VOTING IN HIDALGO COUNTY

HERES AN IMAGE OF HIDALGO COUNTY VOTERS.

Now you may ask yourself whats with the picture of blindfolded people in a line, well thats an easy answer you see (PUN INTENDED), that much of the politics, rhetoric, ridicule, finger pointing, and drama usually falls on deaf ears and the blind loyalists keep the fire burning for the candidate of their choice. REGARDLESS of ISSUES!

DISTRICT 40? Saenz! Pena! ones wrong ones right! Etc. etc. etc. enews tries trashing everyone not on their list of candidates that pay them and well everyone goes against enews in return. Voters are herded and none are educated on the platforms each candidate stands on, nor are they informed about the candidates credentials, success, or work history. Now if you wanna tear down a candidate, then well start a blog site and begin finger pointing daily.

Its sad to say that the majority of voters that side with a certain faction can care less about issues, political affiliations, or mistakes on a candidates' part. Family sticks with family, factions stick together, and in the end if you're IN with the winning candidate, you'll get the job, contract, and a good return on your investment.

BLIND LOYALTY COSTS TAXPAYERS MILLIONS A YEAR.

THE PROGRESS IN EDINBURG?

Ok we got a RECYCLED MAYOR back in office along with a new councilman to boot and the results have been well less than mediocore. WHY? Under the previous Mayor, the city was seeing New City Hall, Sub Station for the Fire Dept., Police HQ, Water Plant, City Library, and a slew of new corporate representation vis a vis strip malls here and there. NOW, we got what? The New outfit in office pranced around preaching that the previous administration stalled on projects, now well the irony of things. Corporate entities here in Edinburg are now STALLING ON PROJECTS on TRENTON RD. HA HA HA! who's getting the last laugh on that one? Are the Recycled Mayor and his boy wonder prancing around that project site yelling through there bull horn about how stalled project wont get them Re-elected? Of course not, because those projects arent related to city government or at least thats what Im told. So the truth is what we were told on these last elections were really a pile of garbage, all the hooting and hollering were nothing more than a few words baiting the citizens to get elected. I see some change in this city though, let me tell you the change I have seen since the new administration took over:

I see Mr. Ochoa's family prospering very well, his nephew which I'm sure you guys know has done rather well with his many business ventures here in this city. This city has managed to let them convert a family oriented establishment in the parking lot adjacent to a cinema theater to convert into a BAR, now how that sits with the citizens is well up to you to decide. NOW theres no law prohibiting such change, and as long as that bar has the name GRILL by the name BAR, they can declare it a family establishment right? WHATEVER, its an adult BAR SETTING with a bunch of minors running around during the weekends, now that Friday night football isnt around. Dont believe me, just drive by there Friday nights. A herd of children gathering in and around that area with heavy traffic. Wait and hope that day of a drunk driver heading out of that establishment knocking a minor pedestrian over. Hope it doesnt come to that, but The combination of an adult bar with a theater that has plenty of minors running around its parking area makes for a bad situation.

I also see Mr. Ochoa's buddies making a run back to "Lets GET RICH-AGAINS-VILLE" ala using city functions at our establishment for profits. Any city event should be held in city venues ie. Edinburg Auditorium, Fountain Park, Activity Center, etc. you get the hint here, but instead they're being held at none other than Mr. Ochoa's buddy's bar, named the Social Club. WHY? Profit my friends.

Another Mr. Ochoa BUDDY making a 2nd run for The Dist.40 State Rep, same ol tactics, same ol ensemble of people with him, and same ol sleeze campaign. Whats different you ask, well his buddy the mayor is now well mayor and maybe his buddy's campaign will rub off some luck on him too, being that the sleeze campaign happen to sidetrack voters on mr. ochoa's campaing. FOOL THEM AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN, till they believe you right mr. mayor. Make them old folks believe you're the second coming and take them to the voting booths yourself.

Mr. Gus Garcia, well I really dont see this young man doing much of anything for the city, but I do see him sporting a Brand New Land Rover and is helping a high school buddy get ready to make a run for office here in our very own city. YEP, thats right the Ochoa political machine is at work again, recruiting young YES MEN all over again. Like I mentioned before, we have a RECYCLED MAYOR with the same OLD TRICKS UP HIS SLEEVE ALL OVER AGAIN. Well heres the plan for the Recycled Mayor:

Getting the Veteran Councilman out of office with a brand new YES MAN: HOW you SAY? Well they've Recruited some Nerdy Guy they can trust names Lonnie Guerrero, whos name well really doesnt mean anything around town NOW, but In a few weeks its gonna be everywhere that he's the MAN and that Gene Espinoza is the Wrong man for reasons A-Z and there BLOG THUGS are gonna be trying to DESTROY MR. ESPINOZA our seasoned Veteran Councilman, whom as we have seen on this blog, will come at you and prove his point and stand firm on an array of issues. Now Im not here defending Mr. Espinoza, God knows he's done that on many occasions and we dont always agree. But I can respect that he defends his issues and opinions. But the voters will get this new YES MAN, LONNIE GUERRERO SHOVED DOWN THERE THROWTS come election time in Edinburg. NOW THATS NOT POLITICS, its a GANG TACTIC used for TERRITORIAL PREMESY.

