Monday, January 30, 2006
What does a Nueces County Chair Person do?
What does a Nueces County Chair Person do?
How is a Republican County Chair different from a Democratic County Chair?
How are they the same?
Why is there not any other Political Parties with a County Chair?
Should not all political parties and community leaders seek to increase voter turnout with disregard to a voters politcal orientation.
The dislike between political factions undermines South Texas.
Who can work with the other side of the aisle.
What is the motivation for each candidate?
What did Solomon do during his tenure?
What has Joe Yowell done during his tenure?
Why did Solomon decide not to run this time?
What does it have to do with Shamsie?
Now if you want to see a Republican; Chuck Cazalas.
How does he match up to NEAL?
Olivarez with Montgomery Consulting is not far from MIKAL's DEEP DEEP DEEP POCKETS.
He needs to distance himself from MR WATTS. In fact a public rebuking is in order.
Cuz it is already being done illegally if the emails are true.
We know it is going on and then we expect the elected ones to serve our best interest?
Transparency is TANATMOUNT.
And Neal?.... forget about it.
I figured anybody would be better than Shamsie. Maybe it was the dodging and hiding?
Oh yeah and the BREAD
How is a Republican County Chair different from a Democratic County Chair?
How are they the same?
Why is there not any other Political Parties with a County Chair?
Should not all political parties and community leaders seek to increase voter turnout with disregard to a voters politcal orientation.
The dislike between political factions undermines South Texas.
Who can work with the other side of the aisle.
What is the motivation for each candidate?
What did Solomon do during his tenure?
What has Joe Yowell done during his tenure?
Why did Solomon decide not to run this time?
What does it have to do with Shamsie?
Now if you want to see a Republican; Chuck Cazalas.
How does he match up to NEAL?
Olivarez with Montgomery Consulting is not far from MIKAL's DEEP DEEP DEEP POCKETS.
He needs to distance himself from MR WATTS. In fact a public rebuking is in order.
Cuz it is already being done illegally if the emails are true.
We know it is going on and then we expect the elected ones to serve our best interest?
Transparency is TANATMOUNT.
And Neal?.... forget about it.
I figured anybody would be better than Shamsie. Maybe it was the dodging and hiding?
Oh yeah and the BREAD
Brent Chesney, Mark Scott, Melody Cooper, and the like are trying to sell you a bill of goods
Beach Development 1/30/2006 4:40:08 PM
Folks, they are trying to sell you a bill of goods. If you want to see what they have in store go to South Padre or Galvestion. On South Padre you can drive for five miles without seeing the water. There is check to jowel development consisting mostly of high rise condos and motels along the water side of the major access road. At Galveston you have the same situation of a restriction on driving on the beach in the entire Galvestion city limit. While there is access to the beach it limited and parking is scarce. They are promising all this free parking and such but there is no guarantee that it will remain that way. There is already a move underway to eliminate free on street parking near the beaches in Galveston. The last think they want is for the people to have a say in this decision.
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Wild ApePosts: 1965
Re: Beach Development 1/30/2006 4:57:06 PM
I have to say they pulled this stunt like pros. They''ll make it a legal precident. Chesney speaks out of his alternate orifice very well. I still won''t buy it.
CalPosts: 604
Re: Re: Beach Development 1/30/2006 5:04:56 PM
What will happen to NAS Corpus,CCAD,and the Coast Guard at NAS when all the condo''s and development takes place on the Island. Where will all the ""Fleet Jets"" from Kingsville practice? Make you choice and be heard today. NAS and the Military or Condos Crowdes and high taxes to pay for all this. Ask yourself this question. How much am I going to put into my pocket? Not a dam cent. Methinks there are two around the dial today that want to sell us out for a dollar. But then, that''s the name of the game.
curmudgeonPosts: 3247
You are giving up you beach access . . . 1/30/2006 5:05:33 PM
. . . so that folks who own hotel, motel, and restaraunts can make money. Unless you own a hotel, motel or restaraunt all you will get is higher taxes. They will promise you free parking, showers and free drinks on the beach. They promised the folks who voted for the income tax in 1913 that it would only be 1% and only on the rich,
RudyPosts: 42
Re: You are giving up you beach access . . . 1/30/2006 5:31:17 PM
You know I have lived here all of my life and I had no idea this was a tourist town. Paraphrasing Chesney today ""That this town has always been a tourist town."" I think we are more of a retirement community. Anyway when has this city ever down anything to attract tourists not a damn thing and now they want to do this thing on our beaches. The City has screwed up our downtown and I can''t even take a drive down Shoreline which I really enjoyed becuase they are fixing our sea wall and I have never seen a worker out there before. I hope it does not turn out like Ennis Joslin becuase I go to school out at TAMUCC and they are still not finished with it!!!! Please do not mess with our beaches I like driving on the beach and parking my car somewhere next to the water open the bend to my truck and have a nice picnic with family and friends. This resort crap is only going to benefit those with big pockets and that''s it. Not common citizens if they wanted to help the common folks out they wouldn''t have passed on Sea World and Schiltterbahn. Those projects would have benefited everyone. If this comes up for a vote I am voting it down just like I did with the smoking ban thing. Hey speaking of the smoking ban there has been quite a few restuarants that have closed down around town. Any correlation there? UMMMM.....
RudyPosts: 42
Re: Re: You are giving up you beach access . . . 1/30/2006 5:58:29 PM
Another thing the City Council needs to stop doing us favors. Really, dont do us any favors, Chesney (Who lives in Dallas).
Wild ApePosts: 1965
Rudy pretty much sums it up for me 1/30/2006 8:59:31 PM
I just don''t trust them. Sorry. Two days after an election they already change the goal posts. I''m sure it is hard for a politician to take the heat for all the ills. Perhaps the situation is complicated but my gut feel is that his heart is in Dallas, not here. I''ve lived in tourist towns and no offense, this isn''t one. I think Rudy is right. This place is quiet and nice like a retirement community. What is wrong with that? Build a refinery here. That will catch my attention.
bigoPosts: 432
Re: Rudy pretty much sums it up for me 1/30/2006 9:17:50 PM
I spend most of my beach time down the Natioanl Seashore or at Mustang State park (but I''m getting tired of lugging my stuff to the picnic tables). With the currents, is the trash as bad toward Packery Channel as it is on down the island? And I wonder if they will haul in white sand for the resorts?
HardcoreHarryPosts: 1767
I caught Chesney''s self righteous outburst 1/30/2006 9:28:37 PM
True or not Brettypoo, the whole episode has the ""appearances"" of impropriety. At the very least, us voters ought to pay your and the council back for your “dumb” decisions as YOU phrased them by booting you to the curb and send you packing to Dallas for real this next election. The voters in Corpus Christi deserve better representation from someone who committed to actually making Corpus home. Then again, it would be harder to exploit those inside tracts on real estate deals by using the connections to the office you so clearly will not surrender to a “real” local representative. So do not get all self-righteous when your should be “former” constituents call into question your modus operandi. I for one take a tragicomic view of your little slots on the air where you are so busy selling this beach development like a two bit huckster. You would be even funnier if the stakes were not so high Mr. Chesney. Hardcore Harry
anasazicoyotePosts: 443
Re: Beach Development 1/30/2006 8:08:04 PM
if developers want beachfront property let them buy some land on the laguna side and install their own waterway.
curmudgeonPosts: 3247
Why buy land . . . 1/30/2006 8:16:01 PM
. . . when they can get slugs like Brent Chesney and Mark Scott to give them ours.
H.H. IslanderPosts: 1
Respectful Disagreement 1/30/2006 9:15:16 PM
I''m amazed none of you sell anything, none of you fix anything and none of you Build anything! Responsible building benefits everyone with a job. Our population is growing. Weather you like it or not C.C. is growing. Now, with Responsible Development comes many needs. If any of you have a job, Whatever you do, we will need more of it. If your a janitor, there will be more to clean. If your a Doctor, there will be more to heal. If your a plumber, there will be more to Plumb. You see, Everyone wins. Now, about the beach! Driving on the Beach, IN TOWN! Makes about as much sense as driving on the sidewalk! I''m all for Driving and Camping on the Beach. BUT NOT IN TOWN! I do want access to the Beach & parking too! Im so sorry to break the news to everyone, Smoking is bad for you and this is not a Fishing Village any more! Welcome to the 21st Century!
curmudgeonPosts: 3247
Most of the folks here have jobs . . . 1/30/2006 9:31:26 PM
. . and degrees, some of us several of them. I''ve lived here longer than you have probably been alive and I have forgotten more about building and business than you will ever know. Tourist don''t bring the kind of jobs Corpus Christ needs. Tourist don''t use doctors, or lawyers or engineers or dentists or mechanics or architects or . . . well you get the idea. This developement will use a few professionals during the building stage but after that it will be mostly maids and waitress and dishwashers. The beaches, all the beaches not just those outside the city limits belong to the people of Texas. Texas passed a law in 1959 that says the Texas beach is a state highway. You need to do a little research.
BlindBobPosts: 529
Re: Respectful Disagreement 1/30/2006 10:12:54 PM
First they only wanted a little bit of beachfront, so the tourists wouldn''t be run over by those wild-eyed maniacs from the city. Those same ''city people'' who had somehow managed not to run over and kill too many people in all those decades. In fact, the statistics are so low that its nearly impossible to find any information. Then they wanted a little more beachfront. And they won''t be satisfied until they have it all. Miami Beach, Galveston, South Padre Island. I won''t favor giving these modern day Carpetbaggers one square inch of beachfront. They don''t give a ratz behind about Corpus Christi or anyone who lives here. We''ve gotten along just fine without em and we can get along just fine in the future without em. With props to Counting Crows: They paved paradise and put up a parkin'' lot With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin'' hot spot Don''t it always seem to go That you don''t know what you got till it''s gone They paved paradise and put up a parkin'' lot
BlindBobPosts: 529
Re: Respectful Disagreement 1/30/2006 10:21:51 PM
And one more, from the Pretenders: WENT BACK TO OHIO BUT MY PRETTY COUNTRYSIDE HAD BEEN PAVED DOWN THE MIDDLE BY A GOVERNMENT THAT HAD NO PRIDE THE FARMS OF OHIO HAD BEEN REPLACED BY SHOPPING MALLS AND MUZAK FILLED THE AIR FROM SENECA TO CUYAHOGA FALLS SAID, A, O, OH WAY TO GO OHIO
Folks, they are trying to sell you a bill of goods. If you want to see what they have in store go to South Padre or Galvestion. On South Padre you can drive for five miles without seeing the water. There is check to jowel development consisting mostly of high rise condos and motels along the water side of the major access road. At Galveston you have the same situation of a restriction on driving on the beach in the entire Galvestion city limit. While there is access to the beach it limited and parking is scarce. They are promising all this free parking and such but there is no guarantee that it will remain that way. There is already a move underway to eliminate free on street parking near the beaches in Galveston. The last think they want is for the people to have a say in this decision.
