Jaime A. is pissed. Very pissed. He has every right to be pissed. I leveled a very big and serious accusation at him. However, I did behind closed doors. He is at fault for letting it get out into the public.
Instead of just throwing my information out there on this blog, I emailed the staff at NPT and let them know what I knew. They didn't believe, which is fine. They then told Jaime what I had alerted them to.
I wrote my piece on this blog chastising Jaime for being "in the can for Norma." Nobody can deny that. I also made a clear joke about the checks being written to the Obrera chicks and the possibility of him getting one too.
Not one person with a fifth grade education can deny that he makes a point to mention her in an unbelievably positive light as often as he can. Want proof? Below you'll find a breakdown of how many times each of our state delegation was mentioned by frequent NPT contributors and staff in 2009. (thanks to you know who you are for the info. I wish everybody had a friend like you!)
Marquez
Wright =13 articles
Crowder = 2
Sito = 2
Abeytia =6
DavidK = 3
Moody
Wright = 19
Crowder = 1
Sito = 2
Abeytia = 5
DavidK = 2
Chavez
Wright = 33
Crowder = 3
Sito = 8
Abeytia = 16
DavidK = 3
Pickett
Wright = 28
Crowder = 2
Sito = 7
Abeytia = 3
DavidK = 2
Chente
Wright = 14
Crowder = 1
Sito = 2
Abeytia = 1
David K = 1
Shapleigh
Wright = 26
Crowder = 4
Sito = 11
Abeytia = 7
DavidK = 3
What isn't shown on here is how often Jaime was talking about Norma when no one else was. I'm talking in the middle of the summer way after session was done and nothing was happening with Norma. It was as if he was commanded by some higher power to bring up a non-subject in each of his articles. I've looked at the Times and El Paso Inc. and can't find any news about Norma coinciding with Jaime's "news" about Norma. There's an obvious pattern.
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Norma was making claims and I related them. Could Norma being talking out of her ass? Surely. Does the evidence back up the claim that Norma claims she runs Jaime? You be the judge.
As for me having a "hard-on" for Norma - I wrote about her three times in a year on NPT. I ding her more often on this blog, but those who travel here know where I stand on Norma. The innocent readers of NPT who expect a certain clarity and honesty in the content don't deserve to read a weekly piece where I smash someone because I don't like them. Sito Negron would be the first person to tell you that my fights with elected officials need to stay on my blog and away from Newspaper Tree. I agree. In the same respect, an author's "love affair" with a politician should fall under the same guidelines whether the author is being coerced to have that "love affair" through unethical means or not. (love affair is in quotes so that the sensitive parties involved don't think I'm implying that they are having an actual affair, which they are not)
I tried to keep the ugliness behind closed doors. They could have easily told me to go back under my rock and find something else to do. Instead, they shit their pants and ran around throwing it at me in a very public manner. Jaime is now dedicating a lot of space to me on his blog, which only drives more traffic to my blog.
Take it however you want. I don't control the content on NPT and never expect to. I do, however, let them know when something stinks. That article stunk.
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Jaime then flew off the handle and was going to close down his blog. Kind of weird if you ask me given he loves politics, but cited politics as his reason for wanting to close up shop. That's up to him to decide whether or not he wants to close his blog. However, I think it was a cry for support, which he undoubtedly got from his loyal readers.
I won't claim that this is hard. It is not. Writing my thoughts down is something I've always done. This blog, my involvement in anything political and my writing are not tied to my ego. I'm not trying to make a name for myself. I don't introduce myself as a blogger, columnist or activist because I'm none of those. I'm a guy who writes some things from time to time and people enjoy it. The majority of my time is spent helping my parents with their business, being a husband and keeping my wife from throwing away my worn out clothes that I still love. Holes give clothes character even if that character happens to reside in the armpit area - it's called "breathable material."
The problem with Jaime is that his work and his efforts are all about Jaime. He wants to be the star. He wants to be connected. He wants to be recognized. I don't want any of that and that's why I could give a shit less about who thinks I'm on the take etc.. et al. Accuse me of taking money every day of the week and I'll ignore it every day of the week. The truth needs no defense.
