Open Letter to Judge Cobos

Amen. Anthony, your days are numbered. There is a cloud hanging over you. And people are tired of your arrogance. I hope you enjoy your substantial raise. I would use the extra money you receive and pretend it is severance pay because people will simply not re-elect you. I never hear or read anyone say anything positive about your actions. You did it to yourself.

There are two kinds of incompetent people. One is just evil and his evil side controls his actions. The other type takes incompetent advice.

Jaime Perez reminds me of a Hispanic Rev. Farrakhan, never accepting any responsibility for stupid comments and selfish decisions.

I do agree in one thing with Mr. Cobos. BRING IT ON already.

Agreed.

Send this little Napoleon from Anthony back to his taco stand at Ascarate Lake. He has stunk things up in each political office he has been elected to. I can't count the number of times I saw this him groveling after builders and developers even to the point of leaving City Council meetings to follow and kiss their behinds out in the parking lot. El Paso needs to remember his proclamation during the Joe Wardy inauguration ceremonies that "El Paso is open for business." The unmitigated gall of this Mexican version of Frank Burns from MASH makes me wonder how this community ever elected him to any political office at all.

This article may be absolutely right on target. However, let us not miss the point. We (all of El Paso) have a unique opportunity to turn the corner on an ugly chapter in El Paso Politics. (Via the FBI-Probe)

If we need to dwell on this burned out politician, study the circumstance that contributed, yes, but.... spend your energies peeling back the onion. You'll find the same factors.: campaign contributions, special interest, and lack of civic involvement by our public. Add to this, voter apathy in our community.

Since the 50's, most of the misdeeds were done by the Anglo. The political leaders and the entrenched interests were one in the same trading positions at will due to a largely dormant and ignorant electorate.

Gone are those days. Whatever race is involved. A corrupt politician is hurting our city, our community and our citizens. I have witnessed this over the years.

However, with the help of our federal law enformcement, El Paso has so much going for itself. These special interests with selfish and corrupting influences have gone dormant. Some have scattered like cockroaches when shown the light of day.

Transparency with public involvment, campaign financing, ethics enforcement and the big stick (fear of prosecution) will be our solutions.

Spend your energies involving yourself in your community. Hitch on to a vision for improvement of El Paso. I'll do it.

Why not say what you mean, David? :)

It certainly looks like your editor failed to edit the gutter language out of this Open Letter to Judge Cobos. Editor, wake up and read these things before going to press!

Dr. Lewis,

Don't sanitize one of the last corners of free press available for everyday people. Gutter language and all, David's candid use of free expression is not only relevant and consistent, genuinely, with the sentiment of thousands of hardworking everyday people, but also plays an important role in giving voice to so many people who are persistently told not to speak, not to participate, not to disagree, and not to come to any public forum to voice their dissent. I
Instead, public comment, especially in El Paso County's commissioner's court, is reduced to nothing more than an pathetic formality, a footnote, or a blurb, that carries little weight in important decisions, and often is, at the hands of King Cobos, silenced and dismissed, when not in line with his own narrow-minded lack of vision for our county. El Pasoans, like many Americans, are tired of the political elite, and the money that backs them, of being the only agents in our system to do any of the real talking. Everyday people, and the language they use, deserve to have a place at the table of democracy and among the plurality of a market place of ideas.

David K, perfectly put and well on point, come down to the courthouse sometime and watch how he really doesn't care what you or I think. The man, like Gilbert Sanchez, really believes he will be there for a long time. In fact, anytime Gilbert wants anything before commissioners court (Sariana and Teran a Yay and Escobar and Haggerty a Nay), he is always the deciding vote and guess where it goes, like they say "those named in an information list together stay together."

This article is even dumber than Cobos.

David,

Why are you holding back? You took it way too easy on this numbskull. You didn't even mention that he made his money by owning (in partnership) those lovely payday loan places that prey on the financially illiterate by charging them like 80% interest. He gives Democrats a bad name.

Talk about a failure of Cobos' administration. He rejected the Farah building rebuild (along with others), a project that has been an eyesore for over a decade.

You would figure that the project would only boost the morale, look and feel of El Paso; moreover, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - More jobs!!!!

More jobs = more money | ROI = Return on Investment

Tax $$$ = ROI

Anthony Cobos = Me, Myself, and I (NOT EL PASO)

Of course his experience/legacy has defined what his minimum salary base will be after he is out of office -- $35K if lucky.

Yup, the typical mentality of ignorance of those who vote, if they even vote.