Danny Anchondo's Comish Bid - DOA
Danny Anchondo's bid for a seat on Commissioner's Court is basically dead on arrival. In fact, I can't for the life of me figure out what his thought process was.
I could understand him running for a seat on the bench. He's a lawyer, its makes sense. People in the County have seen his name on a ballot before. All the Democratic candidates will win in November for all the judicial seats. Its low-hanging fruit and all he has to do is send a few mailers to the right voters, which ideally shouldn't be a problem for the out-going Chair of the El Paso Democratic Party.
But for the Commissioner's Seat, he has to run a real campaign. He doesn't have the name ID in the precinct that he needs to win. I've never seen that man phone bank or walk a precinct, so I doubt he's going to work very hard. He's essentially going to have to blow a crap load of money on mailers and signage to even have the remotest of chances of being competitive.
Which is only the beginning of his problems. His biggest problem is how people within the Party feel about him. And I'm not talking about the fossils in the Tejano Democrats. They are NOT the strength of the Democratic Party anymore.
As several people put it to me when they heard Anchondo was running, "Paybacks are a b*%&"
There are people lined up to take their shots at Anchondo for how he acted to them while he was Chair. He was never seen as a guy that was a fair arbitrator or a good referee. People tried repeatedly to work with him and it was always his way or the highway.
Well, it is the highway and there are a lot of people in the Party what want to see him as roadkill on that highway.
I've always been respectful of the Chairman in meetings. I always refer to him as Mr. Chairman out of respect for the office. But I would be lying if I said I didn't notice the unfairness that was on display at nearly every turn.
Which is why people that are pretending they are angry at what County Judge Veronica Escobar said in the El Paso Inc, are full of it. They aren't upset about it. They know its the absolute truth.
They are upset about who said it. Not what was said.
The chickens will come home to roost for Anchondo. He's not going to do well.
I've had my differences with the Chairman, but I plan on being fair to him along the campaign trail, despite the prior treatment.
But he's already made a couple of mistakes. One of which is on a fundraiser flyer that was a Democratic Party Headquarters. It was a campaign fundraiser, despite being called an "Appreciation Reception", but no one knew what it was for and as you can see in this picture. There was no disclaimer, as required by campaign rules.
If your Chair isn't following the rules, how can you honestly expect anyone else to?
I could understand him running for a seat on the bench. He's a lawyer, its makes sense. People in the County have seen his name on a ballot before. All the Democratic candidates will win in November for all the judicial seats. Its low-hanging fruit and all he has to do is send a few mailers to the right voters, which ideally shouldn't be a problem for the out-going Chair of the El Paso Democratic Party.
But for the Commissioner's Seat, he has to run a real campaign. He doesn't have the name ID in the precinct that he needs to win. I've never seen that man phone bank or walk a precinct, so I doubt he's going to work very hard. He's essentially going to have to blow a crap load of money on mailers and signage to even have the remotest of chances of being competitive.
Which is only the beginning of his problems. His biggest problem is how people within the Party feel about him. And I'm not talking about the fossils in the Tejano Democrats. They are NOT the strength of the Democratic Party anymore.
As several people put it to me when they heard Anchondo was running, "Paybacks are a b*%&"
There are people lined up to take their shots at Anchondo for how he acted to them while he was Chair. He was never seen as a guy that was a fair arbitrator or a good referee. People tried repeatedly to work with him and it was always his way or the highway.
Well, it is the highway and there are a lot of people in the Party what want to see him as roadkill on that highway.
I've always been respectful of the Chairman in meetings. I always refer to him as Mr. Chairman out of respect for the office. But I would be lying if I said I didn't notice the unfairness that was on display at nearly every turn.
Which is why people that are pretending they are angry at what County Judge Veronica Escobar said in the El Paso Inc, are full of it. They aren't upset about it. They know its the absolute truth.
They are upset about who said it. Not what was said.
The chickens will come home to roost for Anchondo. He's not going to do well.
I've had my differences with the Chairman, but I plan on being fair to him along the campaign trail, despite the prior treatment.
If your Chair isn't following the rules, how can you honestly expect anyone else to?
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