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Jaime Abeytia: Doggie Style

Anybody want to know how Jaime "The Lionstar" Abeytia gets his rocks off?

Yea, me neither.

But too bad.  He decided to share that with the world.

It involves City Rep. Claudia Ordaz...City Rep. Claudia Ordaz's dog. 

Apparently, when no one is looking Jaime goes for the peanut butter jar and lathers his cashew and two acorns.

And it has not gone without incident. 

The dog is something of a biter. 

I don't know much about the canine species, but if it hurts when a broad uses her teeth, I can only imagine the kinda hurt when a canine uses its...canines.

What we do not know is whether or not the dog is acting in self-defense. 

I know you all think I am being silly, but why on God's green earth has Claudia's dog bitten Jaime in his junk on more than one occassion?

Read it yourself:

Mayor Veronica Escobar? Senator Escobar?

I know some have speculated that County Judge Veronica Escobar would like a new job. 

And I would agree with that...to an extent.

There really isn't anything "sexy" about being a County Judge. 

Some have speculated that Veronica would like to be mayor. 

Being a so-called big city mayor certainly can raise your political profile, and we all know that Veronica loves doing that.  From penning op-ed pieces in the New York Times to commenting via Twitter about events in Syria, Veronica wants everyone to know she has an opinion on everything.

But I am skeptical that she would actually run for mayor.

First of all, she would have take a big pay cut to be mayor.   I cannot imagine a person who voted themself a pay raise - which Veronica did - would actually want to reduce his or her salary by half to carry all the real and imagined responsbilities of being mayor.

Secondly, no eunuchs.  Next year, Escobar will have a safe majority with her two eunuchs on Commisssoners Court - David Stout and Vince Perez - rubber -stamping any of her proposals.   City Hall - with or without a City Manager - will be much more of a crap shoot for Escobar. 

And about that crap shoot, there's a reason for that.  City Council elections are non-partisan.  Veronica cannot solely depend on her Democratic primary base to get her into office, let alone any of her would-be allies.

Oh, there is also the whole thing about money.  Veronica is not exactly what you call a prolific fundraiser or independently wealthy. 

So if not, mayor...what about State Senator?

Maybe. 

But there are few issues there as well.

One issue is Jose Rodriguez.  Veronica will have wait to until Jose leaves.  She will not challenge Rodriguez, and it is not likely Jose will be leaving office anytime soon.  For starters, that guy wants to get vested so he can collect a state pension.  But perhaps just as important, Rodriguez loves glad-handling and carrying no responsibility.  As a member of the minority party in the upper chamber of a state legislature, there's really nothing else to do but to glad-handle.

There kinda lies the rub for Veronica.  She would go insane being a legislator after being an executive.   When she shows up to work right now, everyone knows she is boss.  She becomes State Senator, she will be one of 181 legislators all pushing an agenda that someone else can veto.

Oh, and there is that whole pay cut business.  If you think the Mayor's pay sucks, wait until you get a load of a state legislator's pay. 

 So yea.

El Paso Times Undermines Its Own Point

...or makes a point?

Look, I know I make plenty of spelling and grammatical errors on my blog because I usually blog in a hurry, and unlike the El Paso Times, I am a one-man show.

So when the El Paso Times does make a mistake, it is important to take note.

The EPT editorial board was bitching about low voter turnout and how everybody ignores El Paso.

Well, I cannot fault everyone ignoring El Paso when El Paso is only Texas' 19th largest city:

Maybe more than half of El Paso left yesterday.

 

 

 

Martin Paredes: Railing Against "Oligarchs"

....until he doesn't.

The guy that pays Martin Paredes has no interest in downtown revitalization. 

The guy that pays Martin makes his money off of sprawl, which contrary to popular belief among developers, IS subsidized.   Don't tell me roads pay for themselves when you have State Rep. Joe Pickett asking you to vote this November on a constitutional amendment to take revenue generated from oil & gas drilling taxes to pay for roads.  But I digress.

Martin is now railing against the efforts to bring an MLS team to El Paso.  He gives the impression that his opposition is one of principle...namely "protecting" taxpayers. 

Now you'll notice he has not really railed against the proposed waterpark in the northeast.

There is a reason for that. 

Martin's boss does not mind subsidized development so long as it is next to his.  By "next to his", I mean not downtown.

