Refuse the Juice

A new quarry and the cost of Duranguito

It's hunting season, so that's taking all my time right now.  Wanted to touch on a couple of things, though. 

First, the Lost Dog trail goes back into the abyss with council voting to keep exploring a conservation easement... which they plainly said can not be done without some major considerations... and by "considerations" I mean huge losses of money in its various forms (taxes, investments etc...). 

What I think is happening here is that council just gave up making Svarz happy and decided to pigeon hole him with a promise to "keep studying" the issue.  God knows the government never "studies" anything in a timely manner. In this case, that works to the advantage of the taxpayer.  Remember, the council wasn't going to do a thing with the land for two years no matter what.  This allows them to wait Svarz out and simply go on with whatever they want to do.  With budget concerns becoming more concerning... you can bet future councils will delete the ordinance and try to make some money back developing the area.  

However, what if the mineral rights, which the city doesn't own, are rented or sold to a new concrete company who wants to quarry on the land?  I think we have a solution! Anyone know somebody looking for some cheap rock?

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How much has He Who Shall Not Be Named cost you in a ridiculous tail chasing legal battle he will eventually lose? A little over $1.5 million so far.  Yes, this is completely ridiculous, but what can you do?  Probably nothing.  However, if you support this guy and you bitch about taxes - you're a hypocrite. 

I didn't see that coming - D76 Notes

One of the most non-controversial members of council will be leaving to run for the seat being vacated by San Antonio resident, Cesar Blanco.  Councilwoman Ordaz is looking to be called Representative Ordaz... Which is great, I guess.

Here's my only problem with this - who is going to fill her spot on council when she leaves?  With your luck lately it's not going to be a productive person without an ego. It's going to be a bomb thrower from Byrd's posse who mistakes the dais for a stage.  

Ordaz should be a formidable candidate in that district.  She has run several times and won each time.  She is well liked by everyone that I've talked to down there.  The key is that I have never got a report of diva-like behavior on her.  Pretty much every other council person from there in the past has been a pure diva prancing around the district like snooty monarchs stepping on the serfs.  

The fact that Ordaz is from the district and has lived in El Paso for quite some time and been elected by the folks in the area is bad news for the lovely Ms. Tamayo.  Locals are not happy that Tamayo was mailed to the district, opened up and presented to them as a gift from their absent current representatives and the other state delegation members they couldn't pick out of a lineup.  

Tamayo wasted no time calling Ordaz a liar through an email to her supporters...  an email which I'm on and so are a lot of other people who didn't sign up for it.... and their a little pissed about that.  Tamayo makes the mistake of confronting the fact she hasn't lived in El Paso for a while and nobody thinks she's from the district with a list of accomplishments from almost a decade ago (I went to UTEP! and EPCC!).  She claims " I even bought my first home in 2017 at the age of 25" - Uggghhh....

You're losing badly if you have to tell people you live in the district.   It should be apparent that you live in the district because people have seen you and know you.  You're really losing when you brag that you were only 25 when you started snapping up property around town.  Nothing like making everyone else  feel like losers because they couldn't get three college degrees, work for a state senator and state house member and buy a house all by the time they were 25.  It's a symptom of trying too hard.  

Ordaz gets to go around reminding people she's a good listener and not a controversial member of council.  Tamayo is going to spend the next few months trying to convince people she lives there.  One candidate is introducing themself to voters for the first time and the other is talking to people she already knows. 

This is going to get ugly. Tamayo's backers are going to get negative very quickly.  In return people are going to start "leaking" info about Tamayo and exactly where she's lived the past few years - among other things.   Right now it's pretty bad that she's working for two people who endorsed her and are elected officials - she's on the public dole running for office, which is never good.  In a world where the "good 'ol boy" network in Austin tends to screw El Paso over, it's ridiculous the local  politicos would engage in such behavior further disfranchising voters.  

If I was Ordaz, I would be telling D76 voters that Tamayo's beholden to Blanco and reps outside the district first and to the voters second.  Running Tamayo was a message to D76 voters - "Shut up and mind your own business."  

Duranguito survives!

Great win for those people who hate private property rights!  

The rest of you are kind of screwed.  I mean, if you yourself is more than 50 years old, He Who Shall Not Be Named Because He Has An Army of Lawyers could lay claim to your body.  He'll just slap a "historical" sticker on you and then get a judge to sign over your life over to him.

