“Houston icon Marvin Zindler dies at 85

A Houston icon and perhaps the city’s most famous journalist, Marvin Zindler, died Sunday night of pancreatic cancer. He was 85.

He is survived by his second wife, Niki, five children from his first marriage, nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

A former member of the consumer fraud division of the Harris County Sheriff’s Department, Zindler went to work for KTRK-TV on the first day of 1973 and had been a Channel 13 fixture ever since, known best for scathing restaurant cleanliness reports and stories about standing up for those in need….”

- Houston Business Journal

Last year you’ll remember that there were protests of over 10,000 people expressing their request for illegal immigration to not be punished. Well, this year has drawn measly hundreds.

My take on the issue - it’s called illegal immigration for a reason. When it’s legal, let everyone in. Until then, abide by the rules and come through legally. The U.S. is not discriminatory to immigrants; the country was founded on such principles to promote the opportunity of diversity in nationalities. We can’t let everybody in though, because that would cause problems - and it IS. Imagine if millions of Americans began illegally entering Mexico to live there. The sentiment would be different from these protesters, eh?

Approximately 100 immigrant advocates were somewhat organized in downtown today, protesting raids of local Houston workplaces. They’re angry that they are getting caught breaking immigration laws. Be smarter about it or don’t do it at all and there won’t be as many problems, right? Maybe I’m just crazy…

Anyways, on the downtown street corners today, the crime advocates could be heard chanting “Vamos a ganar.” “We are going to win.” I have a strong feeling, they will not.

Apparently an HPD officer caught the coach of Special Olympics athletes engaged in an inappropriate act with who turned out to be one of the mentally challenged women he has been “coaching”. His name is Johnny G. Villalobos, 65 years of age, and he’s scheduled to be in court today. Authorities have charged him with sexually assaulting the woman they found him in a car with.

After talking with the police, he’s said that the physical acts had been going on for some time. As he put it; “numerous sexual encounters”. Villalobos has a job as a teacher’s aide with the Aldine Independent School Disctrict (AISD). This does not seem to be a good situation, at all.

What will we be watching for is to see what Villalobos’ defense (if any at all) will be early on, and if that will change depending on the charges and possible sentencing. I’m withholding major judgment because this is very early on and I do not have all the facts, nor has anyone heard from what the supposed victim has to say.

If there have been crimes committed, I feel very deeply for the woman who was taken advantage of - but we all will wait to for the circumstances surrounding their possibly highly inappropriate, possibly very unwanted relationship was.