June 9 was the first installment of the story of the Capitol insurrection. The publicized intent of the Jan. 6 committee is to tell the story of what happened, how it happened and why. That idea makes sense in retrospect to the rambling, confusing days when one horrific story after another kept readers and viewers unable to form a timeline, or to keep up with events. The committee has done its work and now the story unfolds with visuals and crucial details heretofore unknown to the public.
In the June 10 Monitor, Liz Cheney’s comment from the previous night was noted again: “The attack on our Capitol was not a spontaneous riot.” Many people believed that it was, especially if they listened to Republican trivialization of what can also be described as a coup.
The Associated Press offering on the bottom half of the front page was sparse and even more so by the absence of one new fact unreported in this news piece.
The documentarian who had been filming and interviewing followed 250-300 Proud Boys to the Capitol at 10 a.m. They were there, we now know, to reconnoiter the perimeter of the Capitol and study strengths and weaknesses. Trump did not speak until noon. This part of the timeline is essential to validate Ms. Cheney’s statement and to illuminate the further fact that the insurrection was carefully planned for months, which will be borne out in the weeks to come.
It also refutes such opinions like that of an assistant coach with the Washington Commanders who compared the Capitol insurrection with the “riots” after the Floyd killing and who called the insurrection a “dust-up.” He later apologized when called out for his remarks. He felt he had a right “to express myself.” In other words to give his opinion. I wonder if he will watch the rest of the hearings.
Shirley Rickett
Alamo
Evaluating
track season
Track season over: What happened?
The good:
Tiny La Sara wins two of the nine RGV medals at state with Xiomara Rodriguez Teams since winning the only gold.
Valley Records set in 2022:
1600 girls: San Juanita Leal, Edinburgh North: 4:53.85.
1600 boys: Ayden Granados, McAllen Memorial: 4:11.03.
100 meter dash, girls: Faith Franklin, HarlingenHigh School: 11.77.
200 meter dash, girls: Faith Franklin, HarlingenHigh School: 24.09.
Ivan Palacios, story on distance runners in the RGV: won 5 of 9 medals at state.
The PSJA athletic department put on two class track meets 31-5A district and 31/32-5A area, providing fans and coaches with programs having entries and meet records.
The bad:
No Valley’s best, no Mythical Standings, little to no coverage February-early April. The McHi girls and Harlingen boys won the Mythical Standings, and nobody knows about it. The track meet schedules were not in the news papers. Some school athletic departments are not reporting results.
The ugly:
District 31-6A meet in Edinburg: Three district records were set and the athletes were not recognized, because the records were not updated.
District 32-5A meet at Weslaco/Weslaco East: Two meet records were set and the athletes were not recognized. Why? Because the records were not updated.
The RGV media have not selected all-area or all-Valley track teams since 2006 or before.
Carlos Vela
San Juan
