Observations

This week’s column was going to be about state District Court Judge Joe Ramirez (the 464th) and how he ended up without opposition in next year’s Democrat Primary, and why local attorney Abiel Flores jumped ship to run for another court that will have no incumbent, even though initially he went around to local attorneys asking for money to run against Ramirez, but that can wait for next week.

What do we do with them all? That’s the question. We’ve all seen the pictures, courtesy of the AP, Reuters, CBS, etc.

I have this local story brewing on the back burner about a 51-year-old contractor based in Hidalgo County who got a $45,450 payment in August of 2021 from a relatively small, humble church and then quit the job after it was only halfway done.