Blogotitlan (a luche libre of a website… think Wonkette, tag-teaming with Rude Pundit and Atrios) recalls the stink PAN made when AMLO (remember him?) paid his chauffer as “chief of staff”. The chauffeur doubled (or tripled) as body-guard and appointments secretary and — given AMLO’s penchant for 6 AM press conferences, worked really, really long hours.
Anyway, the PANista Governor of Jalisco, Emilio González Márquez is also putting his chauffer in a second job… as Secretary of Health!
Blogotitlan leaves out (but I looked up) the possibly interesting (and maybe relevant) factoid that González was originally a PDM activist. Partido Democratica Mexicana had a strange idea of democracy… synarchism, fascism with a roman collar (a la Francisco Franco). They were winning elections at one time in Jalisco, but disappeared in 1997 when they lost their party registration.
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H1N1– a worthy victim « The Mex Files // 6 October 2009 at 6:02 am |
[...] Gutierrez has been a joke since he was appointed by Governor Emilio González Márquez, although his negligence (and basic incompetence) in officer wasn’t so funny. The thankfully now ex-Secretary of Health didn’t appear to have an up to date license to practice medicine at the time of his appointment. At the time he was working as González Márquez’ chauffeur. [...]