Observations Commentary DISCLAIMER: In no form or fashion am I implying that the Hidalgo County Commissioners Court (either as a collective body or individual members) did anything unethical or illegal when it voted in 2016 to buy 12 used semi-trucks and vacuum trailers for a total sum of $1.44 million. I am saying, however, that the whole deal looked odd to me when I first wrote about it two years ago, and it still looks odd to me today, two years later. The 2016 purchase had flown under my news radar until some kind reader happened to point it out to me.