Sunday, July 15, 2012

Mayor Salinas pens lengthy, rambling article for Huff Post

Excerpted from The Huffington Post
By Raul G. Salinas



Laredo, Tex. sits on the U.S./Mexico border where IH-35 and two major railroads cross into Mexico. However, the city does not view itself as sitting on the border with Mexico, but as a hub of activity for South Texas and Northern Mexico. While geography has certainly played into the growth and development of the community, achieving this milestone did not happen just because of where the city is located. City of Laredo leaders also did not just sit around and wait for business to come to Laredo. The city's location and development, as a close neighbor to Mexico, aside from creating tourism as Laredo's second-leading industry, has created a unique and dynamic bilingual and bicultural community, for both business and personal sectors of the residents' lives. Taking advantage of this understanding, appreciation, and mastery of the Spanish language and Mexican culture, business mores, and governmental processes, City of Laredo leaders have gone throughout Central and South America and applied those same principals to facilitate trade from these countries through Mexico, faster, cheaper, and just as securely as other U.S. ports. At a recent trade symposium hosted by the City of Laredo with all Central American countries, numerous memoranda of understanding were executed to send their country's goods and products through the Port of Laredo, and the reasons cited included Laredo's facilities, location, security, business opportunities, and bilingual culture of cooperation.

Read the entire article at :
 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rauacute/laredo-job-growth_b_1671706.html

6 comments:

  1. wow. yes, it is lengthy and rambling. my favorite part was how he kept using "City of Laredo" and never deviating from it!

    That is the true sign of someone trying to drive the message home.

    on a side note, now i have a lowered opinion of the huff post. i guess they let anyone write?

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  2. I like the part in which he says:

    Laredo, Tex. sits on the U.S./Mexico border where IH-35 and two major railroads cross into Mexico. However, the city does not view itself as sitting on the border with Mexico.

    Well, make up your mind- which is it?

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  3. Since we will poke fun of Salinas' prose, here is my favorite part:

    Today Laredo is the nation's largest inland port in the nation, handling over 12,000 trucks every day.

    A lot of these. That and that Laredo is a "goldmine."

    Thanks Captain Sanchez!

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  4. I wonder who wrote it for him.

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  5. We should have a welcome to the world of blogging party for the mayor!

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  6. 173 billion. wow, how about some beautification policies? Oh yea, our cut comes from the "puente" only . But nothing close to that amount. Jesus christ!

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