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ERIN GETS THE GUIDED "MEET AND GREET" TOUR OF COUNTY CLERK OFFICE
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By <strong>Juan Montoya</strong><br />Those of us who saw Cameron County Clerk Joe Rivera's Administrative Assistant Letty Perez giving Erin Hernandez Garcia a personal guided tour of the clerk's office at the judicial wing of the courthouse were wondering where we cold sing up for one, too.<br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8grylh3XTwdRu9htLlG9AvNTiN-AVsM5R6kzNzDC2pKE-3KqgTxatjEtnHLLnKIPQn9QuPFFnS19pSqY108IgDHBYfKXrbXTs2mwGxbMC18lnJ4usXIJyXzCX2UPDC0bVWkbOVjISuiA/s1600/joe.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" pca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8grylh3XTwdRu9htLlG9AvNTiN-AVsM5R6kzNzDC2pKE-3KqgTxatjEtnHLLnKIPQn9QuPFFnS19pSqY108IgDHBYfKXrbXTs2mwGxbMC18lnJ4usXIJyXzCX2UPDC0bVWkbOVjISuiA/s200/joe.gif" width="151" /></a>It's no secret that Rivera is lending his considerable political weight to commissioner Ernie Hernandez's little girl in her runoff race against political newcomer Yolanda Teran Begum, but to some of or taste, having your right-hand Gal Friday lead Ernie's daughter meeting the employees of his department was, well, a bit indiscreet.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">After all, Perez (married to former constable Abel Perez who once nurtured dreams of being county sheriff) was seen on election day decked out in her Erin T-shirt campaigning at different voting sites during the working day. We're sure that she was using her vacation time, of course.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyfa-_lP1vDsUhrkVZZ61mfM1yBcXn9n05OajyJ4knlTgFoNAw0MqswCVq684-6KFRdtqXCMQTobqv8gA2XTYpLQdo2o_FWGwsbDxVSbRkblNgDGIT6jT6tosashlclAR4Yin0ezHz0NM/s1600/erin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" pca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyfa-_lP1vDsUhrkVZZ61mfM1yBcXn9n05OajyJ4knlTgFoNAw0MqswCVq684-6KFRdtqXCMQTobqv8gA2XTYpLQdo2o_FWGwsbDxVSbRkblNgDGIT6jT6tosashlclAR4Yin0ezHz0NM/s200/erin.jpg" width="128" /></a>But the brash intrusion of the county clerk into the political race between Begum and Erin using paid county employees during working hours in public offices to further the political fortunes of a candidate is just a bit much for most people to stomach.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">It's almost as bad as the hordes of District Attorney Office employees protesting in front of the federal courthouse in support of their boss Armando Villalobos decked out in their red campaign T-shirts. They, too, we imagine, were probably using their vacation or sick days.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Right.</div>This, we have heard, has already been pointed out to the bigwigs at the county (commissioners, county judge) but to no avail. As the guided tours and meet and greet tours continue for Erin, will anyone do anything about it? Or are the county's resources available to all candidates to campaign?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6016803033174468094-109515321717727156?l=rrunrrun.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
LINK: http://rrunrrun.blogspot.com/2012/06/erin-gets-guided-meet-and-greet-tour-of.html
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DISINFORMATION OVER SPACEX'S LAUNCH SITE CONTINUES AT BEDC, HERALD
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<i>"SpaceX founder Elon Musk indicated Wednesday that Brownsville may be moving into first place in the competition to woo a spaceport." </i><br />Brownsville Herald<br /><div><br /></div><div>By <b>Juan Montoya</b></div><div>Once again local media and spokesmen for the Brownsville Economic Development Corporation are fudging their facts in the ongoing attempt to convince the local rubes that we will be launching astronauts from Boca Chica Beach.</div><div>And Musk, a snake oil salesman of the first caliber stringing along Brownsville in a bidding war with sites in Puerto Rico and Florida, made no bones about it. He told media representatives that "he was to meet with Gov. Rick Perry to discuss incentives and other issues."<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL2Ig-mdujie5bK5R3DExIy-gZBXHfOfSSLBRUsn_f2wOm5iwz-jR9HQHm-gOcl_Ge1tJaYBnK7oWf1WMc6XlXDLtV0IP278E5WkUWHlZEiL7AeX9HReNJyXBF7AMeH5O41HppZtYx8Ds/s1600/salpiper.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL2Ig-mdujie5bK5R3DExIy-gZBXHfOfSSLBRUsn_f2wOm5iwz-jR9HQHm-gOcl_Ge1tJaYBnK7oWf1WMc6XlXDLtV0IP278E5WkUWHlZEiL7AeX9HReNJyXBF7AMeH5O41HppZtYx8Ds/s320/salpiper.gif" width="320" /></a>He also said that other launch sites under consideration â€" in Florida and Puerto Rico â€" had made stronger cases than Texas, "but that may be changing."