Clarifying Endorsements from Ortega and O'rourke
David K wrote a piece that I feel I need to respond to. The short of it is that David K is basically saying that Ernesto Villanueva is claiming to have the endorsement of City Reps Steve Ortega and Beto O'rourke.
He admits he never actually spoke to Villanueva, so that means he probably never heard him say it himself either.
I think DK knows that Ortega and O'rourke haven't endorsed Villanueva, who is one of the many candidates taking on DK's candidate of choice, Cortney Niland.
I have actually talked with Villanueva a couple of times. If he really had their endorsement, he'd want that information to get out. He would have tripped over himself to let me know that kind of info.
He never made a claim like that to me.
But to be sure, I picked up a phone and spoke with Ortega. Ortega and I had actually had a conversation earlier this week and we talked about endorsements because several candidates in another district had claimed to be supported by Ortega.
At that time, he said he wasn't going to endorse or publically support anyone in any race.
Nonetheless we talked again, this time specifically about Villanueva and the candidates in District 8. He reaffirmed that he wasn't supporting anyone in the race. He followed it by saying, "May the best person win".
My guess is that DK wants to do another piece that will say the two aren't endorsing Villanueva in order to make Villanueva look bad because he's running against Niland.
So the bottom line here is that the two are not endorsing Villanueva and I personally have not heard of Villanueva ever telling anyone that information.
Maybe he has at some point, but I've never heard of it and I don't think I am wrong in assuming that if he was going to tell anyone that kind of info, I would've heard it by now. If I'm wrong so be it, but that doesn't sound kosher to me.
Villanueva is basically the only person Niland needs to be somewhat, in a very small, very indirect, and very unlikely way, be concerned about in the race. But he's a long shot and Niland appears to have been doing everything pretty much by the book so I don't see a need for concern on her part.
That being said, Villanueva is much smarter than people are giving him credit for and I think he does well in a side-by-side comparison against the front-runner Cortney Niland.
But, he has to have a more organized, more clearly fleshed out message, develop a base of support, recruit some volunteers, and get some cash flowing in to his campaign.
He admits he never actually spoke to Villanueva, so that means he probably never heard him say it himself either.
I think DK knows that Ortega and O'rourke haven't endorsed Villanueva, who is one of the many candidates taking on DK's candidate of choice, Cortney Niland.
I have actually talked with Villanueva a couple of times. If he really had their endorsement, he'd want that information to get out. He would have tripped over himself to let me know that kind of info.
He never made a claim like that to me.
But to be sure, I picked up a phone and spoke with Ortega. Ortega and I had actually had a conversation earlier this week and we talked about endorsements because several candidates in another district had claimed to be supported by Ortega.
At that time, he said he wasn't going to endorse or publically support anyone in any race.
Nonetheless we talked again, this time specifically about Villanueva and the candidates in District 8. He reaffirmed that he wasn't supporting anyone in the race. He followed it by saying, "May the best person win".
My guess is that DK wants to do another piece that will say the two aren't endorsing Villanueva in order to make Villanueva look bad because he's running against Niland.
So the bottom line here is that the two are not endorsing Villanueva and I personally have not heard of Villanueva ever telling anyone that information.
Maybe he has at some point, but I've never heard of it and I don't think I am wrong in assuming that if he was going to tell anyone that kind of info, I would've heard it by now. If I'm wrong so be it, but that doesn't sound kosher to me.
Villanueva is basically the only person Niland needs to be somewhat, in a very small, very indirect, and very unlikely way, be concerned about in the race. But he's a long shot and Niland appears to have been doing everything pretty much by the book so I don't see a need for concern on her part.
That being said, Villanueva is much smarter than people are giving him credit for and I think he does well in a side-by-side comparison against the front-runner Cortney Niland.
But, he has to have a more organized, more clearly fleshed out message, develop a base of support, recruit some volunteers, and get some cash flowing in to his campaign.
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