City Commission - February 19, 2008

City Commission Meeting - February 19, 2008
Agenda.

Is this who you want for District Attorney, Cameron County?

Drowning victims are probably the most dangerous to try to rescue. In a panic, drowning victims are likely to claw at rescuers and climb to the surface at all costs. NEVER attempt a direct rescue of a conscious drowning victim without proper training.

- How To Rescue a Drowning Victim

Well, is it?

ETA: There's a VERY enlightening reader comment on the article's page:

The ad that Zavaleta(sic) ran was completely disengenuous(sic). Most of those names were from divorce cases in which one of the parties accused the other of child abuse. What "declined at intake" means is that the case was duly investigated and found to be baseless. However, in running that lie of an ad, he published the names of the accused, which now means that all of those kids' friends know all about it now. Zavaletta had a duty to protect the identities of thse(sic) kids, but in his dash to lie about the current District Attorney, he showed that it is he himself who doesn't care about the children of the Valley. he showed that he's perfectly willing to sacrifice the innocent in order to get elected. Because knowingly breaching that confidentiality is a likely violation of the law, now the current DA has little choice other than to investigate his opponent during an election campaign. This kind of thing could only happen in the Valley. Has anybody actully(sic) bothered to look at Zavaletta's professional credentials? I doubt it. He is a civil attorney, not a criminal one. To my knowledge, he has never even handled a single criminal trial. What can he know about the running of the Office of district Attorney? Nothing, that's what. Not only does he not understand the office he's running for, he even doesn't understand the criminal system.

MOST are divorce cases? Who knows if that's accurate, but what if just ONE of them was a divorce case? Just one. You know, an ugly one; where unfounded accusations are flung from one of (or even both of) the parents. And law enforcement has/had NO CHOICE but to investigate it. And they found bupkis, nada, NO proof of abuse.

If that's the case, what's Peter done with his 2/26 ad? If that's the case, he's recklessly published the identities of FOLKS HERETOFORE PRESUMED INNOCENT AND UN-INDICTED. And he has the unmitigated gall to label Villalobos as "against our children"?

What. bizarro. county. do. we. live. in?

Tuesday, March 4th, folks. That's Primary Election Day.
Once could even say that it's INTAKE day for the DA position.

I urge each of you and all voters in our county:
DECLINE PETER ZAVALETTA AT INTAKE.

BISD Board - February 19, 2008

BISD Board of Trustees Meeting - February 19, 2008
Agenda.

Brownsville PUB - February 11, 2008

Brownsville PUB Board Meeting - February 11, 2008
Agenda.

BISD BOC - February 7, 2008

BISD Bond Oversight Committee Meeting - February 7, 2008

Out in March: The Case Runner by Carlos H. Cisneros

Local attorney and good friend, Carlos H. Cisneros, has written a mystery novel entitled The Case Runner. It's slated for release next month and can be pre-ordered now at Amazon.com or by filling out and mailing the below order form.

I, for one, put in my order already and can't wait to read it for a variety of reasons. ¡Buena suerte, Carlos!

UTB-TSC - February 14, 2008

UTB-TSC Board of Trustees Meeting - February 14, 2008
Agenda.

"The Closing Argument"

BISD Board - February 12, 2008

BISD Board of Trustees Meeting - February 12, 2008
Agenda.

BISD Board - January 22, 2008

BISD Board of Trustees Meeting - January 22, 2008
Agenda.

Union Endorses Non-Union Benefactor

So the Brownsville Union Coalition "endorsed" Zavaletta. Did they know, or even care, that their chosen one received campaign support from a firmly non-union company?

The International Longshoremen's Association is a coalition member of B.U.C. and it can be argued that the ILA's member wages have directly suffered for over a decade due to Gulf Stream's non-union stance.

Chalk it up to another case of Zavaletta's hypocrisy; this time emanating from both sides of his pro/anti-union mouth.

The Rest of the Story...

Click on the image to view the entire 3-page document in PDF form.

BH District Attorney Debate - February 11, 2008

February 11, 2008

The Shot Heard 'Round the Pizza Hut

Click here for an account of bribes, lies, partial lies, polygraph challenges, checks, audiotapes, & "prior commitments".

Cause# 88-CR-827-C

Click on the image to download the 33-page case file in PDF format.

District Attorney Candidate Forum - February 6, 2008

District Attorney Candidate Forum
Hosted by South Texans for Good Government
Brownsville Public Library - February 6, 2008

Cameron County - February 5, 2008

Cameron County Commissioners' Court - February 5, 2008
Agenda.

BND - February 6, 2008

Brownsville Navigation District Board Meeting - February 6, 2008
Agenda.

City Commission - February 5, 2008

City Commission Meeting - February 5, 2008
Agenda.

Mark Yates Plea a Done Deal?

Check out the Harlingen Post article for all the crazy details.

Full Disclosure Worth a 1,000 10 Words.

My apologies for not originally including proper linkage to the PO's blog in the right hand column. An oversight since corrected.

Cameron County - January 29, 2008

Cameron County Commissioners' Court - January 29, 2008
Agenda.

MALC Forum - October 30, 2007

Mexican American Legislative Caucus Forum
October 30, 2007

UTB-TSC - January 17, 2008

UTB-TSC Board of Trustees Meeting - January 17, 2008
Agenda.