<br />After the meeting, Perry spokeswoman Lucy Nashed said the meeting went well. Perry and Musk discussed Texas’ interest in the project and commitment to working with SpaceX to find a good location for the spaceport in the state.<br />"Locating this new facility in Texas would be a natural fit," Nashed said in a statement.<br />Below is the definition of a "spaceport."<br /><i>A spaceport, astrodrome or cosmodrome (Russian: коÑмодром) is a site for launching (or receiving) spacecraft, by analogy with seaport for ships or airport for aircraft. The word spaceport, and even more socosmodrome, has traditionally been used for sites capable of launching spacecraft into orbit around Earth or on interplanetary trajectories.</i></div><div>That is not what Musk is proposing for Boca Chica and what the Federal Aviation Administration is gathering an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on. In fact, there are already several spaceports in existence today. </div><div>The plan for Boca Chica is for a rocket launch site:</div><i>A rocket launch site is the term used for any facility from which rockets are launched. It may contain one or more launch pads or suitable sites to mount a transportable launch pad. It is surrounded with large safety area named rocket range or missile range. The range includes the area over which launched rockets are expected to fly, and within which some components of the rockets may land. Tracking stations, vessels, and aircraft are often located in the range to assess the progress of the launches.</i><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2MvcmGDWFuyReEJ5pPjlsXwoVe_1DzPT5rTmZv3cklj-owM7AHq61daCpg6-o4e_Ifp2vCu3hnS1l6lw01du6RELcMGu-yA8c_cpLiWRLZxJbg-mpVXfrAGz2JgtRa16qa3mD72FqS6A/s1600/musk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2MvcmGDWFuyReEJ5pPjlsXwoVe_1DzPT5rTmZv3cklj-owM7AHq61daCpg6-o4e_Ifp2vCu3hnS1l6lw01du6RELcMGu-yA8c_cpLiWRLZxJbg-mpVXfrAGz2JgtRa16qa3mD72FqS6A/s320/musk.jpg" width="320" /></a>Have we got that straight? And by the way, the Dragon craft that visited the International Space Station featured on the front pages of Texas newspapers (and to the right) will not take off from Boca Chica. Neither will manned spacecraft (just now in the design stage) be launched from the Highway 4 launch pad even if the proposal clears the environmental hurdles before it.<br /><div>Gilbert Salinas, the BEDC's executive vice president, said that he was ready to give up the farm if Musk comes calling.</div><div>"We believe that Brownsville and the governor's office will provide a competitive package for the project," he said. </div><div>Brownsville Mayor Tony Martinez also chimed in with the chorus of official approval an said "infrastructure" issues would have to be addressed if SpaceX gives Brownsville the nod.</div><div>Now, if there is already electricity out there (Koepernick Shores already has it), specifically what infrastructure is needed? Water perhaps? And how many millions would running a four-inch PVC line entail and who would pay for it? </div><div>Remember the Playa del Rio Resort plan that was tossed around a few decades ago where developers wanted to run out water to Boca Chica? Apart from the environmental impact considerations, the availability of water was the main hangup. In fact, a water plant was actually built there to facilitate the development. You can still see the old concrete tank remnants along the side of the Rio Grande. In fact, someone actually ran a 2-inch water line some 20 miles out there on the sly, but even that didn't work and the dream fizzled.</div><div>Still, the prospect of 600 jobs with a beginning salary of $55,000 each is making economic developers and real estate salesmen's mouths water.</div><div>In some interviews, that number has been whittled down to 400. In others, a different number is quoted.</div><div>Salinas, Jason Hilts, and SpaceX, in case you're reading. Please provide the ignorant among us with a complete list of the 600 job descriptions and the respective salaries of each. The numbers roll off the tongue a mite too easily for some of our liking. Unless you can do that, we have learned better over time not to take you at your word. The "incentive" package is waiting. </div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6016803033174468094-265216350097929514?l=rrunrrun.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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