ALL QUIET ON THE SOUTHERN FRONT~BROWNSVILLE

This is a quiet time of year, a lull, the calm before the storm. 

Yes, there was a smattering of  Christmas Eve fireworks, more of a local custom than national and Brownsville's New Year's Eve will sound like Vietnam 1968, with pyrotechnics and the occasional pistol at 90 degrees, but the politics has gone quiet with most locals still recovering from Christmas dinner.

While doing my daily 8 laps at Charlie Cabler Park on December 26, I encountered several folk trying out their Christmas gifts;  a 70 year old man with a metal detector seriously exploring for rings, coins, etc., a fat kid with a dangerous-looking bow and arrow, two preteen boys on an illegal go kart, tearing up the grass, and two teenage girls trying to ride skateboards.  

In religious news, William "Billy" Garza, candidate for City Commissioner, District 1(Southmost), further solidified his actual residence in the district by attending a late night mass recently at Christ the King Church on Southmost Blvd.  

What's next for Billy, honking his horn like hell during the Southmost Pitada this Sunday, celebrating a Cowboys' victory over the New York Football Giants?

"Speaking of Sports," what about Dallas Maverick phenom Luka "Wonderboy" Doncic?  Have you watched this 19 year old rookie, tossing Larry Bird-like passes, hitting stepback 3's or doing postup moves normally reserved for 10 year vets?  

As Lebron James said recently:  "Yes, I would love to play with Luka."

Go Mavs!  Go Cowboys!