"Dos Pajaritos Cantando" It's Not How The Sausage is Made - El Paso Democrats!!

All kinds of sausage out there!

A political mentor once told me "it's not how the sausage is made, it's how good it tastes after, cause no one remembers how it is made when you eat it".  It is a take from the quote , "Laws are like sausages.  It's better not to see them being made", by Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) a German Prussian politician.


I have a colorful conversation bashing me on my Facebook page "The Norma Chavez Blog" about my last post where "dos pajaritos cantando" let the cat out of the bag on the talk about town (in Demo circles) of a smack-down take over of the El Paso Democratic Party by the Veronicun political faction and their new aligned political allies.


I want to remind people that when I started to blog I stated that "Dos Pajaritos Cantando" would be bout "political chisme" because I wanted to separate blog posts on real issues and political opinion.  So, be clear if I have "dos pajaritos cantando" in the title or beginning of my piece, it is CHISME! These quickie political chisme bloggies called "Dos Pajaritos Cantando" are intended to tell who is saying what to who and where in the "who done it" method of providing "chisme".  That is all.  Some "shock and awe" and some of it TRUE!!


This being said, the Texas Democratic Party is full of "pajaritos cantando" first the word on the street in Facebook posts and private FB message groups is that County Judge Veronican Escobar will be taking her entourage of voters that include State Representative Marisa Marquez, County Commissioner Anna Perez, former Senator Eliot Shapleigh, City Rep. Susie Byrd, former Mayor Ray Caballero, Senator Jose Rodriguez, (these are the actual names I have heard NOT confirmed). These are not folks taking the Democratic bus, they are flying on exotic airlines and via fancy shmancy land rover type vehicles to do exactly what? I don't know.  First time EVER (and I have been to conventions for the last 20 years) that I have EVER EVER, EVER, seen this political group at a Democratic Convention.


I've already mentioned the known or alleged candidates for our local Democratic Party positions but now is when the sausage is made (and sometimes it ain't pretty). Coalitions will be formed, aligned, and realigned, a vote taken and the cards will fall as they fall.  Clearly, something is going on if in fact this group is going to the convention.


Die hard loyal Democratic Party loyalists are going, as are members of the El Paso Young Democrats, El Paso Stonewall Democrats, Paso Del Norte Tejano Democrats, West Tejano Democrats, Black El Paso Democrats, West Side Democrats, East Side Democrats and independents will be heading on a bus, via private vehicles, and plane.  Who will have the winning coalition?  Will be interesting to see.


All these groups will be solidly united on one vote.  That is the vote of El Paso's own Michael "Keny" Apodaca as our Texas Democratic Party Treasurer.  This is really outstanding for El Paso to have a state Democratic Party officer on the board.  A bigger blog will be dedicated to Mike and his Democratic leadership roles.  Best to you, unless he gets an opponent at the last minute, his vote is pretty much an insider agreement by all.  That is a huge testament to Michael Apodaca!


to be updated....

Facebook Group: "Unfriend Veronica Escobar 2014", and the "Veronicuns"

Just a quick update on the "U R Not My Facebook Friend" scandal between County Judge Veronica Escobar and Democratic Party activist Alex Guzman.  A new Facebook group has been created called "Unfriend Veronica Escobar 2014". It is a closed group, with 198 members, created last night (from what I can tell), I was added by someone and will remain in the group to observe the goals and growth of the group.  Because I am a member of the group, and if you want to join the group, please Facebook me a request as only a member of the group can add members.  It is not a "fake" group, it is real from what I can tell.

It appears that the primary goal is to "UNFRIEND" County Judge Veronica Escobar in 2014", as in her next election.  The group is accumulating a list of political blunders that I will post at a later date.

Who are the "Vereonicuns" and why are they called "THE VERONICUNS"?
The "Veronicuns" are a political faction lead by the "juan-and-only" Veronica Escobar.  The "Veronicuns" emerged as a leadership group out of the political faction known as the "Shapleighites".  The Shapleighites were led by former Senator Eliot Shapleigh who began his political career by pushing out former Senator Peggy Rosson before her 4th term in office, even though he was in the group that recruited her to run against Senator Tati Santiesteban.  Shapleigh created a group called "UNITE El Paso" that he used to launch his political career, disparaging the hard work of EPISO and after he was elected to office he abandoned UNITE El Paso, which to this day is dead.  His political ally and masta strategist is former Mayor Ray Caballero, the one time mayor of El Paso who was defeated by former Mayor Joe Wardy.

The "Shapleigh Generals" of the faction were Veronica Escobar and her BFF (best friend forever) City Representative Susie Byrd. Steve Ortega (aka Stevo) and Beto O'Rourke (aka Baytoe) were Lt. Generals. 


After the loss of Mayor Caballero, the Shapleighites decided to run for office successfully, pushing what they call a "progressive" agenda of gentrification (the systematic and calculated erasure of symbolic Latino cultural symbols, historical buildings, monuments, and public art in El Paso), awarding unprecedented no-compete contracts to questionable entities including friends and political allies, pushing an eminent domain agenda of properties that perceived political allies are interested in, tolling roads (starting with Cesar Chavez Highway), placing on the agenda domestic partner benefits even though City Representative Jan Sumrall had already passed it on Council in December 2003, reversing a voters referendum, increasing taxes, increasing the indebtedness of the county and city with non-taxpayer approved bonds, awarding tax breaks to what appears are political allies and then changing the terms of the contract because the "ally" could not increase jobs as he had promised, supporting privatization against the desires of organized labor and dissing union contracts even though all of them are proclaimed "Democrats" and much, much, more!

After former Senator Eliot Shapleigh retired from the Senate, the "Veronicuns" emerged.  County Judge Veronica Escobar has jumped from County Commissioner to  County Judge.  City Reps Stevo and Susie Byrd are being recalled, Beto O'Rourke if still on Council would have been recalled but retired from Council to run for Congress against Congressman Silvestre Reyes with an agenda that includes proposing and pushing legalization of marijuana and signing off on the permit to build the International Bridge at Yarbrough, even though his father-in-law has real estate interests on the other side of the bridge in Juarez, and there is opposition against the bridge by neighborhood groups, the El Paso Independent School District, and the Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo, that have federally recognized Indian land claims.

Veronicuns - a political faction known for their cunning and deceptive political maneuvers to push their own agenda (see progressive agenda above)


Leader, County Judge Veronica Escobar


General Michael Wyatt: (her immediate past campaign treasurer until he resigned in order to be appointed the "Ethics" Attorney at the County by Escobar and the County Attorney)


General Susie Byrd (BFF), currently helping Candidate Baytoe O'Rourke with his legalization of marijuana campaign and signing books across America; voting on and chief architect of the "progressive" agenda described above.

Secretary of No Compete Contracts: General Stevo Ortega, has led the awarding of thousands, if not millions, of "no compete contract" public dollars to various entities including some political allies.

Secretary of Build the International Bridge at Yarbrough:  Baytoe O'Rourke Candidate for Congress, who has questionable conflict of interest votes when he served on City Council, and who as Congressman will be the deciding factor on whether the bridge will be permitted or not.

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