By PATRICK ALCATRAZ
Editor-In-Chief
BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Perhaps it was that tidbit we read in one of this city's second-row Blogs, the bit about local City Commissioner Melissa Zamora being a tragic figure - sad and graceless. Then someone sent us an Email saying she had left her Brownsville residence in favor of something called Arroyo City and that she would soon resign her position. This was followed by news, or rumors of news, that she had allied with Cameron County Judge candidate John Wood in his Quixotic bid against rock-solid incumbent Carlos Cascos.
Someone else noted that the alliance carried a certain irony, in that Zamora had once backed Cascos, and wasn't it Cascos who'd hired her early-on in his administration?
It was enough RGV "celebrity politics" to get us interested in wondering about a few things. The Texas-Mexico border does that to us every so often. If it isn't throwing us up against killer tacos at yet another taqueria, it's forcing us into another tale of low-rent border politics gone nutty. Zamora and John Wood? Isn't that sort of like Cher leaving Sonny for Jerry McHale? We've met Melissa Zamora, but we do not profess to know her. Once, we thought she would bring change to Brownsvile. But that feeling has passed, and now that we hear about her tie-in with aging John Wood, well, we are led to conclude that her reasons are likely too-personal and not at all to do with helping her community.
Time will tell.
But, then, it's always been that way with this daughter of Pleasanton. We can only hope that there remains an ounce of goodness in her public service. So, yeah, who really knows? We have not spoken with her in months, and likely never will again. Border politics tends to do that to its practitioners - force them under turtle shells, into holes only the ostrich can ever know.
John Wood, Melissa? John Wood!
Madre de Dios...
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6 comments:
Patrick, don't be to hard on the poor gal. Harlingen, has one that is causing anger and hatred among bloggers at two local blogs. I believe if you were to get this groups together, there would be a free for all.
I have feeling the web-master would start the rumble.
Melissa Zamora, although attractive, appears to be confused. At one time, wasn't she the chief administrator for Cascos??? Now she flipped, flopped and move her support to Wood.
City commissioners are small time politiqueros, nothing more, nothing less.
County politiqueros are local talent, small time politics, they never go anywhere, after they are booted out of office.
ANONYMOUS:...We know of the Harlingen commissioner, yes. But, to us, it is better to have a vocal, however-silly public servant than to have one who, well, appears to enjoy working behind the scenes. One more time: the Rio Grande Valley of Texas should be so much more. Sadly, its elected officials are simply not up to the job of guiding the citizenry into a better future as much as they are focused on getting "theirs" and the rest be damned... - Editor
You are so right, Mr. Editor, they seek elected positions to enrich themselves. We have seen this, over and over and over.
Puros bandidos, es todo.
Oksy, don Patricio, time to go get the bar-b-que pit going, get the meat ready, have a good meal and watch the Cowboys and Texans.
Yes, you can do this to, let the key board get a rest.
Enjoy, the games everyone.
They are having a debate at the Harlingen Library on Tuesday at 6:30 pm. It is between Carlos Cascos and John Wood. It is sponsored by the Tea Party.
This I have to see, I plan to be there.
Greetings to Mr. Ray - at the 14th Latin Jazz Festival !!!
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