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Wild ApePosts: 1965
Re: Beach Development 1/30/2006 4:57:06 PM
I have to say they pulled this stunt like pros. They''ll make it a legal precident. Chesney speaks out of his alternate orifice very well. I still won''t buy it.
CalPosts: 604
Re: Re: Beach Development 1/30/2006 5:04:56 PM
What will happen to NAS Corpus,CCAD,and the Coast Guard at NAS when all the condo''s and development takes place on the Island. Where will all the ""Fleet Jets"" from Kingsville practice? Make you choice and be heard today. NAS and the Military or Condos Crowdes and high taxes to pay for all this. Ask yourself this question. How much am I going to put into my pocket? Not a dam cent. Methinks there are two around the dial today that want to sell us out for a dollar. But then, that''s the name of the game.
curmudgeonPosts: 3247
You are giving up you beach access . . . 1/30/2006 5:05:33 PM
. . . so that folks who own hotel, motel, and restaraunts can make money. Unless you own a hotel, motel or restaraunt all you will get is higher taxes. They will promise you free parking, showers and free drinks on the beach. They promised the folks who voted for the income tax in 1913 that it would only be 1% and only on the rich,
RudyPosts: 42
Re: You are giving up you beach access . . . 1/30/2006 5:31:17 PM
You know I have lived here all of my life and I had no idea this was a tourist town. Paraphrasing Chesney today ""That this town has always been a tourist town."" I think we are more of a retirement community. Anyway when has this city ever down anything to attract tourists not a damn thing and now they want to do this thing on our beaches. The City has screwed up our downtown and I can''t even take a drive down Shoreline which I really enjoyed becuase they are fixing our sea wall and I have never seen a worker out there before. I hope it does not turn out like Ennis Joslin becuase I go to school out at TAMUCC and they are still not finished with it!!!! Please do not mess with our beaches I like driving on the beach and parking my car somewhere next to the water open the bend to my truck and have a nice picnic with family and friends. This resort crap is only going to benefit those with big pockets and that''s it. Not common citizens if they wanted to help the common folks out they wouldn''t have passed on Sea World and Schiltterbahn. Those projects would have benefited everyone. If this comes up for a vote I am voting it down just like I did with the smoking ban thing. Hey speaking of the smoking ban there has been quite a few restuarants that have closed down around town. Any correlation there? UMMMM.....
RudyPosts: 42
Re: Re: You are giving up you beach access . . . 1/30/2006 5:58:29 PM
Another thing the City Council needs to stop doing us favors. Really, dont do us any favors, Chesney (Who lives in Dallas).
Wild ApePosts: 1965
Rudy pretty much sums it up for me 1/30/2006 8:59:31 PM
I just don''t trust them. Sorry. Two days after an election they already change the goal posts. I''m sure it is hard for a politician to take the heat for all the ills. Perhaps the situation is complicated but my gut feel is that his heart is in Dallas, not here. I''ve lived in tourist towns and no offense, this isn''t one. I think Rudy is right. This place is quiet and nice like a retirement community. What is wrong with that? Build a refinery here. That will catch my attention.
bigoPosts: 432
Re: Rudy pretty much sums it up for me 1/30/2006 9:17:50 PM
I spend most of my beach time down the Natioanl Seashore or at Mustang State park (but I''m getting tired of lugging my stuff to the picnic tables). With the currents, is the trash as bad toward Packery Channel as it is on down the island? And I wonder if they will haul in white sand for the resorts?
HardcoreHarryPosts: 1767
I caught Chesney''s self righteous outburst 1/30/2006 9:28:37 PM
True or not Brettypoo, the whole episode has the ""appearances"" of impropriety. At the very least, us voters ought to pay your and the council back for your “dumb” decisions as YOU phrased them by booting you to the curb and send you packing to Dallas for real this next election. The voters in Corpus Christi deserve better representation from someone who committed to actually making Corpus home. Then again, it would be harder to exploit those inside tracts on real estate deals by using the connections to the office you so clearly will not surrender to a “real” local representative. So do not get all self-righteous when your should be “former” constituents call into question your modus operandi. I for one take a tragicomic view of your little slots on the air where you are so busy selling this beach development like a two bit huckster. You would be even funnier if the stakes were not so high Mr. Chesney. Hardcore Harry
anasazicoyotePosts: 443
Re: Beach Development 1/30/2006 8:08:04 PM
if developers want beachfront property let them buy some land on the laguna side and install their own waterway.
curmudgeonPosts: 3247
Why buy land . . . 1/30/2006 8:16:01 PM
. . . when they can get slugs like Brent Chesney and Mark Scott to give them ours.
H.H. IslanderPosts: 1
Respectful Disagreement 1/30/2006 9:15:16 PM
I''m amazed none of you sell anything, none of you fix anything and none of you Build anything! Responsible building benefits everyone with a job. Our population is growing. Weather you like it or not C.C. is growing. Now, with Responsible Development comes many needs. If any of you have a job, Whatever you do, we will need more of it. If your a janitor, there will be more to clean. If your a Doctor, there will be more to heal. If your a plumber, there will be more to Plumb. You see, Everyone wins. Now, about the beach! Driving on the Beach, IN TOWN! Makes about as much sense as driving on the sidewalk! I''m all for Driving and Camping on the Beach. BUT NOT IN TOWN! I do want access to the Beach & parking too! Im so sorry to break the news to everyone, Smoking is bad for you and this is not a Fishing Village any more! Welcome to the 21st Century!
curmudgeonPosts: 3247
Most of the folks here have jobs . . . 1/30/2006 9:31:26 PM
. . and degrees, some of us several of them. I''ve lived here longer than you have probably been alive and I have forgotten more about building and business than you will ever know. Tourist don''t bring the kind of jobs Corpus Christ needs. Tourist don''t use doctors, or lawyers or engineers or dentists or mechanics or architects or . . . well you get the idea. This developement will use a few professionals during the building stage but after that it will be mostly maids and waitress and dishwashers. The beaches, all the beaches not just those outside the city limits belong to the people of Texas. Texas passed a law in 1959 that says the Texas beach is a state highway. You need to do a little research.
BlindBobPosts: 529
Re: Respectful Disagreement 1/30/2006 10:12:54 PM
First they only wanted a little bit of beachfront, so the tourists wouldn''t be run over by those wild-eyed maniacs from the city. Those same ''city people'' who had somehow managed not to run over and kill too many people in all those decades. In fact, the statistics are so low that its nearly impossible to find any information. Then they wanted a little more beachfront. And they won''t be satisfied until they have it all. Miami Beach, Galveston, South Padre Island. I won''t favor giving these modern day Carpetbaggers one square inch of beachfront. They don''t give a ratz behind about Corpus Christi or anyone who lives here. We''ve gotten along just fine without em and we can get along just fine in the future without em. With props to Counting Crows: They paved paradise and put up a parkin'' lot With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin'' hot spot Don''t it always seem to go That you don''t know what you got till it''s gone They paved paradise and put up a parkin'' lot
BlindBobPosts: 529
Re: Respectful Disagreement 1/30/2006 10:21:51 PM
And one more, from the Pretenders: WENT BACK TO OHIO BUT MY PRETTY COUNTRYSIDE HAD BEEN PAVED DOWN THE MIDDLE BY A GOVERNMENT THAT HAD NO PRIDE THE FARMS OF OHIO HAD BEEN REPLACED BY SHOPPING MALLS AND MUZAK FILLED THE AIR FROM SENECA TO CUYAHOGA FALLS SAID, A, O, OH WAY TO GO OHIO
Sunday, January 29, 2006
In reference to the Caller Times "Shamsie Contributes in Small Way to Candidate".
IMHO it would raise the standard! Shamsie cannot even look me in the eye not to mention answer or return my phone calls! I filed a motion that he ignored and now it is on the way to the 13th COA! He also promised the girls who worked for him before he was elected County Judge he would take them with him and Walter Bryan would replace Laura Garza Jimenez while acting like he was her ally! Shamsie also witnessed the $100K deal between Rene Rodriguez and Capelo! No Balls!
Shamsie should have directed me to the appropriate Court of Jurisdiction and he did not. So sould have Betty Jean Longoria as she is my precinct representative. She did not know.
With his office staff I say you gotta dance with who brings you.
And then the T Shirt given to Laura says it all. Remember he gave one to Cazalas? And now to Laura.
Shamsie should have directed me to the appropriate Court of Jurisdiction and he did not. So sould have Betty Jean Longoria as she is my precinct representative. She did not know.
With his office staff I say you gotta dance with who brings you.
And then the T Shirt given to Laura says it all. Remember he gave one to Cazalas? And now to Laura.
Thursday, January 26, 2006
Intellects by Orion
Now,...That's what Im talkin bout!Posted on January 27, 2006 at 04:15:36 AM by dannoynted1Intellects??? 1/27/2006 3:12 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Let me see, just how many of you Threadsters make up this forum.........not many, 15 or less maybe. If anyone looks bad it is all of you, including Carrales, where is he now? Don't go overboard on you and yours intellect thing.....the way all of you are carrying on here and at EL Defenzors is showing all of us the opposite of what you say you are. A true intellect would not be reduced to name calling and putting down others to make you all look smart. Evidently you think that by doing this you can compensate for your insecurities. Homer is doing a great job and you all have helped him look even better. You all sure did show your true colors quick!
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Why did DAD barter with TAMUK EDUCATION Money for a new district court (influence) in Cleberg
Lucio says all options open in paying for schools
Editor’s note: This one in a series of four stories profiling candidates for state representative, District 38, on the ballot for the March 7 Democratic primary. Other candidates are David Gonzales, Arnie Olivarez and Alfredo Montano. The winner will face Luis Cavazos in November, who is unopposed in the Republican primary.District 38 includes most of Harlingen, northern Brownsville, southern Los Fresnos, and all of San Benito, Rancho Viejo, Indian Lake, Rangerville and Los Indios.BY ELIZABETH PIERSONThe Brownsville HeraldBROWNSVILLE, January 26, 2006 — He entered the full-time work force less than one year ago, but Eddie Lucio III said he’s been learning skills to become a state representative all his life.The 27-year-old Brownsville native was just shy of his seventh birthday when his dad, state Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr., D-Brownsville, was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1986, and had always known a father involved in county politics.He’s the youngest of the four candidates vying for the Democratic nomination to represent Texas House District 38, but the Brownsville native said he’s arguably the most qualified to represent the Valley.
