adios Linda Deleon

[MrChairman]

http://www.kcbd.com/global/Story.asp?s=11950367..from news 11..

so, Linda DeLeon is throwin in the towel, hangin it up and headin for greener pastures......well. it's about time...for the life of me I don't see how someone with her qualifications was ever elected to City Council..the only reason I can really think of is simply minority voting for minority,,her council seat certainly isn't based on qualifications.....

and this Floyd Price fella,,is it true that Floyd has never, not even once proposed a resolution to the council...is this true??...wow, what representation..this guy might as well be a bump on a log for all the good he's doin for his constituents...

Zach Brady??...arrogance beyond belief..cold day in hell before he gets my vote...Delwin is pud, but still a better choice....

this brings us to John and Patty...well, like the last mayoral race, for me, I guess it's anybody but Patty.

We gotta quit all this BS spending and money grabs...if I had it my way, votes would dislodge every incumbent in Lubbock..pull em from the teet, lets get some new blood in there that hasn't had 2 decades to entrench themselves in Lubbock's famous cronyism... ...ok, it may be a pipe dream in Lubbock....the only way to dislodge them from the teet is to shine daylight on em..seems the only daylight around is the FBI...everybody coverin each others shadey a$$es...heck of a way to run a government

[Firemall]

Problem #1 with Deleon's departure.
The powers that be--- have planned well in advance of any common folks knowing who might replace the crooks and have covered their cheating asses & agendas no matter who's elected to fill the vacanted seats.
See last weeks "Gibson Slobbers on Mike McDougal's shoulder" article in the AJ for starters.

[bubba jack]

Its not just the city. Have you heard any of the commercials being run by these people who want to be state legislators? They talk about the flag and God and abortion and health care, none
of which the state legislature has much say over. There are pictures of guys with guns implying that gun rights are in danger in Texas (yea, right)and all the required talk about stopping Obamacare and immigration, again, none of which says anything about what their qualifications are. I have considered myself a conservative all my adult life but these people are so far right they scare me.

I agree that it is time to throw out all the incumbents but we have to be careful that we don't replace them with someone who is even worse. You have to look no further than some of the local
politicians or talk show hosts endorsements to see who NOT to vote for.

[IronfootMcGurk]

Agree with Bubbajack 97%. We need candidates who don't try to pull our emotional strings.

Hmm. I am in DeLeon's district. How much does this city council gig pay, anyway?

[ROGERSETTLER]

$ 25 per month, IRONFOOT.....a salary set back in the 1930s. Should have been raised long ago....it contributes to the corruption on the Council.

However, when it comes to LINDA, I have a different perspective, having lived in OVERTON most of my life.

LINDA "fought the good fight" in the beginning.....on the School Board in the early years, she was a lion.....and we loved her for her advocacy on the Carroll Thompson issue, a cause that was deeply felt in OVERTON and Central Lubbock. Someday I shall write a long post about that controversy, because the villains go beyond MONTE HASIE....our current Congressman, RANDY NEUGEBAUER, had a shameful part in the demolition of THOMPSON and the closing of minority schools. These closings were part of a power elite plan to destroy Downtown Lubbock as a retail power, and a general push to relocate everything to Southwest Lubbock. There was even talk of moving City Hall out there.

However, after years of fierce and aggressive advocacy of progressive causes, she began to change.....as many public officials do.....and by the time she was on the City Council, the transition seemed complete. She had fallen in with the McDOUGALS and the developers.....I was appalled when she praised them to the heavens, as the Hispanic Chamber did, when the McDs were busy using their thug tactics to "clear" OVERTON NORTH of its Chicano majority.

I have fought for Chicano civil rights since the 1960s.....and it was a matter of pride that OVERTON NORTH had so many homeowners, proud of their modest houses. Then came the McDOUGALS.....and hundreds of families, thousands of people were "relocated"....yes, there was a bad element there, but the majority were Chicano homeowners, students, little old ladies....and for whatever reason, LINDA, their "representative" was SILENT during the entire process. Had VICTOR been there, things would have been different....but LINDA not only didn't support her own people, but voted for all the McDOUGAL initiatives that destroyed the neighborhood. She even voted to transfer our bond monies, approved by the voters of Lubbock specifically for North, Central and East Lubbock, over to projects in Southwest Lubbock. Not only did this thwart the will of the voters, but gutted efforts to improve minority neighborhoods that we had worked on for decades.

Now, the CHAMBER OF COMMERCE types praise the new OVERTON NORTH, but what I see as a neighbor is an insufferably "upscale" neighborhood with numerous vacant, weed-covered lots.....and vacant housing units.....price-gouging the students for overpriced cramped quarters, AND NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING! IT SHOULD BE A LAW that when you remove a Thousand affordable houses, you should have to replace them somewhere.....but instead, the people of OVERTON NORTH were dumped, left to their own devices. THAT is why I tried to Recall her.....in the end, I think she began to change back, when the McDOUGALS abandoned her when they didn't need her vote anymore....she voted against the WATER RATES, and that was a good thing. Her participation in the DAVID MILLER "Gang of Four" was ameliorated somewhat by her newfound opposition to the TOM MARTIN "Gang of Four". Unfortunately, her years in the political wilderness have tainted her once proud image, and some of the support she enjoys now is based on what she did in the distant past, not the last few years on the Council.

But what we need now is a NEW LION OF THE PEOPLE....vigorous, agressive leadership against the MADNESS the City "leaders" are forcing on us!

It should also be our priority to find candidates against MAYOR TOM MARTIN, the unyielding supporter of the McDOUGALS and the developers, the man who put the City over the BILLION-DOLLAR MARK in DEBT! Also, we need to find candidates against KAREN GIBSON, who fawned all over the McDOUGALS at her announcement, and received the endorsement of PAUL BEANE, who betrayed his tax-cutting supporters by voting for McDOUGAL initiatives. He needs to be replaced in 2012. With MARTIN and LINDA gone, and VICTOR on the dais again, the City Council could chart a new course, Wouldn't it be great?

[ROGERSETTLER]

I just heard that the establishment has recruited a fellow named GLEN ROBERTSON, chair of either the Planning & Zoning Commission, or the Zoning Board of Adjustment, to run against VICTOR HERNANDEZ.

[RowdyRaider]

The establishment didn't recruit Glen Robertson. His own conviction to serve is his guidance. Look at his biography, public service and private sector success story's at robertson4lubbock.com...

[IronfootMcGurk]

His own conviction is his guidance...? That's what they all say, even if they were hand-picked in a smoke filled back room.

Only fair, though, to take a look at his website.

[RowdyRaider]

Ironfoot. You are inferring something is less than it may appear; from reading Glen Robertsons Website. Know this, Glen Robertson made his own decision to run for District 1 and I have no doubt that he's going to make decisions that work for District 1 and are Good for Business which translates to Good for Lubbock and most importantly for the Good Citizens of District 1. His business and political resume are unblemished, don't read into anything, ask specific questions, you will probably get a good answer.

[IronfootMcGurk]

I will take a look at Roberson before deciding.