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Thursday, March 24, 2011

When All The Laughter Turned To Sorrow: A Blogger Loses Credibility...Where Once He Harangued People, He Now Lies Beaten...A Sad Sight In Town...

By PATRICK ALCATRAZ
Editor

HARLINGEN, Texas - When Tony Chapa went hard after City Commissioner Kori Marra, his was a ceaseless attack full of invective and rage. Chapa's blog could not post quick enough every little detail surrounding Ms. Marra's foibles. He smiled and then he laughed; it was wild time for him. Yes, she deserved some of it, but Chapa seemed bent on stomping her while portraying himself as the city's savior.

Then he went after Police Chief Danny Castillo with a similar full-court press, followed by morality attacks on former and current police officers. He struck at then-Assistant City Manager Gabe Gonzalez with the prejudice of a drug dealer seeking stolen drugs.

Chapa, however, had his own story to tell, one not anywhere near the word pretty. It concerns a cold-blooded murder and questionable activity - the same false steps he would quickly jump on if it happened to someone else and not his family. But he's been silent on that front. Until now.

The full story isn't out yet and may never be, but what the litttle info that has come out has done is further erode his base and taken any credibility he may have had to throw stones at others in his now-comatose blog, MyHarlingenNews.com. It's impossible to take others to task when you yourself are not forthcoming. In town, Chapa has been reduced to a whimpering whiner attacking this Blog and anyone who questions his legitimacy. As is said in sport, it is the rare loser who will exhibit grace.

Chapa has shown no grace.

Here's what came down this week:

Chapa's son in law was executed by a hit man for ripping off a drug dealer about 8 years a go. Chapa and his daughter were asked to cooperate with HPD in the investigation of the murder. Both Chapa and his daughter refused to come in to HPD to give a statement. Chapa and his daughter hired a lawyer to kill the on going investigation. The case was never solved. Chapa went into hiding at his ex-wife's house. Chapa is a weasel and he needs to be exposed!

So wrote a blogger who identified himself as Ye Ole Crazed Blue Knight. The blog drew a number of harsh blogs aimed at Chapa from other Tribune bloggers.

And it also delivered a bit of the Harlem Shuffle from Chapa, who replied with this: "Your blogger needs to get his facts straight, I was never investigated, and never asked to come to the police station. My Daughter was questioned twice for about two hours each time. She was never asked to come back again. They asked her to submit to a poligraph (sic) test. Our lawyer said he wanted to be present. They never set it up. My daughter has no knowledge about the incident. Two men were arrested and charged. The Cameron County District Attorney dropped the charges due to the lack of evidence. Two brothers who implicated the killers recanted thier confessions after getting jailed together with the killers. The Harlingen police department has a large number of unsolved murders. Jerry Deal wrote about this incident extensively at the time."

So, we asked Deal, editor of MyLeadernews.com,  about it and this is what he said: "If I wrote about it I sure do not remember. Eight years ago I owned the Leader newspaper based in Los Fresnos."

Chapa, of course, can publish the entire story related to the sordid episode on his blog and clear things ups. But he won't do it. He'll air others' dirty laundry, but never his. That's been his style, the one we've known for all these long, long months.

Somewhere out there is the real story of how his son-in-law came to be offed. We suspect he knows it from beginning to end. And it's likely a whopper of a border tale. Que lastima, indeed.

But this is now clear: He owes Harlingen an apology. He owes Commissioner Marra a few kind words. He owes former Chief Castillo words that speak to fairness. He owes Police Lt. Luciano Rubio words of regret.

Chapa owes himself more than that. He is now seen here as a lame and pathetic figure without an ounce of positive cache. His only act of grace would be to apologize to his readers and withdraw from the news fray. No Journalist of any note would be allowed to continue with the sort of baggage Chapa carries.

But, then, most of us who know the business know he has never been a true Journalist; he's just been playing loosely at one.

End of story...

- 30 -

44 comments:

El De Los Fresnos said...

Chapaneco is toast. No one reads his blog anymore. That vato lost it all a few weeks ago. i agree he won't tell the whole story about that hitman. SONSO.

Anonymous said...

damned tired of this guy. Just ignore him. He's lost and should be ignored. Ya basta, chapaneco! largate, loco.

Anonymous said...

Wow, good journalism, Alcatraz you have countered punch this idiot into submission.
Pobre pendejo, all this time, he had baggage.
Cabron, this story is going to come out, we will seek the truth, viejo chingao margallate. Tu Y tu pinche novia de Jacko, par de jotinchones.

Anonymous said...

The Mexican police are saying something different, untill the autopsy gives the blood analyzed we won't know the results. I guess we won't really know.

