Letters: City offerings garner praise

Good news! Bravo to city of Edinburg as its revitalization of downtown continues. Since the holiday season has ensued, there have been numerous festivities including parades, live music, food trucks and more near the new amphitheater in downtown Edinburg. New restaurants and small businesses are opening that increase our quality of life. Now, we who live downtown can elect to walk or bike to our dentist, doctor, library, grocery store and more.

Add UTRGV campus nearby and life gets even better with attendance at the many activities at the UTRGV Performing Arts Complex or public seminars such as the Eco-Rio Environmental Seminar held recently at the ballroom on campus. I’m into classical music and in the past months I’ve attended a French horn choir as well as symphonies and recitals; some are free and others are at a very low price; but there are also modern music alternatives as well as plays and art exhibitions to be enjoyed.

Thanks to Edinburg and UTRGV for enriching our lives.

Diane Teter

Edinburg

Human

traits

While serving in the U.S. Navy for four short years, I found out quickly after going aboard my first duty ship that the old saying that a sailor has a girl in every port was true. Making friends is easy if you are concerned about the person and not only about your desires.

I have always admired President Jack Kennedy and also President Bill Clinton for their ability to relate to the general public and also their ability to solve problems while in office. The downside to this trait is the attraction to the opposite sex! This trait is not present in all men. Some men can control these feelings while others simply take advantage of others.

Name calling is another trait that is in a lot of people nowadays!

Bill Williams

Palmview

Immigration

questioned

How is it possible that the greatest country in the world, the proudest country in the world, the most powerful country in the world allows millions of people from all around the globe to invade our country with total disregard for our borders and our local, state and federal laws?

How is it that the people we democratically elect to protect and defend the Constitution and all the city, county, state and federal laws appear to be looking the other way pretending “there is nothing to see here,” while an assault that has no equal in the history of this great country is in progress and in fact gaining momentum? And while all this is taking place, the citizens whom we have sworn to protect, especially those living in border states but all citizens across America, also are left at the mercy of the millions of illegals swarming across our country as if they own it.

What was the point for the millions and millions of us who served in the armed forces for years trying to keep our country safe if we are going to let a weak government throw it all away? And how can we as a country look at ourselves in the mirror and feel that we are doing justice to the 400,000 veterans buried at ArlingtonNationalCemetery?

Finally, why is it that so few of us are asking these questions?

José C. Coronado

Mission