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VOL. 2 • NUM 13 www.LaPrensaTEXAS.com 31 de Marzo de 2019 Selena’s Legacy Let’s Talk Selena Solo un Estilo’s Commissioners About it... Remembered Pensamiento Exclusive Salon Court Recognizing Should Chicken Cantante Selena San Anto’s Judge Rosie and Politics Mix? Quintanilla Perez One-Stop Salon Speedlin Gonzalez By Yvette Tello By Dr. Ricardo Romo By Steve Walker By Isa Fernández By Renee Watson 2 La Prensa Texas SAN ANTONIO 31 de Marzo de 2019 This grass roots publication is the life Let’s Talk About it... source for a community that is not easily afforded viable access to diverse and ac- Should Chicken and Politics Mix? cessible media. San Antonio and the sur- rounding counties have become accustomed to relevant news brought to them in both By Yvette Tello District 1 city council seat. don’t want to give them Pete A Bornkessel: English and Spanish since 1913. City council voted 6-4 to Thank God.” yours then don’t. Banning “Paint rainbow cross- Steve A Duran Sr. award a multimillion-dol- them from a city is wrong. walks and ban Chick-fil- CEO/Publisher lar contract to a company Kirstie Grisham La- What’s next, imprisoning A... I see the direction [email protected] to operate several foods, tiker: people who disagree with you’re going there, San Ramon Chapa Jr. Co-Publisher beverage, and retail shops “Did they just happen you.” Antonio.” [email protected] at the San Antonio Interna- to forget that Chick-fil-A Yvette Tello Executive Vice President tional Airport. The agree- opened up on a Sunday to Joyce Parish: Jeannine Grigry: [email protected] ment requires the company feed those who donated “It should be decided “One question, when did Roxanne Eguia to drop Chick-fil-A from its blood after the pulse night- by the consumers where city council turn into God? Editor In Chief [email protected] list of restaurants because club shooting in Orlando they would like to spend I thought he was the only Victoria Ward of its association with anti- which was an LGBTQ their hard earned money. one who could judge.” Graphic Designer [email protected] LGBT groups… Not all club. I don’t know too Texas you are turning into Steve Walker partners were reviewed much about them but I California and it makes me Belinda A. Garcia: Ricardo Romo with the same criteria. don’t quite think that they sad.” “This is a decision that Jessica Duran Was this a vendetta against got much credit for that.” people should make for Isa Fernández Contributors Chick-fil-A? Should they Lu Bonilla: themselves. The city should [email protected] be kicked out of the air- Beth Green: “It’s ridiculous because not tell us what/where we port? Let’s talk about it... “Absolutely not. This is city officials donate to should or shouldn’t eat.” a gross misuse of power Christian organizations. Patrick Southard: by the city council. As They want to shove things Robin Jones: “I think they are just play- humans, we can make our down our throat if we don’t “It is actually deeper than ing politics. This isn’t own decisions on where to agree. What about our re- that. I was watching the right.” eat or shop. It’s not their ligious rights? They aren’t whole meeting. The con- responsibility at all. Also, doing anything wrong but tract proposals and bids are Charlie Parker: from what I have read in donating to who they want based on numerous things, The mission of the Westside Develop- “I wonder how many Spurs several articles, city offi- to, it does not matter. They actually a ton. Think about ment Corporation (WDC) is to foster tickets they got for that cials didn’t even reach out will get more business just it, they would have to look economic development, promote the de- velopment and redevelopment of real estate deal.” to Chick-fil-A for clarifica- watch!” into EVERY company’s within its target area, create viable urban tion or an opportunity to beliefs and you never know communities, and preserve the character, culture and history of the Westside. Alexander Steele: discuss.” Jeff Magness: what each one feels are The vision is a vibrant Westside com- participants in or against. munity where people want to live, work, “This move is going to “It would be great if and visit. destroy Robert Trevino’s Randall R Foster: our city council actual- Each group had various Leonard Rodriguez political career. Brad Kes- “No, I don’t agree. Agree ly focused on important concepts. It was more the President /CEO [email protected] sler is now the front runner or not, Chick-fil-A has a things…” fact that the actual process right to do what they wish was not to flip a brand after La Prensa Texas San Antonio is published once for his replacement in the a week by La Familia Duran Inc. San Antonio, with their money. If you submitting a belief.” Texas (210) 686-0600. Subscription price in the U.S.A. $125 per year (52 issues). The opinions expressed in the editorials of this publication represent the positions and ideology of this newspaper; the opinions expressed by writers and guest columnists are not necessarily the opinions of the management staff or ownership of this newspaper; the contents of which they are solely and exclusively responsible for. Letters from our readers are welcome and will be published, subject to space availability so long as they are signed and have a proper return address. 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Armando Sanchez is not a mornings and spent the af- the Warren Hunter School of firm, he met Jorge Cortez, He recalls that a customer famous artist, but his art has ternoons and evenings at the Art at La Villita, and Arman- then CEO of Mi Tierra Res- with a striking pink striped been purchased by famous public library. At the library, do was one of his students. taurant, and began a life-long suit came in and asked Ar- people— such as Mick Jag- he sat for hours studying the A clothing store in front friendship with him. Cortez mando about an art piece ger and Maya Angelou. He lives and works of famous of the Majestic Theatre hired commissioned Armando in selling for $600 dollars. Af- met these personalities when artists. On many days he Armando during the early 1970 to paint a Zapata por- ter telling Armando that he he had an art gallery and would stay until closing time. 1960s to handle all the sig- trait which became the icon only had $300, Armando studio at the San Antonio One Burbank teacher no- nage on the glass windows. for the restaurant. His Za- suggested that he could take Market Square next door to ticed his art skills, in par- He left after five years to pata image graces the aprons the painting in exchange for Mi Tierra Restaurant where ticular, his excellent lettering, and tee shirts at Mi the money and his pink suit. the Cortez family first started and suggested that Armando Tierra and is sold in the The customer agreed and left their restaurant empire. Ms. works as a sign maker. The thousands annually. his shop in his underwear. Angelou returned to buy nu- following year, Armando left When President Bill Armando is best known merous works from him over Burbank before graduating Clinton visited San as a watercolorist, but his the years and introduced him and started working at the Antonio in the 1990s, outdoor and indoor murals at to her friend, Oprah Winfrey. Schuler Sign Company. Not the Cortez family pre- Mi Tierra and Pico de Gallo Armando, a native of South satisfied with just his letter- sented the President are also highly admired by San Antonio, grew up draw- ing abilities, he sought out with a tee-shirt with the the San Antonio commu- ing and sketching and recalls art classes at the Art Insti- Zapata image. On his nity. One prominent mural that as a child in elementary tute at the McNay and Cop- jog the next morning features the famous Mexican school his teachers would ask pini Academy of Fine Arts. along the Riverwalk, singer Jorge Negrete. An- him to use his artistic skills to He credits the mentorship President Clinton wore other mural captures more help decorate the classroom of another self-taught art- the Zapata shirt de- than one hundred well-known for holiday events such as ist, Doro Perez, who also signed by Armando personalities in San Antonio. Thanksgiving and Halloween. worked at the sign company, and later signed a pho- In the coming months, At age ten, his family with giving him informal art Selena Altar at Mi Tierra Restaurant to of himself wearing Armando will have a one- moved to Detroit, where his lessons and creative tips as Photo by Ricardo Romo the shirt to Armando.