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LIKE THE WALDO CARTOON: WHERE'S TREY? HIZZONER SAYS HE WASN'T INVITED TO THE GOV.'S CONFAB AND DIDN'T GO

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Notice that Sen. Chuy Hinojosa doesn't mention Mayor Trey Mendez, the CEO of the largest city in the Rio Grande Valley. That's because Trey – for the second time that Abbott has been here in the last three weeks – did not attend the meeting.

The only one to represent our area in the meet – apart from barnacle and do-nothing-but smile-under-the-mask Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr., tired from bashing his female opponent in the Democratic Party runoff and fighting COVID-19 during his campaign – was County Judge (what bodies?) Eddie Treviño and District 37 State Rep. Alex Dominguez. 

And there were plenty of issues that affect us that could have been brought to Abbott's attention given our location on the U.S.-Mexico border and the impact of the virus on the health of the border community and the local and state economy.

Instead, Trey posted about the local troop of Girl Scouts who visited his law office during their drive selling cookies. To his credit, he did defend them for momentarily removing their face masks for the photo only to quickly replace it after the shoot.



(Ed.'s Note: Da Mayor's equal-time response;"Unfair article Juan. I wasn't told about nor invited to the governor's press conference. I was told it was for county judges and state official only.")

Still, in Hinojosa's post above he mentions that McAllen Mayor Jim Darling and Harlingen's Chris Boswell were in attendance to give Abbott and earful of their needs. Did they crash the party?

Still, Trey's answer didn't sit well with another GS mom, who said:


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