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Gilberto Hinojosa Moves to Stop Corruption in Cameron County
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<div><h2 class="uiHeaderTitle"> </h2></div><div class="clearfix"><div class="mbs uiHeaderSubTitle lfloat fsm fwn fcg">by <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001338858387">Jim Barton</a> on Saturday, December 24, 2011 at 12:13pm</div><div class="uiHeaderSubActions rfloat"></div></div><div class="mbl notesBlogText clearfix"><div><img alt="" class="photo_img img" src="http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/406640_267683329952960_100001338858387_685624_1160693953_n.jpg" /><span class="caption"></span><br /> When Gilberto Hinojosa decided to give up the Cameron County Democratic Chair to run for the state version of that office it was a godsend to the citizens of Brownsville and Cameron County. Hinojosa has been viewed by many as the poster boy for corruption, backdoor dealing and influencing elections in Cameron County and is closely associated with Abel Limas, Conrado Cantu and Jim Solis. The obvious win-win situation would be for Hinojosa to vacate the county chair, then lose his bid for the state chair.<br /><br /><img alt="" class="photo_img img" src="http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/388286_267673296620630_100001338858387_685603_1483105865_n.jpg" /><span class="caption"></span><br /> Jared Hockema is one of three candidates filing for the office. Hockema, a slender, delicately featured young man with a choir boy appearance filled in for Hinojosa the other night at the Democrat Party meeting at the VFW hall. The meeting had been scheduled to slot the candidates, but that has been postponed until February 3. Hockema did not waste the opportunity, though. He displayed his expertise to the captive audience, discussing a variety of filing and election issues. Some viewed this as his audition for the job of County Democratic Chair. A longtime political observer took me aside: "Jared may be personable, but don't forget he is Gilbert's right hand man. He did a lot of Hinojosa's dirty work."<br /> <img alt="" class="photo_img img" src="http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/396008_267721363282490_100001338858387_685719_1528867344_n.jpg" /><span class="caption"></span><br /><br /> Sylvia Garza-Perez, another candidate for Democratic Chair, was very assertive at the party meeting, several times interupting Hockema without first asking to be recognized. This was amusing to a group of us as they seemed to be sparring a bit. If the acoustics were better at the VFW hall we would have placed a blow-by-blow video of the exchange on the blog. "Sylvia is a very aggressive campaigner. She has absolutely no qualms about using politiqueras." Jerry Mchale described Sylvia as "Rick Zayas' puppet".<br /><img alt="" class="photo_img img" src="http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/381020_267673429953950_100001338858387_685604_1770551669_n.jpg" /><span class="caption"></span><br /> John "Roca" Shergold is the other candidate. He has a reputation for being a standup guy. "He would be a great chairperson," said one insider. "My only worry is that he's tried for the position twice before and lost."<br /> Voters have an opportunity to steer local Democratic politics in another direction. Selecting a different kind of Democratic Chair would be a start.</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4696772328771334084-6749323947585860407?l=meanmisterbrownsville.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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