Tejano Tornado
The Paso Del Norte Tejano Democrats are in a flat-out tail spin at this moment.
Barring someone drafting a candidate to run against him like Yolie Clay or Frank Ortiz, Eddie Holguin will likely be the next chair of the organization.
To make things more complicated, Chris Acosta is likely to be a Vice Chair. She turned their biggest fundraiser of the year into a money-loser for the organization. It was a huge flop.
Chris Acosta has been controversial in her role with several campaigns because she's closely tied to Sheriff Wiles. While working as one of his key staffers, Acosta was a figure in several campaigns including Oscar Leeser, Eddie Holguin, and Aliana Apodaca. Many were critical of the fact that she played that role in campaigns that were against some of Wiles' allies.
So rather than having leadership that would appeal to a wider base, the Tejanos are going to be stuck with leadership what appeals to a ever-smaller group of people that are the remnants of the old faction wars.
That is in no way a benefit to the Tejanos. Their club is literally ageing by the day. They have done absolutely zero to include or recruit newer and younger membership. They have become synonymous with controversy and in-fighting and this new likely leadership does nothing to improve that situation.
The reality is that the organizations within the Party that are the ones that are expanding and gaining credibility are the ones that are tied to geographic areas, not color. Black and brown dems' influence is being replaced by East and West Dems. Westside Dems is the organization in town that seems to be the most active and least drama-filled. That appears to be the new model for the Party, but it needs to be duplicated in other parts of town.
Barring someone drafting a candidate to run against him like Yolie Clay or Frank Ortiz, Eddie Holguin will likely be the next chair of the organization.
To make things more complicated, Chris Acosta is likely to be a Vice Chair. She turned their biggest fundraiser of the year into a money-loser for the organization. It was a huge flop.
Chris Acosta has been controversial in her role with several campaigns because she's closely tied to Sheriff Wiles. While working as one of his key staffers, Acosta was a figure in several campaigns including Oscar Leeser, Eddie Holguin, and Aliana Apodaca. Many were critical of the fact that she played that role in campaigns that were against some of Wiles' allies.
So rather than having leadership that would appeal to a wider base, the Tejanos are going to be stuck with leadership what appeals to a ever-smaller group of people that are the remnants of the old faction wars.
That is in no way a benefit to the Tejanos. Their club is literally ageing by the day. They have done absolutely zero to include or recruit newer and younger membership. They have become synonymous with controversy and in-fighting and this new likely leadership does nothing to improve that situation.
The reality is that the organizations within the Party that are the ones that are expanding and gaining credibility are the ones that are tied to geographic areas, not color. Black and brown dems' influence is being replaced by East and West Dems. Westside Dems is the organization in town that seems to be the most active and least drama-filled. That appears to be the new model for the Party, but it needs to be duplicated in other parts of town.
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