By Gregg WendorfAdvance News JournalNews of alleged public corruption in Hidalgo County, as with most governmental bodies, goes way back. To get a feel for local history, you can’t do much better than picking up the non-fiction book, “Wild Horse Desert” by a former local writer named Brian Robertson, which talks about politics here in the late teens and early 20’s.Part of the book describes how local big-wig John Closner resigned as county treasurer on Feb. 5, 1918, perhaps pressured by a lawsuit filed by members known as the Good Government League. At the center of the lawsuit were allegations ...