CARLOS CASCOS LEAVES US AGAIN

Carlos Cascos

The picture above is likely not Carlos' favorite, reflecting pudginess during his tenure as Cameron County Judge, when he won office as a Republican,  announcing that "he'd not left the Democratic Party, but that the Democratic Party had left him."

That line reflected a certain integrity, a commitment to ideals, "come Hell or high water."

Carlos Cascos, now lighter and fitter do to hours of strident walking in Sunrise Mall and, likely, dietary fine tuning, lost that street cred when, after being elected a second time as county judge, he immediately bolted when Governor Greg Abbott dangled the Secretary of State position in front of him.

"Why serve the lowly people of Cameron County when you can be a big shot at the state level?" Cascos' actions seemed to say.

Voters don't like wasting their votes on someone with no interest in serving them.

In Cascos recent campaign to reacquire the county judgeship, he made use of Facebook to offer platitudes and words of wisdom to the faithful as if serving as a mentor to county residents.

Shortly after the election, Cascos announced that he was "leaving Facebook," although few seemed to care.

Cascos' Facebook departure was reminiscent of Richard Nixon's exiting statement after losing the 1962 California gubernatorial race to Pat Brown: "you don't have Nixon to kick around any more, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference."

Self-pity is unbecoming.

Cameron County voters have become accustomed to the departure of Carlos Cascos.