COMADRISMO'S THICKER THAN MUD; IT'S CINDY VS. LINDA

By Juan Montoya

Just as Associate District Judge/Magistrate Luis Sorola is preparing for the 2020 elections and is going after the 404th District Court seat held by Elia Cornejo-Lopez, we've learned that someone else is eyeing a spot now occupied by another heavyweight, JP 2-1 Linda Salazar.

That someone, we have heard, is none other than the president of the Cameron County Democratic Women, Cindy Hinojosa.

If you ask Hinojosa, the wife of former Cameron County Judge and now chairman of the Texas democratic Party Gilberto Hinojosa, why she is running against Salazar, she will tell you that she is not running against anyone, but rather for the position.

Still, that leaves a lot of questions unanswered. Why, she was asked, didn't you run against Mary Esther Sorola this year instead of waiting two more years to run against "Cupid" Salazar?

Well, it turns out that Cindy Hinojosa is also the comadre of Mary Esther's mom, Cameron County Pct. 2 Commissioner Sofia Benavides. It's not kosher to run against family given the bloodletting that results from local races.

Salazar, whose annual 600-plus marriage ceremonies at $250 or more per wedding plus her $53,000 salary places her ahead of most county court=at-law and district judges is known as a take-no-prisoners campaigner. As a former clerk who was fired for touching her sign in a corridor to show couples where her office was can attest, she is ruthless and will defend what she considers her territory como gato boca arriva.

On the other hand, the Hinojosas didn't get to the top of the county and state seat of the Democratic Party without stepping on a head or two.

We hear Salazar is livid that Hinojosa has targeted her to run against her in the 2020 elections. Feathers will fly.