WHERE HAVE YOU GONE, CHRIS VALADEZ? A NATION TURNS ITS LONELY EYES TO YOU

Chris Valadez, 2nd from right, meeting with
Brownsville's bloggers in Carlos Cascos Office
in 2012

Please, don't call it an intervention, but longtime right hand man of Carlos Cascos, Chris Valadez, is in a position to help.

Captain Bob, AKA Robert Sanchez, a Brownsville restaurateur and intermittent political candidate, is being played by an out-of-town troll blogger with no goodness in his heart.

Robert Sanchez

This is a vulnerable time for Mr. Sanchez; recently losing his wife, custody issues with his children, his home on Calle Jacaranda up for sale and now the departure of his all-consuming love interest.

Sanchez has repeatedly identified Chris Valadez as a friend, and those who know Chris, view him as, not only clever, but real, empathetic and loyal.  Robert has an asset in his corner.

Out-of-town blogger

The last thing Robert needs, at this point in his life, is to be played, mocked, used by a heartless, cold, attack drifter who blogs from coffee shops with free wifi with articles denigrating Brownsville.(The blogger was terminated years ago by the Brownsville Herald, but chooses to spew venom on the city from wherever his cheap laptop can connect.)

Chris knows this guy manipulating Robert and can reach out to his friend and spare him further humiliation.  

Just today, the trolling blogger announced a seemingly charitable program to award local bloggers with a holiday ham:

"To soothe hard feelings and end the year on a good note, The Republic and Capt. Bob, author of our Paragraphs Man feature, will be offering free honey-glazed hams to any blogger who signs up to receive one between today and Christmas Eve. Interested bloggers will be required to submit a request for one (1) ham via our “Comments Feature” using a legitimate email address. Bloggers will have to include their telephone numbers for verification of their entry.

The Republic and Capt. Bob will review the applicants and their three (3) reasons for requesting a free ham before a final ruling on the recipients is made. If no applicant passes muster, no hams wills be awarded.

It is our desire that all city bloggers enjoy the Holiday Season and that they have a good meal at year’s end.

Eligible for the free ham giveaway are the following Bloggers, in no particular order, and certainly not order of need. The Republic and Capt. Bob have a benevolent streak, as our readers discovered during the recent hurricane disasters, and this simply falls into that category."

There is no need to explain why self-respecting bloggers, writers, brick layers or security guards would ignore such a condescending offer.  

Robert Sanchez gives to charity.  The trolling blogger has a history of stealing tips.

Chris, can you help your friend?