Welcome to the online home of Raul Leal, or like most know him, Jay Leal. Jay Leal attended the University of Texas at Austin and worked for the State of Texas. Now, Jay Leal lives in McAllen, Texas in the Rio Grande Valley and heads the technology department for a bank. To send Jay email, click on View My Complete Profile link below and click the Email link.
Girl in a Coma is coming back to the Valley. If you have not heard or seen this band, you will be amazed. This three-piece, all-girl band from San Antonio rocks. Check out their video for Clumsy Sky. They will play at City Lights in Harlingen on July 27 and at Trade Bar in McAllen on July 28.
posted by Jay Leal @ 3:03 PM
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Check out this great piece from NPR last month. It details the universal opposition in the Rio Grande Valley to the border fence. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11118125. Local leaders such as JD Salinas, Hidalgo County Judge, as well as business people, environmentalists and ranchers oppose building this fence which will do very little to stop illegal immigration. Even the government official interviewed says they know at best it will only slow down the border crosser. Why spend all this money, damage the local ecosystem and further damage our relations with our neighbors to only "slow down" an illegal??
posted by Jay Leal @ 3:39 PM
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posted by Jay Leal @ 11:36 PM
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My story? Okay. It was never easy for me. I was born a poor black child. I remember the days, sittin' on the porch with my family, singin' and dancin' down in Mississippi.
