BRAD DOHERTY

Brad "Boner" Doherty, the international photographer who has grown skinny and weary working for decades at The Brownsville Herald on slave wages, may be using Viagra. He has been looking tired although he continues to conceal the advancing years well.

Though there are no facts to substantiate the suspicion and this may be nothing more than the beginning of another nasty Brownsville rumor, Doherty is reaching a stage in his life when he could use a small boost to make an afternoon of sex more enjoyable. Doherty, like State Rep Rene Oliveira's legislative aide Tony Gray, has been a strong advocate of medicinal drug use.

"I believe Brad would find Viagra helpful if he isn't already using it," said Gray. "It has made a wonderful difference in my life. After a bottle of Merlot and a plate of pasta, I swallow a pill with my last glass of red and head to the hotel room.

"By the time I cross the threshold I'm seeing red. The chick I happen to be seeing at the time I screw all night and I come like a bull. Everybody says that Brad has a good marriage. My response is simple: Why can't he have a better marriage!?!?"