By far the most surprising result of Tuesday's voting were the results in the Cameron County Democratic party chairman, or shall we now say chairwoman?
Acting chair Jared Hockema seemed to be coasting toward a win over local attorney John Shergold and political "activist" Sylvia Garza-Perez until the results came in.
Not only did the only gal in the race leave the boys behind, but she did so in an astounding fashion. Her 11,126 votes left behind Hockema with 6,373 and Shergold with 3,665.
That result left many people scratching their heads in wonder and asking"where did she get so many votes?"
Many associate Garza-Perez with Brownsville Mayor Tony Martinez, but her
vote totals included 6,253 early votes, 4,804 election-day votes, and only 69 mail-in votes.
That meant that Garza-Perez will not face a runoff election since Hockema garnered only 30.1 of the vote and Shergold 3,665, or 17.32 percent.
That huge margin left some wondering whether there was some hanky-panky going on, but the results indicate to others that a converging number of factors, including but not exclusive to basic grassroots campaigning. Emails suggested that perhaps the rumors of 300 votes being cast in Las Yescas, a hamlet in northeast Cameron County, may have fueled her victory, but no proof has appeared to support that claim.
Still others say that the years of nurturing the Democratic networks had paid off for her. Still others say her politiquera connections paid off handsomely for her.
"Sylvia is the niece of politiquera Herminia Becerra and has made some ambiguous comments about the use of the use of politiqueras in elections," said Jim Barton in his blog meanmisterbrownsville.
El RrunRrun ran a photo of Shergold and former Texas Gov. George Bush as a novelty, but this set off Shergold accusing the blog operators of playing "dirty" and being "despicable," as well as an attempt to torpedo (!) his candidacy and democracy as we know it. We noted that the incongruency of a candidate for Demo chair shaking hands with a Republican governor warranted us posting it, if for no other reason than for the mere paradox of the thing.
This didn't set well with the "Roca," who said people like us were the reason that corruption flourished in Cameron County. Well, we listened politely and let him have his say while trying to insert our explanations edgewise in there somehow, but to no avail.
Shergold said he was shaking hands with "W" out of courtesy because Bush had wandered in to congratulate his former boss Doyle Willis, known as the "dean of the Texas Legislature" and the opportunity presented to meet him.
Shergold said he was shaking hands with "W" out of courtesy because Bush had wandered in to congratulate his former boss Doyle Willis, known as the "dean of the Texas Legislature" and the opportunity presented to meet him.
"Bush attended out of courtesy even though Willis did not always vote for him" Shergold explained.
Well, Shergold wasn't buying our lame excuse for running the picture and we decided to take our lumps and end the conversation there. We sincerely hope that it wasn't us – an esoteric blog in cyberspace – that caused John's to lose to Garza-Perez by almost 8,000 votes. We sincerely hope John doesn't either.
10 comments:
Montoya, how many times do I have to correct you? It is not, " submarine his candidacy", it's "torpedo his candidacy".
I know you love the phrase, but get it right, brother.
Christian
The voters rejected candidates endorsed by certain people because some of these people are downright scary---walking time bombs.
Just go to their FB pages and they are way out there in la-la land.
The candidates shoulld run on their own merits and ditch these hangers-on who have their own agendas and want free tacos and beer.
THANK YOU, JUANITO.
A TIP----DON'T HAVE SACRED COWS BECAUSE THEY WILL ALWAYS COME BACK AT YOU! wink-wink
It's not rocket science Perez, Shergold, Hockema. Now let me see... which name do I relate to?
I really thought this would be a fresh start to cameron democrats but when i read she is related to hermina bercerra and hermina has ties to gilberto hinojosa well its looks like the same thing same smell yuke
This woman is Ernie Hernandez's best friend, she has been campaigning with Erin Hernandez, Elia Cornejo and Dennis Blanchard and they call themselves "the Iron Ladies" it is very scary that our newly appointed Democratic Chair is already endorsing the candidates of her choice, we know what we can expect. what the hell is wrong with us? we vote for a Mexican name because we relate! we should think twice! maybe a gringo once in a while would be a better choice just look at the mess in Mexico. I am a Mexican that proudly became an American citizen, and I vote for the best person, not just for a Mexican name, I know better.
Anyone with a "non-Hispanic" name will not get elected in Cameron County....especially to serve as Dumbokratic Chairperson. Note that Arturo Nelson adds his "other" family name...Cisneros....to his campaign...just to not suffer elimination for his name "Nelson". Judge Filimon Vela once told an aspiring young attorney here that he (the attorney) should change his name and use his mother's name (Hispanic)...not his father's (not Hispanic)....to be successful in Cameron County. We have two kind of voters in Cameron County....those who use the palanka and those who always vote against any "Anglo" name. Of course too, we must remember that women make up over 50% of the voters and many women always support female candidates.
Sylvia is a flat out nutcase. This woman is unstable and insecure. She is known to be vindictive and a liar by many that have grown to know her. She is the epitamy of a huge ass kisser and will do "anything" to be accepted. Why in the hell do we elect someone like her for a position that requires intelligence and sincerity ???? It is no wonder we are the laughing stock of politics here in Texas.
Credit to you for including Shergold's side of the story in your follow up.
If you thought Gilberto cost you the County Judge and Congress, wait till Sylvia gets to "work". LOL
Thank you Democrats!!
Sincerely,
Republicans
OMG! I fully agre with anony post of May 31, @ 10:28AM.
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