I'm only kidding!  Or, am I?

I know what you are thinking - "but they said they aren't making the decision until Thursday, David K???"

This was over when they judge didn't dismiss the matter with prejudice and have the plaintiff's attorneys thrown in front of the bar.  Every local lawyer I talked to said this case has been adjudicated to the highest court in Texas and the decision was for the City of El Paso's side.  To start over again is to disrespect the findings of the other courts.  Years ago a judge would see it that way.  Nowadays... no judge wants to be the guy who erased history - fake history or not. 

So, the judge in this case will rule in favor of the hysterical folks and the can will be kicked to the next court and the fight will continue.  A year from now the Texas Supreme court will -- yet again -- reject hearing the case and the lower court's ruling in favor of the City of El Paso will stand... and then the dance will begin again.  Only this time it will be rare salamanders on the property as the excuse... (seriously - this happens in Austin all the time.)

I hate to crap on the legal community, but it feels like they are in cahoots with each other to make sure every one of them gets to bill as much as possible.  I've never caught them doing it, but I'm sure the plaintiff and defense attorneys are winking at each other constantly and only interrupted by the judge's winks at both of them.  You get the feeling you've walked into a situation where nobody is actually on your side even though at least half of them swear they are.  And it's never going to get better because I know attorneys all over El Paso are looking up this case law and trying to figure out how to get someone to hire them for the next decade to fight progress.  After all, it pays well!

Why can't a judge simply ask what privilege He Who Shall Not Be Named and his benefactor have to bring the suit?  They don't own the land.  The people who have decided to demolish it were given that authority to demolish it by legal elections set forth by the state constitution.  Why can't the judge just ask "who doesn't want this to happen?" and then have He Who Shall Not Be Named and his benefactor stand up so the judge can count literally the entire number of people who want to stop what 600,000 other people want to progress.  It would be quite a visual. 

Anywho... if you're turning 50 look out for the AARP discounts and He Who Shall Not Be Named... I hear he'll be trolling Luby's at 4:30 marking the souls of the elderly.  

You don't see that everyday...

I told you that the "ethics complaint" against the mayor was an egregious abuse of the ethic committee's time and duties.  Disguising your hate for an individual in a frivolous complaint is just low.  Especially since we pretty much know it was done as a favor to the previous mayor who is looking to be the current mayor again.  That's not very mayoral and an indicator that our previous mayor is getting awful advice.  

Having the ethics committee chair refer to the complaint a "waste of our time," is exceptional.  Having the committee vote unanimously to flush the complaint is absolutely unheard of in modern El Paso politics.  I mean, each member of the ethics committee is pretty much controlled by the council member who appointed them.  At least three council members hate the current mayor with all of their heart and soul.  So, for the complaint to be so off base that even the Margo haters had to vote to dismiss - it must have been seen as almost negligent or even a flat out a lie.  

Usually there's some kook on the board who thinks they are McCarthy reborn.  No matter what the complaint is, they've got their own weird agenda and line of questioning - "November 22, 1963 - can you prove you weren't in Dealey Plaza that day?"  So it's extraordinary that not one member objected to dismissal. I can't say enough how rare this is.  

 The person who lost the biggest in this debacle was  He That Shall Not Be Named Because He Has a Team of Lawyers and Will Sue You For Relating Facts About Him.  Oh he must be crying in his Chianti today.  He sent out an email all so excited about the hearing... but then no update.  His personal beef with the Mayor was not solved by ethics committee.  In a sense it gave the mayor new life.  

Little updates on big things

The Lost Dog item was postponed by Rep. Svarzbein who was likely called every name in the book by Bonart and friends after the "back up" for the agenda item suggested they (the city) wouldn't be pursuing a conservation easement (I totally missed that).  What Svarz can do in two weeks to turn that around is the big question now.  I heard that there are some major issues that would require major money and a loss of resources for the EPWU/PSB if they were to put a conservation easement on the place.  The cost up front would be millions and the later costs likely to be in the millions as well.  

Mr. Bonart's private park is a very nice, very expensive park!

