Letter From the Editor

By Felix Alvarado

February 2, 2014

Off we are into a new year and new expectations.  New Year’s resolutions have been made and hopefully they have not been broken.  We look forward to an exciting future as we continue to grow and expand.  We start by providing some of our articles in Spanish.  To our Spanish speaking audience we say, “Bienvenidos”. 

A point of pride for us is learning about our Mexican-American history.  We in Tarrant County did not develop in isolation from other Mexican-Americans.  We are part of a much greater event that motivated many Mexicans to flee their country and migrate in massive numbers to the United States between 1910 and 1920.  The first Mexican-American to become a musical success was a teenager from California named Ritchie Valens.  Ritchie Valens burst into the infant Rock and Roll music scene and became an instant sensation.  Sadly he died in an airplane crash.  His music and legacy remained. 

A point of pride is also Lt. Julie Swearingen of the FWPD.  Her story is an inspiration to every young woman that faced adversity.

We are also proud of the work of Catholic Charities.  They do a great job of proving foster care for children that for various reasons in need of a temporary or permanent home.  We also focus on education.  In My Dreams Academy and Career School students that for whatever reason abandoned the public education track are able to pick themselves up from their bootstraps and continue their education.  You are never too old and it is never too late to learn a new subject or a new skill.  We also introduce two new articles, one on the value of healthy living and the other one on issues that somehow for unknown reasons we never learned. 

Election season is upon us again and political signs of all variety are appearing everywhere.  The two most outspoken leaders in the Latino community were targeted for defeat by the infusion of big money into a local election.  Often politicians take the easy road by taking the politically correct road or by going along to get along.  We cannot be satisfied with puny politicians.  Political parties sometimes believe that challenges in the primaries are bad because they expose weaknesses in the candidate.  That is not acceptable.  We believe that competition is good in the marketplace and in politics.