Perez Drops Mailer on Oaxaca

Vince Perez's campaign sent out a mailer that has already landed in some homes. Word from the campaign is that they sent it out to 16,500 homes of voters in the region.

This is a mailer that is going to have people talking for quite some time. The front of the mailer shows Perez with his sleeves rolled up and a quote that says, "Help me end the culture of corruption. I am committed to fighting for new leadership to restore integrity to the office of County Commissioner and rebuild the public's trust."

But its the rest of the piece is what is going to have people talking. Here is the flip side of the front.

And here is what the inside looks like:

It is arguably one of the most-effective mailers I have seen, probably at any level of campaigning. It captures recent headlines, frames a message, and is clear.

Interestingly Oaxaca and Perez were featured in a story on Telemundo yesterday and Oaxaca took issue with Perez's effort to connect her to Willie Gandara. She whipped out some complicated line about Beto O'Roure calling the Congressman corrupt and Perez used to work with Reyes and she worked for Gandara so they are all in the same boat.

I know, confusing.

That actually sounds like a bit of a shot at the Congressman if you ask me, but aside from that, I don't follow her logic.

If she is making a comparison I think she might have some explaining to do. Gandara (actually a few of them) was accused of a crime. Reyes has not been accused of a crime. I think she might want to clarify what she was really trying to say because it sounds pretty bad.

She also made another comment what was pretty interesting. She said the fact that Perez isn't fluent in Spanish is "disrespectful to voters". 

Which is weird because she helped City Rep Dr. Mike Noe get elected and he's not fluent in Spanish either. I spoke with Dr. Noe earlier today and he said, "A lack of respect? I don't agree with that statement at all."

Dr. Noe went on to explain that we are all a product of our environments and that in a clinical setting he can communicate with his patients without a problem, but in other contexts he needs help.

At any rate, things are certainly heating up in that race...