Anonymous said...

I meant untill the autopsy provides the blood results, we won't really know. Sorry

Ralph said...

You have dealt the killing blow to Chapaneco. That was spectacular, sir. And thank you. we need good bloggers in the valley, especially from our own people.

Anonymous said...

Ralph, it was like a wrestling match, chapanecon was put on a submission hold.
He is writing his lies about the police again. I hear through the grape vine, there might be a new blog in town, to be used by the police. I heard it at las casuelitas this morning. Maybe just a rumor, who knows.

Anonymous said...

This lurid incident is the genesis of Chapa's obsession with Harlingen PD.

It's been downhill ever since.

Mr. Brownsville said...

Oh, no! You've ack-acked the shrimp. It's sayonara for you, Chapa. LOL!!!

Sal. said...

Chapisneco, blows things out of proportion, he hates the police because, they were investigating him.
Then he writes things he has no knowledge about. Lt Miriam H. has been doing trainining in C.E. hours for other officers for quiet some time now. She just transfered to the training division.
This happens often, in law enforcement, officers transfer all the time.
Even some blogger, who God only knows why he blogs with this idiot, Kingie canutie is mocking his comments. viejo idiotisimo.

Anonymous said...

Why don't the legislators require the people use the drivers license as prof of a voting ID. what is all the fuss about??

Johnny Joe said...

Exellent article. that guy chapaneco is a disgrace to Hispanics. la rego, el idiota.

Anonymous said...

Haley Barbour from Missippi has baggage, the inter-net had a article about the airplane taxpayers are maintaining for the Governor. He doesn't stand a chance. Sorry Haley

Anonymous said...

Brownsville man, Chapaneco looks like a shrimp and probably smells like one.
He probably lives in house bought with drug money, ese pinche biejo burrisisimo, reminds me of Juan Ortega, los dos tienen caras de plantillas.

Anonymous said...

El vato se creyo chingon, but Thye TRibune exposed him for what he is. Es un chantaje y no vale madre. what a poor excuse for a Hispanic. si, largate, apestoso!

Anonymous said...

Now that the cobarde shrimp (Chapaneco) has been exposed, he is writing his 3 sentence paragraphs, about the police. Out of 6 comments 3 are his. Pinche viejo puto, puras mentiras.
Out of every post in his blog he writes 2 or 3 responses.
He is trying to compete with this blog, you can't win babosso.

Anonymous said...

Mr. Shrimp, the coward of the county, yes, the one that was hiding form police at his ex wife home during a murder investigation, was bragging about having 35 comments, guess what 14 were his and his girlfriends Jacko.
He now is only writing about the police, he can't write about anything else.

Anonymous said...

Actually out of 11 comments 7 are his. And now he is threating, blogger M, for some odd reason. I think his girlfriend Jacko, didn't want him last night in the junkie, smelly ford, that he drives Chaparrona around.

Patrick Alcatraz said...

ALL:...A few days ago, Chapa blogger King Canute posted a comment on Chapa's blog about his investigation of The Tribune's comments. Mr. Canute, how about a review of Chapa's comment count? That would be fair, and we think it would further expose Chapa as a liar and a deceiver. His days are over. It's too bad he doesn't have the cojones to admit it. As always, we say he is a pisspoor example of a journalist and, worse than that, a horrible role model for Hispanics. Perhaps Mr. Canute will enlighten him and bring him evidence of what all the rest of us already know: that his blog is dead... - Editor

Mr. Brownsville said...

it goes without saying that this blogger is against any site going against law enforcement. believe it, bros. Chapete is playing with fire. muh boys will go get his arse one of these days. little ass, I mean. LOL!!!

Rabbit said...

We're paying for criminals to get college degrees? Noooooooooo. how insane is that. of course they don't pay back. they're criminals!

Anonymous said...

Hey, is Tony Chapa a mouse or a mouse? get it. ha ha ha.

Connie said...

Chapaneco is getting stomped by his own bloggers. It is true justice. Hombre estupido! press relase, press release, press release, bad cops, press release, bad cops, press release, la da dah. same old crap on that dwarf's blog. 15 or 16 comments are his. ha ha ha!

Anonymous said...

Hey read the comments from Kingi canutie, on the section where Tony Chapos is threating blogger M.

Patrick Alcatraz said...

ANON:...Yes, we did see King Canute's analysis of our Blog's comments and are again vindicated. But it also gave us pleasure in also confirming that Tony Chapa lies about his comments. 34 and 15 were his? That leaves - what? - 19 actual, genuine blogs. Well, that's another nail on his credibility coffin. We thank Mr. Canute for his dilligence and honesty. And, of course, we invite him to blog here, where his obvious intellect clearly belongs... - Editor

Anonymous said...

