(Ed.'s Note: As time goes on in Cameron County, we have all become a bit cynical about events hosted by politicians. It seems like we have been inured to the abuses of this bunch to the point where even if the event seems innocent or noble enough, someone always suspects that there is an ulterior motive working in the background.
That is the case with the "posada in the park" event scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Three Angels Community Park in Brownsville by the Cameron County District Attoney's Office of Luis V. Saenz. You know the park, it's where John Allan Rubio killed and dismembered his three kids 15 years ago and is now on Death Row for it. DA Saenz apparently wants to celebrate the birth of the Lord in a place associated with death, a critic pointed out.
They also wrote in to say that Saenz has already announced he is running for reelection, so the event has some political overtones and will no doubt pull on the heart strings of all who sympathize with the victims of that horrendous crime.
The writer who sent us these invitation and card points out that the DA's Office used the county's email directory to assure that all county employees got the word. That said, we can only give Saenz the benefit of the doubt that it is a real empathy for the little victims that drives this, and not his upcoming political campaign for reelection. As we said at the start, we've all become a bit jaded and cynical at this juncture.)