El Paso Politics

Elisa Tamayo tells a lot of tall tales. Its time she was called out on them. The biggest one is this "raised on both sides of the border" thing. She says it all the time and its even printed on most of her lit. She's trying to give the impression that she was born in El Paso and raised in Juarez, which is a pretty common border experience. But like I've been saying all along - she's not really connected to El Paso and she's tipped her hand about that all along the campaign trail with some of the things she has said. However, here's something really interesting to take into consideration about thee whole raised-on-both-sides-of-the-border thing.  This a screenshot from an article in UTEP's paper in which she personally cites Chihuahua City as her hometown. By her own admission. It doesn't say El Paso is her hometown. It very clearly says Chihuahua City. Why? Because Tamayo is a carpet bagger.  Tamayo identifies Chihuahua City as her hometown so that...

Some more fun facts about El Paso Teachers Association Union Boss Ross Moore. That guy has a pretty terrible - and well earned - reputation of being abrasive, hard to deal with, and a massive ego to go with sunny disposition he has. But he's mostly known for being all bark and no bite. And trust me, Ross likes to hear the sound of his own voice. But since Moore is the delegation's lapdog, I think the analogy is apropos. Ay-ay, "apropos". I could spend all day on the stuff Ross Moore has said over the last few weeks, but I want to zero in on a couple that are really interesting, and tell you everything you need to know about Ross Moore. First, just for funsies - lets talk about Ross calling people "DINOs" - short for Democrat in Name Only. That got me curious about his voting record. Mostly because he just seems like your prototypical Democrat that would secretly support someone like Trump. Those of you that work close with him know what I mean, he says some ...

El Paso American Federation of Teachers union boss Ross Moore - who has been making quite a bit of noise about alleged opposition to charter schools - has endorsed a candidate who is not just a documented charter school supporter... ...but a BOARD MEMBER of Harmony Charter Schools. Precinct 3 County Commissioner candidate Iliana Holguin is on the board of the Harmony Charter Schools. Ross Moore might try to pretend he didn't know that, but that would be a lie. Its not like Holguin is trying to hide it either, here's a screenshot from her campaign Facebook page that touts her experience. So she is not only open about the fact that she sits on a charter school board, but she lists it like its an asset. And Ross Moore is endorsing her. Lets be clear, we aren't talking about a rumor, or an alleged contribution from a charter school organization to her campaign - we are talking about a bonafide board member and ADVOCATE for charter schools receiving the endorsement of the EP AFT...

The giant pic he has of himself that he posts on the wall.  Apparently there is no limit to the lengths that Eddie Holguin's clique will go to in order to maintain control of the Tejano Democrats. From what I gather, Lily Limón sent out an email claiming there was no Tejanos meeting Tuesday night. I'm a member in good standing and I didn't get the email so if it was sent out - it was a cherry-picked list of people. (UPDATE: I have since been forwarded the email. In the email it says that if you received the email you're a member in good standing. So that sounds like they are trying to allege that I am not a member in good standing. Which is weird considering the movida they are in trouble for has to do with their membership scandal). So in order to make sure she has her facts straight, there is in fact a meeting Tuesday evening. Same bat time, same bat channel. If you're wondering why grown-ass adults act so childish, I wish I could tell you. I don't have an ans...

Well its about to get real in the Tejano Democrats. Word around the beer cooler is that some subjects in the latest episode of the where's-the-money novela at the Tejano Democrats is that there may be a criminal complaint filed and that at least one - if not more - members that are under scrutiny for the issues going on has lawyered up. That isn't surprising when you take a deep-dive into this on-going dispute. Eddie Holguin tried to get out while he could and distance himself from this internal scandal that has affected his wife, Iliana Holguin's campaign. But his business partner Lily Limón and the other VP that is part of his posse, Chris Acosta, didn't take the same tactic. They, along with Dr. Anna Perez who is the treasurer, have decided to dig their heels in and try to take over following Eddie Holguin's departure. With business partners like that, who needs enemies, amirite? So things look to be escalating and that has to be driving Iliana Holguin's newe...

I know, I know. I haven't written much lately. And yes, there is LOTS to talk about - which I'll get to in due time. But ya know, I really haven't given much attention to our friends on the other side of the aisle, the sacrificial lambs of El Paso politics, the Republican Party. Believe it or not, things are pretty interesting over there this time around. Two of the several Republican candidates for the congressional seat that are fighting for the right to get beat-down in November are really spending a lot of time fixating on one another - Sam Williams and Anthony Aguero. Their fight with one another is reflective of the other big fight in the GOP right now, the faction war for their Chairmanship. Hell they even have had a fight over dueling “official” debates - which were nothing more than Seeberger’s click running their own forum. In one corner you have Adolfo Telles, owner of the iconic Rosa's Cantina. He's the establishment Republican wing. Probably because he...

The Tejano Democrats apparently have some major financial concerns and are even citing a section in the Texas Criminal Code in a letter sent to Tejano Treasurer Dr. Anna Perez. The questions surround questions about expenditures while Dr. Anna Perez was treasurer and while Eddie Holguin was the organization's chair. A letter was sent out from the organization's current Chair, Mary Bowles-Gasca to the Treasurer and copied to the membership asking Dr. Anna Perez to produce certain documents. Apparently the concerns raised circle around possible financial impropriety. A specific allegation isn't made, but it looks like the organization is looking into the concerns and trying to ascertain if in fact, there was some sort of financial issue. Concern#1,  A payment was made from the Paso del Norte Tejano Democrats (PDN) Political Action Committee (PAC) account to Sun Circle Strategic Group located at 1401 Montana Ste H, El Paso, TX on November 1, 2018.  As you know, Sun Circle Stra...