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District Judges
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WITH

Resources Department began taking

applications for the post. Kellar
was the first of those to speak,
and opened with what looked
to all like a self-liquidating
introductory statement:
I stand before you
tonight not because Im the
most knowledgeable or qualified
candidate, but because I believe what I
can bring to District Clerk position, and to the
team as a whole, sets me apart from the rest.
In any case, it got better from there.
After what seemed an interminable
amount of time, the Judges narrowed their
list down to five candidates, including Hoyt
and Perez, and went into executive session
to interview all five, one at a time. After the
interviews were complete, it was announced
that they were going to take a few days to
think the whole thing over - after all, the Judges
are elected to their jobs too, plus they have to
work with the District Clerk every single day.
Lots of personal liability. A poor choice could
make their lives a living, breathing Hell.
See, Hoyts camp had already said they
may well sue the County should the job be
awarded to anyone other than her. Giving
the job to Perez would almost certainly trigger
that. (For the record, we hope she files that
lawsuit. This is a great story. Newsroom porn,
if you will. #newsporn)
Perez has the support of her predecessor
and just about everyone in the Clerks Office.
Shes been there for 15 years. If the Judges
were to name Hoyt to the post, Hoyt would
be walking into a room filled with people
who knew she didnt win the election fairly,
and the person she unfairly beat would be her
employee. One imagines that might throw a
monkey wrench into the works.
A special election might have been fun, but
heres how that would have broken down: Five
names would have been placed on the ballot,
Hoyts machine would have gone to work, and
it would have been Hoyt against four non-Hoyts
splitting all the non-Hoyt votes. Hoyt wins in that
scenario, monkey wrench in hand.
In the end, Hoyt, along with former Comal
County Republican Party Chair Bob Hieronymus,
screwed Perez out of the gig she would have run
unopposed for. As it stands now, Perez can run
again in two years, without the stain of having
been placed in the job rather than elected. Hoyt
can run again, too, but slightly less intact.

MIKE
REYNOLDS

On Monday night, our brief,

local
electoral
nightmare
came to a surprising end, as
Comal Countys four District
Judges named County Benefits
Specialist Heather Kellar to serve
as District Clerk for the next two
years, after which the job will go up for
grabs again at the polls. The courtroom fell
awkwardly silent after the judges unanimously
voted Kellar into the job, as the general
consensus was that the position would either
go to Chik-fil-As Kristen Hoyt (who was
allowed on the ballot although ineligible to
run due to residency requirements) or District
Clerks Office staffer Cherie Perez (Hoyts
opponent in the Republican primary). A third
option was also considered more likely than
Kellars appointment - that of a special election
to run the cards one more time.
The decision was the result of last weeks
meeting, where the public came to make one of
three arguments to the judges on behalf of either
Perez or Hoyt, those arguments being:
1) Whomever got the most votes should
get the job, even if the person with those votes
was ineligible to run (Hoyt), or
2) The person who has worked in the
District Clerks office for the last 15 years
(Perez) should get the job on the basis of her
qualifications, or
3) The person who would have won the
election had election rules been followed
(Perez again) should get the job on the basis
of, well, she would have won had election
rules been followed.
Those arguments were made in threeminute stretches over about 70 minutes. In
other words, ad naseum. It was striking how
many Republicans were willing to ignore
Hoyts eligibility requirement, considering
how passionately the Party faithful raged in
reference to President Obamas birth certificate
(and it should be noted that Hoyt never did
present proof of residency to Party officials,
despite her protestations that she improperly
filled out her application to run. Hoyt could
have cleared this up real fast, but she went
the Obama route and tap danced around the
issue. Add in the threats of a lawsuit against
the County if she didnt get the job she wasnt
eligible to run for, and its clear she handled
herself like a Presidential-level Democrat.
Perhaps Hoyts Republican supporters should
consider a party switch next time around.)
A handful of comments were made by
some other people who had thrown their hat
into the ring for the gig once the County Human
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George Zupp wants to be an evangelist

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Zupp (AKA Chicken George) is a

