(Ed.'s Note: It took a few years before Republican Carlos Cascos left Cameron County to become the Texas Secretary of State. During all that time that Cascos was in office in the county, the portrait of former county judge and current Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa was stored awaiting his departure. We have often likened the missing photo to that of Pablo Picasso's Guernica that the artist did not allow to be taken to Spain until the dictator Francisco Franco was removed from power. Of course, no one is comparing Guernica to the former judge's portrait, but the similarities are there. The unveiling and hanging of the portrait took place on Monday, when the county offices were closed and were by invitation only. We expect that Gilbert will be a more familiar figure in the county now that his buddy Eddie Treviño is holding the county judge's office. It probably won't be the only cameo Gilbert will make at the county.)
