Personalities: Blockwalking with D.A. Anna Jimenez

-Corpus Christi, Texas

We here at La Bandera believe in the women of our community.  The women of politics in Nueces County are strong, intelligent, and respectable women.  One strong woman has stepped into the spotlight in Nueces County and has began stirring the menudo that is South Texas politics.  That woman is District Attorney Anna Jimenez.  La Bandera was given an all access pass to witness the diligent work ethic of one of the County's most treasured assets.  Anna Jimenez is going after the votes: One by one.

"Talk to the hand, cause Mamma ain't listenin!"
-says Jimenez to accused murderer Anthony Scott
during a 3 month trial. Scott was found not guilty by a jury.

"Mmmm mmmm, boy. D*mnit!  I like them Latinas fo' sho'!" says Darryl Jackson, 55, a longtime resident of Hillcrest in the Northside area of Corpus Christi.  "Momma lookin' a fine, know what I'm sayin'?  Mhmmm.  Yes ma'am. D*mnnnnn right." said Jackson after looking at a photo of Jimenez, licking his lips.  With popularity waning after several newspaper reports regarding her office politics, Jiimenez has sought out a new demographic to get her into office.  The African-American population of Corpus Christi.

La Bandera set out on a mission to get real numbers and statistics for our readers.  A poll was administered to 50 African-American males, aged 18 to 65, over the course of a hot September afternoon, near the park on the corner of Winnebago and Kennedy.  The poll was basic in structure, and consisted of one lone question, "Who do you like better?"  The question was accompanied by two photos.  One of District Attorney Anna Jimenez, and the other photo of Democrat opponent Mark Skurka.  The poll was a landslide victory for Jimenez, with results at 50-0, Jimenez (3% margin for error).  Dashaun Williams, 38, has never voted, but will this November.  "Hell yeah, man.  That lady looks good enough for me.  Probably smart.  She thick in the trunk, too.  Mamasita gots a donk.  I like that." said Williams, who then proceeded to high-five several other men who took the poll.

Jimenez (middle) and other volunteers encouraging
the citizens of Nueces County to register to vote.  

Jimenez, desperate for votes amid party controversy, has enlisted a political consultant to aid in her campaign.  "Deacon" Freddy "Delicious Red" Washington has been in the game since the late 1970's.  His advertising company "People Insisting My Procurement, Inc., National" has implemented a rigorous schedule of block-walking for District Attorney Jimenez.  "I keep her out there for hours and hours.  She starts at 7 pm, and sometimes I don't let her finish til 2 or 3 am.  She needs to be workin' the streets.  Hustlin' those votes.  She don't do it for me.  She does it for herself." says Washington.  "People in this neighborhood like her.  Little mama can make alot of people around here happy.  What I do, ain't easy.  It ain't." says Washington.

Skurka: Wrongfully terminated or justly dismissed?

Anna Jimenez is no stranger to controversy.  Jimenez first garnered such controversial attention with the firing of Mark Skurka, her Democrat opponent in the upcoming November election.  Some say the firing was politically motivated, some say documents show the firing was in line with the office's policy regarding employees running for political position.  The Corpus Christi Caller Times has published an article supporting the policy and Skurka's firing. Several bloggers have voiced outrage over the matter.

Candid Camera: Jimenez and Rodriguez
pose for a picture in 1988.

Another round of controversy arose with the firing of Assistant District Attorney Sandra Eastwood, after rumors spread of her releasing a profanity laced document written by Jimenez as a joke to local defense attorney Rene Rodriguez.  The profanity laced document was distributed around offices and finally landed in the hands of the media, much to the despair of the citizens of Nueces County.

With Democrats infuriated with Jimenez, and Republicans wanting to distance themselves from the controversy, Jimenez seems backed into a corner.  But this is no ordinary woman.  She can handle almost anyone.  She can take on more than what you give.  She's a pretty woman, walking down the street.