The San Marcos artist isnt attempting

humorous because they have the feel of in a regular-looking bar rather than a strip club

to convey a greater existential meaning, such Renaissance portraits but are of, well, chickens. only increases the elusiveness.
as the Surrealists did but, instead, is more

Zupps referrals to his school of bad

Of course Zupps work is disturbing, and

renowned Outsider artist, whose work has interested shattering ideas of what it means to painting belie the greater complexity to his thats OK. There is nothing wrong with that.
been shown throughout the nation, is a

define something as art. But the genius is that the work, which are mixtures of artistic styles

unique mixture of Post-Impressionism (Vincent more you think about his meaning, the further
Van Gogh), Expressionism (Chaim Soutine),
Abstract (James Ensore), all under the rubric of
Folk art but with monkeys.

removed you become from the work itself.

The art I believe in is from a place devoid
of meaning, taste or culture, somewhere like

Zupps aim is to bring his skills and visions Clute, Texas, Zupp said. Everything you
to those who may find art inaccessible. The

want to know about art, I have seen in the eye

artist, who has a Masters of Fine Arts from the of a chicken.

University of Texas at San Antonio, believes

draped with a sense of humor.

Many of his paintings feature representations

Im not responsible for what someone

thinks about my art, he said.

of the Jolly Chimp toys (like the monkeys with

Cant art be scary? I asked.

the cymbals).

Not in the holy temple of academia,

One painting, That Clown Fell and Pissed

Himself, shows several near-frenzied monkeys

he answers.
Like a tent revival evangelist, Zupp wants

in a bar as an archetypical clown lies drunk on to reach out to those who are not allowed into

Anyone who has ever looked into the the floor. Interestingly, you are not surprised to that holy temple, an outsider reaching out to

that academe has for too long held an unfair

eye of a chicken will recognize that complete see the bar filled with monkeys and humans,

and biased dictum over what defines art.

absence of meaning.

The artist, who splits his time between

Viewers get what they bring to the paintings.

I dont think my tastes belong within a if any, difference between us and them.

San Marcos, Brenham and West Texas, plans scenario that is constantly trying to resolve

other outsiders. He wants to bring art to the

their seamless presence asking if there if much, blue collared and, thereby, bring the blue
The same can be said for his Gang Cock

collared to art.
What I am offering people is a chance to

to offer his help to those who want explore greater conclusions to things, he said. Art,

Pit, which features the chimps at a cock fight explore their creative side at a bar with good

their inner visions. The setting for his program for me, is you first come across a visual and

as naked women walk around the ring holding

music and ice cold beer, the artist said. I can

will be at the Happy Cow bar and grill. Zupps

aloft cards announcing that its the first round.

either tell you what to paint or you can create

intent is to become a mentor to the Everyman

(or Everywoman).
You dont want to go and listen to a

then you plug the symbols into it.

Chicken George forayed into the folk/

and the complexity of their layers bespeak

Dont be fooled, however. Zupp does

rooster heads (not real ones, of course) along the the true story: Chicken George Zupp knows

have some rules, albeit ones that are more lax

redneck art genre after he assembled numerous

regulated, shackled down college prof talk to fence and in the trees at his San Marcos home.
you in neutered terms of art, he said. They

In both works, the liberal use of paint your own visions.

what hes doing.

and a bit skewed.

There was so much traffic outside my

In his Cowboy Looking at a Strippers Butt,

I have strict standards as to the kind of

will scare you into leaving or cause a stink. I house, I decided to put up the chicken fence

Zupp actually blends styles from Henri Matisse,

artists I want around me, he said. If you

dont give a f***! You can, instead, get my

and see what would happen, if anyone would

Soutine and Edgar Degas, including the use of can paint either what you see on the farm

unregulated advice at the Happy Cow. Lets

find it obnoxious, he said. After I set up the

pastel colors. The work, which shows a cowboy or paint gross, sexy, stupid crap, then youre
looking at stripper who is standing in front of

good to go. No Southwest bluebonnet art or

to set something up and then leave for awhile him, doesnt reveal whether the cowboy is a

stencil crap. Everything starts in your head as a

Artistically, Zupp sees the world in a and see what happens. When I came back willing participant or is looking simply because

cartoon based on real life. Thats all you need.

