Cascos Calls Blogger Conclave at the Dancy Building

Cascos Summons Bloggers to Dancy Building

County Judge Carlos Cascos' right hand man Chris Valadez messaged on my Facebook:  "Jim call me."  Since the message came from the Valadez stage name Maclovio O'Malley, I asked:  "Is this a joke?" contemplating being asked to be the human punching bag on the live-streamed Maclovio O'Malley Show, the sacrificial anglo drilled from both sides with Spanish language expletives  from Valadez and his sidekick Rodrigo Moreno.

"No, Jim.  It's not a joke.  The judge wants a meeting with you, Juan Montoya of El Rrun Rrun, Jerry Mchale of Brownsville Blues and Mary Helen Flores of CAVA.  You can bring one other person.  By the way, do you have Mary Helen Flores phone number?  Oh, one more thing.  Roger Ortiz has agreed to attend. "

Juan and Jim

The next day I ran into Juan Montoya downtown.  Since Nena was shopping at Casa Anyer, he offered to buy me a beer. 

The Sportsman's Lounge serves Bud Light on tap for a buck.  "Why are you going cheap? Life should be lived to the full, richly." Juan asked.

"I always go cheap.  It's simply my nature," I responded.  "Are you going to that meeting in Cascos' office on Friday?"

Juan shook his head.  "Nah.  It's just a move to save face.  Nothing will get done.  I mean.  Why can't we prosecute election fraud?  I went to the last meeting they had about the back door deal with the prison commissary.  We talked and talked, but nothing got done."

"Well, I agree with you on one thing.  It's futile to talk with Roger Ortiz.  That man can't be rehabilitated.  He's definitely part of the problem.  He plays sort of naive, like he doesn't know what's going on, but he knows very well Ernie is controlling things, putting the election judges in place that will look the other way with the fraud," I added. 

"Juan, Nena and I talked to his assistant Norma Carrillo before the runoff election.  We brought her voting records that showed that Herminia Becerra worked her entire neighborhood for mail-in votes.   Western Blvd., where she lives is almost 100% mail-in.  Do you know what Norma Carrillo said to that?  She said the Hernandezes will bring them in vans next time.  She KNEW what they were going to do, and if SHE knew, Roger knew.  No, he's definitely part of the problem, not part of the solution."

On the way out the door, I shouted:  "Hope you change your mind about Friday.  We could use your detailed knowledge of the voter fraud." 

"Maybe Rey will go," countered Juan, referring to his close friend, Rey Guevara-Vasquez.