TRUMP INDICTED ON 34 FELONY COUNTS, WHAT SAY YE, LOCAL GOP?

Special to El Rrun-Rrun

"This is not a Republican or Democrat thing. Open your eyes. She will defend all the residents. Ah, but you want to make it a party thing. Local races are not about party they are about all of us..."A Susan Ruvalcaba supporter

Really? 

Before he announced for mayor, former mayor Pat Ahumada used to sport a MAGA red cap and loudly claimed that Democrats had stolen the election from Daddy Trump. If anyone anyone differed with him or voiced an opinion to the contrary, he would loudly accuse them of following an Antifa  "woke" agenda. Then, when he announced for mayor, Pat used a red cap with "Vote Ahumada" instead of Make American Great Again.  

And Susan Ruvalcaba – six days after Trump incited an insurrection to overthrow democracy that resulted in the assault on capitol police, six deaths, destruction of public property and confederate flags flying in the people's house, and hundreds injured – welcomed his visit to South Texas and said he still "plenty of supporters here."

And now that Trump has been indicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records that involved many more offenses than the  hush money he paid porn star Stormy Daniels and tried to hide his adultery by cooking up the books, why are the local MAGA nutcases not rushing to his defense?

Instead, like Fox News, who are being sued for $1.6 billion for lying, they now embrace the First Amendment to justify their repetition of the Big Lie that the election was stolen. They now  want to call themselves champions of the Fourth Estate and consider themselves impartial news reporters, the same reporters that they disparaged as idiots and liars. 

Yes, we're all free to speak up. But what's to be gained by shouting over each other?

The writer above is right. Our city elections are nonpartisan. Anyone can run for city offices. But as a commenter to this blog noted:

"What would happen if these obvious Trump worshippers ever take control of our city's leadership?

Locally, it is obvious that nothing is more important for any candidate in the current city elections than to find solutions to the PUB-Tenaska scandal, but extremism and intolerance of other people's opinions won't solve anything. Intemperate and confrontational tactics will only make matters worse.

Another blogger has noted that Ahumada's quixotic write-in "protest" campaign despite the fact that the Texas Supreme Court ignored his writ of mandamus to include him on the May 6 ballot is a case of denial, just like Trump. And Ruvalcaba's support of Trump despite his treasonous call for insurrection shows her true colors. There's nothing nonpartisan about these two candidates. Her opponent, Tino Villarreal, by contrast, just published his views on city issues and the PUB on social media and he strikes a middle, moderate road.

"The city's Audit Committee has already uncovered many things wrong with the Tenaska project. The proper law enforcement authorities have all the necessary information to prosecute those who acted against our interests. Now, it is time to fix the problem.

Here is what I propose:

-Complete return of all monies that were mishandled.
-Work to achieve the lowest possible rates without sacrificing capital investments.
-Independent party oversight of PUB strategic plans and administration reviews.
-Restructuring city appointment policies of board members.

We can achieve this only by working together. Our nation has seen how extremism can divide and disrupt society,. In fact, our country barely survived this assault on our basic democratic system. Locally, we should strive to focus on solving Brownsville's challenges, not creating more confrontation and divisiveness.

What road do you think the city's residents will choose? Will they go off the rails and choose extremism? Or will they favor a civil dialogue and seek sane, rational solutions?