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New market for politiqueras

Non-citizens voting

By Gregg Romero Wendorf

The city of Brotherly Love, or Wackadoos, take your pick, San Francisco, began last week to register non-citizens, including illegal immigrants, to vote in the November school board election. The move follows passage of a ballot measure two years ago by San Fran voters that opened up school elections to non-citizens over the age of 18.

Let’s bring that measure on down to the Rio Grande Valley and more of us can get into the politiquera(o) business, AKA, hide your non-taxable money under the mattress, claim low-income status, game the welfare system, and retire in peace until the next election rolls around. Why work for a living, when you can get paid cash to haul people to the polling place. We can split the geography. I get all the nursing homes north of Expressway 83, and west of Second Street in McAllen. In Pharr, I want the area south of Business 83 to Ridge, and west to Jackson. I also want to lay claim to all of Las Milpas.

Twenty-five bucks a head per

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