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Thursday, October 21, 2010

In Battle For Cameron County Judge, Candidate John Wood Is Inches Ahead Of Incumbent Carlos Cascos...





"A Republican can be shorter than a Democrat and still win an election, but never the other way around..." - Ron Mexico

By PATRICK ALCATRAZ
Editor-In-Chief

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - The image exploded off the big television screen like some mind-whacking sight no man could ever comprehend. Well, perhaps only in the height-challenged Rio Grande Valley of Texas.

There was Cameron County Judge Carlos Cascos being interviewed by Action 4 News reporter Melissa Vega on the station's evening broadcast yesterday, and danged if Republican Cascos didn't look like some dwarfish dude. How tall is this guy?

Or, well, is Ms. Vega a huge tub of a woman? Someone tell us quickly!

In our haste to be part of the most boring political race in America, we shot a note to his Democratic opponent, the erstwhile John Wood, telling him he should play the Height Card against Cascos. But, as could be expected, we got no immediate reply. Someone could be heard in the background saying something goofy to the sexy-voiced woman talking to me on the telephone, something that sounded like, "We never, ever talk to The Tribune. Hang up the fuckin' phone!"

So, we're not on Wood's list of favorite advisors. But we're cool. It's just that we were flummoxed by the sight of Cascos standing alongside Ms. Vega (shown in photo above) and looking like an off-duty clown for the Circus Vargas. How can Macho-fueled Cameron County stand a chubby shorty for county judge? How tall was former Judge Gilberto Hinojosa? You telling me he got his ass kicked by Carlos Cascos? Noooooooo. That is the, uh, height of absurdity!

So, we'll see what John Wood pulls out of his top hat in the final days leading up to the November 2nd election. It won't be a rabbit, that's for sure. It'll likely be a yardstick, which he'll carry around when seeking votes to note the height difference between him and Cascos.

In a man's world, every inch counts...

- 30 -

[EDITOR'S NOTE:...Cameron County Judge Carlos Cascos is shown in photo atop this story in the company of the Brownsville police chief and Mayor Pat Ahumada. Cascos is at far right, the shorter of the three men...]
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