Monday, January 30, 2006
What does a Nueces County Chair Person do?
What does a Nueces County Chair Person do?
How is a Republican County Chair different from a Democratic County Chair?
How are they the same?
Why is there not any other Political Parties with a County Chair?
Should not all political parties and community leaders seek to increase voter turnout with disregard to a voters politcal orientation.
The dislike between political factions undermines South Texas.
Who can work with the other side of the aisle.
What is the motivation for each candidate?
What did Solomon do during his tenure?
What has Joe Yowell done during his tenure?
Why did Solomon decide not to run this time?
What does it have to do with Shamsie?
Now if you want to see a Republican; Chuck Cazalas.
How does he match up to NEAL?
Olivarez with Montgomery Consulting is not far from MIKAL's DEEP DEEP DEEP POCKETS.
He needs to distance himself from MR WATTS. In fact a public rebuking is in order.
Cuz it is already being done illegally if the emails are true.
We know it is going on and then we expect the elected ones to serve our best interest?
Transparency is TANATMOUNT.
And Neal?.... forget about it.
I figured anybody would be better than Shamsie. Maybe it was the dodging and hiding?
Oh yeah and the BREAD
How is a Republican County Chair different from a Democratic County Chair?
How are they the same?
Why is there not any other Political Parties with a County Chair?
Should not all political parties and community leaders seek to increase voter turnout with disregard to a voters politcal orientation.
The dislike between political factions undermines South Texas.
Who can work with the other side of the aisle.
What is the motivation for each candidate?
What did Solomon do during his tenure?
What has Joe Yowell done during his tenure?
Why did Solomon decide not to run this time?
What does it have to do with Shamsie?
Now if you want to see a Republican; Chuck Cazalas.
How does he match up to NEAL?
Olivarez with Montgomery Consulting is not far from MIKAL's DEEP DEEP DEEP POCKETS.
He needs to distance himself from MR WATTS. In fact a public rebuking is in order.
Cuz it is already being done illegally if the emails are true.
We know it is going on and then we expect the elected ones to serve our best interest?
Transparency is TANATMOUNT.
And Neal?.... forget about it.
I figured anybody would be better than Shamsie. Maybe it was the dodging and hiding?
Oh yeah and the BREAD
Brent Chesney, Mark Scott, Melody Cooper, and the like are trying to sell you a bill of goods
Beach Development 1/30/2006 4:40:08 PM
Folks, they are trying to sell you a bill of goods. If you want to see what they have in store go to South Padre or Galvestion. On South Padre you can drive for five miles without seeing the water. There is check to jowel development consisting mostly of high rise condos and motels along the water side of the major access road. At Galveston you have the same situation of a restriction on driving on the beach in the entire Galvestion city limit. While there is access to the beach it limited and parking is scarce. They are promising all this free parking and such but there is no guarantee that it will remain that way. There is already a move underway to eliminate free on street parking near the beaches in Galveston. The last think they want is for the people to have a say in this decision.
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Wild ApePosts: 1965
Re: Beach Development 1/30/2006 4:57:06 PM
I have to say they pulled this stunt like pros. They''ll make it a legal precident. Chesney speaks out of his alternate orifice very well. I still won''t buy it.
CalPosts: 604
Re: Re: Beach Development 1/30/2006 5:04:56 PM
What will happen to NAS Corpus,CCAD,and the Coast Guard at NAS when all the condo''s and development takes place on the Island. Where will all the ""Fleet Jets"" from Kingsville practice? Make you choice and be heard today. NAS and the Military or Condos Crowdes and high taxes to pay for all this. Ask yourself this question. How much am I going to put into my pocket? Not a dam cent. Methinks there are two around the dial today that want to sell us out for a dollar. But then, that''s the name of the game.
