Wednesday, May 16, 2018

OLIVEIRA: " HEY DUMMIES, I'M IN LNGs INTERESTS' POCKET."

By Juan Montoya
Are you surprised that in his latest slick political ad "For Dummies" where District 37 State Rep. Rene Oliveira asks the voters that "instead of talking about personal matters" they should focus on  issues "that affect your wallet?"

Yeah, let's.

Wouldn't you want that if you had just been arrested for DWI after you left your pachanga, slammed into the back of a woman's car, left the scene of the accident before police arrived, and then refused to take a breath alcohol test or sobriety test and had to be held up by a cop so he wouldn't fall on his face?

Further, news media requests for the blood test performed on Oliveira based on a judge's warrant to determine his alcohol-blood level content or detect other drugs he might have ingested has not been released and police are fighting open records requests for police-car dashcam and officers' body cams tapes to delay their release until the election is over by asking for a Texas Attorney General's opinion.

Instead Oliveria, a yellow-dog Democrat, reaches into the Trump bag of tricks seeking to divert voters attention from his "personal matters" to attack opponent Cameron County Pct. 2 Commissioner Alex Dominguez over his vote for $337 million abatements over 16 years on a $15.7 billion liquified natural gas terminal once it's at full build.

Will he reject the endorsement of Port Commissioner John Wood – who came a beggin' for the LNG abatements before the county commissioners – and of dinosaur city commissioner Ernesto de Leon?  What will Wood be back begging for next, tax abatements for Big River Steel?

But is Oliveria's mind still muddled and in a fog and he forget that it was his letter of support (as well as Eddie Lucio III's) that brought the plants to the Port of Brownsville to begin with? By the time the issue reached the county in October 2017, both the state and the port commissioners had given them their approval years before. It was a done deal.

Ignoring that the plants have drawn the opposition from some municipal entities, including the South Padre Island city council,  the Point Isabel Independent School District, the Laguna Madre Water District, the Port Isabel city commission, and the Laguna Vista town council, he went on the record to support them coming here.

"State Rep. Rene O. Oliveira and state Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr.–  both Brownsville Democrats – already submitted letters of support for the Annova LNG project to the FERC.

“As a longtime legislator from the Brownsville area, I can assure you that the project has strong support from the local community and its leaders,” wrote Oliveira, chairman for the House committee on business and industry."
http://www.valleymorningstar.com/news/local_news/five-companies-consider-liquefied-natural-gas-facilities/article_de5825f0-1877-11e5-ad1b-6b2015998059.html

He said nothing about the fact that the abatements would be offset by the county collecting up to $166 million over 13 years in addition to 300 permanent jobs, 35 percent of which must consist of Cameron County hires (the LNGs wanted to give only 20 percent local, but Dominguez insisted on 35), and more than 5,000 construction jobs.

And, unlike his cute ad, he mentioned nothing about safety or the environment in his letter of glowing support for the LNG terminals.

Is he trying to woo Anti-LNG people without telling them how much money he gets from the energy lobby? Issues that affect his wallet?

Transparent Texas tells the sordid story. Excelon, Annova's parent company, has given him $10,000 since 2015 (Click on graphic to enlarge).




                                                                                                http://www.gasprocessingnews.com/news/exelon-buys-control-of-annova-lng-project-to-export-us-shale-gas.aspx

In fact, oil and gas interests love Rene. FollowTheMoney (right)shows they have been very generous to their "fighter" to the tune of almost $250,000.

And he wants to make sure that they aren't just around for a mere 30 years. He went "fighting" for them again with his bill to allow the Port of Brownsville to lengthen the terms of their leases to 50 years in 2015. That's when the contributions started. (See graphic, click to enlarge.)



Yeah, we can see why Oliveira would want to divert voters' attention away from his "personal" matters and instead ridicule his opponent over an issue from which he has profited handsomely.

Wouldn't you?

But he's right. If we fall for the bait, we're all "Dummies" to him.

19 comments:

Anonymous said...