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I've been told you are paying Ms. Tamayo to run for office.  She is definitely listed as working for Senator Rodriguez right now.  She is also rumored to be working for a local house member as well.  She has a job with two politicos who endorsed her candidacy... Two people who likely conspired to have her move into the district at just the right time so she could be setup as the heir apparent.  Two people who didn't even think to look in District 76 to see if someone who actually lives there wanted to run.  

Now I read my buddy Jaime's post and I'm very disappointed to hear that our best state representative is really tangled up in this as the second employer of Ms. Tamayo.  You can read all about it HERE.  A guy who has been nothing but scandal free is now plopping himself right down in the middle of Scandletown.  Why would he do that?  This is a really bad look for a really good guy and I'd hate for this to become a part of the Austin political rag gossip columns.  It's time for him to distance himself and his success from this terrible attempt at disfranchising the good people of District 76.   Nothing good can come of this!

 

Tamayo endorsed and you should be terrified

I got a campaign email from the Tamayo campaign for Rep. Cesar Blanco's soon to be emptied Texas house seat.  Why they put me on these lists is beyond my comprehension... Why would you let me in?  I'm not the party faithful, am I? And why hasn't the Tamayo campaign gone ahead and paid my $5,000 consulting fee so I'd be conflicted out of writing about her on my blog?  It's days like today they'd probably wish they had hired me.  (I'm kidding, but not really... $5,000 a year to shut me up?  A bargain.)

Anywho... 

Tamayo's campaign email boasts of support from the entire "delegation" - which is to say, she was handpicked by the current elected officials because YOU are much too stupid to pick your own candidate, right?  Right.  You need to trust that people you didn't vote for (because they don't live in your district) know who you should vote for without asking you a single question about what you're looking for in a new representative.  If I were you, I'd be very suspicious of this and a little angry.   There's nothing more demeaning than a group of politicians patting YOU, the voter, on the head and saying "you're too stupid to make decisions on your own, I'll go ahead make them for you" as they whisper "idiots" under their breath. 

You should also should be aware of how the Lovely Ms. Tamayo came about "moving" back to El Paso at just the right time to establish residency and then announce her candidacy at exactly the time we hear Sen. Rodriguez is quitting and Rep. Blanco is taking his place (he thinks - it ain't that easy)

I need you to seriously pay attention to exactly how this went down because it's exactly the kind of thing the average American thinks is happening behind closed political doors but can't prove it...  and it's awful and it does happening.

Timeline:

1. Rodriguez decides he's done as the session closes back before the summer starts.
   
   
2. Rodriguez picks Rep. Cesar Blanco as his replacement and Blanco accepts.
3. Rodriguez and Blanco tell the delegation that one is retiring and the other is the heir apparent to the senate seat.  The delegation is not only sworn to secrecy on this plan, but must act utterly surprised when the announcements are made.
   
   
4. The delegation is told that the Lovely Ms. Tamayo will announce shortly after the other two pieces of news drop.  Again - everyone is to act completely surprised by this. 

This all happened like in May or June.  You can tell because the Lovely Ms. Tamayo decides to live in El Paso again... and just happens not to even try to find a new job, but instead decides that she's going to run for office.  Fishy, huh?

Rodriguez retires and everyone pretends they had no idea even though each member of the delegation was told at least a month before.  

Then... Blanco announces for the senate seat and everyone pretends they had no idea even though each member of the delegation was told at least a month before that Blanco would be running for senate.

Then... The Lovely Ms. Tamayo announces for the house seat and everyone pretends they had no idea even though each member of the delegation was told at least a month before that Tamayo would be running for the house. 

IT'S A COMPLETE SCAM!

At a minimum you should be mad at your delegation for pretending no to know something they already knew.  You should be really pissed that they colluded to fix the succession for each seat behind closed doors and they did it so that YOU wouldn't suggest your own candidate for those seats.   They did it to exclude YOU from the process of picking YOUR representation. 

You should be suspect when your delegation picks a staffer that didn't live in El Paso for a long time as their pick for the seat.  What control are they trying to have the person who is in that seat?  The good people of District 76 are stripped of their representation and instead have to have someone beholden to other El Paso reps and Cesar Blanco as their house member.  How fair is that?  Is Ms. Tamayo going to pick up the phone and ask Cesar how to vote, or is she going to ask her constituents?  Cesar will tell her what to do.  Mayr Gonzalez will tell her what to do.  The people of her district will have no access. 

