Odds and Ends - The Death of an Ego and More!

We all know Brandi Grissom and have read her stuff in the El Paso Times for years.  We also know that she was scooped up by Eliot Smith for his new Texas Tribune project.  He was the editor of Texas Monthly before this project.  Coincidentally my life long dream is to be published in the Texas Monthly... Who knows how that will work out with Smith gone and a new guy or gal to be taking over.

The Tribune site launched today and it's full of great stuff.  You have to become an avid reader - I command you.  It's http://www.texastribune.org and you have to stay up to day on what's going there.

Brandi's piece can be found at this adress: http://www.texastribune.org/blogs/post/2009/nov/03/chavez-decide-senate-bid-turkey-day/

It's a must read! She's done a great job and I hope she keeps her eye on us in the future.

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Hector Montes is hanging up his hat after a three year run at KHRO.  He's leaving to go run Scary Larry Medina's campaign.  Something tells me he should have stuck with radio. 

He did take a parting shot at me, which was touching.  After more than a year away from that spot on the dial he still cares about me to talk about me!

Strelzin will be going from a prime spot during the day (4-6) to the shittiest slot of the day (3-5).  Nobody is listening anyhow, so it's not a big deal.  There's nothing like that 3-4 hour where nobody is listening and that 4-5 hours when nobody is listening either.  It's always much better to give up the 5-6 slot where everyone and their mother is in the car listening to the radio even if the signal is weak on the far west side.

The big winners are Greg Freyermuth and Jaime Abeytia.  They keep their good spots and get to control the day's topics.

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I couldn't have laughed harder when Paul Strelzin went in to attack Jay Kleberg yesterday while Shapleigh was a guest on his show.  Jay Kleberg is a rumored candidate against Rep. Joe Moody and is said to be running as a republican. 

Strelzin automatically thinks he knows how others are going to think when he tees up someone to smack down.  Strelzin started in on Kleberg stopping just short of blaming him for Christ's homicide, Lou Gherig's disease and the fact that the Cowboys haven't won a playoff game since the time the Magna Carta was written.  As Strelzin slowed to a halt to let Shapleigh take a turn verbally abusing a man he's never met, you could hear the eagerness in his voice.  Then it all came crashing down.  Shapleigh stopped short of endorsing Kleberg on Strelzin's show.

That made my year. 

Shapleigh is probably not happy with Moody's support of Rep. Chavez and is holding a grudge.  Besides, Kleberg is on the board of Community Scholars and that puts him in a good light with Shapleigh.

If you think Shapleigh doesn't hold grudges, get your head out of your ass. 

Moody is running in a district that trends democrat 51 percent or so.  He doesn't need to be linked to Strelzin or Chavez in a race  against a well funded opponent.

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Did anybody notice that the El Paso Times gave Congressman Reyes a pass on his ethics investigation on the word of one of his staffers?  They asked his own people if he's guilty of any wrongdoing and they surprisingly said "no."

Did somebody forget to mention that his staff can't answer that since they aren't the "deciders" of that issue?  Why did the times let that fly?

That's like asking a criminal if he's guilty - of course he's going to tell you he's innocent.

Comments

[Brandi Grissom]

Thanks for the kind words David!

[Jay Koester]

Dude, your link had me thinking Texas Tribune was a poorly designed piece of junk.

The correct link is texastribune.org.

[The MoFo]

It's EVAN, not ELIOT Smith.