Max Powers

VINCE PEREZ STRIKES BACK!

Apparently, your ex-County Commissioner, Vince Perez is doing quite well for himself in the local campaign circuit. 

Which is good for him because for a second there he was kind of unemployed, and is married, or was, I don't know, to a wife with a part-time job splitting time in between two cities. 

That cannot be an easy situation to be broke in. 

Anyways. 

Forma stops doing campaigns. 

Eddie Holguin starts doing them, but nobody really wants to deal with Eddie.  

Enter Vince, who looks at least more polished than Eddie.  

Of course, people want to give money to Vince if the alternative is Eddie. 

So far so good.

Until now. 

Now, let me be clear, I do not care if UMC  issues bonds.  

 That is y'alls bill to pay. 

But do not think for a second this will be the last time you UMC will issue, or want to issue, bonds.  It will be 2030, and UMC will ask all of you again to build a new tower or something. 

Mr. Democrat - Vince - apparently has been hired by Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare to oppose any bond issuance.

Where was this Vince when all these local ISDs with declining enrollment asked for money? 

Oh, that's right. 

He was on the receiving end of the trough.  

But because Vince is now persona non grata in the El Paso political scene, well, why not stick it to everybody by trying to kill this bond proposal.  

So that one-time a former County Judge, and sitting sheriff, went out of their to humiliate Vince...well, it is Vince's turn now. 

 

 

Beto's "Bacterial Infection"

I know.  

It has been a minute. 

Something caught my eye though. 

Beto has paused campaigning due to a "bacterial infection".

But there are no details about said "bacterial infection".  

Interesting.  

I guess state and local media want to respect Beto's privacy.

Which is bullshit because of this were any other candidate, some reporter out there would go to great lengths to find out in the name of "public interest".

So here is my hunch. 

Beto travels a lot. 

Beto has legions of AWFL fans. 

Beto has probably plowed a few.

This is not a judgment. 

I mean he has women fawning over him, he is away from home, he's gonna slip and dive right in. 

So there is a good chance Beto probably slept with a dirty bird, and got something of a nasty drip. 

Because if it were NOT gonorrhea, we would have already known.  

 

 

It's okay, Martin.

Martin Paredes.

He needs to let it go. 

And I say this as someone who also has a CURP.  

His whole thing is that Mexicans always get shafted in El Paso, and that corruption is somehow worse in El Paso than in Mexico. 

As far as the latter is concerned...NOT true. 

That is not to say someone like Jaime Esparza is role model public servant, but compared to say Jaime Heliodoro Rodríguez Calderón...he probably is.

You may ask, "Who dafaq is the other guy?"

Oh, the former governor of Nuevo León, which is where Martin is from, and where my own maternal grandparents are from as well. 

And that governor is currently sitting in jail. 

There is water rationing in Nuevo León, which is probably not at all unrelated to the fact that that former governor put his guys in charge of water resources, and allowed more water to be used than can be replenished.

But Martin will not touch that.  

It is not like Martin has not gone "off-topic" before when posting about Mexican military hardware. 

Yes, Martin can complain all he wants about how property taxes are high in El Paso, but when all is said and done, that is what El Paso voted for.  A majority Hispanic community has consistently voted for higher taxes, and will likely to continue to do so.  The only thing that changes is which group of losers is raising is them.  

But hey, at least there are not having to ration water in El Paso.  

 

 

None of it mattered...

...y'all notice something about local reporting in El Paso?

Back when your CongresspersonX served in local government, there seemed to be non-stop local coverage of county government. 

You could probably run a search in the El Paso Times - County Judge Veronica Escobar v County Judge Old Guy - and you will likely find more stories about then-County Judge Veronica Escobar than stories about whoever is in charge now. 

It did not hurt that Escobar had her de facto communication person, Bob Moore, running the El Paso Times. 

Moore made sure we all got wall-to-wall coverage about Escobar.

But what gives now?

Well, Escobar got the promotion that she long wanted. 

She's unlikely to seek another promotion that requires voter approval so does not really need Bob Moore.

That and Bob Moore now runs a blog, a blog that I honestly doubt many Democratic primary voters read. 

Go to his blog and run a search for County Judge What's-His-Face, you will not find many stories.  

Why?

Because in large, urban metro areas County government...kinda useless.  It really is just jails, and hospital.  Even then, the jailer-in-chief is elected.  

But back when it was County Judge Escobar, Bob tried to convince you it was everything.  

And now that Escobar has everything she has wanted...a crappy apartment in DC, and switching planes in Dallas or Houston to get back to her former home...she needs nothing.

 

 

 

 

You ain't gonna do shit...

I regret to inform you Jaime Abeytia is trying to be a tough guy again. 

