El Paso Times is reporting that lawyer Martie Jobe, who is reportedly one of the CCs named in Travis Ketner’s “information” paper, is suing for defamation and civil conspiracy. Thanks for confirming you’re one of the CCs listed through this lawsuit, Martie. Makes everyone’s job easier. You’re either JaneCC-1 or JaneCC-2 — those are the only females mentioned. I’ll figure it out after lunch. The suit claims Jobe has “suffered intense embarrassment, extreme anger, sleepless nights, prolonged anxiety, difficulty eating, bouts of nausea, emotional reactions and outbursts at the slightest provocation, nightmares and extreme stress.” Sounds like me after eating a lousy Chinese meal in El Paso.

Here’s a link to a PDF file of Jobe’s court petition, courtesy of El Paso Times. It’s an interesting read with a dig at the local FBI (also known as the local “Gestapo” to the editors of Border Observer).

In other news, the current heat wave has spawned another lawsuit. Former El Paso city attorney Lisa Elizondo is suing Hizzonner, the mayor, John Cook, as well as the City of El Paso for slander and violating the Texas Open Meetings Act. I don’t know what an Open Meetings Act says, but the story is a good read, especially the part that basically alleges that Cook is a world-class sexist and racist who thinks any Mexican female is not worth working with and she oughta be home tending her (presumarly) large brood of illegitimate kids. OK, I made up the part about illegitimate. And large. I don’t know how large Elizondo, or her brood, are. Elizondo was fired in 2005, and I’m surprised more Democrats haven’t jumped on her bandwagon. After all, there’s that whole Bush/Gonzalez/US Attorney thing going on right now. Or was going on, last time I rode Flossie into El Paso to read the paper and eat some char shiu at one of the city’s world-class Chinese joints.