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A
Roll
call
mr.
Fred
Dickie
present
miss
my
dad
nandus
dr.
Rodney
Rodriguez
reza
jong-il
present
Arturo
Dominguez
years,
Alma,
Acevedo,
absolutely
Rafael
to
enya's
Julian
rotten
auskey
here,
Jovan
donado,
very
good.
We
do
have
a
quorum
so
first,
first
order
of
business
to
bring
in
the
first
applicant.
D
My
name
is
marina
bottomless
I'm,
the
HR
Director
for
the
City
of
Laredo,
so
I
just
wanted
to
before
we
start
I
just
wanted
to
kind
of
give
you
an
idea
of
how
the
process
is
going
to
work
today.
So,
what's
going
to
happen,
is
I'm
gonna
take
about
the
first
22
to
26
minutes
to
ask
some
general
overall
questions.
Okay,
I
would
ask
that
you
keep
your
answers,
concise
as
there's
a
lot
of
questions
that
our
committee
also
wants
to
ask.
Okay.
D
C
Well,
my
my
background
I
started
in
a
newspapers
after
my
I
served
six
years
in
the
Air
Force,
so
I'm,
a
veteran
I
served
in
Desert,
Storm
and
I
finished
up
at
Texas
State
and
went
to
work.
His
newspapers
as
a
reporter
and
editor
I
did
that
for
about
15
years
and
then
I
did
I
moved
into
government
relations
at
the
city
of
McAllen,
which
I
did
that
for
about
eight
years
and
and
then
economic
development.
The
last
four
years
their
admission.
C
It
was
it's
more,
been
more
direct
I've,
been
able
to
work
on
projects
in
terms
of
recruitment
in
terms
of
Workforce,
Development
and
in
terms
of
marketing,
the
the
city
and
so
forth
to
businesses
and
other
folks
who
want
to
look
at
it
for
tourism
and
other
things.
So
those
are
some
of
it
in
terms
of
the
newspaper,
and
you
know
someone
people
always
ask
them
hey.
Do
you
miss
new
search
and
I
would
say,
of
course,
I
do
I
miss
a
lot
of
things.
C
I've
done
before
and
I
miss
the
military
a
little
bit,
but
newspapers
gave
me
a
great
grounding
for
communication
and
writing
and
content
creation
and
those
are
the
those
are
really
part
of
a
lot
of
things
that
people
do
on
a
daily
basis,
whether
you're
writing
grants
or
when
you're
writing
a
letter
or
you're
making
a
presentation.
That's
really!
How
served
me
well
now
I'm
proud
to
have
done
that.
D
C
So
the
tickles
are
back
are
back
in
town,
so
that's
one
business
I've
been
already
never
going
to
drop
back
to
the
baseball
stadium.
No,
but
joking
aside,
Laredo,
you
know
I'm
a
geography
student,
you
know,
I
pay
a
lot
of
attention
to
the
state
of
Texas
and
and
Laredo
has
always
been
a
trading
logistics
hub
for
a
long
time,
probably
since
its
founding
back
in
1755
or
whatever
that
year
was,
and
so
that's
that's
the
strength
of
Laredo
and
and
some
of
the
largest
employers
you
know
in
Laredo-
are
in
the
public.
C
Secretaries
are
obviously
the
school
districts
and
the
county
government,
city,
government
and
so
forth,
but
on
on
the
private
sector,
you've
got
your
retails
like
h-e-bs
and
targets
and
Walmart
to
employ
a
lot
of
people,
but
the
hospitals.
The
medical
industry,
also
employ
a
lot
of
folks
and
that's
obvious,
very
important.
In
fact,
I
think
your
comprehensive
plan
pointed
out
that
that's
one
major
point
of
growth
for
Laredo
was
looking
at
the
medical
industry
as
a
target
industry
in
order
to
to
help
that
grow
in
terms
of
high-paying
jobs
and
and
in
education.
C
The
there's
a
lot
of
as
everyone
here
knows,
there's
a
lot
of
small
businesses
in
Laredo
kind
of
like
in
McAllen
or
Brownsville,
where
I
also
lived
is
where
you
have
you're
under
50
or
even
under
10
help
drive
the
economy.
You
know
you
hear
that
constantly
over
and
over
hey
small
businesses,
you
know
the
backbone
of
the
United
States.
Well,
that's
really
evident
here
in
Laredo
I
think
is
really
evident,
all
along
the
border
and
and
so
I'm
familiar
with
Laredo.