Mr. Editor, he asked Kingi for a further review, I thought after the first he would have stopped. Oh well, that just explains why Tonis blog is a local rumor mill, no more no less, I am surprise he left the post, most of the time, he deletes comments he doesn't like.

Blogger M said...

Exclusive breaking special message to TC from Blogger M. Listen up, my little spinning gerbil. You have whirled yourself into a tizzy and are making no sense. First of all, what are you talking about when you accuse me of "imitating" someone. I have always blogged as M and that's who I am. Unlike your own pet pervert, Jake, who blogs under at least 6 different names, all of whom you count as individuals when you add up all your commenters on one hand and then take off your shoes to multiply times three. By the way, haven't you figured out which name he uses when he posts on the Trib and haven't you noticed what he says about you in those posts. I guess it doesn't matter to you. If you can ignore him fantasizing about raping your wife then his calling you stupid must seem like nothing.

Secondly, if Jake chooses to "prosecute" me, he is going to have to come up with some sort of reasonable, rational, semi-intelligent fictional claim, which would be an impossible stretch coming from him. But don't keep me in suspense. I'm still waiting for your formal complaint from last year and if you and Jake work on this together, maybe I will hear something before five years pass. Just remember, try to write in complete sentences and don't use white-out on the computer screen when you make a mistake, if you can even recognize typos. If you will let me know the time and place, I would love to be there when you present this little piece of fiction to law enforcement (I'm sure they will stop everything to listen to you). With all due disregard.....M

Anonymous said...

Wait a minute, you mean prisoners get free education while in prison, I just paid $195.00 for a anatomy bookf or my daughter, what a ripp off.
Seriously, do you think they are going to pay the money back??? I don't think so.

Sessi said...

Thank you Mr. Yerena for doing what many of us expected. Clean city hall.
I believe in free enterprise, Nadia Tapia Gonzalez used her position to get city funds for a private project.
I say if you want to buy the Grande theater, go get a loan and buy it, than sell it to the Mexican American Chamber of Commerce, but please, during this hard economic times, I say that project can wait.
Now go find a real job, I hear they need waitresses at Mi Ranchito.

Silverio said...

Jake the snake called Toni the shrimps wife, lard ass. Read the BLR, I think I am going to e mail toni that post.
This guy has no boundries, and Toni chapa still hangs around with him and defends him.
You know more, and more I am beginning to believe, that toni se le voltio el chirreon. Lard Ass, uhh, at the Wesmer, Uhh!!!

Johnny Joe said...

chapaneco has no balls. anybody say that about my wife and it's freakin' war. jake does it over and over, throwing it on the dwarf's face. he must a coward as they say here almost every day. Do something, chapete, menso!

Mary lou Tovarez said...

thank you big dawg, Joe Rubio for exposing corruption, Nadya you are going to need an attorney, just hope you don't get indicted. A class A misdomeanor, is no joke, you are going to county court at law, second level, Cameron county Hall of justice. They play for real here.

Mary lou Tovarez said...

If someone called me lard ass, he would be answering to my husband. That jake is an evil person, Mr. Silverio didn't write the complete comment.

Sessi said...

Mr. Editor, non of the characters on the side bar interested in running for president, have a chance. CNN was reporting that Michelle Bachmann, is considering running for President. The queen of entitlements.

Anonymous said...

Well, I have heard it all, look if these guys get educated and repay the money, I guess it's okay, but I doubt the state will get any back.

Anonymous said...

Sorry Nadyia Tapia Gonzalez, back to waitressing, I hear the New Hotel Reece, is hiring.
This time, La politica didn't work in Harlingen. Toooo Baaddd.

Anonymous said...

chapaneco is still pumping himself up. Claims a large number of comments but everyone knows he lies. The fool lies! His wife was called a lard-ass and he focuses on The Tribune. Es un estupido o es cierto lo de su mujer!

Anonymous said...

LE ESTAN poniendo a tu vieja, sonso! do something!

El De Los Fresnos said...

Su vieja a de estar bien fea. he won't defend her!

Anonymous said...

chapaneco has no balls. Was he spayed or what. they say one word against my wife and i'm down, bro! Cobarde!

El Meester said...

ese Chapete es un 41. se le ve en la cara.

Anonymous said...

So, chapaneco, it's Mary Chapa now? funnnneeee

Anonymous said...

Another reason that Chapa doesn't like the cops is because his daughter sleeps around with them. Especially the white boys. Ask around and you will see.

Hector said...

Tony once told people at the cafe that he has the record for passing the longest turd in Harlingen, a 24-incher. He said tamales do it for him.