Each of you should have sniffed this out from a mile away.  How neat that this woman who didn't live in El Paso happens to move to El Paso just in time to announce she's running and then all the local players endorse her immediately without even waiting five minutes to see who else might get into the race.  Be angry that your house delegation tried to decide for you who represents you.  Maybe a few of you should primary your "representative" given that they don't value your input.  

This is the egregious disfranchisement move I've seen in El Paso in a long time.  It's all legal, but it's ugly.  

Inconsistent positions on strict adherence to ballot language

Read this:

Shall an ordinance be approved to preserve in its natural state, for all time, the 1,107 acres owned by the City of El Paso and referred to as "Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Number Twelve," which includes the "Lost Dog Trail," and to prohibit, for all time, any private development and any major public roadways on said 1,107 acres?

It will be interesting to see how some of you ballot language hawks react to what's about to happen with this little issue.

It seems to me that the city has fulfilled its duty after the ballot question passed with 150 percent of the vote.  The city approved an ordinance just as the ballot question required.  Case closed, right?  Wrong, apparently.  

The Tuesday City Council agenda item #27.1 has the city council taking further action on the land far exceeding what was required by the original ballot language.  It seems as if the city is about to create a conservation easement for the entire plot of land that would most surely have them sued by the various utilities that have existing easements on the land and also create chaos as the land will be then under severe restrictions for recreational use of any kind. 

If you are to believe that the city can not build a sports arena because of the ballot language on the QOL bond issue, then you must agree the city doesn't have to, nor should they, convert this land to a conservation easement.  Nothing in the ballot language said anything about a conservation easement.  It would stand to cause that He That Shall Not Be Named Because He Has a Team of Lawyers would be filling a lawsuit posthaste with the state to protect voters from a misinterpretation of ballot language.  After all, He That Shall Not Be Named Because He Has a Team of Lawyers should be upset that $11,000,000 or more in taxpayer dollars will be lost if the land is turned into a park nobody is allowed to use.  I'll be waiting to see his email about his latest lawsuit!

Mr. Bonart seems to be calling the shots at the city and none of you elected him to anything.  In fact, you have repeatedly chose not to elect him to office. You should be appalled when one citizens has this much power over your tax dollars - whether they bought that access, threatened for that access or has some other incentive for city council members that has them act in the interest of a single person.  It makes no difference how they gain the influence - it's the influence itself you must fight against. 

I'm inclined to think they are now going forward with the conservation easement because item #19.1 on the consent agenda is to remove the TIRZ designation from the land, which would have to be done before a conservation easement is granted.  And again - the ballot language said nothing about removing the TIRZ and even referred to the land as a TIRZ.   This is a huge overreach by city council.  It's no different than voting to give Rep. Svarzbein a trolley car and then having him build a high speed rail to Balmorhea (settle down Peter - you can't actually do that.)

 

Link to agenda http://agenda.elpasotexas.gov/sirepub/mtgviewer.aspx?meetid=620&doctype=AGENDA

 

My point is made yet again

News came last night to me that the Hysterical Society folks had, for lack of a better word, "lost" their case to keep the City of El Paso from demolishing the fictional neighborhood they call "Duranguito."  I hate to use the word "lost" in these cases because it's not really a competition and shouldn't be treated as such. It was an exercise in clearing up legal standing to demolish the land.  It was one of those "what does the law say?" type of cases. 

Anywho...

I was not at all concerned that "Duranguito" would be reduced to a pile of bricks by noon today.  Hysterical Society folks know what I know - no judge wants to be the judge that lets history get destroyed.  It doesn't matter if it's not really historical at all - you don't want to be the judge who is remembered for that.  So, it was not at all a surprise when the Hysterical Society folks asked a judge today for a temporary restraining order against the demolition of the site.  And it was not a surprise that the judge would grant it - because no judge wants to the buy who lets history (real or not) get destroyed. 

So, because these judges are elected and terrified of people like the Hysterical Society, the issues survives.  A new hearing is set for a week or two from now, but that will be delayed when the Hysterical Society requests it and then they will delay again and again and again until the judge has enough... but then the judge will kick the case to another court because no matter what he/she doesn't want to upset the Hysterical Society.  Then the case will make its way back all the way to the Texas Supreme Court and they will fail to take it up again... which will then spawn yet another temporary restraining order... that will be granted, of course... and the whole process starts over again.  

