First George was great on that clip. Thanks babylonsister for the clip. It was funny.
He had some good serious lines:
Latinos we are very powerful when our power is used, and very visible when we are absent
We can't be important only every four years.
Funny one too on
You think Latinos are going to be playing Sudoku at Starbucks?
If we're relaxing we're not going to do math
:rofl:
He also said that in addition to doing some campaigning he was in town to get some killer "chorizo".
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Me on Las Manitas. I know both of the Perez sisters.
Those two wonderful strong Latina women, Lidia and Cynthia Perez, who own that restaurant are also the embodiment of the American dream. They worked hard to set up that business and make it successful. It helped support their families and several hundred employees and their families over the 26+ years they've been on Congress Avenue.
NPR Morning EditionAn Austin Institution Ousted by DevelopmentMorning Edition, August 23, 2007 · In Austin, a beloved Tex-Mex cafe is preparing to move to make way for a giant new Marriott hotel, and people are plenty upset about it. The controversy has raised anew the question: Is success ruining Austin?
On the wall next to the cash register at Las Manitas restaurant is a framed letter signed by J.W. Marriott Jr.
"Dear Cynthia and Lidia," it begins. "Please accept my sincere apologies for my insensitive remarks that appeared in last week's Austin American-Statesman."
That was a reference to the now locally infamous quote from Mr. Marriott: "Why should you hold up a several-hundred-million-dollar investment because of a small little restaurant?"
He clearly didn't know Austin, or the fame of Las Manitas.
The sisters turned down the city loan offered to them because it was too political and came with too many conditions. Like the resourceful women they are they will move their restaurant and re-open somewhere else, on their own terms. Another downtown icon is moved out of the way.
Sonia