Part 1
Of particular interest to voters in Brownsville – the county's biggest city – are the contested positions of party chair and Precinct 2 county commissioner. Bell's handpicked candidate is the race between De Leon and Birschbach, a recent transplant whose greatest accomplishment was that he just moved here from Colorado. De Leon is a lifelong resident of Cameron County.
It took us a while to finally nail down the candidates for the Republican Party primary ballot on the Cameron County ballot.
We had emailed local chairperson Deborah Bell through the party's website on the day that the filings were done, to no avail. On the other hand, Democratic Party county chair Jared Hockema made his party's filings available to us minutes after the deadline for filings the same evening December 8.
It seems as if Bell was purposely going out of her way to prevent non-Republicans from learning who was on the county's ballots. Up to today, we could not find a list on the GOP's county website. Go figure. Below is the list of the main positions sought and their Republican candidates. For example, there are 10 other Republican challengers to incumbent governor Greg Abbott across the state.
In fact, we had to find a statewide website on the internet to get a full list of the party's candidates for office.https://goelect.txelections.civixapps.com/ivis-cbp-ui/candidate-ballot-order
But, as they say, all politics are local, so we have prepared a culled down list of candidates for the main local positions for Cameron County that directly affect local residents. A can be seen, the party's aim, under Bell, is to place a candidate – any candidate with a pulse – on the general ballot in November's general election. They will face the winners in the Democratic Party primaries in November, most of who are incumbent Democrats. They are listed below.
U. S. Representative District 34
Luis Buentello
Jay Nagy
Mayra Flores
Eric Flores
Fred Hinojosa
Scott Mandel
Gregory Scott Kunkle Jr.
Keith Allen
(Take your pick. Trump has endorsed Eric Flores after he had Mayra Flores campaign for him in Hispanic-leaning districts across the west in his last election. It didn't help that Mayra Flores, who ran on platform of God, Family, and Country, has divorced her Border Patrol husband since. Besides Mayra, Eric Flores and Scott Mandel lead in media attention and fundraising. Today Mandel kowtowed to the Trump forces and withdrew from the race, endorsing Eric Flores.)County Judge
Mauro Garza
(Garza unsuccessfully ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas 34th Congressional District now held by incumbent Vicente "Chente" Gonzalez.)County Clerk
Ricardo (Rick) Herrera
(Newcomer.)
County Treasurer
Lucy Jeannette Gonzalez
(Newcomer.)
County Commissioner Precinct 2
Jonathan Campos
Barbie Lopez
(Newcomers.)
County Commissioner Precinct 4
Oscar Guerra
Ricardo (Rick) Balli
(Newcomers.)
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2, Place 2
Julian B. Martinez
(Newcomer)
Justice of the Peace Precinct 2, Place 3
Ricardo Alejandro
(Newcomer)
County Chair
Lorraine De Leon
Jim Birschbach
(Newcomers)
The other race of interest is the race for the county commissioner's Precinct 2 position now held by incumbent Joey Lopez. Candidates Jonathan Campos and Barbie Lopez are both vying to replace Joey Lopez in November.
Of particular interest is the fact the Campos (called some guy in a cowboy hat) who is running against Barbie Lopez, is that he is the apparent favorite candidate of the Cardenas clan, of CUBCO land developers (and Ricky Cardenas' Quinta-Anita) fame. Local county administrators and precinct commissioners cringe when they hear that the Cardenas have a subdivision going up in their jurisdiction because they know of their predilection to construct their sub-standard developments in the area between three to five miles outside of cities' extra territorial jurisdiction (ETJ.) in the county.
Cameron County's Model Subdivision rules was approved then that made the two-mile space allow developers to build their subdivisions without curb and gutter, lighting, rural-grade roads, no sidewalks, open drainage, and septic tanks. When the cities extend their ETJ through natural growth and annexation, the burden of the improvements to bring them up to subdivision falls on the county taxpayers.
