Floyd brought me coffee and the morning's paper this morning and he said "you are not going to like what you read in the paper". Sure enough I didn't. The headlines read " Governor Richardson blocks entrance to Deming, casino". The article said that employees of the casino and tribal members would be allowed in but he is waiting for the Feds to give their ok because he sees this tribal action as an "illegal casino". Oh well, hope this thing gets going as it was supposed to open today.
There has been a lot of violence south of the border right here. Palomas has been the scene of numerous shootings and killings in the past month. Yesterday, there was more automatic gunfire and more bodies laying in the streets, so much so that our local police and state troopers rushed down and closed the border entrance temporarily until the Mexican government could get things under control. The big drug cartels are now operating openly right here, south of our border. It moved from Laredo to Juarez and now to the little town of Palomas. It is drug dealers fighting one another over who controls the drugs along the border. Nobody cares if they want to kill each other, but innocent people can get caught in the crossfire. I understand the Mexican government has agreed to send more federales to that side of the border.
Our weather is the good news. Deming is greening up. We went to the library yesterday and noticed that the cottonwood trees had big buds on them, yea! Our roses are sprouting new leaves and Spring is definitely here. Floyd made me promise not to plant any more flowers but he said I could plant a peach tree. I want two of them, lol. One yellow and one white! Our temp should be up in the 70s today, so another great day to spend outdoors. Yesterday Floyd dug trenches around all the trees and removed some unwanted growth from the bushes and watered everything so he doesn't have any yard work to do today. Have a good one y'all.
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Floyd said you couldn't have anymore flowers???? What a silly man ~ ask him if that was his "joke of the day"? I wish we could grow peach trees here. When I lived in Waterloo , down by Madison I could grow pears; but it's just a little too cool here in northern Wisconsin for peaches. Apples do well in our part of the country; and berries. I just can't wait for all this snow to go! ~Sorry to hear about the casino not opening like you wished and as for the troubles on the border and the drug dealers... well it's just sad that our country has let things get this bad.
WOW. Lots going on there. I remember when the Indians wanted to pay for the new Brewer stadium in Milw - just as long as they could put gambling things in the vacinity. The gov, loser Tommy Thompson, said it was too late (it wasn't) so the tax payers and people who stay in the hotels in Milw get stuck with the cost.
Weather is still bitchin cold here. More snow tonight. THe record snow in Madison is way past a few weeks now.
I've been sick - much flue around here - not the stomach kind - the head kind - like a bad cold with aches. Missed 3 days of work last week. Just tired of winter.
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