quickly assailed by a few local cyber wags (our buddy Ernesto Elizondo, for instance).
Turi and his bods have managed to convince local municipal administrators and elected officials that they will be the salvation of downtown by sponsoring (shall we say subsidizing) their faux 'celebrations" such as Beerfest, Noche de Garibaldi, and the latest gag, the ridiculous bash dubbed "Gringo de Mayo."
This latest brainstorm - which Turi and his buddies admit originated during a drunken bash between friends - chooses a deserving gringo and then invites local restaurants, a la Taste of La Frontera, to donate some of their wares to those who plunk down their $40 entry fee for a taste of their samples and his avocados.
Somehow, Treviño and his St. Joe bods convinced the city to donate the venue (the remodeled Market Square), labor, security, utilities, etc., and blocked off the streets around the area so they could party without being bothered by the non-paying rabble. Then the ingrates left greasy stains on the custom brickwork and blamed the contractors for not sealing the bricks when they installed them. They even said the venue was not of their liking, really, no AC, no canopies, etc.
What next in their bags of tricks to tap into the public cash? No Mames Martes? Sucker Sunday? Thursdays for Tarugos? Hopefully city administrators and elected officials catch on to this lunacy (Lunes Lunacy?) and nip this profligacy of the public treasury and assets in the bud.
Poor Arturo "Turi" Treviño.
If we are to believe him, he just found out this week (after a lifetime of living on the border) that there is no "Taco Tuesday" in Matamoros, or in Mexico, for that matter.
Maybe it's about time that he establishes a "new tradition" across the river just as he established the "Gringo de Mayo" scam in Brownsville.He posted this astounding new finding in his Facebook page and he was quickly assailed by a few local cyber wags (our buddy Ernesto Elizondo, for instance).
Turi and his bods have managed to convince local municipal administrators and elected officials that they will be the salvation of downtown by sponsoring (shall we say subsidizing) their faux 'celebrations" such as Beerfest, Noche de Garibaldi, and the latest gag, the ridiculous bash dubbed "Gringo de Mayo."
This latest brainstorm - which Turi and his buddies admit originated during a drunken bash between friends - chooses a deserving gringo and then invites local restaurants, a la Taste of La Frontera, to donate some of their wares to those who plunk down their $40 entry fee for a taste of their samples and his avocados.
Somehow, Treviño and his St. Joe bods convinced the city to donate the venue (the remodeled Market Square), labor, security, utilities, etc., and blocked off the streets around the area so they could party without being bothered by the non-paying rabble. Then the ingrates left greasy stains on the custom brickwork and blamed the contractors for not sealing the bricks when they installed them. They even said the venue was not of their liking, really, no AC, no canopies, etc.
What next in their bags of tricks to tap into the public cash? No Mames Martes? Sucker Sunday? Thursdays for Tarugos? Hopefully city administrators and elected officials catch on to this lunacy (Lunes Lunacy?) and nip this profligacy of the public treasury and assets in the bud.