(Ed.'s Note: Is one of our readers reading too much into this Facebook post from Ricardo Montana, of Montana's Shoe Repair that indicates that both Cameron County District Attorney and Brownsville Navigation District commission (and former county commissioner) John Woods have defected to the GOP candidate for sheriff?
The DA and Wood proclaim themselves to be Democratic through and through when both ran for election for county positions. As far back as 2012, Saenz has been encouraging people to do the straight ticket democrat (la palanca). Fast forward four years and now he appears to be playing both sides. He not only campaigned along side incumbent Democrat sheriff Omar Lucio, but Lucio was a huge reason he got elected to office. Now it appears that in "liking" Cortez – his former chief of the Public Integrity Unit), he has turned his back on his friends and loyal democrats for a chance to wield complete power of Cameron County.
Why would Democratic elected officials make it public to their constituents that they're supporting a Republican over a Democrat then turn around and ask the democrats for money and votes at election time?
Where is the palanca Saenz would urge voters to pull when he was running?)