COWEN FAMILY INVADES COBBLEHEADS FOR JOHN COWEN, JR. MEET AND GREET

Uncle Ralph Cowen Introduces Nephew John Cowen, Jr.,
Candidate for City Commissioner At Large "A"

When Ralph Cowen shouted into the microphone "Can you hear me?" several within the Cobbleheads Bar and Grill audience shouted "No!" likely hoping that Ralph would break into one of his famous gritos, but no such luck.

Ralph was all business, loosely following a prepared script while introducing his somewhat quiet nephew, John Cowen, Jr., a candidate for City Commissioner At Large "A."(Ralph later handed me his notes with the admonition to "share this with McHale.")

John himself spoke from a prepared script, likely with some thoughtful observations about the needs of the city, but the club's acoustics muffled his words.  

Anyway, it was a raucous crowd, one of the largest we've seen at the popular venue, including all the Cowens, but also City Commissioner Ben Neece, mayoral candidate Trey Mendez, BISD Trustees Erasmo Castro and Phil Cowen and several other local politicos. 

Blogger Jerry McHale, from his accustomed vantage point at the bar, knocked down a couple Bloody Marys, repeating to me the timeworn line "if you don't do your job, I can't do mine."

  

Matamoros attorney and radio talk show host Jerry Danarche(pictured above) has invited Juan Montoya, Jerry McHale and I for a discussion of local issues at 12:00 PM today on KKPS-FM 99.9, "La Nueva."  Danarche's show commands an audience of 100,000 in Brownsville and northern Mexico.