If Mr. Ochoa and Mr. Garcia want to decieve the voters this time again, let them please tell us what they have done for our city, hence the reason i stated in the beginning what the campaign slogans were for the two. WHATS CHANGED? WHATS IMPROVED FOR THE CITY?

Mr. Gus Garcia is sporting an 85,000.00 new vehicle. THATS CHANGED

Mr. Ochoa's BUDDIES ARE BACK IN BUSINESS (social club and Eddie Saenz for dist.40).THATS CHANGED

NEW YES MAN COMING THIS ELECTION, SPONSORED BY: YES YOU GUESSED IT MR. NEW FOUND MONEY GARCIA and RECYCLED MAYOR OCHOA.

These two guys want Councilman Espinoza and Councilwoman Garza OUT OF OFFICE and THEN ONCE THEY HAVE A MAJORITY ON THE COUNCIL THEY WILL BEGIN TO LINE THERE POCKETS AGAIN AND AGAIN. SUCKERS ARE THOSE WHO FELL FOR THERE JARGON AND ACCUSATIONS IN THE FIRST ELECTION.

Mr. Gus Garcia is doing well for himself, but what has he done for EDINBURG?

Mr. Ochoa is doing all he can for his buddies running for office, but what has he done for EDINBURG?

ALL AMERICAN CITY? Or ALL AMERICAN REJECTED? you decide. Somethings are starting to STINK ALL OVER AGAIN.

ELECTION PREDICTIONS AND COMMENTS

Hoopla has been abuzz about the latest polls, debates, spin, articles, ads, etc. but nobody is making predictions. So here at The Political Ring, we'd like to take this moment to lay out some comments about some interesting races, candidates, political scenarios and of course some gripes about the going ons in our very own backyard Edinburg.

1st the Gripes in Edinburg, and this is to WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
1. East Side of Town at Night gots the parking lot at the Plaza where Bealls is at pitch dark, lets light em up there boys. Nice renovation, but I think some light would make it not only safer but more appealing to the eye.
2. East Side needs more aesthetics, come one those delapidated 1920's businesses still rock i guess, but come on, those business just west of El Fenix Bakery need a make over, come on keep up with the times. Clean up or shut down, its that simple.
3. Alamo Draft House? cricket cricket cricket.....enuff said
4. Seems to me that only Rodz, Los Lagos and Social Club get all the buzz now a days, any reason why? Anybody have an answer to this?
5. City Hall, Come on now, the Pyramids in Egypt got built quicker.....whats the deal? Have any projects been finished. Supposedly the new administration was gonna beef it up and make Edinburg look like beverly hills or something like it. Again, Cricket cricket cricket....

Now to the political comments
Clinton v Obama: You got A white woman vs a black man, and some people see it as just that and thats sad to say. But it seems Latinos are having a really big problem electing a black man, dont believe me, research the numbers up to this point.

Prediction: Hillary and Bill get the nomination, Obama will be President some day, just not this time around. He's young, eloquent and sounds alot like one of those charismatic pastors that has you attending his services reaching into your pockets just giving whatever dollar amount he asks for, for the church building fund....Great Audio, but need more action. I think Obama is a political superstar, but do we really wanna miss him? Think about it, JFK, RFK, MLK etc all shared the same style and eloquence of that of obama and all died horrific deaths. Just think of the National Chaos that would erupt if someone took a shot at obama in office? NFL NBA MLB ENTERTAINMENT AFRICAN AMERICAN WOULD NOT STAND FOR IT, and would cause a severe blow to our market. Sounds Shallow? Well open your eyes, they even took a shot at The Republican Ronald Reagan. They took out Pakistan Opposition in Pakistan, they took out opposition in Russia (spy drugged on national news), they've taken out beloved icons here in our country too. Obama getting the nomination may sound great, but Black vs white just aint gonna work this coming election. Democrats may like the idea of change, but in political reality, this problem we're in doesnt fix in the next 4 years and thats the sad truth.

McCain: Dude! they this ol fighter pilot/p.o.w. 5'6 ish still gots some fire or conservatives just dont want model mitt mormon in the white house. Republicans tend to vote on tradition, its like who did they vote for 4 to 8 years ago and well they repeat it year after year. They stick to there ideology. Is McCain the best the republicans can do? No, but he'll just have to do for now, McCain thought his career was over, but he's seemed to pull through. If Romney was Methodist, Romney would be the Republican nominee hands down.

Prediction: McCain/Huckabee ticket : Neocons for McCain as Pres./Bible thumping Conservatives for Huckabee as V.P., Tickets screams best of both worlds in the Republican Ideology. Huckabee can win the south for McCain. This Duo will outdo Obama. A season Statesman and former governor will trample the Junior Senator..

Prediction: If Obama gets the nomination: We're looking at a Republican in office for the next 4 years. Dont get me wrong, I think Obama has some good politics and Hillary lacks his charisma among the voters of all genders or race, but I just wouldnt wanna lose the race for the white house. WAR DOGS fight better under WAR CONDITIONS politically speaking, Hillary can hang against McCain and The Republican machine, because Bill knows the old school political machines in washington. Bill can rip into McCain all the way to Bush. And I dont see Obama being Able to do that. Fairy Tales dont exist in DC, its a dog eat dog world and the democrats may be wearing milk bone underwear if they aint careful.