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Mayor, councilman throw hard punches

Edinburg voter-fraud arrests… In the RGV, where some local elections lead to real fights, the City of Edinburg ranks near the top when it comes to political fireworks, vitriol; perhaps fitting since it’s the county seat where backroom deals – some proven; some not -- have been the stuff of chismé (gossip) for decades over breakfast tacos. Old-school newspaper publisher James Mathis, of the old Edinburg Daily News, used to revel in city politics. If he wasn’t ruining some politician’s day, ruffling feathers, he wasn’t having fun. The state’s ongoing criminal investigation into alleged voter-fraud conspiracy on the part of Edinburg Mayor ...

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