EL RRUN RRUN: SENSING A GROUNDSWELL, CANDIDATES FLOCK TO LUIS VILLARREAL CAMPAIGN EVENTS; "DE CORVA" ALIVE AND WELL

Thursday, February 17, 2022

SENSING A GROUNDSWELL, CANDIDATES FLOCK TO LUIS VILLARREAL CAMPAIGN EVENTS; "DE CORVA" ALIVE AND WELL

"I hear in the State Rep District 27 (SIC) 37 contest that newcomer Luis Villarreal is drawing large crowds. Everybody knows that Ruben "Caveman" Cortez is a piece of shit and City Commissioner Frank Puente isn't popular, so I wouldn't be surprised if Villarreal won without a runoff." The McHale Report

(Ed.'s Note: Do politicians have an unerring sense of smell that they can sniff out another candidate who is drawing large crowds? There has been a longtime tradition in South Texas for candidates to latch on (some call it leech), on to the campaign events of a certain candidate. In this case, the handlers of the Luis Villarreal campaign report privately that some candidates have approached them at his rallies to ask permission to hand out their campaign literature. Some don't even do that.

"It's called 'de corva'," said a campaign staffer. The operatives of a woman candidate are especially bad (Ruben O'Bell and Mario Saenz?) "We don't want to be mean, but frankly, some of the people attending Luis' rallies don't like it."

Villarreal is running against Ruben Cortez, a former Brownsville Independent School District board member and Frank Puente, a Harlingen city commissioner.
"Mind if I pass out my cards and line up for a free chicken plate,?" the campaign worker said some asked. "No tienen verguenza los corveros.")

3 comments:

Anonymous said...: It's unprofessional and rude. They show no class when crashing another candidates' events just to pass out their own push cards.

I've always found it distasteful. Tacky. It's a great way to lose my vote.; February 17, 2022 at 12:07 PM
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Military.com reports that at least six troops are currently in talks with the Texas State Employees Union due to the increasingly abject conditions of the mission.

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"Fundamentally, deep down in my heart, I know that … there's really no point to this Border security thing," echoed another soldier told Texas Public Radio. "It's a huge expense. It's a huge waste of time. It's a huge waste of effort."; February 17, 2022 at 12:57 PM
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