And folks - that's why I told you the historical designation stuff is terrible for landowners and private property holders.  The hysterical society will tie you up in court for decades if they want to.  Your only defense is to keep them away from your property.  You must tell the county commissioners court to stop any funding of a "survey."  Once that is completed and your property is listed - the Hysterical Society can sue you out of your rights to everything from putting new windows in to selling the property.   The hysterical society and their lawyers effectively own your house or property rent free if you let the county go forward with this survey stuff.   

Don't believe me?  "Duranguito" was never even found to be historical and a small group of Hysterical Society members have completely incapacitated the entire City of El Paso on the matter.  Can you imagine what they can do to you and your lack of a billion dollar budget?

(Note:  we can't talk about Grossman anymore - he's threatening to sue me and anyone else who mentions him on this blog.  I wish the mayor would sue him for inferring that he is corrupt... a lesson should be taught there.)

The arena should not be built until they can prove it will pay for itself.  At the same time, the city bought that land fair and square and should be able to demolish it.  No matter which side you are on - nothing is going to happen any time soon. 

Time to pay the Speaker

You may have heard that a local Congressperson  is looking to have a few fundraisers as she looks at her 2020 renewal of contract. You could bet she's going to be re-elected with 100 percent of the vote, so it's much less of an election than it is just updating the terms of her employment - you know, writing in 2020-2022 where it says 2018-2020 now.  A thinking feller might ask why she'd need money to spend on something she already has, right?

Well, it's a little more complicated than that. You see, when you want to be a player within your party in the House of Representatives, you have to raise some money for said party.  The machine that keeps the power (majority in the house) doesn't run on high-fives and positive vibes.  It runs on money that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) uses to defend current seat holders and support new candidates looking to take seats from the other team.  If you want to stay on top and enjoy the fun of being on top - you have to secure your majority.  That takes money - because campaigns run on money.

Who better than you party members in the House to raise that money?  Those who benefit the most should work the hardest, right?  The Democrats currently have 235 little eager beaver fundraising faces expected to bring Speaker Pelosi and her DCCC the money that will ensure she keeps the gavel.  The better a member does (i.e. raises the most money for the Speaker) the better they are treated when it comes to committee assignments and general everyday life on the Hill.  If you don't hit your mark, you're forced to sit with the science club kids' table at lunch... or end up being shunned to the Veterans Affairs Committee (this committee has almost zero spending power and while Veterans are awesome - the house doesn't have much they can do for them.)

You may remember that Democratic Presidential Primary candidate, second place finisher in the last Texas Senate race and an El Paso Congressman, Beto O'Rourke refused to fundraise for Pelosi and DCCC.  Why? Because he's a selfish jerk!  Just kidding.  Beto made a promise not to take PAC money and when he did that he basically guaranteed he'd never have enough money to pay Pelosi's tax.  I applauded then and I applaud now his moral stability on this issue.  It is very hard to turn down that kind of money that buys you that kind of power.  Beto paid for it by being relegated to lower committees and received no help from the party when announced he was running against Cruz.  There is no free lunch in life or the U.S. political party structure.   And because Beto is pretty much the most amazing campaigner I've ever seen, he raised $80 million for his senate race, which pissed off the Democratic establishment even more... because he didn't share any of it.  In a weird way - if you hate Democrats, you gotta love Beto. 

(For an in depth look at how this all works - https://theintercept.com/2019/09/03/dccc-house-committees-dues/)

Our congressperson is more of a team player and wants a leadership role in the House.  She has a few things going for her that Pelosi likes:

1. Her seat is safe forever - she will never have to leave until she decides to leave.  Leadership hates to put members on great committees only to see them defeated in a primary or a general election. 
   
   
2. She sticks to the party line.  Never have to worry about her saying something Republicanish. 
   
   
3. Has street cred on border issues, Hispanic issues and womens' issues.  You need people in high places that have "authority" on subjects so they can't be challenged by those without such "authority."

What she doesn't have is a lot of money.  Pelosi needs that dough and our congressperson must give it to her.  That's why she's kind of desperate to get some fundraisers together.  And it's tough for her because nobody understands why she needs it because she is unbeatable (election wise.. I think a few of us could take her on the basketball court).  And she can't really tell people that she'll be giving it away to someone else right after you give it to her.  That means she has to take a lot of PAC money.  And that's no bueno in some circumstances because the "woman of the people" image gets a little tarnished when special interests are financing your career in congress. 