“I would give them that credit (of experience) had they been in the Legislature or been mayors, but their experience comes in business and law,” Lucio said. “Politics wasn’t something that we read about; it was something that we talked about at the breakfast table.”Lucio said he considers himself moderate on business issues and liberal on spending for health and assistance programs for the poor.“I feel that a strong business community can contribute to a community by providing tax revenue, jobs ... but in terms of social services, I feel I’m very liberal,” he said.He said he wants to wait to study state expenditures more closely before taking a position on how to raise more money for schools. First, current funds should be spent wisely, he said.“Everything is on the table right now,” he said. “I’m not opposed to anything. We need to be very innovative on how we spend and generate tax revenue in Texas. We need to be very creative with what we have now before we raise any more.”Lucio said one of his top priorities is to help the municipalities of the Rio Grande Valley to work together on issues of regional importance.“My biggest concern is that we don’t think regionally,” he said.Lucio graduated from Pace High School in Brownsville in 1997 and moved to Lubbock to attend college at Texas Tech University on a golf scholarship. After two years, he transferred to the University of Texas at Austin, where he received his bachelor’s and law degrees.Last year, he returned to the Valley, moved into his parents’ Los Fresnos home, and began practicing law with the Austin firm of Minter, Joseph and Thornhill. The firm partners agreed to let Lucio open their first Brownsville branch and take the time he needed to campaign for office, he said.In December, he married Jaime Barrera, a Brownsville accountant, in a small ceremony in Las Vegas. They had previously planned a November 2006 wedding but decided on a small, intimate ceremony instead, Lucio said.“We looked at the calendar, and this year, we wouldn’t have had any time, and we were just in love and we wanted to start our life together,” he said.Lucio now lives in Rancho Viejo.During an interview on a November afternoon, Lucio tended to details of his campaign.Brad McCumber, the marketing specialist who has worked on Sen. Lucio’s campaigns, is working on Lucio III’s campaign. He said Eddie III is, “like his father, a grassroots campaigner.”“Eddie’s a sharp guy, he’s a quick study,” McCumber said. “He really studies the issues.”Lucio III thinks his father’s position as a senator has given him a ground-up education about politics but hasn’t given him any particular advantage in the race.“That just opens up doors,” he said during an interview in November. “It doesn’t really help you. People still want to look you in the eye. They ask you about issues.” Name: Eduardo A. Lucio IIIAge: 27Lives in: Rancho ViejoProfession: Attorney with law firm of Minter, Joseph and ThornhillEducation: Pace High School 1997; bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin, 2001; law degree from UT-Austin, 2005.Family: Married in December to Jaime Lucio (formerly Barrera), accountant with Burton, McCumber and Cortez in Brownsville
Posted on Jan 26, 06 12:00 am
Editor’s note: This one in a series of four stories profiling candidates for state representative, District 38, on the ballot for the March 7 Democratic primary. Other candidates are David Gonzales, Arnie Olivarez and Alfredo Montano. The winner will face Luis Cavazos in November, who is unopposed in the Republican primary.District 38 includes most of Harlingen, northern Brownsville, southern Los Fresnos, and all of San Benito, Rancho Viejo, Indian Lake, Rangerville and Los Indios.BY ELIZABETH PIERSONThe Brownsville HeraldBROWNSVILLE, January 26, 2006 — He entered the full-time work force less than one year ago, but Eddie Lucio III said he’s been learning skills to become a state representative all his life.The 27-year-old Brownsville native was just shy of his seventh birthday when his dad, state Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr., D-Brownsville, was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1986, and had always known a father involved in county politics.He’s the youngest of the four candidates vying for the Democratic nomination to represent Texas House District 38, but the Brownsville native said he’s arguably the most qualified to represent the Valley.
“I would give them that credit (of experience) had they been in the Legislature or been mayors, but their experience comes in business and law,” Lucio said. “Politics wasn’t something that we read about; it was something that we talked about at the breakfast table.”Lucio said he considers himself moderate on business issues and liberal on spending for health and assistance programs for the poor.“I feel that a strong business community can contribute to a community by providing tax revenue, jobs ... but in terms of social services, I feel I’m very liberal,” he said.He said he wants to wait to study state expenditures more closely before taking a position on how to raise more money for schools. First, current funds should be spent wisely, he said.“Everything is on the table right now,” he said. “I’m not opposed to anything. We need to be very innovative on how we spend and generate tax revenue in Texas. We need to be very creative with what we have now before we raise any more.”Lucio said one of his top priorities is to help the municipalities of the Rio Grande Valley to work together on issues of regional importance.“My biggest concern is that we don’t think regionally,” he said.Lucio graduated from Pace High School in Brownsville in 1997 and moved to Lubbock to attend college at Texas Tech University on a golf scholarship. After two years, he transferred to the University of Texas at Austin, where he received his bachelor’s and law degrees.Last year, he returned to the Valley, moved into his parents’ Los Fresnos home, and began practicing law with the Austin firm of Minter, Joseph and Thornhill. The firm partners agreed to let Lucio open their first Brownsville branch and take the time he needed to campaign for office, he said.In December, he married Jaime Barrera, a Brownsville accountant, in a small ceremony in Las Vegas. They had previously planned a November 2006 wedding but decided on a small, intimate ceremony instead, Lucio said.“We looked at the calendar, and this year, we wouldn’t have had any time, and we were just in love and we wanted to start our life together,” he said.Lucio now lives in Rancho Viejo.During an interview on a November afternoon, Lucio tended to details of his campaign.Brad McCumber, the marketing specialist who has worked on Sen. Lucio’s campaigns, is working on Lucio III’s campaign. He said Eddie III is, “like his father, a grassroots campaigner.”“Eddie’s a sharp guy, he’s a quick study,” McCumber said. “He really studies the issues.”Lucio III thinks his father’s position as a senator has given him a ground-up education about politics but hasn’t given him any particular advantage in the race.“That just opens up doors,” he said during an interview in November. “It doesn’t really help you. People still want to look you in the eye. They ask you about issues.” Name: Eduardo A. Lucio IIIAge: 27Lives in: Rancho ViejoProfession: Attorney with law firm of Minter, Joseph and ThornhillEducation: Pace High School 1997; bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin, 2001; law degree from UT-Austin, 2005.Family: Married in December to Jaime Lucio (formerly Barrera), accountant with Burton, McCumber and Cortez in Brownsville
Posted on Jan 26, 06 12:00 am
a chisme source who attended said it looked more like a Canales/Allison/Watts family dinner...
How to shoot self in foot, lesson one
John Martinez held a rather sparsely-attended "meet and greet" at the La Playa on Wednesday. I'm sure the event wasn't helped by the fact his generous host, Barbara Canales, made sure her name was prominently featured on the invitation. Although I wasn't there myself (some of us working stiffs don't have the luxury of even a one-hour lunch break,) a chisme source who attended said it looked more like a Canales/Allison/Watts family dinner than a Democratic Party function. Martinez, fresh from his loss in the non-partisan City Council election, seems to have learned nothing from the experience. Attending Democratic functions, and then ignoring the precinct chairs and middle class activists, does more harm than good. And Barbara Canales' little "I can't understand why you hate me; I'm so much prettier, younger, smarter, nicer, and richer than all you silly voters" routine is getting very old. The "Gazillionaire Attorneys Club" probably wouldn't have much fun with us beer-drinking, blue-collar types, but most candidates are at least able to shake our hands without looking nauseous. I get the impression that John Martinez wants to wash his hands after he shakes mine. And I'm hearing the same type of comment from my other working-stiff friends.If you want to hang out with people who think they're better than everyone else, John, perhaps you should have filed in the Republican Primary with the other Velacrats.
John Martinez held a rather sparsely-attended "meet and greet" at the La Playa on Wednesday. I'm sure the event wasn't helped by the fact his generous host, Barbara Canales, made sure her name was prominently featured on the invitation. Although I wasn't there myself (some of us working stiffs don't have the luxury of even a one-hour lunch break,) a chisme source who attended said it looked more like a Canales/Allison/Watts family dinner than a Democratic Party function. Martinez, fresh from his loss in the non-partisan City Council election, seems to have learned nothing from the experience. Attending Democratic functions, and then ignoring the precinct chairs and middle class activists, does more harm than good. And Barbara Canales' little "I can't understand why you hate me; I'm so much prettier, younger, smarter, nicer, and richer than all you silly voters" routine is getting very old. The "Gazillionaire Attorneys Club" probably wouldn't have much fun with us beer-drinking, blue-collar types, but most candidates are at least able to shake our hands without looking nauseous. I get the impression that John Martinez wants to wash his hands after he shakes mine. And I'm hearing the same type of comment from my other working-stiff friends.If you want to hang out with people who think they're better than everyone else, John, perhaps you should have filed in the Republican Primary with the other Velacrats.
Border "AUTOBAHN" High Tech Highway System verses a WALL??
Will the dollars be more efficient if INVESTED into a HIGHWAY SYSTEM.
WIA INTERDICTION PROGRAMS LIKE THE BYRNE GRANT can combine with other federal, state & local entities such as the DOT, DPS, DHS (both), "REMEMBER WE'RE FROM HERE"!
WHY would / "WHO?" might as well keep the small town vendettas using the EAVESDROPPING EQUIPTMENT for their own little weapon so as to exact sabotage or manipulate JOB opportunities. Maybe they have nothing else to do but play with their new expensive high tech toys. Pushing buttons literally manipulating LIVES.
That goes for LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, RADIO STATIONS, TELEVISION STATIONS, and the those in a VESTED interest with STRATEGIC ALLIANCES within ALLIANCES.
Some call em a TROJAN HORSE I call it "GOD Working in Mysterious WAYS".
My LORD is the CHOREOGRAPHER.
Brilliance once again a "BORDER AUTOBAHN"
DONALD TRUMP should be appointed to OVERSEE!
ie UN CRITIQUE C SPAN
YOU'RE FIRED!
WIA INTERDICTION PROGRAMS LIKE THE BYRNE GRANT can combine with other federal, state & local entities such as the DOT, DPS, DHS (both), "REMEMBER WE'RE FROM HERE"!
WHY would / "WHO?" might as well keep the small town vendettas using the EAVESDROPPING EQUIPTMENT for their own little weapon so as to exact sabotage or manipulate JOB opportunities. Maybe they have nothing else to do but play with their new expensive high tech toys. Pushing buttons literally manipulating LIVES.
