The voters are turning out in droves this presidential election year and one can only hope that a large outpouring of democratic fervor will wash out the politiquero-tainted voting outcomes this year.
And even though Moses Sorola announced he had suspended his campaign for the Cameron County Tax Assessor-Collector post, his name is still on the ballot on the Republican ballot.
Sorola cited health concerns when he suspended his campaign, but there are some that suspect other motives were behind the announcement. Regardless, we caught up with him the other day when he was removing some of his signs and he said that even after he stopped campaigning, outpouring of support has continued."There's people calling me saying that they were going to vote for me," he said. "Some of them haven't even heard that I stopped campaigning."
Sorola has earned the wrath of previous City of Brownsville commissioners and mayors when he demanded that the elected officials stop taking benefits not specifically stated in the city charter. A lawsuit in Judge Janet Leal's court vindicated his stand and the benefits stopped. However, the city stopped short of asking the commissioners to return the funds they had illegally accepted.
Among some of those were some political heavyweights, including the former Mayor Eddie Treviño. After the Sorola lawsuit was decided, future mayors such as Pat Ahumada had the option of buying into the city's health insurance at cost. Later, he was also party to a lawsuit that tries to stop the issuance of Certificates of Obligation by the city without voter approval.
While his gadfly maneuvers have not endeared him to the politicians, it has clearly resounded in the electorate.
"Moses is my dog," said a voter standing in line at the City Central Library early voting site. "He may not be campaigning, but I can still vote for him, can't I?"
Will Sorola's truncated campaign grow new legs and possibly even beat incumbent Tony Yzaguirre? Only the voters can decide.
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