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 judg ..read more

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 ..read more

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 abou ..read more

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 f ..read more

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 i ..read more

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 ..read more

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.     ..read more

  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 personalit ..read more

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 eve ..read more

Hold up... Is it true that Claudia wants to run against Art? That would be interesting.  Art would still be the the "Democratic" candidate while Claudia would be the "Republican" candidate. I can only assume the El Paso money guys prefer to keep Lina, and would rather TRY to get rid of Art.   I say "try" cos' I imagine the entire Delegation and local party establishment will get behind Art.  This could have been all avoidable by Claudia when she first ran. Claudia tried to play both sides. She thought she was being political savvy.  But by doing so, she ended up being ..read more