By Juan Montoya
A cursory look at the campaign platform of Republican candidate for Cameron County Sheriff Victor Rodriguez can be summed up in a simple sentence: Vote for me because Omar Lucio is old and I'm not."
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Simplistic, perhaps.
But Cortez takes it to another level. In his Facebook page, he downloaded a clip of himself doing 22 push ups for 22 days to somehow prevent suicides among military veterans.
That's a noble cause, we're sure, but the subliminal message is that he can do push ups and Lucio has outlived his productive years.
Accompanying his posts, he included a "before and after" photo of Lucio as a young man and one from today.
We're not sure how many grandfathers are out in Cameron County or how many grandsons, granddaughters, or sons and daughters would take such an assessment kindly. Lucio cannot turn back the years, nor for that matter can Cortez, himself no spring chicken.
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This in itself seems to be more of a campaign ploy than anything else. Since when has age mattered in experienced law enforcement officials. You'd think the more mature the person is holding the office the better.
Now some are questioning whether the make up of his campaign signs that use small letters in the word "for" Sheriff is deliberately misleading the public. In the Texas Election Code Section 255. 066, C (2), the use of the word "for" is specifically called to be at least half the font point size of the office held.
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The law states that use of these lettering "with the intent to represent to an ordinary and prudent person that a candidate holds a public office that the candidate does not hold at the time the agreement is made" is not legal.
It is readily apparent to anyone who has seen Cortez's signs that the word "for" is much smaller than half the size of the word "sheriff."
If no one is "above the law," shouldn't they set an example? Or doesn't the law apply to Victor?
A cursory look at the campaign platform of Republican candidate for Cameron County Sheriff Victor Rodriguez can be summed up in a simple sentence: Vote for me because Omar Lucio is old and I'm not."
Simplistic, perhaps.But Cortez takes it to another level. In his Facebook page, he downloaded a clip of himself doing 22 push ups for 22 days to somehow prevent suicides among military veterans.
That's a noble cause, we're sure, but the subliminal message is that he can do push ups and Lucio has outlived his productive years.
Accompanying his posts, he included a "before and after" photo of Lucio as a young man and one from today.
We're not sure how many grandfathers are out in Cameron County or how many grandsons, granddaughters, or sons and daughters would take such an assessment kindly. Lucio cannot turn back the years, nor for that matter can Cortez, himself no spring chicken.
This in itself seems to be more of a campaign ploy than anything else. Since when has age mattered in experienced law enforcement officials. You'd think the more mature the person is holding the office the better.
Now some are questioning whether the make up of his campaign signs that use small letters in the word "for" Sheriff is deliberately misleading the public. In the Texas Election Code Section 255. 066, C (2), the use of the word "for" is specifically called to be at least half the font point size of the office held.
The law states that use of these lettering "with the intent to represent to an ordinary and prudent person that a candidate holds a public office that the candidate does not hold at the time the agreement is made" is not legal.
It is readily apparent to anyone who has seen Cortez's signs that the word "for" is much smaller than half the size of the word "sheriff."
If no one is "above the law," shouldn't they set an example? Or doesn't the law apply to Victor?