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Hmmm, for the next post I got a few ideas brewing.....any suggestions?

La Bandera - The Flag:  a group of high-school buddies now in their late 20s reunite for a Labor Day weekend wedding across the border that leads into some unexpected hijinx .

La Bota - The Boot:  sweet, Catholic school pre-teens turn Mean Girls when one of their own "betrays" the group.

El Sol - The Sun:  during the hottest recorded summer in LA history, a young girl experiences death  for the first time while The Nightstalker attacks the city.

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