Fun event at Brogues last night for Candidate Rene Varela for Commissioner District 4.
In order to get into the flavor of the event, I had to order a traditional Cuban dinner--chicken with black beans and rice. The band was fabulous too! One of my friends came up from Boynton Beach with her dog, Bebito, and snuck it in for about 4 minutes before she was caught!
If you recall, a lot of Cubans migrated to the United States and became citizens after Cuba started to nationalize everything, seizing land, businesses and companies owned by the middle and upper class of Cuba. By the end of 1960, Cuba had seized over $25 billion worth of property of private citizens there and nationalized all property owned by United states citizens and other foreigners.
Rene's family moved here in 1959 and 1961 and he was raised with the ethic of striving for excellence and working hard and giving back. As your new Commissioner in District 4, he will give the City his full-time attention and work harder than he ever has before or anyone before him.
