Max Powers

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.