Beto Versus The Barrio, Or crony urban renewal for fun and profit
Presidential candidate Beto (Robert) O’Rourke once supported leveling a neighborhood that was in the way of a project championed by his father-in-law.
(From American Prospect)
“O’Rourke is a big piece of this machine,” Romo says, referring to the machine that runs El Paso, and a “masterful politician… It’s all fluff, it’s all style, it’s all looks.”
Reprinted from: https://www.ac2news.com/2019/04/beto-versus-the-barrio-or-crony-urban-renewal-for-fun-and-profit/