BASEBALL, BOXING METAPHORS USED TO EXCUSE OLIVEIRA; WE SUGGEST NAMING HIM KING OF THE DEMOLITION DERBY

"In the latter stages of the election season the city is buzzing with the report that State Representative Rene Oliveira was involved in a fender-bender while under the influence."

By Juan Montoya

And so the narratives goes by the state rep's spin hacks to justify the fact that Oliveira "made a mistake in judgment"  when he rear-ended a woman on his way home from the bar with enough force to flatten both his front tires. One shill compares him to a boxing champion. The other to Houston Astros MVP Jose Altuve.

(Yeah, both are a stretch because someone has always taken the fall for Rene. And in most cases – from his late mother Gloria to his girlfriend Lupita – it has been women paying the price. Se esconde detras de las naguas de las mujeres.

As far as comparing him to Altuve, well, we suggest he doesn't try beat out an out and try to make it to first base because of his congenital heart disease. The booze and other intoxicating pursuits don't help either.)

Actually, it was much more than a fender bender. And we'll take his claim that no one was hurt lightly since he – as an ambulance chaser – knows damn well that it may be days before the effects of the impact will become apparent to the victim. It was a powerful rear-end collision that flattened both tires of his black Cadillac and may have injured the woman in the car he hit. We'll never know until she starts to feel pains and hires a lawyer to sue his insurance.

That is, if his car had insurance. The last time he was involved in a similar accident, his car rear-ended a couple in their van and they could not get him to take responsibility because he did not have insurance coverage. The couple had to swallow the loss because no local attorneys would take their case. The woman since has had an aneurysm that has left her disabled with a loss of memory.
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But this time, his defenders say that "Oliveira issued an apology, will accept the appropriate punishment and has quit drinking." Well, at least the woman driver this time got that much. Let's see what he does with the new victim.

His "adversaries," his defenders say will "try to exploit" this issue to defeat him at the polls in the upcoming runoff election against Pct. 2 commissioner Alex Dominguez. They say Dominguez has no experience in the Big Time. That he has been a county commissioner for one term and has done "nothing" to show. Well, it's convenient to forget what you don't know.

But does anyone remember how much "experience" Rene had when he was sent to Austin? None. Not even dog catcher, JP, city commissioner, or even school board member, zilch, nada. He was born with a silver spoon and the right name and feels entitled to be state rep. That what his mommy groomed him for with the Cameron County Democratic Party and that was that. Period.

And after decades, the PACs and lobbyists love Rene because they are the only people who pitch in every two years to keep him bought. 
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"This is about the people of Brownsville and Cameron County," the narrative goes. "Would the voters rather have a person with almost four decades of experience in Austin or a nobody with no years of experience in Austin?"

Well, one would think that after being there almost four decades (actually 34 years, but hey poetic license is permitted to prop up the idol with the feet of clay), he would have some sense of what is right and what is wrong. He struck the woman's car, called his housemate, left the scene of the crime, and then had her tell police there had been "no accident."

"Let's say the Houston Astros' Jose Altuve (who of course is just like Rene!) received a DWI after winning the World Series. Would the fans demand that the organization bring up a player from the  AAA farm club, and replace their best player with an inferior athlete? Of course not?"

"This is the same situation in the upcoming election. Oliveira has made huge contributions to Brownsville and the Rio Grande Valley. He is fifth in seniority in the 150-member Texas House of Representatives. Oliveira is the Jose Altuve of the House."

And as we have asked before, what good has his fifth place in seniority brought his constituents? Poverty, illiteracy, unemployment. But he has also been the fifth-highest spender on booze and partying of the 150 members. This despite his city being the poorest in the United States. He spends more on booze in a year than the average family income in his district.
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"Brownsville is a fun-loving community open to all life styles with mutual respect the sole requirement," say his fans. Well, how much respect did this fun-loving guy pay to the victims of the van which he crashed? He stiffed them because – as the dog who licks his member – because he can.

"Oliveira's generosity is legendary and he possesses a genuine love for humanity. He is currently caring for four children that aren't his because their father has abandoned them."

Yeah, his neighbor's former wife, isn't it? Thou shall not covet something or other...As far as his generosity, he did provide Lupita (the woman who took the fall for him in the first accident when they struck the couple) a Cadillac as a quid pro quo for being a good sport. Could it have been the same car he crashed this time?

And if wasn't for the stingy TSC trustees and taxpayers, he was set to give away the $200 million in assets and real estate of this community college to his alma mater, the oil-and-gas wealthy UT System.

"We all know Rene isn't perfect, but he is a good person," the narrative goes ad nauseum. "Do we want a proven veteran who has produced time and time again for Brownsville or do we want a third-rate minor leaguer who will be a complete strike-out at the Capitol?"

No, we want someone who doesn't hurt defenseless people, is not a liar and a cheat, and has delivered results to his county constituents which Rene has not produced in Austin in the last 34 years. Instead of baseball or boxing metaphors, how about naming him the MVP of the Demolition Derby?