just set up a meeting and see where we can fence, I went to live in West Texas because I like
go, the artist said.
strange but uniquely Texas fashion. His art

after about a year, people were coming around it is there. Maybe he looks at her out of his own

If interested in drinking beer and learning

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volition, or perhaps he looks at her because she to create art, you can contact Zupp by email

around us, a world that is replete with monkeys,

is right in front of him and thus, like a car wreck,

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Male
509 175 lbs
DOB: 11/09/1983
DOB:01/01/1976
CHARGE: Motion to
DOB:
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CHARGE:
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of a controlled
CHARGE:
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substance
pg
1
under
property under $1500 $20,000 and two counts
1 gram and theft of
with
two or
more
motion to revoke
property
under
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probation/ bail jumping/
previous
convictions
with 2 or more
fail to appear felony
previous convictions

FRIESENHAHN,
RALPH ALFRED

MARTINEZ,
DAVID JR

Male 600 220 lbs

DOB: 07/14/1952
CHARGE: Driving
while intoxicated 3rd
or more

Male 601 235 lbs

DOB: 06/13/1978
CHARGE: Motion to
revoke probation/
driving while
intoxicated 3rd or more

GANN,
AMBER P

MCKINNEY,
ASHTON CHARLES

GONZALEZ-MATA,
SERGIO MANUEL
Male 508 160 lbs
DOB: 07/30/1983
CHARGE: Tamper/
fabricate physical
evidence

$300
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Male 600 180 lbs

DOB: 12/02/1989
CHARGE: Motion to
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delivery of marijuana
over 1/4oz under 5lbs

Dear Mexican: Im a third-year educate my friend.

university student, a liberal studies
and

Spanish

major.

My

A Confused Gringo in Houston

family,

extended and immediate, always like

Dear Gabacho: Lets educate your

the chisme. During a family carne amiga, shall we? Amiga: There was a time
asada, we were all talking when one where America viewed the Battle of the
of my tas asked me what I was doing Alamo as a pre-photography 9/11, a terrorist
with my lifeshe and the rest of my attack on Americans by a swarthy enemy
aunts seemed like they genuinely
wanted to know. But when I told
them that I only needed one more
year to graduate, it seemed as if I said
something wrong.
They stared at me, said nothing,
and completely ignored what I said.
One of my aunts did a small gesture
to acknowledge what I said, but other

that the United States had to subsequently

crush. Those who died were immortalized
for generations to come for their sacrifice,
and their memory became a rallying cry
whenever our soldiers had to call on resolve
and courage in the heat of battle. And it was
a great way for Hollywood to show how evil
Mexicans were by filming hordes of brown-

than that they continued their talk faced Filipinos descending on Davy Crockett
about the novella they saw the previous as he desperately swung his rifle to death.
night. My family is extremely close

Isnt that crazy? Isnt it loco that we

and we really want the best for each lionized gabachos who wanted to secede
other, so I was taken aback when this from Mexico so that they could keep slaves
happened. No one in our family has and appropriate our cuisine? Isnt it nuts
ever attended a four-year university or that it took Chicano yaktivists to call out
obtained any kind of degree. Might this the Alamo what it was: the first volley in
be the reason they reacted they way Americas Manifest Destiny campaign that
they did? Or should I be worried that would go on to take over half of Mexico and
this is a bigger issue?
A Sanchez but not a Sancho

decimate the Plains Indians? And, amiga:

tell your gabacho Houstonian friend its not
just leftists who are playing the revisionism

SELMAN,
RICK
Male 600 185 lbs
DOB: 04/09/1980
CHARGE:
Burglary of building

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By Gustavo Arellano her since We won. I always thought

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On Gruber

language being used. (One could be excused

As I write, Im watching the house oversight

for wondering at the intelligence of someone one, what exactly did you do? Why did the