That goes for LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, RADIO STATIONS, TELEVISION STATIONS, and the those in a VESTED interest with STRATEGIC ALLIANCES within ALLIANCES.
Some call em a TROJAN HORSE I call it "GOD Working in Mysterious WAYS".
My LORD is the CHOREOGRAPHER.
Brilliance once again a "BORDER AUTOBAHN"
DONALD TRUMP should be appointed to OVERSEE!
ie UN CRITIQUE C SPAN
YOU'RE FIRED!
Border "AUTOBAHN" High Tech Highway System verses a WALL??
Will the dollars be more efficient if INVESTED into a HIGHWAY SYSTEM.
WIA INTERDICTION PROGRAMS LIKE THE BYRNE GRANT can combine with other federal, state & local entities such as the DOT, DPS, DHS (both), "REMEMBER WE'RE FROM HERE"!
WHY would / "WHO?" might as well keep the small town vendettas using the EAVESDROPPING EQUIPTMENT for their own little weapon so as to exact sabotage or manipulate JOB opportunities. Maybe they have nothing else to do but play with their new expensive high tech toys. Pushing buttons literally manipulating LIVES.
That goes for LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, RADIO STATIONS, TELEVISION STATIONS, and the those in a VESTED interest with STRATEGIC ALLIANCES within ALLIANCES.
Some call em a TROJAN HORSE I call it "GOD Working in Mysterious WAYS".
My LORD is the CHOREOGRAPHER.
Brilliance once again a "BORDER AUTOBAHN"
DONALD TRUMP should be appointed to OVERSEE!
ie UN CRITIQUE C SPAN
YOU'RE FIRED!
WIA INTERDICTION PROGRAMS LIKE THE BYRNE GRANT can combine with other federal, state & local entities such as the DOT, DPS, DHS (both), "REMEMBER WE'RE FROM HERE"!
WHY would / "WHO?" might as well keep the small town vendettas using the EAVESDROPPING EQUIPTMENT for their own little weapon so as to exact sabotage or manipulate JOB opportunities. Maybe they have nothing else to do but play with their new expensive high tech toys. Pushing buttons literally manipulating LIVES.
That goes for LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, RADIO STATIONS, TELEVISION STATIONS, and the those in a VESTED interest with STRATEGIC ALLIANCES within ALLIANCES.
Some call em a TROJAN HORSE I call it "GOD Working in Mysterious WAYS".
My LORD is the CHOREOGRAPHER.
Brilliance once again a "BORDER AUTOBAHN"
DONALD TRUMP should be appointed to OVERSEE!
ie UN CRITIQUE C SPAN
YOU'RE FIRED!
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
"The EL WATTS A MATTA Poll"
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Jaime Kenedeño said...
How did Mikal get all that MULA?
8:52 PM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
I expect you guys know WATT QUANTUM MERUIT means?
9:27 PM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
Appetizer.......WATT does Mikal "mix" with?Mauricio..... him and Vance and the Consulate and California.Police Officers, Citgo, Tony "two fer" and BNP.WATT did Vincente say about some Noyola?Who is this Noyola to WATTS? Do you know about Josephine Noyola?WATT is MIKAL is he Goliath... to DAVID?I am preparing to email MIKAL again.Call us up we would like to hear from you. OR........ ENTER IF YOU DARE.Will you prove true to your EGO or will you try to grab back WATT we are taking.YOU can ..... well no actually it is too late already..... you have done enough damage EXPLOITING and Political Meandering. It is easy to get your bearings confused and then all of those oxbow lakes and Marisela Saldanas along the shore. Names people! Give the names?Not the names of the politicians but of the ones conducting the transactions.Maybe it is not WATT it seems to be.It might not be liquid, it might not be cash, it might be property, some type of trading of political contributions?OK, dannoynted1 says I cant say anymore.Until you do.
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Jaime Kenedeño said...
How did Mikal get all that MULA?
8:52 PM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
I expect you guys know WATT QUANTUM MERUIT means?
9:27 PM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
Appetizer.......WATT does Mikal "mix" with?Mauricio..... him and Vance and the Consulate and California.Police Officers, Citgo, Tony "two fer" and BNP.WATT did Vincente say about some Noyola?Who is this Noyola to WATTS? Do you know about Josephine Noyola?WATT is MIKAL is he Goliath... to DAVID?I am preparing to email MIKAL again.Call us up we would like to hear from you. OR........ ENTER IF YOU DARE.Will you prove true to your EGO or will you try to grab back WATT we are taking.YOU can ..... well no actually it is too late already..... you have done enough damage EXPLOITING and Political Meandering. It is easy to get your bearings confused and then all of those oxbow lakes and Marisela Saldanas along the shore. Names people! Give the names?Not the names of the politicians but of the ones conducting the transactions.Maybe it is not WATT it seems to be.It might not be liquid, it might not be cash, it might be property, some type of trading of political contributions?OK, dannoynted1 says I cant say anymore.Until you do.
1:39 AM
"College??? We don’t need no stinking College!"
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The Smaller Times did an article today about our friends down in Kingsville.Looks like they still can’t get the funding for the Rangel Pharmacy School! Our ever so powerful State Rep. Vilma Luna (DINO) who claims that the late State Rep. Irma Rangel was her role model was unavailable for comment. I guess that as one of the few members of the influential LBB (Legislative Budget Board) and close ally of the Republican Speaker she has better things to do than fight for funding for the Rangel School.What a SHAME that she has sold out to the republicans and yet has nothing to show for her community!Here is a link and clip from the storyRep. Vilma Luna, D-Corpus Christi, is on the board but could not be reached for comment Wednesday."The community and the pharmacy have done their part," Garza said. "They've done everything they can do. Everything now rests in the hands of the Legislative Budget Board."
posted by elchisme at 8:51 AM on Jan 19 2006
Jaime Kenedeño said...
It is not Vilma Luna's fault.Try Escobar, Lucio, The new District Court in Cleberg Ploy John Hubert and Craddick.
3:25 PM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
Why dont "WE" need a college?This is why we have no law school below San Antonio. No professional school either.
3:33 PM
valleycityboy said...
BS its not vilmas fault!She is on the budget board! and has done nothing! As anyone who is in the loop in Austin and they will tell you that VILMA sold out Escobar and killed the new court because watts didnt want it! not to mention the water that HUGO berlanga is killing!get your facts straight Jaime!
3:57 PM
GulfCoastLeftie said...
Of course, Vilma has no comment now. She got great press during the session about what she was doing for the Pharmacy School. The cameras are off now, so she can stab South Texans in the back--AGAIN--and score points with her buddy, Craddick. Get out of the Lege and make a million a year as a lobbyist already, Vilma. Any more of your "help" may well destroy the area.
7:49 PM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
First of all the new district court is WATT WATTS wants (Hubert wants it too). Escobar should be ashamed of himself trading TAMUK pharmacy funds for the chance at a new district court that we dont even need. Good Vilma Luna blocked it. I am proud of her.WATTS will benefit from a Cleberg District Court without Banales.WATT did Vilma have to do with the Barter; TAMUK 13.3 mill for Craddicks Hosp District in exchange fopr the New District Court Legislation. That is WATT happened. I have all the proof you need. Ask Ricardo Barerra. We dont need a New Cleberg District Court.It is Tony "two fer" and the King Ranch who want a puppet they can pull the strings on in Kleberg. Anyway Kenedy County doesnt want anything to do with Cleberg.I got my facts straight. Kingsville and Cleberg County is my forte. That is where my fight originated. Vilma Luna, if you dislike her that is your right. I think she has toed the line and not to cross it while working for MIKAL.I will be emailing this to Izeman.WATTS has no control over Kleberg County that is why he would want a new District Courtt. Looks like the reverse of the reverses.Hugo Berlanga???That is "TWO FER'S" boy!Remember he slipped Capelo in to write the Medical Legislation. He was facing Criminal charges. WATTT happened?
9:49 PM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
Remember the money was already there for the TAMUK pharmacy.Who stole it?Vilma already allotted for it one time.They like to duplicate sh/t over there in Cleberg.
9:51 PM
valleycityboy said...
First of all Jaime there is NO NEW DIST COURT IN KELBERG county! you dont even know the facts! The Legislation to Create did not Pass because Vilma killed it!Do your home work! Dont post if you dont know the FACTS!Everyone in town knows that Banales is owned by WATTS! So thats why they dont want another court that he will not control!As far as Hugo, he was the Lobby for the uranium mine that is polluting the water in Kingsville! Just look him up in the Tx Lobby records! Again! do your homework! I live and work in Kingsville and know first hand!
