It’s that time of year again – Hidalgo County election season – when the campaign trail gets clogged with the politiquera(o) chain gang, mainly comprised of tough female white Caddy owners who haven’t filed tax returns in years, while often collecting welfare (not gainfully employed), but who do get paid good money by some politicians to get out the vote. Often by hook or by crook. Some candidates even fail to list them on their campaign reports since the politiqueras are paid in cash (what else?). Beware, however, the feds are watching, as convictions of several politiqueras and campaign managers in ...