You say your role was not a major

committee grill Jonathan Gruber and some who expected these comments not to surface American public pay you some $400,000 for
of the other malefactors in the ongoing scam in such a media rich age.)

your role? And why did prominent politicians

colloquially know as Obamacare. I usually

Taking a short side note, if you are one

like President Obama and Nancy Pelosi

wait for summaries of these things because

of the readers unaware of Mr. Gruber and his

credit you as a major mind involved in the

the hearings almost never contain anything comments, you may want to ask yourself why
of any real value. This time, though, I find

this is. Fox News covered the scandal broadly

myself watching intently. And as I watch,

- other media sources, much less so.

my smile grows and grows. The American

Since this time Gruber has become a

get just a little bit of satisfaction if what I see so

in Washington and elsewhere is pretty much

creation of the law?

Would you call the statements youve
made stupid, and do you vote?

Worse than all this is that Gruber alluded

public will never receive any real justice for political pariah. Several state governments to or outright said several other things in his
this new entitlement program that was so have revoked contracts with Gruber, and it various speaking engagements that were less
underhandedly passed into law, but we may looks as though his career as a policy-maker stinging but no less damning. While these

beginning of the controversy, that was just how

things have had less play in the media, I

over. Democrats have been doing their best dont expect Republicans on the committee
to distance themselves from Gruber; he has all
to ignore them. I eagerly await questions
the popularity of an Ebola patient in a crowded
on what was known about If you like your
elevator. In fact, the woman sitting next to him
doctor, you can keep your doctor.; the
at the table facing the congress members (in
insured will not be paying for the uninsured;
trouble for doubling Obamacare enrollment
and if federal subsidies were intended for
numbers in a report to Congress) specifically
people not participating in their own states
asked not to be seated next to him. Her request
exchanges. The last of these is the direct topic
was denied, and as she answers her own
of an upcoming Supreme Court case the
questions, she looks like she is alternatively
administration must win if Obamacare is to
being hit in the head with a phonebook and
survive in its current state.
force fed spoonfuls of castor oil.
The hearings have been interrupted at
Now on the hot seat, Gruber finds
the moment by Diane Feinsteins release of
himself answering some very uncomfortable
information of CIA torture during the war on
questions, questions that do more than just
terror. The timing of this release is interesting
embarrass him, they are poised to embarrass
in that it seems to indicate that the Democrats
the administration and Democrats holding
have the same opinion of the American
political office. Gruber has already said (many
voter that Gruber has. Just because I cant
times) that his language was inexcusable.
see the hearings with Gruber live, doesnt
Hes said that his comments were not true,
mean that I will miss the action. It should
that his role was not a major one, and that
be pretty clear by now that the cameras are
he made these comments in a mean-spirited
always rolling, and even if I dont get to see
manner and in an attempt to make himself
every second of Gruber squirming, Im sure
seem more important in the process. Even in
to get the highlights. Its ironic that Feinstein
these responses, there are problems, though.
is talking about the torture of terror suspects
Painting himself as the villain is all well and
good, but he can expect follow-up questions years ago while an American citizen is

it was spun. Unfortunately, again, it appears

that are going to be very hard to answer.

far is any indication.

Gruber is the healthcare policy wonk that
the Obama administration called on to help
craft the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).
He had experience in Massachusetts creating
the similar system that Mitt Romney presided
over. Unfortunately for Gruber and the
administration Gruber went on to do several
public speaking events where his comments
were less than artful but more helpful in
understanding the mindset involved in passing
the bill. Gruber made plain that the bill was
written in a tortuous fashion to prevent the
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) from
scoring the bill as a tax on the American
public. That it was and is a tax was confirmed
by the Supreme Court, but he and the other
architects knew this all along, and they also
knew that calling Obamacare a tax would
insure that the bill would not pass. He went on
to explain that he and others were depending
upon the stupidity of the American voter in
getting the bill passed.
To have said such outrageous and
insulting things a single time might have
been considered a slip of the tongue. At the

that these comments were part of Grubers

sympathetic to Obamacare, and taped clip you suggesting that those writing the bill did
after taped clip surfaced with nearly the exact
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