Mother of Dem convention star Castro called Alamo defenders 'drunks,' 'crooks' The Hispanic Texas mayor whose keynote speech wowed the Democratic National Convention crowd Wednesday night draws political inspiration from his mother – who was a member of a radical civil rights movement and who reportedly thinks the truth behind the Battle of the Alamo is that Texans swiped Mexico’s land. Maria del Rosario Castro also was a member of the La Raza Unida, a radical movement that defended the civil rights of Mexican-Americans in Texas. The 37-year-old Hispanic mayor told New York Times Magazine that upon being elected mayor in 2009 he promptly hung in his private office a 1971 La Raza Unida City Council campaign poster that featured his mother.PPublished Sept. 05, 2012 Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/05/mother-dem-convention-star-castro-called-alamo-defenders-drunks-crooks/#ixzz25jDysH3DFreedom from the U.N. Rally in Tally! When: Saturday, October 20, 2012. 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM Where: Front lawn of the old capitol building.Join Lawsuit - Congress is NOT Above the Law https://www.change.org/petitions/congress-is-not-above-the-law
