Walter Tango F.

Here’s what’s about to happen in Texas. The gentlemen that mows my lot, Joe, is a 200 lb big ol sweetheart of an American of Mexican descent. You wouldn’t know it by the looks of him but he’s a grandpa. Dude stands around 6’4”. He mows my lot every week without fail. Just shows up and sends me a text “Done see you next week.” When we first met he worked in a machine shop and owned a yard company with his Dad. During Covid he lost his Dad. He had to cut back on the amount of lawns he was doing but he kept me on his list because he said I paid him as soon as he’d send me the text. He didn’t have to hunt me done for payment. After his father died he was laid off from the machine shop he worked at. I paid him to do some small things around my place while he looked for work. He came to me one week really excited and said he had a job interview at Space X for a QA position. He went in for the interview, following week he said I think I got it Walter. They’re going to make me an offer. A couple of weeks go by and I ask him how it’s going. He tells me they decided to go a different route because he had some legal issues in his past. I could tell he was frustrated. But he always showed up. Every week. Another week or two go by, and he comes back and tells me they decided to give him a chance, and they hired him. This job is over two hours away from where we live. And I told him I was excited for him and couldn’t thank him enough for the help and work he’s done for me over the years and was going to miss him. He told me he’s not going to stop mowing my lot. Over the next couple of weeks Joe was able to buy a camper and a new truck, he’d talk to me about the company shares he was receiving and was excited about the company going public. The dude lived in a camper in an RV lot for two years, wound drive back down to our little town and mow my lawn while working for Space X. He still does to this day. He got rid of the camper and now has a house there up around Bastrop now, and still shows up every week to mow my lot. And I’m not the only lot he still takes care of. He’s become a brother to me. Asks me if I need any help around the property and talks to me about his family and grand kids. They go take vacations down in Central America. I know because on those weeks he tells me he won’t be around to mow. Last week I asked him what he thought about the mid terms, and he said in know way does he believe for one second that Texas voting was secure. Between his family, the people he takes care of and his co-workers not one person he knows ever praised the democrats for anything they’ve done or have tried to do here in Texas. The fall out from this could be catastrophic for Texans. @POTUS, @GregAbbott_TX and @KenPaxtonTX need to take a hard look at what just happened. Millions of Texans are fuming at what looks to be another stolen election. And hard working people that @elonmusk pays to have a good life are on edge with the law fare constantly aimed at conservatives. The last group of people you want to poke are the Joes in this world.