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| Teresa Saldivar, Interim Chairperson of CCDW |
Following Ana and Laura to a back room at the restaurant, I saw local activist Teresa Saldivar and four women I did not know sitting at a long table.
"Laura, will you introduce yourself to the group?" asked Saldivar, who then asked my wife Ana to say a few words.
While not called upon, I introduced myself anyway.
"I'm Jim Barton, the editor of the Brownsville Observer, covering local politics and government for the last nine years."
It was then that the proverbial excrement hit the fan.
"We don't normally invite men to these meetings," stated one of the members.
"Yes, last month, we had a man show up," added Mrs. Saldivar.
"I won't give you his name. He got quite irate when we explained our policy. He claimed to have been a Treasurer for the local Democratic Party, but I could find nothing about him in the records." (After the meeting, Saldivar told me the banished male was Jeffrey Duvall, who I remembered had been a local Democratic official.)
"In fact, we only support women candidates," continued Saldivar.
That statement got the attention of the youngest member of the five women group, a young Hispanic with two well-behaved children at an adjacent table.
"So what would we do if we had a male candidate who was pro-choice and a female candidate, running for the same office, who was pro-life?" asked the young woman.
"We couldn't support the man," answered Saldivar.
As the meeting broke up, the woman who'd objected to my presence came up to me.
"Please don't take it personal. I'm actually married to an old white man."
On the ride home we discussed the concept of excluding men from a group promoting women's issues. Neither Laura nor Ana thought that was a good idea.
Wow! The Brownsville Observer. Wow!
ReplyDeleteYou're as obsessed with this blog as Trump is with Obama.
DeleteIt’s the She Woman Man Hating Club
ReplyDeleteWho is/was the woman that went up to you and told you “ no to take it personal”?
ReplyDeleteI don’t believe anyone objected to you being there because you are a man.
ReplyDeleteYour disbelief changes nothing.
DeleteAye Jim So disappointed to read your completely warped recount of what our group is about and what was actually stated during the meeting. Yes, we are women's group for women to support women candidates because women in this area are under-represented and underserved. You have misstated and misquoted most of what took place including the part about Cynthia Hinojosa. At NO time did anyone make such a comment. You owe us and Cynthia Hinojosa a retraction. What you wrote is an out right lie. For shame Jim. Wow. You were asked to introduce yourself as your trio interrupted our meeting showing up late then you rambled on about yourself until I had to stop you from taking over.
ReplyDeleteIf you are going to attend meetings as a reporter and not a private citizen have the decency and integrity to state such when crashing meetings you were never invited too. That your new wife cannot travel without you or Laura Miniel by her side, speaks volumes about you as a man. This bullshit article you wrote to drum up an audience for your failing blog is pure desperation and so pitiful. You are a perfect example of why women need their own space, even in the political arena in this county to get away from scabs like you. I will defend our rights as women to have our own space whether idiots like you like it or not.
Teresa Saldivar
Teresa, admit it, you hate men.
Delete#IBelieveTeresa
ReplyDelete^^^^^ This is why Hillary lost!!!
ReplyDeleteMan-free zones. Jesus. An echo chamber of bitchy femnazis. Who bristle at the presence of a man who took the time to attend your meeting, does not bode well for a victorious election. Crazy dems never learn......
This post returns? Where did it go? What happened to Laura’s post?
ReplyDeleteMs. Saldivar,do go ahead and enumerate the facts Jim got wrong. Ad hominem attacks do nothing for your credibility.
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