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Gonzalez's New Car in Employee of the Month Spot
Well it looks like young Mr. Gonzalez's crew decided to use a new vehicle for their signage project at the courthouse.Props to the courthouse employee that sent this to me this morning.
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The Replacements
Jim Tolbert (Left) - Michael Apodaca (Right)Following the resignation of Rep Romero, now council has to look forward to determining his replacement.After watching ABC 7 Xtra the other night City Rep...
View ArticleSex Sells: Negative Ad Drops on Legislator
Its probably the most negative ad I've ever seen in a local race.Its also probably the most effective ad I've ever seen in a local race.Senator Uresti of San Antonio is featured in this ad. As I have...
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HD 75: Chente Drops Negative TV / Mail Ad Against Rep Mary Gonzalez
There have been rumors for about a week or two that Chente Quintanilla was going to do some television spots to help his bid to regain the HD 75 seat currently occupied by State Rep Mary...
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D'OH!! The Judicial Edition
I write this post every cycle where I predict in advance that some candidate will make some bonehead move and its almost always about the word "for" on a sign. Campaign laws in Texas say you have to...
View ArticleClarification of Ben Mendoza's Congressional Bid
I ran into Ben Mendoza at a couple of candidate forums recently and he was introduced as a candidate.Earlier this year I had written that he had withdrawn his candidacy, which I believe was a result of...
View ArticleHD75: When You Don't Know Your Own Mailer
Its becoming a "D'oh" factory around here.For what I believe is the first time, State Rep Mary Gonzalez and former State Rep Chente Quintanilla squared off at a debate at the Eastside Civic...
View ArticleVideo: SBOE Candidate Joe Fierro's Math Problem
State Board of Education Candidate Joe Fierro spoke at the Eastside Civic Association at a forum and I had an opportunity to ask him a question.So I asked him about all the money he raised that came...
View ArticleRep Gonzalez's Comments to Eastside Civic Association
This is video of Rep Mary Gonzalez at the Eastside Civic Association earlier this week.I was so busy looking up another candidates finance report, that I ended up being wrong about, and Gonzalez should...
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Rep Larry Romero & Why Martin Paredes is an Idiot
And not a very useful one at that.Its pretty much universally understood in the blogosphere that Paredes is the slow kid wearing the dunce cap in the back of the classroom that we all give wedgies too...
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March of the D'Ohs!
Well this one doesn't qualify as a campaign gaffe per se, more of an office gaffe. Ruben Gonzalez, the appointed Tax Assessor Collector that is running to keep his job against his grandson Gregory...
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Can Joe Fierro Even Run for SBOE?
As a veteran it annoys me when I see people campaign in uniform because I know its a big no-no. And it makes me feel like it cheapens military service to associate it with politics in that way. I've...
View ArticleEarly Voting Numbers - Be Cool
I've chatted with a few field people and candidates around town and the smart ones have noticed that the early voting locations that normally get a lot of traffic aren't getting as much as they used...
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Campaign Trail Notes: Ethics Complains, Commercials, & Signs
If this post were a food it would be capirotada. Here's a few things that I threw together in one post this morning.*******************Palafox CommercialMs. Palafox is the latest candidate to release a...
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Mary Gonzalez Has You Fooled
It is beyond belief that State Rep Mary Gonzalez has the support of so many legislators and advocates for education, equality, and social justice.I have already written how the incumbent state...
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HD75 Race Gets Bloody
Well it's getting late in the game and it looks like the two campaigns for HD75 are sticking knives in each other. Each campaign dropped a mailer in the last couple of days.Rep Gonzalez went negative...
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District 2 Candidate Update
Despite the fact that the city hasn't indicated when there will be an election to replace City Rep Larry Romero, another candidate has joined the race with Jim Tolbert.Obviously this is unofficial...
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Precinct 92 Race
I don't do endorsements for a myriad of reasons and frankly, no one wants nor needs my endorsement.But when it comes to a precinct chair race I think I'm pretty qualified to give you all in Precinct 92...
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The Saturday Surprise Mail; Forma's D'oh
There is usually a GOTV piece of mail that goes out and ideally should land the Saturday before early voting. But since the team at Forma kinda has a history of sending mail out late, it doesn't always...
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Well One D'oh! Down ...
Looks like 8th Court of Appeals candidate Maria Ramirez fixed her billboards. If you look closely you can see that the word "for" was added.You may recall that a complaint was filed with the Ethics...
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