WILL THE REAL CARLOS CASCOS PLEASE STAND UP?

"Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? 

then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil."

Jeremiah 13:23, KJV

Carlos Cascos

There are obviously many things we CAN'T change. but others we change readily.

I've owned 28 cars in 56 years of driving, starting with a 1950 oil-burning Ford I bought from my grandfather for $100, paying for it in four weekly installments of $25.  

Nearly 50% of those now married in the U.S. will someday change marriage partners, or, at least, part ways with their current mate.

Changing religions might be rarer, but does occur.  Totally abandoning organized religion as Nena and I did twenty years ago raises eyebrows, but fits on the graph somewhere.

A few years ago, Carlos Cascos, changed political parties, moving from the Democratic Party to the Republican, his refrain at the time, being:  "I didn't leave the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party left me," hinting that core values were at the root of the change.

In 2014, shortly after being elected Cameron County Judge for the third time, Cascos abandoned the job for the office of Secretary of State, leaving those who'd worked hard and contributed monetarily to his campaign, frustrated and bewildered.

This sudden, unexpected change was not motivated by core values, but simply political ambition, rationalized by the spin that Carlos could do more for the his faithful supporters in a state office than the workmanlike job he'd been doing managing the county.

So Cascos went to Austin where Republicans, as they say, rule, not necessarily from deeply held core values like the ancient worthies, John McCain and Barry Goldwater, but ideologues with a few screws loose, like Rick Perry, Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick. 

Two years later, Cascos was back in Cameron County, explaining that "Secretaries of State don't have that long of a tenure anyway."

If Carlos Cascos, during his service as County Judge was Batman, his administrative assistant, Chris Valadez, was easily Robin.

So, in this discussion of core values, changes in direction and loose screws, what about the recent report that Chris Valadez is listed on Rene Oliveira's campaign finance report as a veritable handyman, pounding Oliveira signs into the clay soil for $500?

Did St. Joseph's Water Company, the Valadez family business go belly up or has Chris experienced a dramatic, heartfelt change in core values?

Certainly, the voters will have questions needing answers for both Batman AND Robin, Cascos and Valadez.