1:52 AM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
Valley Boy: "Jaime there is NO NEW DIST COURT IN KELBERG county!"I never said there was a New District Court In Cleberg. How is Banales owned by WATTS?WATT cases?Banales does not have anybody running against him.Two fer and Watts are compadres, no?Two fer is King RanchKing Ranch does not get any favor in Banales Court.I have been in the 105 Kleberg several times and never seen anybody get favor.Well maybe Mr 3 time Kilo.John Hubert licked his A$$.Anyway it is damn good that the New District Court was killed.They stole the TAMUK pharmacy Funding to influence it.I lived in Kingsville for many years. I left, due to Banales and his "Strong Arm". Vilma Luna, I know she works for WATTS but for some reason I cant buy the story that she does not represent her constituency.It is more Marisela pulling the strings for WATTS.Vilma Luna is a fall guy.HUGO is very close to Two Fer Canales.Hugo is the one who groomed Capelo for the JOB.I never said there was a new District Court in Cleberg but escobar and Hubert and Lucio sure did sell out TAMUK Pharmacy School for it. Ask Ricardo Barrera. He dont like Vilma Luna either. But he knows who traded his school's pharmacy College funding for influence in Austin.Hugo is not a good guy in my eyes.Have you read nothing I have wrote? You need to do your homework cuz Vilma Luna did not steal the funding for TAMUK PHarmacy School. It was Escobar, Lucio, and wannabe John Hubert.Why would Cleberg need another District Court?And Banales is not even on my buddy list.Since you live in Kingsville give me your take on Fil Esquivel, Sam Granato, Chiuminatto, Delma, Isassi, Laskowski and Hector Hinojosa. Oh yeah and not to forget Mary Cano.Kingsville citizens are glowing from the Water they drink and not a damn soul will do anything about it. Why?Do you drink the water?I have researched this stuff and wrote about it only to fall on deaf ears.Where have you been?If WATTS owns Banales then why would Watts want another District Court?Oh yeah you said he dont.I dont either but I am WATTS worst nightmare.Who wanted a new district court and why?I say it is the KING RANCH, Romeo Lomas and the Commisioners Court.Why does Kenedy want nothing to do with Cleberg?I dont see Mikal Wanting in on Kingsville as much as two fer.Are you saying Mikal is against the King Ranch and Jack Hunt and Lee Bass? Afterall, they are the ones who control the watering hole.Did you ever wonder why the Horlock ranch sold for only 4.8 million?Somebody wants a new district court so as to control the corridor and the AVARICE it carries.Apperances are decieving valley boy.Also if a new district court were to be created it would give another advantage to the valley politicos.Maybe you have something?Then again you must understand that seed propaganda. Just cuz WATTTS gives someone money does not mean they are alligned. WATTS gives money so as to win over the elected.Everybody gives to Banales so as to not piss him off.remember OXY Chem? Two Fer lost in Banales Court.You need to see where I am coming from and probably I have left things out but I have been doing this for a while and finally somebody is joining the fight.I wrote this a while back. Maybe you can see a little more about WATT I am doing?He doesn''t deserve the name Jaime
4:01 AM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
Dear Valley Boy,I would like to thank you for the Berlanga URI info. I know Berlanga is all involved it this crap but I did not realize he was lobbying for URI. I will take your word for it. I know Hugo is a very close friend of Barbara Black and her father "Two Fer". I will link you to my articles. If Mikal Watts is against the New District Court I guess I have found something we allign on. If as you say Mikal has Banales under his thumb WATT has Banales done for MIKAL? I have my differences with Banales but I believe his dealing with pedophiles far outweighs his unprofessionalism and abuse of power in my wife's instance. He does have a day where he will reckon. John Hubert and Mary Cano and Marilyn Ruff must "step up to the plate" first.WATTS the deal with the KING RANCH's agenda?Does it allign with Mikal Watts?WATT about Durrill?Tell little Durril to "Just Get".If you want to discuss Vilma then we must mention three little letters TLRWATT did Vilma do for MIKAL?WATTS set her up to be the next CAPELO.January 20, 2006Two Fer & Hugo Berlanga & URI Do Kingville citizens glow in the dark?
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The Smaller Times did an article today about our friends down in Kingsville.Looks like they still can’t get the funding for the Rangel Pharmacy School! Our ever so powerful State Rep. Vilma Luna (DINO) who claims that the late State Rep. Irma Rangel was her role model was unavailable for comment. I guess that as one of the few members of the influential LBB (Legislative Budget Board) and close ally of the Republican Speaker she has better things to do than fight for funding for the Rangel School.What a SHAME that she has sold out to the republicans and yet has nothing to show for her community!Here is a link and clip from the storyRep. Vilma Luna, D-Corpus Christi, is on the board but could not be reached for comment Wednesday."The community and the pharmacy have done their part," Garza said. "They've done everything they can do. Everything now rests in the hands of the Legislative Budget Board."
posted by elchisme at 8:51 AM on Jan 19 2006
Jaime Kenedeño said...
It is not Vilma Luna's fault.Try Escobar, Lucio, The new District Court in Cleberg Ploy John Hubert and Craddick.
3:25 PM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
Why dont "WE" need a college?This is why we have no law school below San Antonio. No professional school either.
3:33 PM
valleycityboy said...
BS its not vilmas fault!She is on the budget board! and has done nothing! As anyone who is in the loop in Austin and they will tell you that VILMA sold out Escobar and killed the new court because watts didnt want it! not to mention the water that HUGO berlanga is killing!get your facts straight Jaime!
3:57 PM
GulfCoastLeftie said...
Of course, Vilma has no comment now. She got great press during the session about what she was doing for the Pharmacy School. The cameras are off now, so she can stab South Texans in the back--AGAIN--and score points with her buddy, Craddick. Get out of the Lege and make a million a year as a lobbyist already, Vilma. Any more of your "help" may well destroy the area.
7:49 PM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
First of all the new district court is WATT WATTS wants (Hubert wants it too). Escobar should be ashamed of himself trading TAMUK pharmacy funds for the chance at a new district court that we dont even need. Good Vilma Luna blocked it. I am proud of her.WATTS will benefit from a Cleberg District Court without Banales.WATT did Vilma have to do with the Barter; TAMUK 13.3 mill for Craddicks Hosp District in exchange fopr the New District Court Legislation. That is WATT happened. I have all the proof you need. Ask Ricardo Barerra. We dont need a New Cleberg District Court.It is Tony "two fer" and the King Ranch who want a puppet they can pull the strings on in Kleberg. Anyway Kenedy County doesnt want anything to do with Cleberg.I got my facts straight. Kingsville and Cleberg County is my forte. That is where my fight originated. Vilma Luna, if you dislike her that is your right. I think she has toed the line and not to cross it while working for MIKAL.I will be emailing this to Izeman.WATTS has no control over Kleberg County that is why he would want a new District Courtt. Looks like the reverse of the reverses.Hugo Berlanga???That is "TWO FER'S" boy!Remember he slipped Capelo in to write the Medical Legislation. He was facing Criminal charges. WATTT happened?
9:49 PM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
Remember the money was already there for the TAMUK pharmacy.Who stole it?Vilma already allotted for it one time.They like to duplicate sh/t over there in Cleberg.
9:51 PM
valleycityboy said...
First of all Jaime there is NO NEW DIST COURT IN KELBERG county! you dont even know the facts! The Legislation to Create did not Pass because Vilma killed it!Do your home work! Dont post if you dont know the FACTS!Everyone in town knows that Banales is owned by WATTS! So thats why they dont want another court that he will not control!As far as Hugo, he was the Lobby for the uranium mine that is polluting the water in Kingsville! Just look him up in the Tx Lobby records! Again! do your homework! I live and work in Kingsville and know first hand!
1:52 AM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
Valley Boy: "Jaime there is NO NEW DIST COURT IN KELBERG county!"I never said there was a New District Court In Cleberg. How is Banales owned by WATTS?WATT cases?Banales does not have anybody running against him.Two fer and Watts are compadres, no?Two fer is King RanchKing Ranch does not get any favor in Banales Court.I have been in the 105 Kleberg several times and never seen anybody get favor.Well maybe Mr 3 time Kilo.John Hubert licked his A$$.Anyway it is damn good that the New District Court was killed.They stole the TAMUK pharmacy Funding to influence it.I lived in Kingsville for many years. I left, due to Banales and his "Strong Arm". Vilma Luna, I know she works for WATTS but for some reason I cant buy the story that she does not represent her constituency.It is more Marisela pulling the strings for WATTS.Vilma Luna is a fall guy.HUGO is very close to Two Fer Canales.Hugo is the one who groomed Capelo for the JOB.I never said there was a new District Court in Cleberg but escobar and Hubert and Lucio sure did sell out TAMUK Pharmacy School for it. Ask Ricardo Barrera. He dont like Vilma Luna either. But he knows who traded his school's pharmacy College funding for influence in Austin.Hugo is not a good guy in my eyes.Have you read nothing I have wrote? You need to do your homework cuz Vilma Luna did not steal the funding for TAMUK PHarmacy School. It was Escobar, Lucio, and wannabe John Hubert.Why would Cleberg need another District Court?And Banales is not even on my buddy list.Since you live in Kingsville give me your take on Fil Esquivel, Sam Granato, Chiuminatto, Delma, Isassi, Laskowski and Hector Hinojosa. Oh yeah and not to forget Mary Cano.Kingsville citizens are glowing from the Water they drink and not a damn soul will do anything about it. Why?Do you drink the water?I have researched this stuff and wrote about it only to fall on deaf ears.Where have you been?If WATTS owns Banales then why would Watts want another District Court?Oh yeah you said he dont.I dont either but I am WATTS worst nightmare.Who wanted a new district court and why?I say it is the KING RANCH, Romeo Lomas and the Commisioners Court.Why does Kenedy want nothing to do with Cleberg?I dont see Mikal Wanting in on Kingsville as much as two fer.Are you saying Mikal is against the King Ranch and Jack Hunt and Lee Bass? Afterall, they are the ones who control the watering hole.Did you ever wonder why the Horlock ranch sold for only 4.8 million?Somebody wants a new district court so as to control the corridor and the AVARICE it carries.Apperances are decieving valley boy.Also if a new district court were to be created it would give another advantage to the valley politicos.Maybe you have something?Then again you must understand that seed propaganda. Just cuz WATTTS gives someone money does not mean they are alligned. WATTS gives money so as to win over the elected.Everybody gives to Banales so as to not piss him off.remember OXY Chem? Two Fer lost in Banales Court.You need to see where I am coming from and probably I have left things out but I have been doing this for a while and finally somebody is joining the fight.I wrote this a while back. Maybe you can see a little more about WATT I am doing?He doesn''t deserve the name Jaime
4:01 AM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
Dear Valley Boy,I would like to thank you for the Berlanga URI info. I know Berlanga is all involved it this crap but I did not realize he was lobbying for URI. I will take your word for it. I know Hugo is a very close friend of Barbara Black and her father "Two Fer". I will link you to my articles. If Mikal Watts is against the New District Court I guess I have found something we allign on. If as you say Mikal has Banales under his thumb WATT has Banales done for MIKAL? I have my differences with Banales but I believe his dealing with pedophiles far outweighs his unprofessionalism and abuse of power in my wife's instance. He does have a day where he will reckon. John Hubert and Mary Cano and Marilyn Ruff must "step up to the plate" first.WATTS the deal with the KING RANCH's agenda?Does it allign with Mikal Watts?WATT about Durrill?Tell little Durril to "Just Get".If you want to discuss Vilma then we must mention three little letters TLRWATT did Vilma do for MIKAL?WATTS set her up to be the next CAPELO.January 20, 2006Two Fer & Hugo Berlanga & URI Do Kingville citizens glow in the dark?
4:58 AM
"DU: RINO vs DINO"
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Jaime Kenedeño said... Very thorough article.A must read for all in South Texas.Hinojosa has done some crooked sh/t if this all checks out and I think it will with the 13thCOA links and all.I need to check out the opinions but it looks like Rose is going to take on King Kong. But King Kong has handicapped himself.