C
C
Every
community
right,
they're,
small
business
administration-
you
know
they
say
500
or
below-
is
small
business,
but
I
mean
the
way
we've
always
looked
at
small
business
and
my
practice
has
been
like
10
or
under
I
mean
that's,
that's
really
small.
You
give
a
lot
of
restaurants,
it
may
have
more.
Maybe
they
have
10
full-time
in
10,
part-time
or
15
part-time
in
five
full-time.
So
those
are
the
kind
of
businesses
that
I'm
talking
about
that
that
usually
may
need
of
assistance
of
a
micro
loan.
You
know
$5,000
or
less
to
get
started
or
to
expand.
C
C
C
You
can
use
social
media
and
digital
media
platforms
to
really
enhance
your
bottom
line,
and
it
it's
taken
a
while
to
get
people
to
come
around
to
that
that
concept
and
be
comfortable
with
it
and
there's
still
a
lot
of
things
that
make
people
uncomfortable
and
with
social,
digital
media
and
I.
Get
that
it's
not
something
you
can
really
shove.
Somebody
shove
somebody
shoved
down
somebody's
throat,
but
that's
been
a
big
accomplishment,
I
think
for
us
to
get
really
comfortable
with
that
and
and
being
able
to
to
use
it
to
our
advantage.
C
One
other
thing
I'd
like
to
mention
is:
is
at
a
this
wasn't
a
previous
position.
This
was
just
something:
I
was
doing
to
help
somebody
out
at
the
Rio
Grande
Valley
Chamber
of
Commerce,
or
the
partnership
is
now
called,
which
is
a
regional
chamber
in
the
valley.
They
wanted
to
start
a
Leadership
Program
sort
of
like
you
see
anywhere.
You
know,
leadership,
McAllen
or
or
leadership,
San
Antonio
or
whatever
the
case
is,
and
they
asked
me
if
I
would
undertake
that
task
and
I
did
so.
C
We
started
a
Leadership
Academy
for
the
Rio
Grande
Valley
partnership
from
scratch.
We
wrote
all
the
rules,
we
wrote
all
the
bylaws
and
then
we
did
the
recruitment
and,
and
then
I
was
able
to
do
the
whole
programming
for
the
first
year.
Now
it's
running
on
its
own
and
they
and
they
do
it.
But
that
was
a
major
undertaking.
I'm
really
proud
of
it.
It's
something
that
hopefully
it'll
never
go
away
and
I
can
always
say
that
I
was
part
of
the
very
first
group.
F
It
is
for
the
record:
I
just
have
a
follow-up,
because
the
makeup
of
the
valley
is
very
unique.
You
know
we
have
mission,
you
have
McAllen,
then
you
have
for
some
point
so
everything's
together,
I'm
just
wondering:
do
you
know
how
those
economic
development
sectors
differentiate
between
each
other
or
is
it
a
holistic
grouping
of
all
those?
The
surrounding
studies
right.
C
Well,
on
Friday
night,
they
all
battle
against
each
other
and
now
go
to
their
separate
cities
or
schools.
But
but
no
there's
there's
a
big
component
of
all
those
EDC's
that
work
together
and
then
there's
part
of
them
that
don't
work
together.
I
just
mean
that
it
there's
still
competition
among
them
among
EDC's,
it's
not
solely
one.
C
You
know
whole
entity,
so
you
know
if
Brownsville
is,
is
trying
to
land
a
company
that
that
McAllen
might
be
looking
at
well,
they're,
probably
going
to
compete
at
it.
They'll
try
to
avoid
that.
But,
but
you
know,
when
it
comes
to
down
to
the
end
of
the
day,
they'll
probably
compete
for
it
a
lot
of
times
when
it
comes
to
real
they'll
compete
for
that,
especially
retail
or
destination
retail.
C
If
it's
some,
if
it's
a
big
project,
let's
say
that's
coming
directly
from
the
governor's
office
when
he
makes
that
phone
call
to
the
EDC
well,
that
they'll
usually
just
go
with
whether
whatever
the
governor's
office
is
set
it.
So
if
they
want
to
go
to
my
calendar
little
right,
no
one's
gonna
try
to
get
underneath.
Pardon
me
not
little
radio
but
Brownsville.
No
one's
gonna
try
to
undermine
that.
C
So
so
there's
cooperation
and
there's
and
there's
not
cooperation,
there's
a
lot
of
meetings
during
the
year
where
all
the
EDC's
and
cities
get
together
and
they
talk
and
I
would
say
that
every
one
of
the
EDC's
talks
to
each
other
and
it's
on
a
friendly
basis,
knowing
that
sometimes
they're
going
to
have
to
compete.
