Fenenbock Fails Follow-Through

An email sent out to membership today from AFT union boss Ross Moore today appears to indicate that former EPISD Trustee and congressional candidate Dori Fenenbock will not be eligible for the endorsement of the association that represents most of the teachers in EPISD. This issue has been a big deal because a close campaign figure to Fenenbock allegedly bragged about having the AFT endorsement in the bag.

According to the email, screenshot below, Fenenbock failed to return the questionnaire to the AFT in order to be eligible for the endorsement.

This is the part where Fenenbock's Spokesmonkey (not David K, the other one) comes out with a statement that says Fenenbock never received the email.

That leaves the endorsement down to former County Judge Veronica Escobar and EPISD teacher/perennial candidate Jerome Tilghman.

Tilghman is a teacher in EPISD but isn't a viable candidate for congress with no base, poor performance for nearly every office he's ever run for, is essentially campaigning via Facebook, and has the most Republican voting record of any candidate in the Democratic Primary with the exception of Fenenbock.

If Tilghman isn't endorsed by his own fellow teachers, he should drop out because it will be a strong indicator that he will fair similar, if not worse, than the other times he has run for congress.

The Texas State Teacher's Association, which is affiliated with the NEA, has already endorsed Escobar for the 16th congressional district.

Fenenbock not even competing for the endorsement of a teacher association in the district she was a trustee for is a pretty strong slap in the face to union members, however failing to win the endorsement of those same teachers would likely be an even bigger problem for the Fenenbock campaign.