1:41 AM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
One to Federico Hinojosa's credit and non corporate stanceCOURT OF APPEALSTHIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXASCORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG--------------------------------------------------------------------------------@#!$## *()^%$, Appellant,v.THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------On appeal from the 105th District Court of Kleberg County, Texas.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------OPINIONBefore Justices Hinojosa, Yañez, and Baird Former Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Charles F. Baird assigned to this Courtby the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas pursuant to the government code. SeeTex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 74.003 (Vernon Supp. 2004).Close Opinion Per CuriamAppellant was charged by indictment with the state jail felony offense of tampering with a governmental record. A jury convicted appellant of a lesser included offense and assessed punishment at 180 days confinement in the Kleberg County jail, probated for a period of two years. See Tex. Pen. Code Ann. § 37.10(c)(1) (Vernon Supp. 2004). We abate this appeal and remand this matter to the trial court for futher proceedings consistent with this opinion.I. Procedural History.Appellant raises two points of error, both of which deal with the status of her legal representation in the thirty days following sentencing. Specifically, the first point of error contends she was abandoned by trial counsel. The second point contends the trial judge erred in not appointing counsel to represent appellant during the thirty-day time period for filing a motion for new trial. A brief procedural history is necessary to put the points in context.On December 4, 2001, the jury returned its punishment verdict and the trial judge placed appellant on community supervision. On December 21, appellant filed a pro se notice of appeal. Appellant wrote a letter to the judge seeking appointment of counsel on appeal and a free reporter’s record. On January 10, 2002, the trial judge entered an order finding appellant indigent, and appointed counsel to prosecute appellant’s appeal. What is clear to us from the reading of the affidavits involved in this appeal is the following:1.trial counsel discussed with appellant her right to appeal; Trial counsel states that he explained to appellant her right to file a motion for newtrial and her right to appeal. Appellant disputes that statement, saying trial counsel neverinformed her of the right to file a motion for new trial, specifically, that counsel never relatedto her the importance of raising claims of jury misconduct and ineffective assistance ofcounsel, and filing the motion within 30 days. It is, however, undisputed that no motionwas filed. It is also undisputed that a record supporting such claims must be made at amotion for new trial hearing. Tex. R. App. P. 21.2 (motion for new trial is required whennecessary to adduce facts not in the record); see Jackson v. State, 877 S.W.2d 768, 771-72(Tex. Crim. App. 1994) (motion for new trial required to rebut presumption trial counsel'sconduct was not based upon strategic or tactical decision); Davis v. State, 419 S.W.2d 648,650 (Tex. Crim. App. 1967) (evidence must be offered in support of the motion for new trialalleging jury misconduct).Close 2.trial counsel told appellant that he “represented her only for her trial, [and not] on her appeal;”3.appellant wanted to appeal;4.trial counsel prepared a pro se notice of appeal for appellant and instructed her to file the notice and request appointed counsel;5.trial counsel did not pursue a motion for new trial;6.appellant filed the notice of appeal and requested appointed counsel, “[believing] she was doing everything necessary to protect [her] rights of appeal;” 7. appellant did not file a pro se motion for new trial; and8. appointed counsel would have filed a motion for new trial alleging jury misconduct and ineffective assistance of counsel.This case presents a comedy of errors. First, trial counsel believed he did not represent appellant during the critical time period for the filing of a motion for new trial. This belief was erroneous because counsel had the duty to continue his representation of the defendant until other counsel was secured to prosecute the appeal. Ex parte Axel, 757 S.W.2d 369, 373 (Tex. Crim. App. 1988). In Axel, the court of criminal appeals held that, until permitted to withdraw, trialcounsel, whether retained or appointed, has the duty, obligation, and responsibility to consultwith and fully advise the client concerning the meaning and effect of a judgment rendered bya court, the duty to consult with and fully advise the client of the right to appeal from thatjudgment, the necessity of giving notice of appeal, taking other steps to pursue an appeal,as well as expressing his professional judgment as to possible grounds for appeal and theirmerit, and delineating the advantages and disadvantages of appeal. See Ex parte Axel, 757S.W.2d 369, 374 (Tex. Crim. App. 1988). Close This mistaken belief caused appellant to be abandoned during this critical stage of the proceedings.Second, even though appellant filed her notice of appeal and request for the appointment of counsel within the thirty-day time period, counsel was not appointed until after the motion for new trial time limit had expired. Therefore, appointed appellate counsel was unable to file the motion for new trial both she and appellant desired. Finally, appellant’s counsel on appeal has filed a motion to withdraw on grounds that she is now employed by the District Attorney’s office. Appellant’s appellate counsel has recently furnished this Court with the trial court’s order granting her motion to withdraw. In light of the peculiar circumstances of this case, we believe the proper remedy is to abate the appeal and remand the cause to recommence the time period for filing a new trial motion. See Radcliff v. State, No. 01-02-00419-CR, 2003 Tex. App. LEXIS 5365, *4 (Tex. App.–Houston [1st Dist.] June 26, 2003, no pet.) (designated for publication); Garcia v. State, 97 S.W.3d 343, 349 (Tex. App.–Austin 2003, no pet.); Prudhomme v. State, 28 S.W.3d 114, 121 (Tex. App.–Texarkana 2000, no pet.); Massingill v. State, 8 S.W.3d 733, 738 (Tex. App.–Austin 1999, pet. ref'd). We do so without disturbing the trial court’s judgment and without relying on rule 2 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. See Tex. R. App. P. 2 (governing the suspension of the appellate rules). On remand, the appellate timetables are to begin anew, starting from the date this order issues. Prudhomme, 28 S.W.3d at 121; see Tex. R. App. P. 43.6. Further, upon remand the trial court shall appoint new counsel. New counsel shall then consult with appellant and determine whether she desires to file a motion for new trial. If no motion for new trial is filed, we will presume that option was considered by appellant and rejected. Smith v. State, 17 S.W.3d 660, 662 (Tex. Crim. App. 2000); Oldham v. State, 977 S.W.2d 354, 363 (Tex. Crim. App. 1998). If appellant elects to file a motion for new trial, and the trial judge grants that motion, the appellate record shall be supplemented with that order, and appellant's appeal will be dismissed. If the trial judge overrules the new trial motion, the record shall be supplemented with that order and the record of any hearing held on such motion, and the parties will be permitted to brief any issues related to the overruled motion. The appeal will be limited to the issues related to the motion for new trial because thebrief raises only the points of error recounted above, and does not raise any error that mighthave otherwise been raised from the appellate record currently before us.Close Prudhomme, 28 S.W.3d at 121; Massingill, 8 S.W.3d at 738-39.Accordingly, this appeal is abated and remanded for further proceedings as directed herein.IT IS SO ORDERED.PER CURIAM
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Jaime Kenedeño said...
Hey Vincente Yall guys dont forget to listen to reading of Court Documents involving MIKAL WATTS' own Judge / "Politiquera" Marisela Saldana and the facts (the english version) on 1440 AM KEYS RADIO 7-9 AM The BOB JONES SHOW.
3:43 AM
Relampago said...
I have not heard back from my lawyer friend; he must be in trial. I wonder if any of the cases mentioned in the Democrat Underground are the one where Hinojosa tried to cheat Fil Vela.
10:08 AM
GulfCoastLeftie said...
I don't really believe that Tokyo Rose had to switch parties in order to beat Hinojosa--Fil comes from a highly respected political family in the Valley. I sincerely believe she would stand a better chance beating Hinojosa in the primary as a Democrat than as a Republican in November. Also, Rose has outraged the people who worked so hard to get her on the ballot originally--when Judge Tagle was appointed, she left a vacancy after the primary, so the county executive committee (the precinct chairs) were the ones who made the final decision of whose name went on the ballot--and it was a vicious fight. No secret ballots--it was a standing vote, and we could see people writing down our names. Wild chisme, but I understand that Rose and Fil didn't even tell their relatives in the Valley before the switch, and some of Fil's own family members are furious about that. I've got a call in to a friend who's politically active in the Valley, and I hope to have some more info in a day or so--but it sounds like some enemies have been made there, too. For all the above reasons, I can't see another logical scenario except the 13th Court being split or a Federal Judgeship coming open, with Rose angling for an appointment. I'll NEVER vote for Tokyo Rose, simply because I was one of those precinct chairs who went out on a limb for her. Then I read the article in the paper which makes it sound like she was lying to me back then, just a matter of convenience for her. Well, it was a rather large inconvenience for me, and I don't appreciate it. Not one bit. DINO over RINO, especially in this case.
5:30 PM
Relampago said...
The chisme about a federal judicial appointment cannot be true. First, to get in line for such an appointment, one would have to kiss up to our Senators Cornyn and Hutchinson. That's not who Fil and Rose hang with. Second, there are a million "true" Republicans in line way ahead of Rose and nothing the Velas could do would bring Rose to the top (or even the first page) of that list. A $10,000 junket to the Far East might be enough to buy some politicians, but it will not buy a judicial appointment from our two Senators (who are for sale, but not at that price). If there is the hope of an appointment at the heart of this betreyal, it must be the hope for a non-judicial appointment or an appointment to the soon-to-be-split Court of Appeals (this is a most interesting theory).But maybe it is not a question of appointments. Maybe the Velas think Rose can win outright. It is not too far fetched. Just think back to the 52%-48% squeeker of an election between well-loved Democrat Linda Yanez versus what's-her-name and why-isn't-she-campaigning? Republican Alicia Cuellar. Surely, Linda Yanez is at least 5% better loved than barely-tolerated DINO Hinojosa. And surely -- apart from Democratic party regulars like you and me -- most moderate voters will find Vela's campaign more appealing than Cuellar's non-campaign. If the Yanez-Cuellar election is reborn, the difference in the candidates this time around could make the difference in the outcome.Finally, as Texans for Public Justice and Democratic Underground show, Hinojosa is very generous in his judicial rulings to those who give him political contributions. Plus he has a natural demographic edge being based in the Valley versus Corpus Christi. Plus he's the incumbent. It is not hard for me to believe that a general election would minimize Hinojosa's tripple advantages of big-money-for-favorable-rulings plus incumbency plus geography as compared to the Democratic primary where those advantages would be maximized.
6:50 PM
GulfCoastLeftie said...
Your argument sounds logical, relampago, but I just can't buy it. There are some things I know that lead me to believe Rose wants an appointment. Cornyn will do what GWB tells him to do. Hutchison is more independent minded, but she'll fall in line for judicial appointments. You're right, $10,000 is chump change; however, the Rs don't have TRMPAC to launder corporate contributions any longer, do they? And $10,000 IS pocket change to Fil--that's no secret. A well-placed contribution of $25,000--$100,000 in selected races throughout the state could make a huge difference. Five or ten crucial, LEGAL contributions could very well vault Tokyo Rose over MANY other candidates. I try not to be cynical, but the motto in politics is, "What have you done for me lately?" And money doesn't just talk; it yells.
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Jaime Kenedeño said...