Thank
you.
C
E
C
That
that's
a
great
question,
that's
a
question
that
a
lot
of
folks
accuse
me
Fred
Dickie
for
the
Rick.
That's
a
great
question!
That's
a
question
that
I'll
have
and
entities
wrestle
with
I
think
the
first
step
is
to
look
at
as
a
digital
as
digital
media.
Whatever
presents
you
might
have
from
a
basic
Facebook
page
to
a
web
page
is
that's
just
your
storefront
that
that
that
is
what
people
will
see.
It's
just
like
walking
in
front
of
somebody's
door.
C
So
you
have
to
know
that
that
is
is
something
that
it's
going
to
be
used
by
people
and
and
and
sometimes
we
have
to
look
at
it
kind
of
reverse
that
kind
of
question
and
ask
ourselves
that,
because
when
we
want
to
search
something
or
someone
says,
hey
did
you
see?
Who
was
that
in
that
movie
and
what
storm
was
out
on
that
Street?
C
The
first
thing
you
do
is
pick
up
your
phone
and
look
right,
and,
and
so
you
have
to
know
that
people
are
looking
they're
searching
you,
and
so
you
have
to
have
a
plan
for
your
digital
media.
So
it
it's
it's
cohesive
with
what
your
storefront
is
and
the
information
there
updated
its
it's
correct
because
you
that's.
The
last
thing
you
want
to
do
is
just
like
some
walking
up
to
your
door
and
and
going
like
this,
and
it
doesn't
open
right,
I
mean
digital
media.
C
C
One
of
my
career
goals
earlier
on
was
to
become
the
editor
in
chief
of
a
newspaper
and
I
was
able
to
accomplish
that.
I
became
the
editor
in
chief
of
the
Brownsville
Herald
and
it
was
about
60
employees,
and
my
newsroom
budget
was
about
1.5
1.6
million
dollars,
so
that
was
a
that
was
a
lot
of
fun.
It
was
a
serious
business
as
well.
9/11
happened
during
that
time.
When
I
was
there,
as
well
as
the
South
Padre
Island
Queen
Isabella
Bridge
was
hit
by
ferry,
which
people
automatically
thought
it
was.
C
C
Economic
development
and
and
I
wanted
to
have
a
position
in
that
can
develop
ment
and
then
become
an
economic
development
director
after
I
learned
the
ropes,
so
I
was
able
to
do
that,
and,
and
so
once
I
B
was,
you
know,
hired
on
a
mission.
I've
been
able
to
learn
quite
a
bit
and
and
so
far
I'm
working
toward
toward
that
goal
of
becoming
a
director.
C
I'll
go
back
to
when
I
was
in
McAllen
and
we
used
data
when
we
were
working
on
an
airport,
revitalization
and
Madison
modernization,
project
and
projects.
We
had
several,
but
we
had
to
use
passenger
data.
We
had
to
use
onboard
and
off-board
data.
We
had
to
use
economic
development
data,
for
instance,
how
much
each
passenger
would
spend
that
would
come
to
McAllen.
All
this
was
needed
to
be
compiled
in
order
to
make
our
case
to
the
federal
government
for
expansions
at
the
airport.
So
we
were
able
to
do
that.
I
certainly
wasn't
look.
C
C
You
can't
do
alone,
you
have
to
do
it
with
partners
and
as
a
team,
and
that's
one
of
the
things
that
we
did
it
at
the
airport
and
we
were
able
to
put
together
an
important
enough
package
to
score
a
couple
of
grants,
but
also
just
convince
the
the
FAA
that
we
needed
to
expand
the
number
of
gates.
We
had
we
needed
to
extend
our
runway.
We
need
to
revitalize
the
inside
of
the
airport
and
then
use
the
passenger
fees
that
we
were
collecting
as
leverage
to
do
that
sort
of
project.
C
C
It
can
be
successful.
You
know
you
have
to
figure
out.
You
know
what
your
target
is.
You
have
to
figure
out
what
kind
of
cluster
you're
trying
to
build?
Is
it
a
brand
new
cluster?
Is
it
the
cluster?
That's
already
exists
in
your
community
that
you
want
to
expand
on,
but
clustering
is
a
very
a
very
important
tool
to
use
and
how
you
develop.
What
you're
going
to
recruit.
As
you
know,
I
mean
clustering
is
a
really
big
deal.
C
C
Well,
no,
look
it
I've
work,
I've
worked
really
hard
and
smart
at
every
place.
