At 2:19 AM Sunday morning, I was about 5 or 6 tequila and sodas in, clumsily climbing into my car and trying my best not to alert the cop parked a mere 20 feet away of my absolute incapacity to operate a motor vehicle. Glamour shot enthusiast and State Rep. Terry Canales, on the other hand, thought it would be a good time to tweet out a rant.
When our local govts can spend our hard earned tax dollars & hide behind the law to hide how our money is spent, we have been swindled!
— Terry Canales (@TerryCanales40) June 5, 2016
Like most of us, Canales thinks it’s pretty shady that McAllen officials have fought hard enough to find a loophole that would allow them to keep how much they paid Enrique Iglesias in the dark.
Canales, who may not be immune to staying off his phone when (presumably) drunk, kept it rolling.
I will not stand idle or sit on my hands allowing any level of Govt to hide how it spends tax payers $ without full disclosure. #iglesias
— Terry Canales (@TerryCanales40) June 5, 2016
If everything is on the up & up, our govt should have no problem disclosing how they spend our tax dollars. They don’t exist but not for us.
— Terry Canales (@TerryCanales40) June 5, 2016
Pullin’ out the grassroots “We The People” part of the rant on us now. I’m surprised Canales didn’t just tweet the constitution, word for word.
One of my legislative priorities this coming session is removing any and all barriers to tax spending disclosures. #iglesias #transparency
— Terry Canales (@TerryCanales40) June 5, 2016
Giving credit where credit’s due, Canales has been the most outspoken local official about the City of McAllen’s handling of “Iglesiasgate” and has since promised in a press release about a month ago to propose legislation that would keep something like this from happening again.
From the release:
Of all the talk about transparency, ironically, Canales, himself, has been mixed up before in controversy involving a payment made to former Judge Melo Ochoa to reduce the bond of one of Canales’ clients. Canales has since denied the allegations and no charges have been filed against him to date.
On with the tweets!
It is absolutely shameful that the TX Attorney Gen. supports the secret spending of local tax dollars without having to disclose anything!
— Terry Canales (@TerryCanales40) June 5, 2016
Rumor has it McAllen paid for Iglesias private jet from Spain. Tax payers have the right to know!
— Terry Canales (@TerryCanales40) June 5, 2016
Honestly, this is the first rumor I’ve heard about Enrique’s trip down here in December that DOESN’T involve the Edinburg Echo Hotel and midgets.
It is my intention to unmask anyone who thwarts my legislation to disclose tax dollar expenditures. Challengers BEWARE!
— Terry Canales (@TerryCanales40) June 5, 2016
MEEEEE-OOOWWWW! Terry’s pulling out the claws now, you guys!
I have the honor of representing a small portion of McAllen, & I can’t help but wonder…where is everyone else? #iglesias
— Terry Canales (@TerryCanales40) June 5, 2016
“Where is everyone else?” It’s 3 AM, Terry. Everyone else was probably asleep and..again, I was very very drunk and probably halfway down my 2nd Jalepeño Cheddar Biscuit sandwich with sausage, egg, and cheese that night…so, I can’t say for certain that I was really thinking about government transparency at the time.
At the end of it, he’s right. It’s shitty that McAllen refuses to let tax-payers know where their money went to last December and if someone, like Canales, doesn’t do something about it, the residents of McAllen will go through the same garbage next Christmas.
No one really knows, however, just what on earth sparked this sudden blast by Canales. KGBT reported that it may have been a House of Cards episode. I’m guessing it was probably a combination of scotch and inspiration by reading The Bench Wire.
I’m going with my theory. THANKS FOR READING TERRY! =)
