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Published in the Brownsville Herald 6/13/2005
The local elections are nearly over with the only issue to be decided is will the University of Texas get its own City Commissioner or will Ernesto De Leon hold out, on June 11. Regardless of outcome, Mr. Camarillo, I believe, will be a player on the political scene for some time to come. He is very articulate and takes the time to really understand the issues. As time brings maturity and savvy to his campaign, I suggest he will be difficult to beat.
In the rest of the election, a group I will name “The County Machine”, vrs “The Insurgents” - The County Machine survived!
On May 19, “The Brownsville Herald” proclaimed in an Editorial entitled “Make Peace”, that “Voters issued a clear statement on May 7: They are tired of the animosity and personal attacks that have sullied the City Commission”. Up to that point I agree; the voters or the absence of voters did make a statement. They said we don’t like any of the candidates very much, and that when there were real messages presented, they were lost because the messenger was not even listened to; due to the rhetoric. Informal polls taken after the election bear this out. Read the rest of this entry »