I
go
I,
think
I've
dedicated
myself
to
every
employer
that
I've
worked
at
and
I'll
go
back
a
few.
You
know
at
the
at
at
the
Arizona
Republic,
where
I
worked
for
five
years
as
Pete
I
was
on
the
newspaper
in
Phoenix.
You
know,
I
was
the
highest-ranking
Hispanic
editor
at
that
time,
and
the
reason
that
matters
for
Phoenix
is
because
you
know
they
they
didn't,
have
any
people
of
color
in
their
power
structure.
C
So
you
know,
I
was
asked
to
put
together
a
way
to
diversify
the
newspapers
ranks,
and
so
we
did
that
and
I
was
able
to
change
a
lot
of
the
group
at
at
the
paper.
How
the
other
paper
covered
Hispanics,
how
to
cover
minorities,
how
to
cover
the
border
and
how
to
cover
in
Mexico,
so
I
was
I
was
very
proud
of
that
I
think
in
in
in
in
McAllen
sake.
C
They
never
had
a
government
affairs
person
before
they
hired
me,
and
so
they
wanted
me
to
establish
very
good
relationships
with
all
our
elected
leaders
in
Austin
and
in
DC.
I.
Think
I
was
able
to
do
that
and
set
and
set
up,
accept
the
bar
moving
forward
I
mentioned
congressman
where
before,
but
also
with
john
cornett
office,
with
ted
cruz
office
with
Ruben
Hinojosa
office,
who
is
representative
also
in
the
valley,
once
once,
we
were
able
to
establish
that
and
have
good
working
relationships.
We
were
able
to
get
a
lot
more
things
done
than
before.
C
Okay,
well
and
and
government
affairs
work
and
which
is
like,
like
I,
said,
also
kind
of
default.
Economic
development
work
when
you're
trying
to
do
something.
It's
you're,
you're
gonna,
get
a
lot
of
dead
ends
when
you're
asking
for
stuff,
whether
it's
in
Austin,
whether
it's
for
text,
whether
it's
in
DC
and
and
if
we're
trying
to
build
a
new
overpass
or
a
new
loop,
and
that's
your
task.
That's
economic
development,
especially
in
a
city
like
the
rail
that
has
the
the
logistics
industry,
as
you
know,
adds
its
backbone
for
economic
development.
C
If
you
don't,
if
you
don't,
have
good
roads,
you're
not
going
to
have
good
economic
development,
so
so
we
had
those
tasks
put
in
front
of
me.
You
know
you
definitely
have
to
use
the
power
of
logic
and
everything
else
in
order
to
get
something
done.
It
kind
of
reminds
me
of
that
little
little
puzzle.
You
know
our
maze
where
a
little
rat
has
to
get
from
one
end
to
the
other.
If
one
door
closes,
you
have
to
move
to
another
side,
you
have
to
figure
out
people's
connections.
C
You
have
to
understand
what
one
staff
is
good
at
and
the
other
you
have
to
figure
out
who,
in
your
local
community
as
a
resource,
can
help
you.
You
can
leverage
that
to
to
help
get
to
your
hole.
So
so
we
really
have
to
look
at
economic
development
holistically
in
a
lot
of
ways
to
figure
out
how
you
can
get
things
done
by
putting
all
these
pieces
together.
If
that's
the
goal
and
so
I,
you
know,
I
I've
learned
a
lot.
I've
had
a
lot
of
mentors.
E
C
Yes,
of
course,
my
biggest
mentor
in
in
in
city
government
and
economic
development
has
been
Mike
Davis,
who
was
the
city
manager
in
mcallen
for
22
years,
he's
now
the
city
manager
in
Weslaco
after
he
he
was
going
to
retire
supposedly,
but
now
he's
he's
a
city
management,
wesa,
goen
and
mike
was
was
important
in
a
lot
of
ways,
but
mostly
he
he
was
open
to
mentoring
people.
He
was
the
president
of
the
Texas
City
Manager
Association.
He
was
the.
He
was
on
the
International
city
managers,
association,
Executive
Committee.
D
C
At
my
current
position
at
the
Commission
EDC
as
I
mentioned
digital
media
before
and
that's
that's
my
role
as
as
you
can
see
in
my
title,
my
job
is
external
relations
and
communications,
and
there
really
wasn't
any
sort
of
plan
for
for
partnerships
or
communications.
So
I
was
able
to
start
from
the
ground
up
on
that
which
is
it
which
was
kind
of
cool
in
a
way
that
there
wasn't
anything
done
see.