curmudgeonPosts: 3247
You are giving up you beach access . . . 1/30/2006 5:05:33 PM
. . . so that folks who own hotel, motel, and restaraunts can make money. Unless you own a hotel, motel or restaraunt all you will get is higher taxes. They will promise you free parking, showers and free drinks on the beach. They promised the folks who voted for the income tax in 1913 that it would only be 1% and only on the rich,
RudyPosts: 42
Re: You are giving up you beach access . . . 1/30/2006 5:31:17 PM
You know I have lived here all of my life and I had no idea this was a tourist town. Paraphrasing Chesney today ""That this town has always been a tourist town."" I think we are more of a retirement community. Anyway when has this city ever down anything to attract tourists not a damn thing and now they want to do this thing on our beaches. The City has screwed up our downtown and I can''t even take a drive down Shoreline which I really enjoyed becuase they are fixing our sea wall and I have never seen a worker out there before. I hope it does not turn out like Ennis Joslin becuase I go to school out at TAMUCC and they are still not finished with it!!!! Please do not mess with our beaches I like driving on the beach and parking my car somewhere next to the water open the bend to my truck and have a nice picnic with family and friends. This resort crap is only going to benefit those with big pockets and that''s it. Not common citizens if they wanted to help the common folks out they wouldn''t have passed on Sea World and Schiltterbahn. Those projects would have benefited everyone. If this comes up for a vote I am voting it down just like I did with the smoking ban thing. Hey speaking of the smoking ban there has been quite a few restuarants that have closed down around town. Any correlation there? UMMMM.....
RudyPosts: 42
Re: Re: You are giving up you beach access . . . 1/30/2006 5:58:29 PM
Another thing the City Council needs to stop doing us favors. Really, dont do us any favors, Chesney (Who lives in Dallas).
Wild ApePosts: 1965
Rudy pretty much sums it up for me 1/30/2006 8:59:31 PM
I just don''t trust them. Sorry. Two days after an election they already change the goal posts. I''m sure it is hard for a politician to take the heat for all the ills. Perhaps the situation is complicated but my gut feel is that his heart is in Dallas, not here. I''ve lived in tourist towns and no offense, this isn''t one. I think Rudy is right. This place is quiet and nice like a retirement community. What is wrong with that? Build a refinery here. That will catch my attention.
bigoPosts: 432
Re: Rudy pretty much sums it up for me 1/30/2006 9:17:50 PM
I spend most of my beach time down the Natioanl Seashore or at Mustang State park (but I''m getting tired of lugging my stuff to the picnic tables). With the currents, is the trash as bad toward Packery Channel as it is on down the island? And I wonder if they will haul in white sand for the resorts?
HardcoreHarryPosts: 1767
I caught Chesney''s self righteous outburst 1/30/2006 9:28:37 PM
True or not Brettypoo, the whole episode has the ""appearances"" of impropriety. At the very least, us voters ought to pay your and the council back for your “dumb” decisions as YOU phrased them by booting you to the curb and send you packing to Dallas for real this next election. The voters in Corpus Christi deserve better representation from someone who committed to actually making Corpus home. Then again, it would be harder to exploit those inside tracts on real estate deals by using the connections to the office you so clearly will not surrender to a “real” local representative. So do not get all self-righteous when your should be “former” constituents call into question your modus operandi. I for one take a tragicomic view of your little slots on the air where you are so busy selling this beach development like a two bit huckster. You would be even funnier if the stakes were not so high Mr. Chesney. Hardcore Harry
anasazicoyotePosts: 443
Re: Beach Development 1/30/2006 8:08:04 PM
if developers want beachfront property let them buy some land on the laguna side and install their own waterway.
curmudgeonPosts: 3247
Why buy land . . . 1/30/2006 8:16:01 PM
. . . when they can get slugs like Brent Chesney and Mark Scott to give them ours.
H.H. IslanderPosts: 1
Respectful Disagreement 1/30/2006 9:15:16 PM
I''m amazed none of you sell anything, none of you fix anything and none of you Build anything! Responsible building benefits everyone with a job. Our population is growing. Weather you like it or not C.C. is growing. Now, with Responsible Development comes many needs. If any of you have a job, Whatever you do, we will need more of it. If your a janitor, there will be more to clean. If your a Doctor, there will be more to heal. If your a plumber, there will be more to Plumb. You see, Everyone wins. Now, about the beach! Driving on the Beach, IN TOWN! Makes about as much sense as driving on the sidewalk! I''m all for Driving and Camping on the Beach. BUT NOT IN TOWN! I do want access to the Beach & parking too! Im so sorry to break the news to everyone, Smoking is bad for you and this is not a Fishing Village any more! Welcome to the 21st Century!
curmudgeonPosts: 3247
Most of the folks here have jobs . . . 1/30/2006 9:31:26 PM
. . and degrees, some of us several of them. I''ve lived here longer than you have probably been alive and I have forgotten more about building and business than you will ever know. Tourist don''t bring the kind of jobs Corpus Christ needs. Tourist don''t use doctors, or lawyers or engineers or dentists or mechanics or architects or . . . well you get the idea. This developement will use a few professionals during the building stage but after that it will be mostly maids and waitress and dishwashers. The beaches, all the beaches not just those outside the city limits belong to the people of Texas. Texas passed a law in 1959 that says the Texas beach is a state highway. You need to do a little research.
