Wednesday, November 9, 2016

TEAM SAENZ TAKES THE BIG ONE; SO MUCH FOR "KINGMAKER"

By Juan Montoya
Image result for team saenz, cameron countyIn the final days of the general election, Cameron County District Attorney Luis Saenz and his brother Mario made it clear that they were supporting four candidates: Rigo Bocanegra in the school board, Republican Victor Cortez in the county sheriff's race, Leo Lopez as a write-in for tax assessor against indicted taxman Tony Yzaguirre, and made a $100 contribution to Erasmo Castro in the school board race as well.
Unfortunately, all four went down to blazing defeat.

Perhaps the unkindest cut of all was the fact that Yzaguirre, facing trial in Corpus Christi in January on charges filed by Saenz in Cameron County, garnered 49,799 votes, well above the 36,111 straight-ticket (palanca) Democratic votes cast here. That means that another 13,688 voters filled in the Yzaguirre oval on the ballot on top of the 36,111 who pulled the palanca.

Image result for team saenz, cameron countyBocanegra, who posted photos of himself with Mario and Luiz in the closing days of the voting period, came in third in the Position 7 election behind Dr. Sylvia Atkinson and incumbent Jose Chirinos.

Cortez, in his charge-the-windmills race against five-term winner Omar Lucio for sheriff, got 30,146 to 59,099 votes for the "old man." A major emphasis of the Cortez camp was Lucio's age and charges that he no longer had the energy to perform his job. Cortez used to be the chief of Saenz's Public Integrity Unit and Saenz had Cortez tag along with him in apparent support since late February during the Charro Days parade. El chicle no pego, apparently.

Lopez, who ran a futile write-in campaign against Yzaguirre, had to split the write-in votes with Randy Gonzalez. The pair pulled in some 15,973 votes together, no match for Yzaguirre's 49,799.

Team Saenz is probably fortunate that no more local elections are on tap until 2017 when the City of Brownsville commission holds its elections. Until then, they might want to scrutinize their strategy to become "kingmakers" in Cameron County.

Or DA Saenz might simply want to put politics aside for a spell and try to get some convictions in his criminal cases.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Not surprised but the Biggest joke of the night had to been Kimberly Bola Dale 0-6 on election night .

Anonymous said...

Everything Luis Saenz touched and supported went down !! Watch who you ally yourself with.....people saw how corrupt Luis Saenz is and didn't want to support anyone he was backed The people see his filth and are tired of the BULLSHIT games he plays. He is a loathsome, dirty individual that deserves the same fate as Villalobos!! Way to Go Mr Yzaguirre El Tigre soared !!

Anonymous said...

Ha ha.. shes a dumbass

Anonymous said...

True story about La Bola

Anonymous said...

Nope biggest joke was Sylvia "La Hoodrat" Perez with her ridiculous curls dressed up as a, well... A HOODRAT. TIRADA DE A MADRE but the mut had curls. And of course her long nosed side kick was there grinning ear to ear "La Joker" Tetreau was just behind Sylvia like a puppy. Pobres perrotas. They don't know people laugh at them.

Anonymous said...

Nope you are dead wrong. Saenz supported Manny who yes lost to Pete Delgadillo but the two republicans Don Duncan and Roel Cavazos lost to Saenzs faithful puppets so there you go. Saenz never loses not completely. The idea is to not let people know you are supported by him. That's where the other candidates went wrong.

Anonymous said...

Don't won't Team Saenz will be back to take down Sylvia , you can count on that .

Former BISD taxpayer said...

The number sure show that the dumbokrauts pulled that demo palanca crap! I can't believe you fucking DA's cast a vote for Tony Yzaguirre? I know he is innocent until proven guilty AND he will be found guilty in Nueces County, just watch and learn. You bunch of pendejos!

Anonymous said...

Hey what happened to sexy Kent winning ehhhh?

Anonymous said...

I agree. She is a dumbass that thinks people believe in her so call "phone banking". Classless, corriente.

Anonymous said...

Kimbo la bola...pero bola de MIERDA...

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