You
know
you
don't
have
to
scrap
a
plan.
That's
already
there.
C
You
start
fresh
I
got
the
backing
of
my
my
CEO
and
we
started
from
the
ground
up
and,
as
I
mentioned,
we
started
using
social
media
to
talk
about
the
small
business
projects
and
programs
that
that
were
available
to
the
public.
We
talked
about
our
accomplishments.
We've
been
able
to
raise
a
profile
of
the
organization,
quite
a
bit.
We've
have
we
have
more
participation,
we've
got
some
more
small
businesses
and
admission
and
then
and
then
the
partnership
side.
C
One
of
my
tasks
was
to
go
find
partners
that
would
you
know
you
know,
join
us
and,
and
we
were
really
focused
on
small
business
and
mission.
So
we
wanted
to
make
sure
to
find
people
that
could
partner
with
us
to
help
us
with
small
business
and
we've
gone
out
and
found
Wells
Fargo
and
they've
supported
us
with
Branson
and
BBVA
has
has
really
jumped
in
and
and
provide
us
with
tens
of
thousands
of
dollars
worth
of
grants
TIF.
They
were
aimed
at
small
businesses
that
go
through
our
programs.
C
And
so
so
that's
that's
something
that
then
I
really
pride
myself
on
and
I've
never
had
those
kind
of
issues
come
up,
but
but
certainly
in
that
line
of
work
they
can
come
up
and
you
have
to
be
very
cognizant
of
them
and
know
how
to
how
to
deal
with
them
when
they
do
come
up.
C
When
I,
when
I
as
a
supervisor
in
a
previous
job,
that's
and
as
an
editor
you
know,
I
was
faced
with
a
with
a
situation
where
one
of
my
subordinate
editors
was
very
good,
but
also
very
good
at
editing,
but
a
but
not
very
good,
at
setting
morale
and
and
being
a
good
human
relations
person
in
newsroom
and
after
speaking
to
this
person
a
couple
times
also,
you
know
having
some
sort
of
written
session
with
them.
Their
behavior
never
improved.
C
He
was
liked
by
a
lot
of
folks
but
in
the
newsroom,
but
that's
something
that
we
just
couldn't.
We
just
really
couldn't
tolerate
that
kind
of
behavior
in
a
newsroom
that
that
where
there
was
a
lot
of
young
men
and
women
that
worked
that
were
very
impressionable,
and
so
after
some,
after
a
lot
of
thought
and
some
anguish,
you
know
I
just
said:
okay
well,
this
this
person
is
gonna,
have
to
not
be
in
this
newsroom
anymore
and
we're
have
to
let
them
go
and
that
affected
a
lot
of
people
was
a
very
difficult
decision.
C
I
I
didn't
like
doing
it,
but
but
that
was
part
of
the
job
and
that's
something
I
had
to
do
for
the
betterment
of
the
whole
business
so
well
that
person
was
what's
gone
and
and
in
the
long
run
the
newspaper
was
better
for
it,
but
well
those
are
difficult
and
I'm,
not
I'm,
not
scared
of
those
situations.
I
would
certainly
try
to
do
work
to
not
get
in
those
situations,
but
that's
the
that's
the
that's.
What
I
was
handed
so
I
had
to
deal
with
that.
C
You
know
to
me
and
I
thought
I
could
work
with
the
person
and
and
try
to
better
the
situation,
but
he
he
didn't
want
to
do
it
because
I
came
into
the
job
and
he
had
already
been
there.
So
he
didn't
want
to
really
move
because
he
thought
well.
He
was
there
for
some
time,
so
I
I
was
a
new
guy
and
at
that
time
I
was
like
I.
Don't
remember
my
age,
but
he
was
over
than
I
am
I
was
so
he
definitely
did
want
to
do
that
good.
He
was.
D
C
I,
like
new
ideas,
a
lot
and
so
I
usually
try
to
analyze
the
the
idea.
Is
that
something
that
we
can
incorporate
what
my
bosses
think
of
it
you
know
is
it?
Is
it
something?
That's
scrapping
another
idea
is
a
program?
Can
I
see
the
benefits
of
it?
Well,
is
there
something
I
can
look
at
a
figure
out
that
might
help
us.
You
know
immediately.
F
C
It
a
long
term
idea
but
I
like
new
thoughts,
I
like
to
bring
new
ideas
to
the
table
myself,
so
I
I
like
when
people
bring
them
to
me
and
and
for
us
to
think
about
him
and
analyze
him
to
see.