BlindBobPosts: 529
Re: Respectful Disagreement 1/30/2006 10:12:54 PM
First they only wanted a little bit of beachfront, so the tourists wouldn''t be run over by those wild-eyed maniacs from the city. Those same ''city people'' who had somehow managed not to run over and kill too many people in all those decades. In fact, the statistics are so low that its nearly impossible to find any information. Then they wanted a little more beachfront. And they won''t be satisfied until they have it all. Miami Beach, Galveston, South Padre Island. I won''t favor giving these modern day Carpetbaggers one square inch of beachfront. They don''t give a ratz behind about Corpus Christi or anyone who lives here. We''ve gotten along just fine without em and we can get along just fine in the future without em. With props to Counting Crows: They paved paradise and put up a parkin'' lot With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin'' hot spot Don''t it always seem to go That you don''t know what you got till it''s gone They paved paradise and put up a parkin'' lot
BlindBobPosts: 529
Re: Respectful Disagreement 1/30/2006 10:21:51 PM
And one more, from the Pretenders: WENT BACK TO OHIO BUT MY PRETTY COUNTRYSIDE HAD BEEN PAVED DOWN THE MIDDLE BY A GOVERNMENT THAT HAD NO PRIDE THE FARMS OF OHIO HAD BEEN REPLACED BY SHOPPING MALLS AND MUZAK FILLED THE AIR FROM SENECA TO CUYAHOGA FALLS SAID, A, O, OH WAY TO GO OHIO
Folks, they are trying to sell you a bill of goods. If you want to see what they have in store go to South Padre or Galvestion. On South Padre you can drive for five miles without seeing the water. There is check to jowel development consisting mostly of high rise condos and motels along the water side of the major access road. At Galveston you have the same situation of a restriction on driving on the beach in the entire Galvestion city limit. While there is access to the beach it limited and parking is scarce. They are promising all this free parking and such but there is no guarantee that it will remain that way. There is already a move underway to eliminate free on street parking near the beaches in Galveston. The last think they want is for the people to have a say in this decision.
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Wild ApePosts: 1965
Re: Beach Development 1/30/2006 4:57:06 PM
I have to say they pulled this stunt like pros. They''ll make it a legal precident. Chesney speaks out of his alternate orifice very well. I still won''t buy it.
CalPosts: 604
Re: Re: Beach Development 1/30/2006 5:04:56 PM
What will happen to NAS Corpus,CCAD,and the Coast Guard at NAS when all the condo''s and development takes place on the Island. Where will all the ""Fleet Jets"" from Kingsville practice? Make you choice and be heard today. NAS and the Military or Condos Crowdes and high taxes to pay for all this. Ask yourself this question. How much am I going to put into my pocket? Not a dam cent. Methinks there are two around the dial today that want to sell us out for a dollar. But then, that''s the name of the game.
curmudgeonPosts: 3247
You are giving up you beach access . . . 1/30/2006 5:05:33 PM
. . . so that folks who own hotel, motel, and restaraunts can make money. Unless you own a hotel, motel or restaraunt all you will get is higher taxes. They will promise you free parking, showers and free drinks on the beach. They promised the folks who voted for the income tax in 1913 that it would only be 1% and only on the rich,
RudyPosts: 42
Re: You are giving up you beach access . . . 1/30/2006 5:31:17 PM
You know I have lived here all of my life and I had no idea this was a tourist town. Paraphrasing Chesney today ""That this town has always been a tourist town."" I think we are more of a retirement community. Anyway when has this city ever down anything to attract tourists not a damn thing and now they want to do this thing on our beaches. The City has screwed up our downtown and I can''t even take a drive down Shoreline which I really enjoyed becuase they are fixing our sea wall and I have never seen a worker out there before. I hope it does not turn out like Ennis Joslin becuase I go to school out at TAMUCC and they are still not finished with it!!!! Please do not mess with our beaches I like driving on the beach and parking my car somewhere next to the water open the bend to my truck and have a nice picnic with family and friends. This resort crap is only going to benefit those with big pockets and that''s it. Not common citizens if they wanted to help the common folks out they wouldn''t have passed on Sea World and Schiltterbahn. Those projects would have benefited everyone. If this comes up for a vote I am voting it down just like I did with the smoking ban thing. Hey speaking of the smoking ban there has been quite a few restuarants that have closed down around town. Any correlation there? UMMMM.....