There is also the fact that Martin's boss, while rich, is not really that rich compared to Woody Hunt or Paul Foster. 

If there is one thing that annoys rich people, it is people richer than them.

Martin's boss just has a really bad case of "U Mad?".

 

Is Cesar Blanco Bumping Uglies with Mary Gonzalez? Parte Dos

While back, I asked if if State Rep.-elect Cesar Blanco was bumping uglies with State Rep. Mary Gonzalez.

Well, I ask yet again.

 

Yes! Chatting with Senator @leticiavdp - Can't wait until I get to vote for her for Liet. Governor #txlege pic.twitter.com/kseyI9G49s

— Mary Gonzalez (@RepMaryGonzalez) October 12, 2014

 

So far okay.  Blanco looks a little distrubed, but that is what happens when you bang a pansexual.

Then we get another pic.

Spending Sunday with Senator @leticiavdp and State Rep- elect @CesarJBlanco - Ready for November! #txlege pic.twitter.com/xMaAsbKOT7

— Mary Gonzalez (@RepMaryGonzalez) October 12, 2014

 

Oscar Leeser Hearts Baseball

Man, this morning has to suck for people who think Steve Ortega lost his mayoral race because of baseball.

This morning in the El Paso Times, Taylor Moreno...err...Oscar Leeser had this to say:

"For the last 16 months, I have been traveling the country selling the incredible progress our community is seeing.

From the huge success of the inaugural year of the El Paso Chihuahuas... people across the country are excited about the growth of our community."

Ay, chihuahua.

From that old broad with a penis that annoys everyone at Council to the Salazars...talk about someone pissin' in your menudo (ASIDE: Menudo is not good). 

The best part of it, those folks have no where else to go.  They are stuck with Leeser.

Now, play ball, and go Giants!

Friday Quick Hits

Let's do this...

• Borderplex Alliance wants more non-stop flights:  These folks want more flights to places outside of Texas.  Talk about head in the clouds.  American Airlines, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines have hubs in Texas.   Oh and there is Frontier with its hub slighty north of us in Denver, and Delta with its hub in Salt Lake City.  Connecting in Dallas or Houston is just a fact of life (or for that matter Chicago or Los Angeles).
• Martin Paredes: That pendejo will flip-flop on the waterpark.  Why? Well more details to follow.  But let me connect one big dot for you.  One particular developer has its corporate headquarters next to Cohen Stadium.  But I am being generous with the term corporate headquarters.  It is really a glorified house.
• TCU vs Baylor: I like Baylor, but I am going with TCU.  TCU has had a tougher schedule than Baylor so far.  And TCU has impressed. 
• Mississippi vs Texas A&M: Gimme M-i-s-s-i-s-s-i-p-p-i.
• Auburn vs Mississippi State: Gimme Auburn.
• New York vs Philadelphia: Much like the Battle of Stalingrad, you want both sides to lose.  But I am taking the Giants.
• Dallas vs Seattle: I will regret this, but phuck it.  Gimme Dallas.
• Everton vs Aston Villa:  Yea, Aston Villa is supposed to win and will probably win, but I am sticking with Everton.
• Man City vs Hotspurs: Gimme Man City.
• Mary Gonzalez vs 12-inch rubber phallic toy: Mary Gonzalez, and it is not even close.

Where The Tiguas Goof

One of the things where the Tiguas really screw themselves over when making their case is their own lack of transparency.

Now Tiguas will say that because they are a soveriegn nation they owe nothing to anyone outside their tribe (never mind the fact they think the US goverment owes them plenty despite the fact it was their own people that ran them off from New Mexico back when this was Spain).

But just because you have the right does not mean you should always exercise it. 

Because the Tiguas hide behind soveriegnty (thereby not disclosing anything), the State claims that Tiguas made anywhere between $40 million to $60 million per year from gaming.

Dig through the Tiguas "Year End Reports" you will not see any numbers concerning Speaking Rock at all.   Which oddly enough the Tiguas don't mind sharing all sorts of other numbers in their reports.

So we do not know if the State is right or not. 

And Tiguas won't tell if you the State is right or not.

The Tiguas operate in the dark.

Again, they can, but given this town's recent history with folks dealing in the dark, does not mean they should.