If
there's
something
we
can
do
I'm,
not
every
new
idea
is
gonna
be
good,
but
it's
better
than
not
having
any
ideas
and
so
yeah
I
welcome
those
and
and
just
I
think,
to
a
informal
informal
process.
You
find
out
where
that's
gonna
work
for
you
or
not.
C
C
Well,
let's
see
what
it
is,
and
so
we
can
put
you
know
real
pencil
to
paper.
If
it
involves
money
which
most
ideas
do,
let's
figure
out,
if
there's
something
feasible,
do
we
have
the
budget
for
it?
Is
it
something
that
the
community
would
accept?
Is
it
something
that
our
bosses
would
like?
Do
you
think
we
would
like
yeah?
Can
we
present
it
to
them?
Does
it
look
like
it's
Eva
belit?
Is
it
realistic?
C
Those
are
all
kind
of
questions
to
ask
as
we're
formulating.
You
know
an
answer
to
whether
this
idea
is
any
good
or
not
or
if
it's
achievable,
and
so
you
know,
we
there's
a
certainly
a
long
line
of
questions
to
ask.
You
know
one
thing
that
I
don't
do,
and
maybe
it
maybe
it's.
Maybe
it's
because
I'm
getting
older
but
I,
usually
don't
jump
into
that
idea
too
quickly.
I
can
get
excited
by
it,
but
let's,
let's,
let's
look
at
it.
Let's
see
if
we
can
do
it.
C
I'll
answer,
though,
the
ending
first
there's
always
room
for
for
development
for
learning.
You
know
right
now
you
know
I've
been
attending
international
economic
development,
council
classes,
certification
classes,
and
you
know
trying
to
learn
as
much
as
possible.
I
talked
to
colleagues.
I
talked
to
different
leaders.
Other
EDC
folks
have
been
around
longer
than
I
have
to
try
to
understand
what
they
do.
I
can
look
at
best
practices
from
across
the
state
or
the
country
to
see
how
that
helps
me
so
I'm
always
willing
to
learn.
C
I,
always
look
for
four
things
that
can
help
me
and
and
when
they
help
me,
they
help
my
employer.
So
whatever
I
can,
whatever
I
so
can
it's
gonna
I'm
gonna
bring
back
whether
it's
business,
recruitment
and
retention,
whether
it's
you
know,
small
business
development,
whatever
the
case
is
I,
always
look
for
for
ways
to
improve
I.
C
Think
my
my
set
of
skills
that
I've
been
able
to
develop
over
the
last
you
know,
15
years
or
so
as
a
communicator
as
a
as
a
government
affairs
person
as
an
economic
developer,
a
really
kind
of
unique
set
of
skills
that
really
can
help
here.
I
mentioned
my
ability
to
to
write
and
communicators
with
a
strong
point.
I
think
was
what
served
well
here.
Understanding
the
the
tenants
of
basic
economic
development
I
think
what
will
help
here.
C
C
Ability
to
work
with
art,
with
our
congressional
state
and
state
leaders
and
Austin
and
Laredo
and
and
in
Washington
I
think
will
help
will
help
a
lot.
I
mean,
let's,
let's
take
one
one
bit
of
that
for,
for
instance,
the
the
citizenship
chip
question
for
the
census
is
up
and
it's
going
before
the
courts
in
and
in
Maryland
I
think
this
week.
C
Well,
you
know,
Laredo
has
about
26
percent
of
population
is
foreign-born
residents,
so
just
imagine
if
if
the
Rado
doesn't
get
to
count
nearly
one-fourth
of
its
population
on
its
census
and
therefore
directs
that
directs
or
is
directly
impacted
by
federal
funding
because
they
base
it
on
population.
So
that's
not
a
direct
economic
development
issue
in
terms
of
like
a
recruiting
a
business
of
town
or
looking
at
at
a
recruitment
sheet
of
incentives
or
tax
abatements,
whatever
the
cases,
but
it's
really
impactful.
So
economic
developers
really
need
to
be
aware
of
something
like
that.
C
So
I
think
my
so
given
that
situation
I
wanted
to
bring
that
up,
because
I'm
comfortable
in
dealing
with
those
I've
dealt
with
I've
dealt
with
CBP
I've
dealt
with
SSA
day
and
I.
Sorry
in
Mexico
I've
worked
on
bridge
issues.
I've
worked
on
economic
development
issues,
I've
worked
on
small
business,
I
worked
in
digital
media
I.
