Desperate Manny Sues (Again) To Remove Eddy Aragon From The Ballot
Another Baseless Petition To Distract From The Issues Facing Our City
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I got served. Again.
By Manny Gonzales’s campaign supporters. Again.
This is why people hate politics. Corrupt leaders who can’t run on their record will say ANYTHING to tarnish their opponents.
This time I’m not only facing off against one of the state’s top law enforcement officers but also his political action committee co-chair and former Public Regulation Commissioners.
That’s how scared they are of our campaign
When you commit 2nd degree felonies by forging voter signature to get on the ballot—and get reprimanded and fined (twice) by the Election Ethics Board—filing lawsuits to remove your competitors from the ballot is totally expected. It’s Manny’s only play. He know what’s coming on November 2nd, and he’s worried.
As well he should be.
But he’s going to lose this one the same way he lost last month when he tried to remove me from the ballot over false claims that I wasn’t a resident of Albuquerque.
This time Manny’s petition was filed by Democrat and PRC Commissioner Karen Montoya, who co-chairs Manny Gonzales’s political action committee and falsely claims that I’m using my radio station to advertise my candidacy for mayor.
Manny’s going to lose, just like he did when he was accused of committing voter fraud.
The facts are on my side and the US Constitution is on my side. Given Manny’s track record so far this election (and losing every time in court or at the Ethics Board), he shouldn’t comment on what is and isn’t legal.
What’s worse is his ethics complaint won’t even be heard until a month after the runoff election in December.
These are the facts. I own a radio station. On that radio station I cover local and national politics. I have consulted with a Constitutional attorney and have seen the statutes. The law is on my side. The only condition that would prevent me from doing my job would be if I used my air time to promote my candidacy without offering equal air time to my opponents.
I have, and I have hours of recordings to prove it. I do it every segment of every show. What’s more, is Manny Gonzales has already been on my station already and he didn’t have to even pay to be on it. Also, he’s never requested to be on the station since that time.
I’ve invited Manny Gonzales and Tim Keller to come on my show and talk about the mayoral race too many times to count. It’s a daily declaration I make whenever I mention my candidacy, and do you know what one thing HASN’T happened?
They’ve NEVER accepted.
Which is smart in it’s own way. Better to try to slander your opponent with unsubstantiated claims than stand on your own record and platform. My opponents are both running scared because they know what they’ve done to our city, and they know that if I win, it’s the end of local politics as we know it.
Talking about the state of our city isn’t the way Manny gets ahead. He doesn’t have a clue how to combat the plague of problems facing our city.
He would rather file petitions with the city clerk alleging campaign violations (something he knows a thing or two about) than talk about the race, and he won’t accept my daily invitations to discuss the issues because he doesn’t WANT to talk about the issues.
Voters already know this. They see it every time he has to debate me. If he’s not reading prepared statements line by line he’s scrambling for a coherent thought to defend his dismal record as one of the state’s top law enforcement officers.
That’s spineless, but more importantly it’s why he has no chance in this latest desperate attempt to stop our campaign.
It won’t work.
I’ve already won.
Democrat National Voters Plan: "If you can't win... change the Rules till you do."
No signature verification? No Voter ID? Multiple Mail-in Ballots sent to your address? Crooked Poll Workers? Crooked County Clerks and Secretary's of State? Crooked Media?
For the 2008 election, someone registered my 12-year old son. The Democrats called and on the third call, which I was taking, I STARTED RECORDING. I had a phone machine with fax, copy, and a record button. I told them that something was wrong, the person passed it on to a superior who said they would remove the name and number. NOPE! I got multiple calls and then I started getting calls for ANITA, SUSAN, CHRISTIAN, AND ABRAN. I also got their addresses since they wanted to send me, or them, an Absentee Ballot. I asked for the address verification.
LONG STORY on calls but then the night before the 2012 election, Obama vs. Romney, they called around 6pm, for ABRAN. I recorded the call. They knew ABRAN hadn't voted yet. Could they vote for him, AND OTHERS, since they had all the info? YES!
NOT EXACT QUOTES BUT CLOSE.
Campaign Worker (CW): "Do you know which precinct is yours? It's on Isleta? Do you need a ride?"
ABRAN WHO IS ME: "Yes but I don't have time. CAN I SEND MY BROTHER?"
CW: "YES. HOLD ON....!" She was a younger girl who asked someone in the office. Sounded like an elderly woman. "Can this man send his brother to vote for him?" WOMAN: "YES." She came back on, "YES."
I HAVE OTHERS but another one for 2016. THEY ADDED MY MOTHER'S NAME TO THEIR CALLS! She never lived in ABQ and she died in 2009. She also has an unusual name and not common. I WAS FUMING. I took the calls for her saying she wasn't home but I could take a message.
ANOTHER CALL: The elderly HISPANIC lady called but this time I said we were voting FOR REPUBLICANS. She got angry: "You need to help out Chicanos."
I was hired to perform for a candidate: "Can you give us a deal to help out our CHICANA SISTER?"
I was hired by a wealthy local for Martin Chavez' first run for mayor. "He promised to get my son a job." FOUR YEARS LATER, SAME PERSON, HE WAS HOSTING FOR ANOTHER CANDIDATE, I can't remember but he said that Martin Chavez promised his son a job, Chavez wins, son goes to meet with him and didn't set up a meeting, so the man was mad and hosted for the other candidate. Chavez wins.
I'M STILL GETTING CALLS FOR SUSAN AND ANITA.
Jim Scarantino, a voter fraud investigator, was on KOB before the 2016 election so I called in and told him about, "Can I send my brother?" He got my number and came over the next day to listen, and record, the major points on the tape which he requested to be ready on those points. He said he went to Susan and Anita's house, real person's, and they closed the door on him. I WENT TO ABRAN'S ADDRESS on 12875 (?) FRASIER LANE SW NEAR COORS... EMPTY LOT.
WHO PUT MY MOTHER AND WHY?
Some thoughts and a succinct history on the of misunderstood and abused Fairness Doctrine: https://www.poynter.org/ethics-trust/2019/do-the-networks-have-to-give-equal-time-in-a-word-no/. Glad you're still covering your bases nonetheless. Spineless and ridiculous indeed.