Jaime Kenedeño said... Very thorough article.A must read for all in South Texas.Hinojosa has done some crooked sh/t if this all checks out and I think it will with the 13thCOA links and all.I need to check out the opinions but it looks like Rose is going to take on King Kong. But King Kong has handicapped himself.
1:41 AM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
One to Federico Hinojosa's credit and non corporate stanceCOURT OF APPEALSTHIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXASCORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG--------------------------------------------------------------------------------@#!$## *()^%$, Appellant,v.THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------On appeal from the 105th District Court of Kleberg County, Texas.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------OPINIONBefore Justices Hinojosa, Yañez, and Baird Former Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Charles F. Baird assigned to this Courtby the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas pursuant to the government code. SeeTex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 74.003 (Vernon Supp. 2004).Close Opinion Per CuriamAppellant was charged by indictment with the state jail felony offense of tampering with a governmental record. A jury convicted appellant of a lesser included offense and assessed punishment at 180 days confinement in the Kleberg County jail, probated for a period of two years. See Tex. Pen. Code Ann. § 37.10(c)(1) (Vernon Supp. 2004). We abate this appeal and remand this matter to the trial court for futher proceedings consistent with this opinion.I. Procedural History.Appellant raises two points of error, both of which deal with the status of her legal representation in the thirty days following sentencing. Specifically, the first point of error contends she was abandoned by trial counsel. The second point contends the trial judge erred in not appointing counsel to represent appellant during the thirty-day time period for filing a motion for new trial. A brief procedural history is necessary to put the points in context.On December 4, 2001, the jury returned its punishment verdict and the trial judge placed appellant on community supervision. On December 21, appellant filed a pro se notice of appeal. Appellant wrote a letter to the judge seeking appointment of counsel on appeal and a free reporter’s record. On January 10, 2002, the trial judge entered an order finding appellant indigent, and appointed counsel to prosecute appellant’s appeal. What is clear to us from the reading of the affidavits involved in this appeal is the following:1.trial counsel discussed with appellant her right to appeal; Trial counsel states that he explained to appellant her right to file a motion for newtrial and her right to appeal. Appellant disputes that statement, saying trial counsel neverinformed her of the right to file a motion for new trial, specifically, that counsel never relatedto her the importance of raising claims of jury misconduct and ineffective assistance ofcounsel, and filing the motion within 30 days. It is, however, undisputed that no motionwas filed. It is also undisputed that a record supporting such claims must be made at amotion for new trial hearing. Tex. R. App. P. 21.2 (motion for new trial is required whennecessary to adduce facts not in the record); see Jackson v. State, 877 S.W.2d 768, 771-72(Tex. Crim. App. 1994) (motion for new trial required to rebut presumption trial counsel'sconduct was not based upon strategic or tactical decision); Davis v. State, 419 S.W.2d 648,650 (Tex. Crim. App. 1967) (evidence must be offered in support of the motion for new trialalleging jury misconduct).Close 2.trial counsel told appellant that he “represented her only for her trial, [and not] on her appeal;”3.appellant wanted to appeal;4.trial counsel prepared a pro se notice of appeal for appellant and instructed her to file the notice and request appointed counsel;5.trial counsel did not pursue a motion for new trial;6.appellant filed the notice of appeal and requested appointed counsel, “[believing] she was doing everything necessary to protect [her] rights of appeal;” 7. appellant did not file a pro se motion for new trial; and8. appointed counsel would have filed a motion for new trial alleging jury misconduct and ineffective assistance of counsel.This case presents a comedy of errors. First, trial counsel believed he did not represent appellant during the critical time period for the filing of a motion for new trial. This belief was erroneous because counsel had the duty to continue his representation of the defendant until other counsel was secured to prosecute the appeal. Ex parte Axel, 757 S.W.2d 369, 373 (Tex. Crim. App. 1988). In Axel, the court of criminal appeals held that, until permitted to withdraw, trialcounsel, whether retained or appointed, has the duty, obligation, and responsibility to consultwith and fully advise the client concerning the meaning and effect of a judgment rendered bya court, the duty to consult with and fully advise the client of the right to appeal from thatjudgment, the necessity of giving notice of appeal, taking other steps to pursue an appeal,as well as expressing his professional judgment as to possible grounds for appeal and theirmerit, and delineating the advantages and disadvantages of appeal. See Ex parte Axel, 757S.W.2d 369, 374 (Tex. Crim. App. 1988). Close This mistaken belief caused appellant to be abandoned during this critical stage of the proceedings.Second, even though appellant filed her notice of appeal and request for the appointment of counsel within the thirty-day time period, counsel was not appointed until after the motion for new trial time limit had expired. Therefore, appointed appellate counsel was unable to file the motion for new trial both she and appellant desired. Finally, appellant’s counsel on appeal has filed a motion to withdraw on grounds that she is now employed by the District Attorney’s office. Appellant’s appellate counsel has recently furnished this Court with the trial court’s order granting her motion to withdraw. In light of the peculiar circumstances of this case, we believe the proper remedy is to abate the appeal and remand the cause to recommence the time period for filing a new trial motion. See Radcliff v. State, No. 01-02-00419-CR, 2003 Tex. App. LEXIS 5365, *4 (Tex. App.–Houston [1st Dist.] June 26, 2003, no pet.) (designated for publication); Garcia v. State, 97 S.W.3d 343, 349 (Tex. App.–Austin 2003, no pet.); Prudhomme v. State, 28 S.W.3d 114, 121 (Tex. App.–Texarkana 2000, no pet.); Massingill v. State, 8 S.W.3d 733, 738 (Tex. App.–Austin 1999, pet. ref'd). We do so without disturbing the trial court’s judgment and without relying on rule 2 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. See Tex. R. App. P. 2 (governing the suspension of the appellate rules). On remand, the appellate timetables are to begin anew, starting from the date this order issues. Prudhomme, 28 S.W.3d at 121; see Tex. R. App. P. 43.6. Further, upon remand the trial court shall appoint new counsel. New counsel shall then consult with appellant and determine whether she desires to file a motion for new trial. If no motion for new trial is filed, we will presume that option was considered by appellant and rejected. Smith v. State, 17 S.W.3d 660, 662 (Tex. Crim. App. 2000); Oldham v. State, 977 S.W.2d 354, 363 (Tex. Crim. App. 1998). If appellant elects to file a motion for new trial, and the trial judge grants that motion, the appellate record shall be supplemented with that order, and appellant's appeal will be dismissed. If the trial judge overrules the new trial motion, the record shall be supplemented with that order and the record of any hearing held on such motion, and the parties will be permitted to brief any issues related to the overruled motion. The appeal will be limited to the issues related to the motion for new trial because thebrief raises only the points of error recounted above, and does not raise any error that mighthave otherwise been raised from the appellate record currently before us.Close Prudhomme, 28 S.W.3d at 121; Massingill, 8 S.W.3d at 738-39.Accordingly, this appeal is abated and remanded for further proceedings as directed herein.IT IS SO ORDERED.PER CURIAM
2:00 AM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
Hey Vincente Yall guys dont forget to listen to reading of Court Documents involving MIKAL WATTS' own Judge / "Politiquera" Marisela Saldana and the facts (the english version) on 1440 AM KEYS RADIO 7-9 AM The BOB JONES SHOW.
3:43 AM
Relampago said...
I have not heard back from my lawyer friend; he must be in trial. I wonder if any of the cases mentioned in the Democrat Underground are the one where Hinojosa tried to cheat Fil Vela.
10:08 AM
GulfCoastLeftie said...
I don't really believe that Tokyo Rose had to switch parties in order to beat Hinojosa--Fil comes from a highly respected political family in the Valley. I sincerely believe she would stand a better chance beating Hinojosa in the primary as a Democrat than as a Republican in November. Also, Rose has outraged the people who worked so hard to get her on the ballot originally--when Judge Tagle was appointed, she left a vacancy after the primary, so the county executive committee (the precinct chairs) were the ones who made the final decision of whose name went on the ballot--and it was a vicious fight. No secret ballots--it was a standing vote, and we could see people writing down our names. Wild chisme, but I understand that Rose and Fil didn't even tell their relatives in the Valley before the switch, and some of Fil's own family members are furious about that. I've got a call in to a friend who's politically active in the Valley, and I hope to have some more info in a day or so--but it sounds like some enemies have been made there, too. For all the above reasons, I can't see another logical scenario except the 13th Court being split or a Federal Judgeship coming open, with Rose angling for an appointment. I'll NEVER vote for Tokyo Rose, simply because I was one of those precinct chairs who went out on a limb for her. Then I read the article in the paper which makes it sound like she was lying to me back then, just a matter of convenience for her. Well, it was a rather large inconvenience for me, and I don't appreciate it. Not one bit. DINO over RINO, especially in this case.
5:30 PM
Relampago said...
The chisme about a federal judicial appointment cannot be true. First, to get in line for such an appointment, one would have to kiss up to our Senators Cornyn and Hutchinson. That's not who Fil and Rose hang with. Second, there are a million "true" Republicans in line way ahead of Rose and nothing the Velas could do would bring Rose to the top (or even the first page) of that list. A $10,000 junket to the Far East might be enough to buy some politicians, but it will not buy a judicial appointment from our two Senators (who are for sale, but not at that price). If there is the hope of an appointment at the heart of this betreyal, it must be the hope for a non-judicial appointment or an appointment to the soon-to-be-split Court of Appeals (this is a most interesting theory).But maybe it is not a question of appointments. Maybe the Velas think Rose can win outright. It is not too far fetched. Just think back to the 52%-48% squeeker of an election between well-loved Democrat Linda Yanez versus what's-her-name and why-isn't-she-campaigning? Republican Alicia Cuellar. Surely, Linda Yanez is at least 5% better loved than barely-tolerated DINO Hinojosa. And surely -- apart from Democratic party regulars like you and me -- most moderate voters will find Vela's campaign more appealing than Cuellar's non-campaign. If the Yanez-Cuellar election is reborn, the difference in the candidates this time around could make the difference in the outcome.Finally, as Texans for Public Justice and Democratic Underground show, Hinojosa is very generous in his judicial rulings to those who give him political contributions. Plus he has a natural demographic edge being based in the Valley versus Corpus Christi. Plus he's the incumbent. It is not hard for me to believe that a general election would minimize Hinojosa's tripple advantages of big-money-for-favorable-rulings plus incumbency plus geography as compared to the Democratic primary where those advantages would be maximized.
6:50 PM
GulfCoastLeftie said...
