El Paso Politics

Dear candidates, text, email or Facebook me your election night shindig info. Ill post it if you want it publisized or I can hold on to the info if you don't. I'm already getting media calls about it so let me know...

So this guy Mike Cervantes, Contreras, Johnson, Smith, or whatever, decided he wants to pick a fight with me. Actually from what I read, it sounded more like a threat. Sorry Cervantes, I've been threatened by a whole lot more intimidating people than you. You're going to have to try much harder. But if you are interested in tossing threats my way, get in line vato. The people in this town that want ill to fall upon me is pretty long. You think you're the first person in this town to toss a threat my way? A threat from you is like a girl from my high school days...you weren't the first...and you damn sure won't be the last...(only I don't have to tell you I love you and not mean it). But since you decided you want to pick a fight...I'll play. Lets start with buttering my bread. Clearly you are making an allegation that I know for a fact you are incapable of substantiating. But from your mailers...it looks like you are used to writing things you can't subs...

Early voting starts today and sadly, even though most of my readers are politically minded, most of you will not vote. If you don't, you suck. Here is a list of people I'm supporting. You are free to vote for who you wish. I'm just telling you who I've voting for and what my reasons for supporting them are. Judicial Races - Honestly, I'm undecided in a couple of them. 8th Court of Appeals - I'm still undecided. This race features Yvonne Rodriguez and Marcos Lizarraga. Both nice people. I know them both. I voted for Stanton because I felt he was the more qualified candidate in the primary. Still haven't made up my mind between the two. 448th District Court - Regina Arditti and Sergio Enriquez. Undecided. Sergio Enriquez really hasn't campaigned at all so I sort of want to vote for Arditti just because he didn't freakin' try. 41st District Court - I'm voting for Anna Perez. I think she's the most qualified candidate and she's clearly ...

Turns out one of my readers, Jorge from Central, hooked me up with a mailer from Navarrete. I haven't seen Caballero's yet but I find Navarrete's to be very effective and on point.

I guess all the judicial candidates must've got a group discount on printing because almost all of them dropped mail that landed in the last couple of days and most of them were the exact same size. Frankly, most of the mailers sucked pretty bad. Some more than others. Yvonne Rodriquez's piece was actually pretty good. Great front and the back had good layout and messaging. I liked the front of Anna Perez' piece because it was a sharp design and a strong message about qualifications. I wasn't crazy about the back. I don't know why there was a definition of the word qualified. Seemed like wasted space. Judge Arditti's mail piece. The front was great. The back...what the hell? WHAT THE HELL? Waaaay to much text. Too small and too much. You're target is usually an older voter, its too crammed. They are trying to do too much. Horrible piece. It would be the worst of the bunch if it weren't for Cervantes' piece. Too heavy with text and had zero visual app...

Just days away from the start of early voting and only days after campaign finance reports were released, Vince Perez, candidate for El Paso County Commissioner Precinct #3, issued a statement regarding the most recent campaign finance report of his opponent, State Representative Chente Quintanilla. Perez's press statement (shown below in its entirety) indicates that Quintanilla reported a more than $400 meal expenditure for Cattleman's Steakhouse as "volunteer's food / beverages" on his campaign finance report. Paying for meals and beverages for campaign volunteers is probably the most common campaign expense next to paper. All campaigns pay for food. But most of the time when they pay for food its something inexpensive that can feed a lot of people like pizza, tamales, sweet bread, burritos, etc. I don't recall seeing too many campaigns take their volunteers out to Cattleman's and spending more than $400. However the Perez campaign goes on to state that...

Lucila Camarena-Flores has released a campaign commercial. I don't know if its being aired on television of if its more for social media use.