LAS ILUSIONES MATAN AL HOMBRE: CORTEZ SURRENDERS

(Ed.'s Note: During the recently concluded campaign for Cameron County Sheriff, Republican candidate (and Cameron County DA Luis V. Saenz's protege) Victor Cortez staked his political career on his "youth" continually repeating the fact that his opponent incumbent Omar Lucio was pat his prime. Yes, he is old. Can you believe that? Well, the old man beat him on Nov. 8 like he caught hims stealing chickens. He took him to the shed once, and then took him to the shed again. IN the photo above taking on Charro Days a year ago, Cortez thought he had a fighting chance because Saenz was in his corner. Well, that turned out to have been a kind of misplaced confidence in Team Saenz. People just don't like Victor, sad to say. But there's always the election four years from now. With any luck, the old man might be gone by then and the new kid on the Charro Days block may venture out into the hurly-burly of elective politics.)