It is 1:02 pm on Sunday May 11th.  Happy Mother’s Day to My Mom and Grandma!!!  Since I last left you on Monday a lot of stuff has happened.  Remember when I said things were slow, well that is no the case anymore.

So, Monday night was the night we went to the city council meeting to have them vote on whether or not we are going to get a new stadium for the team.  The league owners flew in from Florida and all of the front office and players were there in support for the team.  We were supposed to leave the hotel at 6:30 but we found out they wouldn’t hear us till 8 so we left at 7:45.  We get there and the council is in recess and that lasts till 8:45!!!  Then they get back and for 40 minutes talk about how cars are getting stolen in Laredo.   It is a pretty high number but the police chief just shows them numbers and not how they are going to fix it.  So really we wasted 40 minutes there.  Then for a half an hour they talked about putting a light up by the airport.  Here is the problem with this debate.  The debate was on whether or not they should install it even though it couldn’t be activated till they got traffic numbers to warrant a light to go up.  So the one guy was trying to have them install it but not have it work and then take the numbers not even knowing if the numbers would warrant it being installed.  This council is such a joke.  We end up not even speaking because of this and get pushed back for what I was told was the 3rd time already.  One council member even said that we should be heard since we had people in from Florida but the Mayor was like no we have no time meeting over.  WOW!!!!

That was some real BS there.  All that time wasted on the stupidest things that could have been talked about at any time.  You had the league owners fly and waste their money for this.  How can that be the way a government should be run.  What I also forgot to mention they spent a half hour on giving the City Manager a raise by having everyone comment on what a good job he has done.  You can do that at any time!!!!  This is showing that this city does not want the Broncos hear and If we don’t get that stadium they might have to move.

On Tuesday, it was back to the old ways except we were having our season ticket holder party that night.  My job was to take pictures and run the table where the people were to pick up their tickets.  That was all fine and good.  However one of our staff members named Doug was telling me to do this other stuff when I was trying to do mine and I was like I can’t right now I have other duties to do.  He was like well I need you to do this so do that instead.  This was the stuff that finally got me mad and made me talk to our gm about him because I know I am an intern but he was not respecting me.  (more on that later)

On wednesday my job was to drive all over town and deliver the season tickets to the people that did not pick them up as well as drop off some pocket schedules.  It was fun driving around town and getting to see parts of it I had not seen before.  It took a while but I finally got it done and then that night me, the GM, and the assistant GM cleaned the concessions area.  With very little money and manpower in an indpenedent league team everyone does everything.  It is kind of crazy but also cool in a way.

Thursday I got to drive around town again and deliever more pocket scheuldes.  After that I helped put some banners out on the outfield wall.  Then I stuck around and watched practice for a bit when Doug asked me if I had delivered pocket schedules to this car dealership and I said I did not.  He was like well you were supposed to and have to do it.  I then say to him me and Jose (the GM) sat down and went over all the places I were to deliver them too.  Doug was like well you have to go there.  The assistant GM (Albert) was there and was like lay off of him he drove around all day and got a lot of them out.  ( I was told I already had delivered more pocket schedules than they did last year)  This made Doug mad and when the GM was told about this he sent Doug an email saying that I am not his intern.  I only answer to the GM and assistant GM and no one else.  Doug really thought I was his intern and had to do whatever he wanted, which is not the case.  So now there is some turmoil in the front office because Doug is pissing everyone off.  When you are this close to opening day this stuff happens.

Friday was more cleaning and putting up billboards and that was about it.  Saturday we did more of the same during the day but we had a scrimmage against a local team that had young players as well as some older players from the Mexican league.  It was a fun night as I got to do the PA Announcing which was really cool.  I had a lot of fun with it as well as plugging myself and my broadcast a bit too.  All in all it was a crazy week and I have been so busy this was the earliest I could update.

On one last note I want to congratulate my sister Rachel on graduating from the University of Illinois.  I am very proud of her and so happy to see her moving on to a big step in her life.  She is a great person and I know is going to find a job in copy editing soon and will be great at it.  Congrats Rachel!!!!  Well that is all for now, I probably won’t update till after my first broadcast so tune in on Tuesday night at 7:30 when we open up the season.