When it was quietly announced last week that one of the Southside’s premier Hispanic hubs, Plaza Mayor, was going to shutter its doors at the end of the month, there was a silencio that was ensordecedor. There was no sign of Mark Faulk and his Red Cup liberals leading a protest to save this Latino-driven shopping center, no long-winded think pieces from the Oklahoman about what a cultural deficit this’ll bring to the community (to be fair, Steve Lackmeyer did write a piece about how this closure may benefit Capitol Hill, natch) and obviously no plans to hold special meetings with the City Council about what a tragedy it would be to lose a venue that still has so much possibilities, maybe even as a possible state-funded Latino-friendly convention center, or something along those lines.
I'll pay an extra penny sales tax for it.