RudyPosts: 42
Re: Re: You are giving up you beach access . . . 1/30/2006 5:58:29 PM
Another thing the City Council needs to stop doing us favors. Really, dont do us any favors, Chesney (Who lives in Dallas).
Wild ApePosts: 1965
Rudy pretty much sums it up for me 1/30/2006 8:59:31 PM
I just don''t trust them. Sorry. Two days after an election they already change the goal posts. I''m sure it is hard for a politician to take the heat for all the ills. Perhaps the situation is complicated but my gut feel is that his heart is in Dallas, not here. I''ve lived in tourist towns and no offense, this isn''t one. I think Rudy is right. This place is quiet and nice like a retirement community. What is wrong with that? Build a refinery here. That will catch my attention.
bigoPosts: 432
Re: Rudy pretty much sums it up for me 1/30/2006 9:17:50 PM
I spend most of my beach time down the Natioanl Seashore or at Mustang State park (but I''m getting tired of lugging my stuff to the picnic tables). With the currents, is the trash as bad toward Packery Channel as it is on down the island? And I wonder if they will haul in white sand for the resorts?
HardcoreHarryPosts: 1767
I caught Chesney''s self righteous outburst 1/30/2006 9:28:37 PM
True or not Brettypoo, the whole episode has the ""appearances"" of impropriety. At the very least, us voters ought to pay your and the council back for your “dumb” decisions as YOU phrased them by booting you to the curb and send you packing to Dallas for real this next election. The voters in Corpus Christi deserve better representation from someone who committed to actually making Corpus home. Then again, it would be harder to exploit those inside tracts on real estate deals by using the connections to the office you so clearly will not surrender to a “real” local representative. So do not get all self-righteous when your should be “former” constituents call into question your modus operandi. I for one take a tragicomic view of your little slots on the air where you are so busy selling this beach development like a two bit huckster. You would be even funnier if the stakes were not so high Mr. Chesney. Hardcore Harry
anasazicoyotePosts: 443
Re: Beach Development 1/30/2006 8:08:04 PM
if developers want beachfront property let them buy some land on the laguna side and install their own waterway.
curmudgeonPosts: 3247
Why buy land . . . 1/30/2006 8:16:01 PM
. . . when they can get slugs like Brent Chesney and Mark Scott to give them ours.
H.H. IslanderPosts: 1
Respectful Disagreement 1/30/2006 9:15:16 PM
I''m amazed none of you sell anything, none of you fix anything and none of you Build anything! Responsible building benefits everyone with a job. Our population is growing. Weather you like it or not C.C. is growing. Now, with Responsible Development comes many needs. If any of you have a job, Whatever you do, we will need more of it. If your a janitor, there will be more to clean. If your a Doctor, there will be more to heal. If your a plumber, there will be more to Plumb. You see, Everyone wins. Now, about the beach! Driving on the Beach, IN TOWN! Makes about as much sense as driving on the sidewalk! I''m all for Driving and Camping on the Beach. BUT NOT IN TOWN! I do want access to the Beach & parking too! Im so sorry to break the news to everyone, Smoking is bad for you and this is not a Fishing Village any more! Welcome to the 21st Century!
curmudgeonPosts: 3247
Most of the folks here have jobs . . . 1/30/2006 9:31:26 PM
. . and degrees, some of us several of them. I''ve lived here longer than you have probably been alive and I have forgotten more about building and business than you will ever know. Tourist don''t bring the kind of jobs Corpus Christ needs. Tourist don''t use doctors, or lawyers or engineers or dentists or mechanics or architects or . . . well you get the idea. This developement will use a few professionals during the building stage but after that it will be mostly maids and waitress and dishwashers. The beaches, all the beaches not just those outside the city limits belong to the people of Texas. Texas passed a law in 1959 that says the Texas beach is a state highway. You need to do a little research.
