They are political rivals: Gov. Greg Abbott, who is the highest-ranking Republican Party leader in Texas, and former Hidalgo County Judge Ramón García, who for decades has strongly supported the ideals and candidates of the Democratic Party. But the governor’s respect for García’s personal, professional, public service, and statewide achievements is evidently more important than any philosophical disagreements between the two men. On Monday, April 19, 2021, the governor approved House Concurrent Resolution 68, authored by Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, and sponsored by Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, D-McAllen, and Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr., D-Brownsville, which praised the Valley native because “through his ...