By AMARANTE CORDOVA
Special to The Tribune
HARLINGEN, Texas - A woman serving this city's government lately has become the punching bag of numerous pundits, including one who called City Commissioner Kori Marra a "Dragon Lady" after seeing her in action at Harlingen City Commission meetings. Headstrong lady this real estate woman, yes. But, really, eh...there are tough female cookies all across the rough & tumble Rio Grande Valley, a land where women, like their men, now sport the look of weathered saddles thrown atop range fencing that goes for miles and miles.
But it could be worse for our women.
They could go silly and take-on the business acumen of the Brit Sarah Ferguson (shown in photo above). The princess is in deep menudo over across the Atlantic, where the population now agonizes over Sarah's involvement in a plot to sell access to her former husband, Prince Andrew. The English cry: Sale of Royals! Wow and double wow. This morning, a remorseful Sarah is acknowledging the contents of a video taped by the scandal-happy Weekly News of The World - a publication owned by Gonzo Journalist Rupert Murdoch of Fox News fame.
So, what's this all about? Not much. It's just the latest do-nothing Royal mining the sentiments of the commoners for quick cash. In this case, the video shows Sarah asking for a half-million dollars in exchange for an introduction to the prince, a man who, according to reports, dabbles in helping bring Big Business to the island country. According to Sarah, she is being forced to live on a mere $21,000 in annual support awarded by a court following her divorce from Randy Andy.
A half-million smackeroos for access. Seems something, yeah. And, sure, it's sad that it took a news organization's juicy plot to bring her greed to light. But, then, she is a Royal, or a woman still aligned with the Queen of England. And, as Flapper-era novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald noted a few years back, the rich, well, the rich are different.
Something, however, tells me Prince Andrew was in on this cheap scam...Perhaps the flirty Queen, as well. Those Royals are used to getting cash for doing nothing...
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[EDITOR'S NOTE: We do not as yet know Harlingen City Commissioner Kori Marra. But we have extended an invitation that she answer a few questions for us, so that we can provide publicity for her philosophy on governing the sleepy municipality between McAllen and Brownsville.]
3 comments:
Are you sure this woman is not from the good old USA. It sounds like an American, always trying to get over someone else or looking for a deal.
ANON: England's Royalty shines the light on shameless freeloading. The country gets very little for maintaining this anachronistic joke. Queen of England? Queen, they write!... - Editor
It's really sad that she would choose to turn around and pimp him out like this. But I guess when you're in the flesh-selling business, it really doesn't matter if you're royalty, movie-star, model, or just regular street hustler. Supply and demand will always determine the final price.
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