Featured, from left: Dr. Carlos Margo, Associate Dean, Office of Industry Training and Economic Development, South Texas College; Paul Rodríguez, Chairman, Board of Trustees, South Texas College; McAllen Mayor Jim Darling; Dr. Shirley E. Reed, President, South Texas College; and McAllen City Commissioner Joaquín “J.J.” Zamora, on Thursday, December 6, 2018. The McAllen Economic Development Corporation on that date presented STC with a $259,440 job-training grant to provide customized education related to advanced manufacturing within the city’s boundaries.
Photograph By BENJAMIN BRIONES
Mayor Darling calls on McAllen City Commission to help monitor Gov. Abbott’s Twitter and “make sure that the public is aware of what’s going on”
McAllen city leaders are being encouraged to monitor the public Twitter account of Gov. Greg Abbott, who is an avid user of that social media format, and report to the public on statements by the state’s top leader which have a direct impact on residents of the second-most populous city in the Rio Grande Valley.
“If you have seen what the state is doing now, and particularly the governor, he is tweeting his program, he’s getting public support for that,” Darling said during a brief legislative update that he provided during the Monday, January 14, 2019 meeting of the McAllen City Commission. “Certainly, where we agree, we ought to participate, and when we disagree, we ought to participate, in trying to make sure that the public is aware of what’s going on.”
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