El Paso Politics

So a Republican reader of mine sent me a screen shot that I posted on Facebook the other day and I didn't realize how problematic it was until just yesterday.  Irene "La Mentirosa" Jackson was given a serious beat down by El Paso Democratic Congresswoman Veronica Escobar in the 2020 election has not gotten over her loss. In fact, she started to fundraise for a recount of an election that she lost almost 3-1.  For some reason, local El Paso Republican sheep contributed to the lost cause recount.  She's still on that crazy Trump train of stolen elections and such.  She frequently has tried to use social media to try to keep herself relevant to her merry band of nut jobs that make up the GOP in El Paso.  I didn't realize that she had actually posted details about Vice President Harris' visit to the Borderland prior to the details being made public.  So how does a Republican Congressional candidate know details about where the Vice President was going to be bef...

Martin Paredes' pendejadas make me laugh. Paredes is a blogger who wants to pose as a legitimate news source. What he writes is as much opinion as what I write.  The difference is, I go out of my way to remind people I'm not a news sources. I'm an opinion page, just like he is.  He tries to call his various pages "news" but they aren't. He's dangerous because a lot of people mistake him for a legitimate news site. But if he was a legitimate news site, he'd be as corrupt as the crazies think regular media is.  So let me tell you what most of you probably don't know, but I do.  Paredes is using his "news" site in an effort to try to cover for Lily Limón because he has a long-time political and business relationship with the Sun Circle partnership.  Yes, the guy who pretends to be a reporter appears to be more about pay-to-play. Paredes talks frequently about corruption ends up being finically and politically connected to the people he's...

According to a police report, two different current and former elected officials have alleged that former City Rep Lily Limón was involved in an altercation in which she allegedly assaulted them.  The incident is alleged to have occurred last night during a campaign fundraiser and announcement for County Commissioner Carl Robinson who represents Precinct 4. Robinson's campaign team is Sun Circle, which is run by former City Representative Eddie Holguin and Lily Limón.  The allegation was made by El Paso County Democratic Party Chairwoman Dora Oaxaca-Rivera and El Paso County Democratic Party Secretary and former EPISD Trustee Isela Castoñon-Williams.  Typically the El Paso County Democratic Party Chairperson attends fundraisers and campaign events of all the Democratic Candidates seeking office during a primary to help foster unity and send the message that the Party will be neutral in a primary election. That is the likely reason Oaxaca-Rivera was in attendance.  Ro...

Israel Irrobali soundly defeated his opponent Vanessa Betts in the run-off election to gain a seat on the El Paso Independent School District Board of Trustees representing the far northeast area. And thanks to Vanessa Betts' political operatives, the El Paso County Democratic Party looks weak, if not completely irrelevant - especially when you consider she had more resources available to her in terms of funding and they replaced Wesley Lawrence with Mike Apodoca for the run-off.  Irrobali ended up winning by 25% (62% to 37%), which is sound thumping in an election. More than a thumping - its a humiliating defeat when you lose by that wide of a margin.  There's no way to formulate some sort of moral victory out of losing by that margin in a run-off. What that kind of defeat when the campaign expenditures are virtually even does mean is that it was a failure in basically every part of the campaign from field to volunteer recruitment to messaging.  I don't know what it was ...

A parent posed as her daughter at a middle school in San Elizario recently, and attended all of her daughter's classes. The woman, who's name is Casey Garcia, stated she did it as a "social experiment". She took video of her little caper and posted it online. She is in another video getting arrested on a traffic warrant bragging about how the video of her in school had gone viral.  If you haven't seen the videos, let me help you out. This first one is video of her posing as her daughter and going through most of the school day.  I watched the videos and watched the comments and it looks like she's moderating the comments closely so that only positive comments are allowed so there is a lot of praise for what she did but mentioned getting heat for the stunt, too.  Frankly, that doesn't make any sense. She breeched security of a school. She infiltrated a place parents think their children are safe when they are at work. The woman, who said she was in her 30...

So Wesley Lawrence called me a liar - because I told the truth about him.   There's a lot of things people can say about me - I'm a hot head, I'm too direct, I'm assertive, I'm aggressive, I'm stubborn, I'm ruthless (only if you have it coming), I'm heartless (not unless you wronged me), I'm vindictive (Okay, yes I do enjoy a good payback), etc.  But don't call me a liar - especially when I was taking it easy on you. And most especially if you can't even back up what exactly it is you're calling me a liar about.  My most recent post about Wesley Lawrence basically pointed out what a lot of people have an issue with him about - its hard to trust the guy because he so very obviously plays both sides. And, I pointed out that he led the charge to take the El Paso County Democratic Party back to the bad old days by pushing for the Party to take sides in races we normally don't take sides in - because he would benefit from his candidate bei...

Dorothy "Sissy" Byrd will challenge Carl Robinson for his precinct 4 seat on the County Commissioner's Court.  It is unlikely that she will be the only person taking on Robinson. There are all kinds of folks expressing interest in taking on Robinson, not just because of his age and fragility, but because he hasn't been a productive Commissioner.  They smell blood in the water.  Eddie Holguin holds a major amount of influence over Robinson from the shadows. In fact Holguin spent the first 6 months of Robinson's time in office covering for the fact that he almost never showed up to County meetings. His car was parked at the county to make it look like he was there and working but at one point it literally had spider webs growing on it.  Its actually unclear if Carl Robinson is actually going to seek reelection given his age and health. But if he does - and Eddie's involved - expect it to get NASTY.  Byrd has a support base to work with. Though she just came off ...

Nothing annoys veterans and active duty personnel than politicians who use them as a political prop. Yesterday was Memorial Day, a day of remembrance for all the fallen that have served our country.  It is not a holiday to pimp out your campaign.  As we know, Republican Trump supporters attempted to stop a constitutionally mandated function of congress by committing an act of sedition against our country and our constitution.  That makes Irene Jackson's latest effort to use Memorial Day as a campaign event for her candidacy that much more insulting to veterans and this community.  You can see in this link - and this link if you speak Spanish - that she was doing just that. She very briefly mentions the sacrifice of the fallen, but mostly she is using Memorial Day and the Fort Bliss National Cemetery as a prop for push her campaign for congress.  Seriously, she somehow manages to make a day set aside to remember those that gave the ultimate sacrifice in places ...