Sierra Pro-Fenenbock Charter Ties to GOP

A pro-Fenenbock PAC run by the notorious and controversial GOP political operative Carlos Sierra has ties to the Republican Party.

Keep El Paso Honest is the PAC behind an anti-Escobar ad that looks like a really, really, bad South Park Episode.

Documents I have obtained show a direct link between the Keep El Paso Honest PAC and the National Republican Congressional Committee.

For context, read this recent article in the El Paso Times about Carlos Sierra's connection to the PAC called Keep El Paso Honest.

Carlos Sierra is a Republican and works for Republican candidates, at least until his past comes to light. But he's pretty much lock-step with the Trump Republican establishment.

And the documents I obtained illustrate Sierra's PAC's connection to the NRCC.

This first screen shot shows the contract for the media buy for the commercials from the Keep El Paso Honest PAC. As you can see in the document, it shows Keep El Paso Honest




Also listed on the document is Del Cielo Media.

In this document, Del Cielo is identified as the agency doing the media buy for the PAC.




And here is a check from that agency to the station.



So the connection between the Keep El Paso Honest PAC and Del Cielo is pretty clear and concrete.

A cross check of finance reports shows that the only two expenditures Del Cielo received this cycle came from the National Republican Congressional Committee.




As you can see, the money totals just under $200,000.

There's no money from any other source. There's no money from the DCCC or the DNC. They didn't buy media for anyone else but Republicans.

Del Cielo is a subsidiary of Smart Media Group. Who is Smart Media Group? Well, follow this link and you'll learn that they are a Republican firm. And I don't mean that they are a firm that does a little work with the GOP, or even most of their work with the GOP. They do ALL their work with the GOP.

What races do they list as their highlights? Well they were the official media buyers for the McCain-Palin ticket and the RNC. They even boast that in 2008, the year Obama was elected, that "one in five political dollars were planned and purchased through SMG".

So to tie this all together the National Republican Congressional Committee donates money to Del Cielo, Del Cielo is the agent that does the media buy for Keep El Paso Honest PAC, of which Republican operative Carlos Sierra is a member, for ads in favor Dori Fenenbock and against Veronica Escobar. Carlos Sierra frequently boasts of his campaign experience and works with...wait for it...Arizona Senator John McCain.

Dori Fenenbock's voting record is overwhelmingly Republican. Thats not an opinion, that is a documented fact.

Interestingly the teacher's union that represents teachers in EPISD (the American Federation of Teachers), where Fenenbock was a trustee, announced their endorsement of Veronica Escobar today. Later this evening she has a fundraiser with one of the top 3 Democrats in congress, Steny Hoyer.

Interestingly Hoyer and Fenenbock campaign Chairman Silvestre Reyes were very close at one time.

More to come...