Tejano Leadership Shake-Up
Not only is their membership down under the new chair, Blanche Darley, but a lot of prominent elected officials are not going to renew their membership.
And if that wasn't bad enough, it looks like the Chair of the Tejano Dems is forcing out some leadership that aren't doing what she wants them to do. Sources in the Tejano Dems indicate that one of the Vice Presidents of the Tejanos, Jan Engels, was asked to resign as Vice President because she was supporting Mike Cervantes, who is a candidate for the 41st Court.
Apparently that didn't sit well with Darley, who is apparently spearheading support among the Tejanos for another candidate for the race. I doubt they are supporting County Commissioner Anna Perez, so I guess that leaves Dolores Reyes as the preferred Tejano candidate.
So, Engels was asked to resign.
For some reason, Tejanos really seem to focus on judicial races, which is weird because judges generally keep a low profile and they don't generally want to be associate with controversy and Tejano meetings are a controversy magnet. And Theresa Caballero, also a judicial candidate, who is famously critical of a lot of judges in town, has taken a more prominent role in Tejano meetings over the last year.
Perplexing.
And if that wasn't bad enough, it looks like the Chair of the Tejano Dems is forcing out some leadership that aren't doing what she wants them to do. Sources in the Tejano Dems indicate that one of the Vice Presidents of the Tejanos, Jan Engels, was asked to resign as Vice President because she was supporting Mike Cervantes, who is a candidate for the 41st Court.
Apparently that didn't sit well with Darley, who is apparently spearheading support among the Tejanos for another candidate for the race. I doubt they are supporting County Commissioner Anna Perez, so I guess that leaves Dolores Reyes as the preferred Tejano candidate.
So, Engels was asked to resign.
For some reason, Tejanos really seem to focus on judicial races, which is weird because judges generally keep a low profile and they don't generally want to be associate with controversy and Tejano meetings are a controversy magnet. And Theresa Caballero, also a judicial candidate, who is famously critical of a lot of judges in town, has taken a more prominent role in Tejano meetings over the last year.
Perplexing.
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