If she fails to raise the money then she's on probation and will likely lose the next two years dawdling around a mid-level committee.  At least she can look to the future - she has 30 more years of service in front of her.  She'll get the ship right at some point and maybe you'll be alive to see it. 

 

District 76 - First Puppet Announces

Cesar Blanco is nice fellow.  He doesn't seem to do much harm to anyone.   Rumor has it he's nice enough not to burden his constituents by even living in El Paso with them .  That's why I say he's a lock for your next State Senator!  I kid... I kid...   It's far from decided science that Blanco is going win.  Never trust what "The Delegation" supports or says is going to happen.  Right now the "The Delegation" says Blanco is the guy... 

It's way too early to be crowning anyone.  It's not a race until John Cook announces.  And the good news is that Cook is working on a campaign song as you read this. The bad news is that it is set to all too familiar Woody Guthrie tune and it goes a little something like this:

This senate seat is not your senate seat,  this senate seat is my senate seat
From Canutillo to Tornillo,
From Tom Mays park to the Bowie Bakery; 
This senate seat was made for me and me alone.

I'm just kidding - he hasn't written a song yet.  However, he'll probably run if history truly serves as a window to the future.

Others looking to run are not hard to pick out. They definitely made the terrorist attack on your fellow citizens all about them when the cameras were on.  Bottom line - this is not Cesar's salad - it's more of a salad bar with lots of options.

With that said, "The Delegation" has chosen the lovely  Ms. Elisa Tamayo to assume Blanco's soon to be open seat.   "The Delegation" has been running around town threatening people out of the race and in other cases lining up patsies to dilute the vote just in case a really good name announces against their gal.   

And they should be worried... 

The lovely Ms. Tamayo has been in the employ of the outgoing senator and house member.  A few people are a little concerned that the lovely Ms. Tamayo might be more beholden to her two former bosses than her constituents.  I mean, it's kind of obvious that she was not asked to run by people who live in the district - because she, until recently, didn't live there from what I understand.  She was asked to run by two men who were her boss in the recent past and with whom she is very comfortable taking orders from.   It's not lost on voters when the answer to the question "why are you running?" is "because my old boss can't let control over his old job slip away."  It would be a completely different scenario if a candidate was being "drafted" by the voters - as was Hillary back in 2016.  (WAIT! I have to laugh for second... let me catch my breath.  The "Draft Hillary" thing was invented by Hillary's campaign to make it seem like there was an appetite for more Clintons... which, it turns out, there wasn't. I think Epstein is the most upset about that turn of events...)

Anywho... 

The Lovely Ms. Tamayo, from what I understand, isn't really tied into the district in the recent past.  Her LinkedIn today says she works in Austin... from 2018 until now.  She did a pretty good job of cleaning up social media like making her Instagram account private and what not.  Her Twitter feed seems to be loaded up with campaign stuff from very recently, but a tweet from July 8, 2019 clearly shows she wasn't living in El Paso or the district . https://twitter.com/elisatamayo/status/1148393881819668480.   This is going to be a problem if a well known local gets in the race. They will know his or her face better than hers. 

She's also very hard to understand when she speaks as some folks reported to me from the event and from contacts with Blanco's office - which will make it hard for her to communicate her platform.  She is a partisan Democrat... which means even if elected, she'll just fade into the furniture like the rest of the delegation not named "Joe Moody" during the session. I wish her luck.  And as per usual - for $5,000 a year she can hire me as a campaign consultant and that would preclude me from writing anything about her on this blog as it would be a conflict of interest/campaign foul/bad juju/unethical.

I do think "The Delegation" is getting a little ahead of itself here.  The "leaders" of the local Democratic party like to pretend they are in lock-step going into primary season every couple of years.  However, like my two kids, if you leave them together in a room too long a fight is going to break out.  One simple disagreement on the most inane, insignificant, idiotic detail and all of sudden you have one party whacking the shit out of the other with a half-dressed headless Barbie.  It's only a matter of time.  

The good news is that no Republicans in that district do not have to worry about a thing... because people who do not exist can not worry!  (that's the best joke I have for you today!)