David Crowder at El Paso Times Chasing Red Herrings

Keep in mind while reading this blog that according to log rolls, the El Paso Times is one of the biggest users/readers of my blog.--David Crowder at the El Paso Times has written two articles in a row about how Former El Paso Mayor Joe Wardy who was recenty detained at the airport by El Paso police for having a loaded gun in his carry on (SEE BLOGS FROM LAST WEEEK) is resigning from his over $200,000 a year job as head of the ReadyOne Company. Crowder goes on in the articles to say that the FBI is still investigating the gun issue. Wardy has never been arrested.

What is salient for the public to know is that it is against STATE law to have a gun at the secured area at the airport and it is my opponent who prosecutes state law violations, not the feds. My opponent has up to now declined to prosecute Mr. Wardy for an offense for which he has prosecuted countless other El Pasoans. David Crowder has yet to report this side of the story to you. He keeps referring to the feds who usually have nothing to do with these airport cases.

What David Crowder is also ignoring is that both the Feds and the state authorities have concurrent jurisdiction over the Joe Wardy case. This means that both governments can prosecute him at the same time for the same offense. I have written several blogs on this matter and provided documentation, (including a state indictment of an El Pasoan who was prosecuted by Esparza for having a gun at that airport) to show that this also a state violation. Mr. Crowder has written that Wardy was detained at the airport by the El Paso Police. You would think that that fact would jog Crowder into asking why the police were involved if it were just a federal matter. You would think he would ask why the police even have a station at the airport if the airport is only under federal jurisdiction and why they arrest people every day for having dope, guns, knives etc. at the airport. You would think Crowder would ask who at the police department and the DA's office decided to wash their hands of Wardy's case and kick it to the feds (who have yet to arrest any of the four people who have been lucky enough to be sent their way). You would think Crowder would ask for the names of those lucky three. You would think Crowder would ask my opponent why he prosecuted Mr. Mathew Neessen for possessing a gun at that airport and not his friend Joe Wardy who allegedly committed the exact same crime. You would think Crowder would do a little investigating and write about how Wardy, as mayor, approved giving Esparza approximately $700,000 of city tax money for his DIMS program, which in turn gives Esparza the power to decide who gets arrested and who does not (police have to clear arresting decisions with the DA under DIMS--Nice rigged little system) Nice investment Wardy made with our money? How come Dallas Cowboy Coach Barry Switzer was prosecuted by the Dallas DA for the exact same crime. Answer: No DIMS in Dallas. NO Esparza in Dallas. Probing press in Dallas.

Also keep in mind that I have for days put this information up here for all to read and to educate themselves. You would think that if Mr. Crowder were going to write on a legal issue he would properly inform himself so as to properly inform the public. Crowder has yet to talk about the very simple state law that makes firearms at the airport illegal. Furthermore, the El Paso Times even did an article on a client of mine who got arrested for having a knife in his backpack at the airport a couple of years ago and who was arrested and prosecuted by Esparza for that felony offense. Why does Crowder act like he doesn't even read his own paper?

What is more interesting is that according to the log rolls, the El Paso Times is one of the biggest users/readers of my blogs. Why do they ignore the information here to the detriment of their own credibility and the public's welfare? What else is interesting is that when I appeared on the David K radio show this Tuesday, there were people who called in who knew that Wardy should have been subjected to arrest and prosecution by Esparza. They knew they sure would have been arrested in the same circumstances. So how is it that Crowder continues to ignore this issue? Readers of this blog should call Crowder and his editors at the Times to ask why they repeatedly fail to inform the public on this issue. Interesting huh?