BlindBobPosts: 529
Re: Respectful Disagreement 1/30/2006 10:12:54 PM
First they only wanted a little bit of beachfront, so the tourists wouldn''t be run over by those wild-eyed maniacs from the city. Those same ''city people'' who had somehow managed not to run over and kill too many people in all those decades. In fact, the statistics are so low that its nearly impossible to find any information. Then they wanted a little more beachfront. And they won''t be satisfied until they have it all. Miami Beach, Galveston, South Padre Island. I won''t favor giving these modern day Carpetbaggers one square inch of beachfront. They don''t give a ratz behind about Corpus Christi or anyone who lives here. We''ve gotten along just fine without em and we can get along just fine in the future without em. With props to Counting Crows: They paved paradise and put up a parkin'' lot With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin'' hot spot Don''t it always seem to go That you don''t know what you got till it''s gone They paved paradise and put up a parkin'' lot
BlindBobPosts: 529
Re: Respectful Disagreement 1/30/2006 10:21:51 PM
And one more, from the Pretenders: WENT BACK TO OHIO BUT MY PRETTY COUNTRYSIDE HAD BEEN PAVED DOWN THE MIDDLE BY A GOVERNMENT THAT HAD NO PRIDE THE FARMS OF OHIO HAD BEEN REPLACED BY SHOPPING MALLS AND MUZAK FILLED THE AIR FROM SENECA TO CUYAHOGA FALLS SAID, A, O, OH WAY TO GO OHIO
Sunday, January 29, 2006
In reference to the Caller Times "Shamsie Contributes in Small Way to Candidate".
IMHO it would raise the standard! Shamsie cannot even look me in the eye not to mention answer or return my phone calls! I filed a motion that he ignored and now it is on the way to the 13th COA! He also promised the girls who worked for him before he was elected County Judge he would take them with him and Walter Bryan would replace Laura Garza Jimenez while acting like he was her ally! Shamsie also witnessed the $100K deal between Rene Rodriguez and Capelo! No Balls!
Shamsie should have directed me to the appropriate Court of Jurisdiction and he did not. So sould have Betty Jean Longoria as she is my precinct representative. She did not know.
With his office staff I say you gotta dance with who brings you.
And then the T Shirt given to Laura says it all. Remember he gave one to Cazalas? And now to Laura.
Shamsie should have directed me to the appropriate Court of Jurisdiction and he did not. So sould have Betty Jean Longoria as she is my precinct representative. She did not know.
With his office staff I say you gotta dance with who brings you.
And then the T Shirt given to Laura says it all. Remember he gave one to Cazalas? And now to Laura.
Thursday, January 26, 2006
Intellects by Orion
Now,...That's what Im talkin bout!Posted on January 27, 2006 at 04:15:36 AM by dannoynted1Intellects??? 1/27/2006 3:12 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Let me see, just how many of you Threadsters make up this forum.........not many, 15 or less maybe. If anyone looks bad it is all of you, including Carrales, where is he now? Don't go overboard on you and yours intellect thing.....the way all of you are carrying on here and at EL Defenzors is showing all of us the opposite of what you say you are. A true intellect would not be reduced to name calling and putting down others to make you all look smart. Evidently you think that by doing this you can compensate for your insecurities. Homer is doing a great job and you all have helped him look even better. You all sure did show your true colors quick!
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Why did DAD barter with TAMUK EDUCATION Money for a new district court (influence) in Cleberg
Lucio says all options open in paying for schools
Editor’s note: This one in a series of four stories profiling candidates for state representative, District 38, on the ballot for the March 7 Democratic primary. Other candidates are David Gonzales, Arnie Olivarez and Alfredo Montano. The winner will face Luis Cavazos in November, who is unopposed in the Republican primary.District 38 includes most of Harlingen, northern Brownsville, southern Los Fresnos, and all of San Benito, Rancho Viejo, Indian Lake, Rangerville and Los Indios.BY ELIZABETH PIERSONThe Brownsville HeraldBROWNSVILLE, January 26, 2006 — He entered the full-time work force less than one year ago, but Eddie Lucio III said he’s been learning skills to become a state representative all his life.The 27-year-old Brownsville native was just shy of his seventh birthday when his dad, state Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr., D-Brownsville, was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1986, and had always known a father involved in county politics.He’s the youngest of the four candidates vying for the Democratic nomination to represent Texas House District 38, but the Brownsville native said he’s arguably the most qualified to represent the Valley.
