He also brought his own inspiring personal narrative: A black man born in the segregated South, his parents domestic workers of modest means, Cain rose through hard work to become an executive at Pillsbury before taking over a Midwestern pizza chain
"Disappearances?" shouts Maribel Barrientos in a tearful voice, as she marches holding a bouquet of white roses and red carnations. Dozens of people are also with her, and respond in unison: "Never again!" Ms Barrientos walks slowly in front of nine
City Denies Appeal to Save Leopard House
CORPUS CHRISTI - Some people know it as the "White house on Leopard" but to the Cantu family and many others, the former funeral home is much more. The city has been after the family for years to clean up the property so they wouldn't have to tear it down.
Rose Cantu's grandparents bought the house in the 1930's. Now it belongs to her parents who were planning to pass it down to her. "Back in the '60's when we had Hurricane Carla, Hurricane Ceula, Hurricane Ceila people in the community used that as their shelter," recalled Cantu, as she asked city council not to demolish the house that's been around for more than 100 years.
The city had their doubts about whether the home could stand for much longer. It's deteriorated over the years and has become a hang-out for transients. Since 2009 Neighborhood Services cited the owners for multiple building violations and finally in January of this year, the Building Standards Board ordered that the house be demolished.