Think
I
can
bring
that
together
here
to
to
get
Laredo
where
it
wants
to
go.
I
want
to
be
helpful
in
that.
C
The
last
thing
I'd
like
to
mention
there
is
you
know:
I
I
I
grew
up
in
Kennedy
Texas,
which,
in
in
cars
County
my
family's
from
the
San
Diego
area,
my
dad's
side
of
the
family
and
I've
lived
in
the
valley
for
about
oh
who
knows
about
20
years,
give
or
take,
and
I
and
I've
been
to
El
Paso
I've
been
to
Del
Rio
up
in
the
end.
I
live
in
that
is
oh
and
real
Ronda
and
lived
in
Brownsville
and
and
and
so
I
get
the
border
I
understand
it.
I
like
it.
C
F
C
Yes,
I
have
taken
I,
believe
dr.
Rodriguez,
I,
believe
I've
taken
five
classes
and
I
need
eight
to
accomplish
the
certification
process.
A
lot
of
that
is
timing.
First
of
all,
you
have
to
be
in
economic
development
strictly
for
four
years
before
you
can
test
for
the
certification
and
I'm
approaching
four
years,
and
then
you
have
to
take
the
certain
amount
class
and
sometimes
they're
only
offered
once
a
year.
C
C
Also,
we
received
you
know
direction
from
them
to
see
what
the
goals
are.
I
know
some
of
the
short-term
goals
for
Laredo
at
least
at
least
what
I've
seen
is,
is
expanding,
a35
finishing
up
the
intersection.
You
know
putting
more
overpasses
on
the
loop.
All
those
are
important.
You
have
to
have
text
as
a
partner
for
that,
and
so
I
worked
with
text
out
for
many
years.
C
A
C
My
my
experience
has
been
limited
to
working
with
the
turds
which,
which
we
have
a
mission
and
there's
several
in
Hidalgo
County.
You
know
using
you,
know,
sector
and
offers.
You
know
how
they
work.
You
sector
off
a
certain
area
and
having
the
attacks.
The
taxes
from
that
area
be
used
to
and
reinvest
in
that
area.
I
know
far
has
some
and
he'd
our
County
has
some
the
Weslaco
an
admission.
C
Has
a
big
chunk
and
we've
been
using
that
money
to
do
infrastructure
development
in
in
the
southern
part
of
the
city,
where
we
have
a
huge
development
called
the
Sharon
implantation
which
which,
by
the
way,
I
think
the
kilim
family
is
buying
here
soon.
So
the
we've
been
good,
do
lift
stations,
water
wastewater,
all
that
kind
of
thing,
Road,
building
etc?
C
H
C
C
You
know
if
you
know
if
I
became
the
economic
development
director
for
me
for
Lorado
I,
think
that
some
of
those
would
would
start
to
sort
of
open
up
for
me
to
see
what
they
are,
but
one
thing:
I,
I
I,
don't
have
anything
specific
that
I
wouldn't
necessarily
do
myself
for
Laredo,
but
I
would
say
that
one
thing
that
I
would
help
to
try
to
to
see.
Lorado
do
is
finish
off
whatever
they
want
to
do
with
their
international
bridge
systems.
C
If
they
want
to
add
another
bridge,
I
can
I
feel
I
can
really
help.
There
I
worked
on
the
on
subdue
ass
bridge
from
McAllen
for
about
for
about
five
years
and
getting
that
open
and
putting
fast
lanes
and
and
changing
the
hours
and
all
that
sounds
easy,
but
it
takes
you
to
do
right,
so
I
mean
that
was
that
was
tough,
but
I'd
like
to
see
you
know.
If,
if
that's,
what
Laredos
will
is
to
do
that
and
I
want
to
help.
Do
that?
C
I
think
that
once
I
get
in
place,
I
would
try
to
look
at
the
survey,
the
situation
and
if
you
know,
if
it's
a
Dave,
&
Buster's.
Well,
let's
do
it.
You
know
if
it's
another
bridge,
you
know,
let's
do
it.
One
thing:
I
always
do
and
I
and
I
and
I
will
always
do
for
Laredo,
which
I've
done
for
Macallan
and
mission,
and
that
these
cities
are
quite
a
bit
different
right.
C
But
there's
one
thing
that
that
really
is
common
among
the
cities
and
that
it's
either
the
lack
of
respect
or
notoriety
in
the
rest
of
the
state
or
nationally.