“I would give them that credit (of experience) had they been in the Legislature or been mayors, but their experience comes in business and law,” Lucio said. “Politics wasn’t something that we read about; it was something that we talked about at the breakfast table.”Lucio said he considers himself moderate on business issues and liberal on spending for health and assistance programs for the poor.“I feel that a strong business community can contribute to a community by providing tax revenue, jobs ... but in terms of social services, I feel I’m very liberal,” he said.He said he wants to wait to study state expenditures more closely before taking a position on how to raise more money for schools. First, current funds should be spent wisely, he said.“Everything is on the table right now,” he said. “I’m not opposed to anything. We need to be very innovative on how we spend and generate tax revenue in Texas. We need to be very creative with what we have now before we raise any more.”Lucio said one of his top priorities is to help the municipalities of the Rio Grande Valley to work together on issues of regional importance.“My biggest concern is that we don’t think regionally,” he said.Lucio graduated from Pace High School in Brownsville in 1997 and moved to Lubbock to attend college at Texas Tech University on a golf scholarship. After two years, he transferred to the University of Texas at Austin, where he received his bachelor’s and law degrees.Last year, he returned to the Valley, moved into his parents’ Los Fresnos home, and began practicing law with the Austin firm of Minter, Joseph and Thornhill. The firm partners agreed to let Lucio open their first Brownsville branch and take the time he needed to campaign for office, he said.In December, he married Jaime Barrera, a Brownsville accountant, in a small ceremony in Las Vegas. They had previously planned a November 2006 wedding but decided on a small, intimate ceremony instead, Lucio said.“We looked at the calendar, and this year, we wouldn’t have had any time, and we were just in love and we wanted to start our life together,” he said.Lucio now lives in Rancho Viejo.During an interview on a November afternoon, Lucio tended to details of his campaign.Brad McCumber, the marketing specialist who has worked on Sen. Lucio’s campaigns, is working on Lucio III’s campaign. He said Eddie III is, “like his father, a grassroots campaigner.”“Eddie’s a sharp guy, he’s a quick study,” McCumber said. “He really studies the issues.”Lucio III thinks his father’s position as a senator has given him a ground-up education about politics but hasn’t given him any particular advantage in the race.“That just opens up doors,” he said during an interview in November. “It doesn’t really help you. People still want to look you in the eye. They ask you about issues.” Name: Eduardo A. Lucio IIIAge: 27Lives in: Rancho ViejoProfession: Attorney with law firm of Minter, Joseph and ThornhillEducation: Pace High School 1997; bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin, 2001; law degree from UT-Austin, 2005.Family: Married in December to Jaime Lucio (formerly Barrera), accountant with Burton, McCumber and Cortez in Brownsville
Posted on Jan 26, 06 12:00 am
Editor’s note: This one in a series of four stories profiling candidates for state representative, District 38, on the ballot for the March 7 Democratic primary. Other candidates are David Gonzales, Arnie Olivarez and Alfredo Montano. The winner will face Luis Cavazos in November, who is unopposed in the Republican primary.District 38 includes most of Harlingen, northern Brownsville, southern Los Fresnos, and all of San Benito, Rancho Viejo, Indian Lake, Rangerville and Los Indios.BY ELIZABETH PIERSONThe Brownsville HeraldBROWNSVILLE, January 26, 2006 — He entered the full-time work force less than one year ago, but Eddie Lucio III said he’s been learning skills to become a state representative all his life.The 27-year-old Brownsville native was just shy of his seventh birthday when his dad, state Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr., D-Brownsville, was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1986, and had always known a father involved in county politics.He’s the youngest of the four candidates vying for the Democratic nomination to represent Texas House District 38, but the Brownsville native said he’s arguably the most qualified to represent the Valley.
