Noe Show - Eastside Dems Endorsement
It could be a concern about fielding questions about his political affiliation, but in a bit of a surprising development Dr. Michiel Noe was a "no-show" last night at the Eastside Democrats meeting.
The organization unanimously endorsed El Paso Community College Trustee Art Fierro for the position. Being the only auxiliary of the Democratic Party on the Eastside, the endorsement is the most important endorsement of this brief election season.
Interestingly, the Chair of the Eastside Democrats is former City Representative Emma Acosta. She was not in attendance at the meeting. She and Dr. Noe served as colleagues on the El Paso City Council. Her former staffer Dora Oaxaca is also a former staffer of Dr. Noe and is working on his campaign, so Acosta's absence was likely strategic.
But it wasn't unnoticed.
Noe Democrat?
For his entire political career Dr. Noe has been under a cloud of suspicion about his political affiliation. At one point at a political function Noe mentioned voting Republican at some point earlier in his life.
To be fair to Dr. Noe, his voting record in Texas doesn't show that he has voted in any Republican primary elections.
However there have been documents that have surfaced that show Dr. Noe donated to Republicans causes. Here is a video from an appearance before the El Paso Young Democrats in which I asked him point blank about the contributions. He acknowledges making a financial contribution to a GOP organization that advocates for tort reform.
That has been a major issue in the state legislature and explains where most of his campaign dollars will likely come from.
Tort reform limits the ability of how much working class families can recoup when they are harmed.
The year of that contribution (2010) was particularly interesting because that was the Tea Party Revolution election cycle. That is a major sore spot for Democrats.
The organization unanimously endorsed El Paso Community College Trustee Art Fierro for the position. Being the only auxiliary of the Democratic Party on the Eastside, the endorsement is the most important endorsement of this brief election season.
Interestingly, the Chair of the Eastside Democrats is former City Representative Emma Acosta. She was not in attendance at the meeting. She and Dr. Noe served as colleagues on the El Paso City Council. Her former staffer Dora Oaxaca is also a former staffer of Dr. Noe and is working on his campaign, so Acosta's absence was likely strategic.
But it wasn't unnoticed.
Noe Democrat?
For his entire political career Dr. Noe has been under a cloud of suspicion about his political affiliation. At one point at a political function Noe mentioned voting Republican at some point earlier in his life.
To be fair to Dr. Noe, his voting record in Texas doesn't show that he has voted in any Republican primary elections.
However there have been documents that have surfaced that show Dr. Noe donated to Republicans causes. Here is a video from an appearance before the El Paso Young Democrats in which I asked him point blank about the contributions. He acknowledges making a financial contribution to a GOP organization that advocates for tort reform.
That has been a major issue in the state legislature and explains where most of his campaign dollars will likely come from.
Tort reform limits the ability of how much working class families can recoup when they are harmed.
The year of that contribution (2010) was particularly interesting because that was the Tea Party Revolution election cycle. That is a major sore spot for Democrats.
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