Busting A Former Candidate Being a Good Guy

The bad part about what I do is that I often see the behind-the-scenes view of candidates and politicos in town and I'm often disappointed. I'm not sure why, maybe because I still have an innocent part of me that wants to believe in people.

Which sucks because it means time after time I am let down. Lot of that going around for the last couple of months. But such is life.

However I have always made it a point to highlight the times when I bust a candidate or a politico red-handed being a good person. Its the stuff that will never make it in to the news, but I still find it noteworthy.

Yesterday I busted a politico red-handed being a good guy. His name is Alejandro Sanchez and he ran for Constable of Precinct 6, down in the valley.

I was in Socorro yesterday afternoon and stopped at the convenience store on Horizon and North Loop. It was hotter than Hades yesterday. There was a man standing outside who clearly had some mental issues. I'm not sure if he was homeless but he was just standing there for quite some time and mumbling to himself.

After running around in the area for a while, I found myself back at the same convenience store a couple of hours later and the guy was still there. A car pulls up and a few people get out, one of whom was Alejandro Sanchez. Sanchez, who I believe is a law enforcement officer of some sort, noticed the guy and spoke to him for a couple of minutes. Then Sanchez went inside along with the rest of the people with him. After a few moments inside, Sanchez came out with a cold drink for the guy.

It might seem to be a small gesture and maybe it was, but Sanchez didn't have to do it. He could've walked passed the vato and pretended like he wasn't there. I've only met Sanchez once and I know for a fact he didn't see that I was there. I doubt he even knows who I am, but I knew who he was.

Its nice to catch someone doing something nice for someone else with no expectation in return. Sanchez came in 4th place, next to last place, in that race. There wasn't a vote in it for him. He would receive no benefit from being nice to the vato.

It looked like he did it out of compassion for a fellow human being. Good for him. Its nice to actually be impressed by a politico's actions for a change. Its far too rare of an occurrence these days.