If I wanted to be some kind of a star, I'd be boasting about being the best blog blah blah blah. I didn't even go claim my reward and wouldn't give two shits if I was never considered for the award again. I suggest they give it to someone who will sleep with it at night and carry it around like it's the Medal of Honor. I've got other things I'd rather be the best at and one of them is napping.
No matter what, you'll come read my blog. You know you like it. I built an audience on my delivery, not on some idea that I have secret information. You already know what I'm telling you, you're just reading it in a different way than you have before. Just read the catchy title at the top.
I hand off 100 percent of my "scoops." You will never ever hardly find a "breaking" story on my blog. I let real reporters handle that stuff. I don't pat myself on the back for being the first to know anything. There's nothing sexy being the first to know that some guy is facing a lot of years in jail and it's going to tear his family apart. I'm past that. And chances are, even if you think you are the first, you're not.
Sometimes you might find a tidbit on here that the reporters didn't think was worth noting. That's not a scoop, that's a tidbit. Big difference. Being the first to know that your aunt Cindy has a 34 year-old love child who just happens to be one of the dancers on Dancing with the Stars is a scoop. Relating the fact that your Aunt Cindy re-gifts Christmas presents is a tidbit.
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I don't consider Jaime a "peer" or a "colleague" in many senses. He does different things than I do. I don't go and get involved in people's elections. I don't attend every political rally and try to interject my thoughts as something that will make a difference. I don't hang out socially with politicians or candidates. I have no friends. I have lots of enemies. I like it that way... You don't send your enemies Christmas cards and God knows I hate Christmas cards.
I will handicap some races, but most of the time I'll just sling a little mud on the people who deserve it. I leave the kissing ass part of my life to my relationship with my wife. She deserves all the praise I can give - there's none left for anyone else.
This blog isn't about bettering the community (is "bettering" a word? I've never had to write it before). My wife does a lot of charitable stuff for the community and I help her as much as I can. Unfortunately, I'm a lightning rod for hate in this town. Nobody wants the evil David K on their board or whatever. That matters none to me. I write a check and move on. They get what they wanted in the end and I'm not bothered with a bunch of unnecessary meetings. Any of you who are on nonprofit boards etc... know exactly what I'm saying.
So don't get some delusion that my blog is a "public service," because I'm not. If you all stopped reading tomorrow, I'd still be writing next week. Writing is my hobby and this blog helps me practice for the things I write for other blogs and other projects. It's like taking batting practice - it's necessary, requires tight pants and sometimes people show up just to watch you do it.
You might be asking; "Why are you always in some public fight with people?"
I'm an extremely confrontational person and I'm usually in a fight with people who know a little secret you don't. I would guess that 99 percent of the world's population is extremely conflict averse. They'll do anything to avoid conflict. They'll let people run them over with lies, cut in front of them at the grocery store or steal their lunch out of the office frigerator (that's Texan for "refrigerator")and never say a word because they are scared to death of confrontation.
People like Jaime and the Strelz know they can push people around because they won't fight back. I, however, won't be pushed around (this excludes my wife). In the past people have made very bold moves against me and thought I'd sit there and take it. When I didn't, they got very angry. They don't like people who stand up for themselves.
I also call bullshit when I see it. It doesn't make people like me very much. Nobody wants to be called an asshole, especially people acting like assholes. Our so called "community leaders" have raped El Pasoans for many years. I, like many others, am very tired of it. I will risk a lot to put those who lie, cheat and steal from us in their place.
My unwillingness to be cool with Larry Medina, Norma Chavez and the likes of other slime balls in this town has caused me more trouble than if I would just kiss their collective ass and move on. I get my own personal satisfaction knowing that those slime balls are reading this very sentence right now and are madder than Chente Quintanilla at a tofu buffet.
I will remain... and I'm done with this subject. This has been way too much talking about me. I'm not the story, everything else is.
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