Cafe Central was the site where the coconspirator County Judge of ours had his fundraiser yesterday. It was quite the gathering from what I hear.
He was introduced by none other than Congressman Reyes' brother Chewy Reyes (it's okay to laugh). Looks like when it comes to suspected criminals, the Reyes family turns a blind eye. Well, that's not true. Congressman Reyes worked day and night trying to get Cobos a Schedule C appointment in the Obama administration shortly after the election. Somehow the president's HR office found the federal indictments falling down all around Cobos just too much to overlook.
side note: Once again a local politico isn't trying to help YOU get a job in Washington or paying for YOUR out of town room and board for college. Our politicos either serve themselves or other suspected criminals (and yes I meant that sentence to read exactly how it reads). They couldn't care less what happens to you given they've done nothing to help us out of the poverty we've been in for a century.
Back to the fundraiser.
Commissioner Dan Haggerty, who said he knew all about the corruption all along and did nothing about it, showed up to support his friend Cobos. We are happy to report he was not beaten and robbed by tattooed Mexicans last night.
Haggerty who is confident that he will beat all comers this time around doesn't seem to get how this works. His brother was popular - he is not. If I do decide to run against him, he's going to have to pretend like he gives a shit for at least ten minutes during the campaign. Running around with coconspirators isn't something out of the normal for this guy, though. We have him working with former Commissioner Teran to kill votes to recommended vendors and hand them to those who had paid Teran to get the projects instead. We know, because we were asked to make certain contributions for certain work. We didn't pay - we didn't get to play. Haggerty is an accessory to the crime in my opinion because he made sure he wasn't in the room or voting how Teran asked him to. Who knows, the FBI might agree with me after they get all the facts.
Cobos told the crowd that he didn't know yet if he was going to run for reelection. He said he'd have to talk it over with his wife.
That may seem weird to you. I understand why. Why would a guy have a fundraiser if he isn't going to run for office? Good question, I'm glad you asked.
You see, Cobos has been paying his legal defense out of his campaign funds. He needs a lot of lawyering right now and it doesn't come cheap. He may have one shred of reality left in his tiny brain and know that he can't win if he runs again and he's just collecting cash for a legal fund. Then again, this is Cobos you're talking about - he probably thinks he's a shoe-in.
I guess he has to sell influence until he can sell it no more. He's nailed and he knows it. He's going to need the money to keep form going to jail for 40 years. The storm is coming and he can't get the roof patched quick enough - I do not pity him.
Good article, but its "shoo-in" not "shoe-in" -- unless of course you were attributing the mistake to Cobos in which case he probably would consider himself a "shoe-in."
Posted by: BobK | July 29, 2009 at 12:26 PM
no way,David. Haggerty will kick your ass!!! You don't understand the Northeast part of town and the voters. Unless you have contact over in the Northeast,forget bout it.
Bout the most weird part of town that you will ever encounter.
Posted by: F.C. | July 30, 2009 at 12:29 AM
F.C.,
Ass kicking or not sombebody has to step up to the a man who gives money and supports the Judge who is accused of taking bribes for votes.
We need better representation and I'm not afraid of Haggerty and you shouldn't be either.
He's not a conservative at all. He's lazy, no good self-promoter who has raised your taxes year after year.
If I run, I will run on a platform of deleting county government. Yep - we have replication of services at the city and county level and we are paying stupidly for both with our taxes.
Posted by: Brad Kanus | July 30, 2009 at 12:55 PM
your not a conservative either but i do agree with you on combining the city with county or deleting one of the entities. the reason i agree is that it should save money.
however, i think you want to do it to settle scores. your thinking about yourself(as usual) more than your possible future constituents.
Posted by: horsechit | July 30, 2009 at 04:51 PM