Rene Oliveira is a two faced lieing SCUMBAG, who pimped his girlfriend who was client out to his then client. He took money under false pretenses and did not inform his partners or declare it on his tax return, and I know where he spent the money. I have stated that I am waiting to see the outcome of the election before I break the story, then the story will become national news, as the local news will hide it like the past DWI. Anyone else would have faced ten charges, be automatically disqualified and $100k bond. Rene Oliveira will not make it to Austin only to clean out his desk.

Anonymous said...

Want to see something funny, call MADD office in Austin and have them react to him see what they do.

Anonymous said...

Why would you be waiting for the outcome of the election in order to "break the story?" You're no better than Oliveira. It seems as if you're also serving your best interests, or have some other ulterior motive.

That, or you don't have any story to begin with, and you're just adding to the chisme. Two wrongs don't make a right.

Anonymous said...

Vote Alex Dominguez

Anonymous said...

So what Dominguez also supported LNG and voted in favor. I have yet to hear Dominguez say anything about resending that vote. "NOTHING"

Anonymous said...

Wow I can't wait to read this story, anyone who has the true information on this slimeball will give me a smile to last me a year. If he looses do we still get to read the story.

Anonymous said...

What about "Rear-ender Rene Oliveira the black Mamba" and SpaceX? He was mixed up with the TITAN TIRE scam, now he's behind the scenes with LNG. There is nothing the Scumbag Oliveira doesn't have his fingers on, I know that Scumbag.

Anonymous said...

If MCHALE AN BOBBY W c had any balls, they would allow the true comments to be posted on their blogs. Bobby WC calls us trolls but it is us Trolls that read his crap. As for MCHALE he can only post from a site that is not allowed to comment. Open up for free speech, where you will not rein for long.

Anonymous said...

Rene has proven himself to be an arrogant, self-serving, greedy slime ball who leaves his slime everywhere he crawls. He is a drunk and a womanizer....but seems to prefer sloppy seconds or thirds like his current mama, the ex-wife of Bob Sanchez. Rene is known as a drunk and incompetent member of the Texas legislature.

VOTE FOR ALEX DOMINGUEZ FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE!!!!

Anonymous said...

To 11.02am
I certainly do have a story, if the Scumbag wins all coverage in Brownsville will be buried so no one will ever see it. I then it will go nationwide who likes the gossip. Then if he looses everyone in Brownsville will want the dirt on the untouchable Black Mamba Rene Oliveira.

Anonymous said...

Good thinking and you are 100% correct, good luck can't wait to read.

Anonymous said...

To read MCHALE AND BOBBY WC is like having free TV with one channel and no remote.

Anonymous said...

Dammit, he does not have a story to tell, the "black Mamba" term tells me it is Robert Sanchez making the claims, SMH

Anonymous said...

Sorry wrong person, wait and see, Robert Sanchez know Oliveira is a Scumbag but that is where it ends. The black Mamba will soon meet the mongoose and then the shit will hit the fan.

Anonymous said...

When Rene got his name The Black Mamba by the Democratic party Robert Sanchez was partners with Animo Cantu. Try again or wait for the story to come out. Then the Mongoose will eat that Black Mamba.

Anonymous said...

Not only do I have a story, I have tape recordings of his activities, bank statements and checks where I have paid the black Mamba, recorded conversation acknowledging receipt of the money. Recorded conversation on what he spent the money on and where he went with times and dates. I have the name of the person who he pimped out, and he turn on he got from it. I have the dates that he never declared the payment made to the tax return or his partners and his blackmailing he carried out on an undocumented Mexican woman, yes I have a story that I shall sell when the time comes, watch this space.

Anonymous said...

Oliveira has got to go. Dominguez is a crap alternative. He’s just more of the same shit in a different package. This race is a dud no matter which one wins, we all still lose.

Anonymous said...

You see the untouchable Black Mamba Rene Oliveira takes payment from LNG through the rear end of the door, this Scumbag will be in jail with "Don't cuff me" Armando Villalobos, he thought that he was Untouchable also.

Anonymous said...

Check out who pays for Rene Oliveiras visits to the health farm that he goes to that are not on his credit card, or his tax return. That will show you how deception runs rife with him.

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