So
if
you
go
up
to
the
the
I-35
I
45
triangle,
dallas-fort
worth
down,
San
Antonio,
Austin,
Houston
people
just
think
you
know
the
radio
Valley
Oh,
Paso
I
mean
and
to
some
degree
the
Panhandle
and
even
East
Texas
like
Beaumont.
You
get
left
out
of
the
equation
and
one
of
the
goals
who
approved
for
me.
C
What
if
I
was
here
for
Laredo,
is
to
make
sure
to
get
up
front
and
make
sure
that
I
a
fight
for
what
for
the
radios,
reputation
and
also
to
make
sure
they're
represented
and
those
kind
of
meetings
where
we're
often
left
out
of,
and
so
that's
that's,
certainly
a
promise
that
that
I
would
want
to
fulfill
what
I'm.
Here.
C
B
C
C
These
aren't
political
in
nature.
These
are
statements
of
fact.
The
the
current
situation
in
Washington
has
in
regards
to
your
question,
has
industry
very
nervous
and
and
in
their
case
unpredictable
for
their
own
futures.
They
don't
know
if
it's
gonna
be
5%
or
if
they're
gonna
go
another
two
years
without
a
five
percent
tariff.
What
business?
What
I
understand?
What
business
wants
to
know,
especially
when
you
make
a
huge
investment
in
in
buying
machines
for
manufacturing
or
you
build
in
a
warehouse
or
you're
buying
15
new
trucks?
C
You
want
to
know
if
you're
gonna
be
able
to
use
them,
how
you
think
you're
going
to
be
able
use
them
based
on
the
current
climate
or
based
on
the
client
or
the
climate
that
would
exist
in
the
next
five
years.
So
if
someone's
threatening
that
they're
gonna
do
five
percent
and
then
they
don't
do
it,
but
then
they
might
do
it
again.
In
two
months
later,
that's
nuts,
just
not
very
good
for
business
anywhere
along
the
border,
much
as
as
much
as
Lorado
house
at
stake
for
them.
E
C
C
Are
you
gonna
have
to
move?
Are
you
gonna
have
to?
Are
you
thinking
of
moving
away?
How
can
we
help
you
given
our
tools
in
our
toolbox?
How
can
we
help
you
stay,
prosperous
and
still
be
in
laredo?
What,
and
let
me
hear
your
feedback
you
know
I
would
I
would
speak
to
brokers.
I
would
speak
to
logistics.
Leaders
I'd
speak
to
our
friends
in
Mexico
and
Nevada,
though,
and
try
to
figure
out
what
our
best
response
is
gonna
be
I
would
figure
that
there's
people
here
in
Laredo.
C
B
Go
into
a
recession
what
we
would
go
into
a
recession.
C
You
know
you
certainly
don't
want
to
think
about
that,
but
but
it
could,
it
could
be
a
reality
for
us
Laredos
done
well.
Since
the
last
recession,
you
think
you've
been
able
to
grow
a
lot
of
jobs.
You
know
the
last
five
years,
I
think
Loretta
was
added
over
8,000
jobs
after
this
up
to
April
8200
jobs
in
the
last
five
years,
mainly
because
probably
the
shale
and
then
trade,
but
when
a
recession
is
coming,
maybe
you
know
we're
able
to
read
the
tea,
leaves
right
and
see
it
coming
and
be
able
to.
C
You
know
be
able
to
guard
against
it.
One
thing
that
we
need
to
do
I
think
is:
if
I
was
part
of
this
team,
that's
definitely
keep
heading
education.
I
know
dr.
Rodriguez
is
at
the
rate
of
community
college,
but
we
have
to
improve
our
education
base
in
order
to
be
successful
and
you
go
to
industries
that
are
I
wouldn't
say,
recession,
proof,
but
pretty
close
to
it,
like
the
medical
industry
and
and
hiring
more
nurses
and
doctors
and
and
trying
to
create
more
of
an
entrepreneurial
climate
in
the
medical
area.
C
You
look
at
just,
for
example,
in
the
McAllen
area
or
just
an
account.
There
is
one
two
three
four
major
hospitals:
they
employ
thousands
of
people
and
and
and
it's
not
stopped
growing,
not
not
just
because
medical
pardon
me
Mexican
nationals
keep
feeding
that
system,
but
just
from
the
general
population,
like
far
has
close
to
a
hundred
thousand
people,
it
doesn't
have
a
hospital.
Something
doesn't
have
a
hospital.
Alamo
doesn't
have
a
hospital
right,
they
all
go
to
McAllen,
so
Macallan's
been
able
to
concentrate
those
hospitals
in
the
city,
and
it's
been
a
tremendous.