Politicians bought themselves a newspaper? Note: With some local recent elections now behind us, looking through old newspaper files, I stumbled across this story published May 18, 2011. Things change, but interesting local political races seldom do. Always something about which to write: Good-bye, political yard signs for another season. Good-bye, politiqueras and all those pickup trucks driving around decked out in campaign promotional material, hauling people to the polls.Good-bye, barbecues and good-bye, candidate debates.This time of year always brings to mind an old grizzled Hidalgo County worker who always liked to be on the winning side in every election.