He says he would slap a political blogger because they made fun an elected official's appearance because he is, or was?, banging her. 

Because Jaime is like Will Smith. 

But tough guy could not come out say my name.  

I am not going to sue or call the cops on you Jaime.  I do not care.  I am too busy do something you are not...like taking care of my family.

Anyways.

Let us be honest, 5' 5" 250lbs+ Jaime is not going to walk up to 5' 10" 2o0lbs+ me and slap me and waddle away.

Hell, the fucker in mid wind-up of his slap would probably go into cardiac arrest. 

The faux cholo ain't gonna do shit. 

The best part of this is that he is trying to frame this like he is so pro-woman, and would not make fun of a woman's appearance. 

Yes, coming from the guy who cannot support his family and also showed his own children revenge porn of their own mother to curry favor with them. 

It is a bit rich.

He needs to be honest with himself.

All that bottom feeder has done has bashed female elected officials in El Paso.

"But I never called an elected official fat!"

You know who he won't touch?

Joe Moody.  

If he's too scared to write about Joe Moody, who actively went out of his way to raise money against his crush, Claudia Ordaz, you think Jaime is gonna go slap someone as tall, strong and handsome as me? 

Oh, also Jaime I guess apologized for cheating on his girlfriends.  

I do not know what to make of that. 

How broken does a girl have to be to be with Jaime? 

Alas, maybe if that girl took better care of herself she could attract a better man than Jaime - Quiérete Reina.

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

EPISD Super Search

So EPISD has selected its finalist. 

Not that I care. 

Prior to, I saw that local media was making a big deal out of one trustee and her relationship to one of the finalists.

What I can gather it was a bunch of ugly people beating up on the hot chick. 

What was richer still is that one of the ugly people - Jaime Abeytia - was railing on the hot chick.

But it was not too long ago, when Jaime got big paycheck from a school district bond election. 

It just so happened that Jaime's girlfriend is a school board trustee.

What's the likelihood of Jaime running that bond election if not for his girlfriend? 

What he was bitching about with the hot chick, is same shit he and his girlfriend pulled. 

Let me be clear, I do not care.

I am glad Jaime got some money to take his girlfriend to Applebee's, but spare us the self-righteousness.  

 

The "Why" Claudia Wins No Matter What

No matter what happens next spring Claudia Ordaz wins one way or the other.

Her race against Art Fierro is likely to get expensive.  

Which is good for Claudia AND Vince. 

Why?

Cos' more than likely Vince will be running Claudia's campaign. 

Why?

Well, he's not exactly employed or running a business.

So he needs the cash. 

And all that campaign cash is going hit Claudia's and/or Vince's personal bank account one way or the other. 

So if you see Claudia next year walking around with a LV bag, well, it is a LV bag that lobby money helped pay for.  

Come to think of it...that shit sounds like a money laundering scheme. 

"Vince bought it for me."

Yeah, but how did Vince get the money?

"Consulting."

You see where I am going with this...

 

 

Somebody Else Wants To Run?

Marisa Marquez's name is being thrown out there again for something. 

Whether it be a House seat or Senate seat.

And if it is a House seat, apparently, she too has options.  

If she was able to take out Paul Moreno, and survive two primaries afterwards, she probably could make mince meat out of Lina, Art, Claudia or Mary. 

But if I had to bet, I doubt she runs.

But who knows?

Maybe because of redistricting she sees an easy path back to Austin.  

 

The "Why" Art Fierro Can Win...

 

When Claudia ran for her current seat she defeated a newcomer.  

But now she is challenging not exactly a newcomer in El Paso politics. 

Not that Claudia is lazy or one to back down from a fight. 

I have been one to make fun of Art.  

But in all seriousness, Art holds his own.  

Why?

Well, here's what  "El Paso's premier source for insightful policy analysis with in-depth coverage of local, regional, state, and national politics" had to say about Art:

It's hard NOT to like Art.  

And given that primaries to an extent are personality contests, Art will not be easy to beat.

 

 

 

Hold up...Lina is retiring???

Claudia Ordaz Perez is moving districts to avoid taking on a fellow female, Lina Ortega. 

But there is a rumor out there being spread that Lina is NOT retiring after all. 

And it ain't just one or two people saying it from the same political circle. 

And, it gets better.

Apparently, Lina is gonna hold off any announcements until the very last day, at which point shortly thereafter, another Ortega - Steve - announces he's running for her seat. 

If this rumor is true, my God, Claudia, got royally phucked. 

We have seen this before like when Shapleigh retired...he had everyone lined up for Jose Rodriguez. 

But it is something of dick move for constituents of that district.  

They are being denied a choice in representation because of something that amounts to nepotism.  

The more things change in El Paso....