A prime example is the Cardenas abuse of subdivision rules in their development of substandard subdivisions (read colonias) has ben reported in social media as far back as 2018 when the then-commissioner of Precinct 2, Alex Dominguez, had to deal with the headaches of residents complaining of the cynically named Laguna Seca subdivision that was built in a flood zone and used a homeowners association clause in their deeds that made low-income residents responsible for operating pumps to deal with widespread flooding. https://rrunrrun.blogspot.com/2018/09/laguan-seca.html
Is Campos ready to run interference in the county as Pct. 2 commissioner to continue to allow these kind of development for this benefactors?
Apparently, they think so and have placed his campaign signs on their development office. In fact, Mauro Garza, candidate for county judge, has endorsed the guy in he cowboy hat for that precinct. Barbie Lopez's supporters say that there is a real chance that they could get an endorsement by national Republicans – maybe up to Trump – to endorse her.
If Campos is successful, county taxpayers should brace themselves to continue following the Cardenas clan's path of substandard developments and fixing them at public expense.
12 comments:
This article is what we refer to as a “Word Salad”. A technique invented and perfected by democrats and activists masquerading as journalists.
With the data center going up in Harlingen the last thing we need are more sell out leadership. Campos is worse than the current admin and clearly only wants to line his pockets. Any LOPEZ over this clown.
Data centers are costing local residents thousands of dollars due to increase in electric fees. Data centers refuse to pay for necessary infrastructure improvements to run a data center, same NO to pay for improvements coming from electric companies as well. Who’s stuck footing the bill, the people, great job in bringing in this new increase in emp’s to the area. Should I bring up the health risk involved with data centers as well. Oh, but we brought jobs …. Big deal Harlingen, realize no other major city wanted this so they go to desperate towns that will just nod their head and say yes with no understanding of the negative impact.
- concerned Harlingen Resident
Can someone please tell me how Pedro Cardenas makes money???
He is no longer the owner of Mi Pueblito, his sister and brother in law took it over due to him owing taxes on it, this would have disqualified him from running for office? So no job there and he gets a little check from the city, okay, and then?
Steve G. I can’t find your office? You don’t sell cars anymore nor do Bail bonds, so where do you work?
The last name Cardenas has a deep root in Mexico linked to illegal activity as does the last name Guerra, we can only assume one thing, yup you’re thinking of what im thinking! Son de La Maña
Because your comprehension skills are low let me translate. Campos is doing it for the arenas kick backs and not for the people, because Cardenas developers cost us more money in the long run. No to Campos!!!!!
Campos is pro data center he wants to build a nuclear plant and desalinization plant. He is pro spending and cutting corners. I wonder if he is related to the current Campos sell out.
Puros bipolares aqui. And the only reason I comment is that I do care what happens to our future. Boca chica is gone and SPI has too many pigs patrolling. So now we are stuck with the same old bars that died in the 90s or chain restaurants that are not authentic. To OP’s up above, you all are correct that these fools don’t work. I think the word is “tranza”
I learned from my older cousin when he said “you can’t bullshit a bullshitter”.
Pedro had a nice new black Z71 in the 90s. Juanathon runs for every position available but as UL said in the late 90s, “once your synthetic starts to mar, your balls fall off”.
Ok 2026 New Year’s resolution. No more comments on this blog. It has been taken over by people that have been bought and sold (or soiled) and a delusional drunk that changes their username each time they post. Use your imagination. Chelsea Cline and her Bomb Pussy Out.
https://www.portofbrownsville.com/men-of-vision/esteban-guerra/
Check this link. A local entrepreneur, he has an extensive background which includes trucking, marketing consulting, restaurant and hotel ownership, and diverse real estate holdings in both the United States and Mexico. Yeaaaa Right!!! 😂😂😂 and I’ am the owner of The MGM in Las Vegas 😂😂😂😂😂 ni el se la cree. Ese gordo ni cortar el zacate puede!!!
Is the same person. Very clever.
Democrats = Demonrats, RATAS.
Chair Bimbo Big Legs Bell didn’t answer your email? Why she gluing pubic hair to her lashes vato? Suzie Losey Ruvalcaba must really hate her. Friends don’t do friends dirty like that.
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