Text wont show inside of mc

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HELP!!! Ive been trying to figure out this issue for the past 2 hrs, I can get the text to show up on the root, but when I stick in into an MC, it wont show up. Does anyone have any ideas as to why?

Here is my code:

// variables
var popInfo:popMc;
var xmlList:XMLList;
var mcLoader:Loader;


// load xml
var xml:XML = new XML();
var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
loader.load(new URLRequest("data/cities.xml"));
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,
    function(evt:Event):void {
        xml = XML(evt.target.data);
        var url:URLRequest = new URLRequest(xml.city[0].@weburl.toString()); 
        xmlList = xml.children();
    
    for(var i:int = 0; i < xmlList.length(); i++)
    {
        // attach carBtn from library and assign x,y coords from xml
        var carBtn:carBtn_mc = new carBtn_mc();
        carBtn.x = xml.city*.@mcCarX.toString();
        carBtn.y = xml.city*.@mcCarY.toString();
        addChild(carBtn).name = "carBtn" + i;
        trace(carBtn.name);
        // carBtn event listeners
        getChildByName("carBtn" + i).addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClickLoadData);
        getChildByName("carBtn" + i).addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, onCarHover);
        getChildByName("carBtn" + i).addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, onCarOut);

        }
    }
);

// stage event listeners
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClickStageRemove);


// button mode
buttonMode = true;

// functions
function onCarHover(event:MouseEvent):void
{
    event.target.gotoAndPlay(11);
    removeChild(popInfo);
    this.carcityName.text = "please show up";
}

// carBtn onMouseout
function onCarOut(event:MouseEvent):void
{
    event.target.gotoAndPlay(10);
}

// loads data and populates popUp movieclips
function onClickLoadData(event:MouseEvent):void
{
    popInfo = new popMc();
    popInfo.x = 130;
    popInfo.y = 50;
    popInfo.closeBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK , onClickRemove);
    popInfo.nyopBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClickNYOP);
    var index = String(event.target.name);
    while (index != String(uint(index))){
        index = index.substr(2);
    }
    popInfo.carsizeText.text = xml.city[index].bidlist.carsize.descendants().toXMLString();
    popInfo.priceText.text = xml.city[index].bidlist.price.descendants().toXMLString();
    popInfo.savingsText.text = xml.city[index].bidlist.savings.descendants().toXMLString();
    popInfo.stateText.text = xml.city[index].@name.toString();   
    addChild(popInfo);    
}

    
function onClickRemove(event:MouseEvent):void
{
    popInfo.closeBtn.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClickRemove);
    popInfo.nyopBtn.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClickNYOP);
    removeChild(popInfo);
}

function onClickStageRemove(event:MouseEvent):void
{
    if(event.eventPhase == EventPhase.AT_TARGET) {
        removeChild(popInfo);
    }
}

function onClickNYOP(event:MouseEvent):void 
{
    ExternalInterface.call("selectNY");
}