“I would give them that credit (of experience) had they been in the Legislature or been mayors, but their experience comes in business and law,” Lucio said. “Politics wasn’t something that we read about; it was something that we talked about at the breakfast table.”Lucio said he considers himself moderate on business issues and liberal on spending for health and assistance programs for the poor.“I feel that a strong business community can contribute to a community by providing tax revenue, jobs ... but in terms of social services, I feel I’m very liberal,” he said.He said he wants to wait to study state expenditures more closely before taking a position on how to raise more money for schools. First, current funds should be spent wisely, he said.“Everything is on the table right now,” he said. “I’m not opposed to anything. We need to be very innovative on how we spend and generate tax revenue in Texas. We need to be very creative with what we have now before we raise any more.”Lucio said one of his top priorities is to help the municipalities of the Rio Grande Valley to work together on issues of regional importance.“My biggest concern is that we don’t think regionally,” he said.Lucio graduated from Pace High School in Brownsville in 1997 and moved to Lubbock to attend college at Texas Tech University on a golf scholarship. After two years, he transferred to the University of Texas at Austin, where he received his bachelor’s and law degrees.Last year, he returned to the Valley, moved into his parents’ Los Fresnos home, and began practicing law with the Austin firm of Minter, Joseph and Thornhill. The firm partners agreed to let Lucio open their first Brownsville branch and take the time he needed to campaign for office, he said.In December, he married Jaime Barrera, a Brownsville accountant, in a small ceremony in Las Vegas. They had previously planned a November 2006 wedding but decided on a small, intimate ceremony instead, Lucio said.“We looked at the calendar, and this year, we wouldn’t have had any time, and we were just in love and we wanted to start our life together,” he said.Lucio now lives in Rancho Viejo.During an interview on a November afternoon, Lucio tended to details of his campaign.Brad McCumber, the marketing specialist who has worked on Sen. Lucio’s campaigns, is working on Lucio III’s campaign. He said Eddie III is, “like his father, a grassroots campaigner.”“Eddie’s a sharp guy, he’s a quick study,” McCumber said. “He really studies the issues.”Lucio III thinks his father’s position as a senator has given him a ground-up education about politics but hasn’t given him any particular advantage in the race.“That just opens up doors,” he said during an interview in November. “It doesn’t really help you. People still want to look you in the eye. They ask you about issues.” Name: Eduardo A. Lucio IIIAge: 27Lives in: Rancho ViejoProfession: Attorney with law firm of Minter, Joseph and ThornhillEducation: Pace High School 1997; bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin, 2001; law degree from UT-Austin, 2005.Family: Married in December to Jaime Lucio (formerly Barrera), accountant with Burton, McCumber and Cortez in Brownsville
Posted on Jan 26, 06 12:00 am
a chisme source who attended said it looked more like a Canales/Allison/Watts family dinner...
How to shoot self in foot, lesson one
John Martinez held a rather sparsely-attended "meet and greet" at the La Playa on Wednesday. I'm sure the event wasn't helped by the fact his generous host, Barbara Canales, made sure her name was prominently featured on the invitation. Although I wasn't there myself (some of us working stiffs don't have the luxury of even a one-hour lunch break,) a chisme source who attended said it looked more like a Canales/Allison/Watts family dinner than a Democratic Party function. Martinez, fresh from his loss in the non-partisan City Council election, seems to have learned nothing from the experience. Attending Democratic functions, and then ignoring the precinct chairs and middle class activists, does more harm than good. And Barbara Canales' little "I can't understand why you hate me; I'm so much prettier, younger, smarter, nicer, and richer than all you silly voters" routine is getting very old. The "Gazillionaire Attorneys Club" probably wouldn't have much fun with us beer-drinking, blue-collar types, but most candidates are at least able to shake our hands without looking nauseous. I get the impression that John Martinez wants to wash his hands after he shakes mine. And I'm hearing the same type of comment from my other working-stiff friends.If you want to hang out with people who think they're better than everyone else, John, perhaps you should have filed in the Republican Primary with the other Velacrats.
John Martinez held a rather sparsely-attended "meet and greet" at the La Playa on Wednesday. I'm sure the event wasn't helped by the fact his generous host, Barbara Canales, made sure her name was prominently featured on the invitation. Although I wasn't there myself (some of us working stiffs don't have the luxury of even a one-hour lunch break,) a chisme source who attended said it looked more like a Canales/Allison/Watts family dinner than a Democratic Party function. Martinez, fresh from his loss in the non-partisan City Council election, seems to have learned nothing from the experience. Attending Democratic functions, and then ignoring the precinct chairs and middle class activists, does more harm than good. And Barbara Canales' little "I can't understand why you hate me; I'm so much prettier, younger, smarter, nicer, and richer than all you silly voters" routine is getting very old. The "Gazillionaire Attorneys Club" probably wouldn't have much fun with us beer-drinking, blue-collar types, but most candidates are at least able to shake our hands without looking nauseous. I get the impression that John Martinez wants to wash his hands after he shakes mine. And I'm hearing the same type of comment from my other working-stiff friends.If you want to hang out with people who think they're better than everyone else, John, perhaps you should have filed in the Republican Primary with the other Velacrats.
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