Backwash

Cruz, however, is a third-generation resident of Garden City. His parents were born in the United States, and Cruz was born at St. Catherine Hospital in 1959. The people of Garden City have elected him mayor twice and sent him to sit on the City Council eight times.

But now the Pitch has learned that Cruz has figured out an interesting way to dish out some payback.

He's going after her job.

Cruz announced his intentions to run for the school board in a letter to friends and family. He wrote that he'd been planning to run for the past two years He'll begin traveling in the coming months to get a grasp of the issues in his area. He insists, however, that revenge for his mistreatment by Morris has nothing to do with his decision to run.

Even if he can garner a substantial sympathy vote, however, or ride an anti-Morris backlash, he may not win as a Democrat in a heavily Republican district.

But if he carries around a copy of the Pitch story, at least he'll have plenty of fun stories to draw from on the stump.