Tamaulipas Gov. Tomas Yarrington Ruvalcaba, marched in the same contingent. Marchers displayed banners urging Congress not to approve the tax on food and medicine sought by President Fox. The proposal calls for levying a 15 percent sales tax, known in Mexico as IVA, on medicine and food. Currently, such items are tax-free in Mexico. One such banner hung from the City Hall balcony.
Workers are always up for a fight to benefit our people.
Candidates in the city s upcoming mayoral election marched among the crowd. Some of the workers sported political signs. Zolezzi is head of the city utility service. Carmolinga is a state representative. Only selected stories from The Brownsville Herald Newspaper are published on the Internet.