Your argument sounds logical, relampago, but I just can't buy it. There are some things I know that lead me to believe Rose wants an appointment. Cornyn will do what GWB tells him to do. Hutchison is more independent minded, but she'll fall in line for judicial appointments. You're right, $10,000 is chump change; however, the Rs don't have TRMPAC to launder corporate contributions any longer, do they? And $10,000 IS pocket change to Fil--that's no secret. A well-placed contribution of $25,000--$100,000 in selected races throughout the state could make a huge difference. Five or ten crucial, LEGAL contributions could very well vault Tokyo Rose over MANY other candidates. I try not to be cynical, but the motto in politics is, "What have you done for me lately?" And money doesn't just talk; it yells.
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The C.C. Barrios Association held a mixer last night, and, of course, the place was packed with candidates. Each of the candidates was given an opportunity to make a short speech. Several people attending said Angelica Hernandez spoke very well--she was articulate, enthusiastic, and seemed at ease in front of a crowd. What most observers didn't know was that her opponent, Bobby Galvan, actually brought Angelica's ex-husband along in his entourage. Was he hoping to rattle Angelica's composure? If so, it didn't work. I've been a political activist for many years, and I've seen a lot--and Bobby's dirty trick was one of the sleaziest, nastiest things I've ever heard of. All of the Mikal-funded polls must show Bobby in an abysmal position for him to go negative so early. That certainly doesn't demonstrate judicial ability. There are very few times, but this act deserves this quote: "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?" On the other hand, Angelica can obviously be blind-sided and never bat an eyelash. Definitely judicial material.
posted by GulfCoastLeftie at 2:22 PM on Jan 20 2006
Relampago said...
It is good to see such composure in a recently licensed lawyer.
4:30 PM
CouldBeTrue said...
I heard about that. You're so right. If Mr. Galvan expected to rattle Ms. Hernandez, he is not the kind of person I would like to see on the court.
4:31 PM
valleycityboy said...
Dont let Watts and Galvan side track you Angelica!And why has no one mentioned that Galvan is currently working for Watts? Those guys are low very low!!!
6:57 PM
lapolitica5 said...
Angelica, as I witness her and observe more and more she is gaining the respect of some of the more important people. The young lady has alot of class. By the way the Barrios mixer was meant to honor it's own founder let' savor the moment also Bobby Galvan, What goes around comes around...Try this you can catch more flies with honey not vinegar...There is nothing worst than using low down dirty tactics and messing around with a womans personal life!!!Shame, Shame we all know your name
6:58 PM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
Bobby Galvan,..... did he slip in from the same place where John Hubert's sis conducts prosecution in the unsavory manner?Isnt that where Two Fer slithered in from as well?Angelica????She is proving to be a fighter and her prowess is definitely coming out.WATT specifically is the relationship with MIKAL and Galvan?
9:34 PM
Relampago said...
I worry, can Angelica beat James Sales in November?I think she can beat Galvan easily, but with Sales experience as a prosecutor against her small experience and with the newspaper calling the federal judge to ask about the judge's complaint against her, I worry James Sales will beat her.I hope not.
12:29 AM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
I believe both are competent.My goal is to put competent candidates up for the community to choose.Also to bring out the voters.I am not pro Democrat nor am I pro Republican.I am pro choice.I will fight for the person. If the Dems have good people I will promote them. Same thing for the Reps.I will not support a rep or dem agenda and I will not support a candidate who is gunho for either party agenda. That sh/t is over. That sh/t is going to change.
12:36 AM
Relampago said...
I tend to agree that we should be electing the best candidates without much consideration of party affiliation, but I have to wonder why a candidate would become affiliated with a party that is in favor of spying on American citizens' phone calls and emails and which would drive us into deep debt while giving tax cuts to the very richest and building bridges to nowhere in Alaska while New Orleans remains unrepaired.If it is true that Rose changed parties only because Judge Hinojosa tried to change the law of Texas to cheat her husband out of a case and, when the rest of the court would not go along, Judge Hinojosa decided to sit on the case until the end of time without ruling on it, that is a motive which would answer some questions for me. But as far as joining up with the Republican party at this time with all the front-page scandals of stealing money from the American Indian tribes, I don't understand that unless there is a motive like Rose's.
12:53 AM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
13-02-00409-CV ???????????WATT case?Did you see something that I wrote about something or WATT?This became a Mike Hatchell Texas Supreme Court Case.Jurisdiction of Statutory Probate Court and venue if my memory serves me correct?Now on to the eavesdropping.WIA / Byrne Grant / Cisneros ? COPS program TEC>>>>> TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION.REMEMBER IN kINGSVILLE?The new Sherriff / County Jail was built and the new communications devices they acquired? Remember the spat between the Sherriff and the Police Department? The Sherriff had the capability to listen to up to 100~150 phone conversations. Then the KPD built their new building next to the sherriff and worked out a deal allowing the KPD access to the equiptment and then KPD eventually acquired their own?Before 911 this equiptment was used to exact personal vendettas and to smear political opponents. Remember Sam Granato, Fil Esquivel and the Black Copters? The ones with the playboy insignia? Some type of laser communications equiptment associated with the Delta Force or WATT EVER their name was. Scared the sh/t out of my neighborhood.Remember all of the agencies that popped up? The agencies like the COPS program was supposed to be for the schools but they sure did interdict a lot and never wanted to work the accidents. There are records that indicate this.Figueroa and Lee Coleman.Sam Garcia and Romeo Lomas missappropriating and then borrowing from peter to pay paul back the missappropriated money. Peter never got paid back. Do we really need to rehash that crap?It all started when Clinton was president.Abramoff started when and official in the Clinton admin of Head Indian Affairs of Govt Agency (WHITEHOUSE) made a move allowing extinct indian tribes to become existent all they had to do was "find an indian" and they could build a casino. Well they found an unemployed welder.Since then ARAMOFF has permeated both sides with $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.It is easier to name the ones who are not involved (of the elected DEMS and REPS). A South Texas Republican is a far different species than its National Counterpart as is a South Texas Democrat. The Valley needs to realize we helped them elect Chuey and I myself have defended him. Work with me? Quit trying to divide and pull power to the SOUTH.
3:01 AM
Relampago said...
I first read about this issue on Rio Grande Valley Politics:In Corpus Christi there saying Vela flipped parties because Hinojosa tried to change to law to stiff her husband on a case, and that when the rest of the court wouldn't go along with that, Hinojosa decided to just sit on the case and so it's been sitting on a shelf for 5 or 6 years.LinkI thought this was the only reason which I had heard that would explain why Rose would run as a Republican against Hinojosa.I asked a lawyer friend of mine if he would mind looking into this rumor. At first he was skeptical. But then he called me back in about 20 minutes and said it all checked out. I don’t remember the name of the case, but he said it was easy to find on an internet legal research site. He said that if you search for “opinion by Justice Hinojosa” with Filemon B. Vela as the attorney you come right to the case.In this case, the other judge who was assisting on the case accused Hinojosa of trying to turn the law on its head. Because the two judges disagreed, the case went back to Hinojosa and it’s true that Hinojosa has been sitting on the case for years and years.If you have access to an internet legal research site and you find the opinion, will you post more details here?
10:20 AM
CouldBeTrue said...
I vote straight a Democratic ticket, because a vote for ANY Republican is a vote for Tom DeLay and his political machine. Just ask the Senators from Maine. Or Lincoln Chafee from Rhode Island.
12:57 PM
Know"Watts"forsale said...
While Sales may have more years of experience, the docket in the courts is a much smaller percent of criminal (25-30%) than civil (70-75%). Civil experience is very important. She has represented so many counties, cities and law enforcement departments it is amazing. Also, she was a partner in her law firm and so she knows how to manage a business, budget and personnel. If you can't tell, I do know her. I don't go to her home or anything, but I know her and I've read about her (her resume). She has done family law, contracts, business, wrongful death, civil rights, ADA, school law, fraud, etc. She actually handles the cases, she isn't just show. James is a good man, but he can't match her experience in the variety of cases that she has handled. He is strictly criminal, and she has done a variety. She has also practiced in federal court, and he hasn't. That experience will definately help her. When she first spoke, and I was there, she said that this race would be about quality, not quantity. She is quality. Nothing bad to say about James, but the people love Angelica and I have seen her sincerty with them. Even some of the hard core Republicans are supporting her because of what she stands for. But I've heard her on Lago letting them know she is a Democrat and won't switch over. She is definately strong. Because she is out there full force in the democratic primary, James will be at a serious disadvantage because people are lining up behind her and her courage. She did the hard work getting rid of Hunter and now facing the political powerbrokers and low low low tactics, and she is gaining the respect and showing people she is capable beyond her years of experience.
12:58 PM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
Does Angelica have a criminal record?Out of Kansas maybe?
8:56 PM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
Also, WATT is her relationship with Gardner and Lago?
8:58 PM
Relampago said...
Angelica had an out-of-state theft charge a few years ago, but I don't think it's anything that James Sales could make into a make-or-break campaign issue; voters understand that a judicial candidate will have made mistakes in their past. I think the more recent ethics breach of deliberately hiding a key witness in a federal court case is a more dangerous campaign issue because Jan Jack is very happy to tell the story to anyone who asks.
9:09 PM
lapolitica5 said...
To Jaime and Relampago,What does it matter record or no record on Angelica's part. The voter will decide and guess what some may have had records as well I really don't think the voters in Nueces county care about that because they cannot vote anyhow.And not everyone is reading all this information you two are bringing up all the time.And James is nice however most of nueces county votes Democratic.
10:18 PM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
Lets hear it??I am on the side of truth and integrity.I have issues with witnesses being hid or hiding as well.Her name was Mary Cano and she was subpeonaed several times unserved.This in the 105 Bananland and Hubert.WATT about her association with Gardner & Lago?
10:19 PM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
La politicaThe public needs to be informed on these kinds of things.Then they can make an informed educated choice.If I had a criminal record I know everybody would be making a big deal about it.I did not think one can possess a law degree with a criminal record.Hell it hard to even get a JOB if you have a criminal record.
10:43 PM
Relampago said...
For what it's worth, I'll vote for, and campaign for, Angelica (or Bobby) against James Sales. If the November election against Sales is about who is the most likeable and who's the better campaigner, I think Angelica is best to beat Sales. But if the election is about experience and "clean hands" and passing the bar exam on the first chance right after law school, I think Bobby might match up slightly better against Sales. There is no question Angelica is the most likeable and hardest campaigner of all three candidates. I like Angelica but I can't turn around without hearing another thing that makes me worry about her chances in November against Sales.By the way, I completely agree that Angelica's theft conviction will be a non-issue and I said so. My concern about the federal court ethics violation is a result of watching the Caller Times tear down Judge Huerta and Judge DePena for much less. In Judge DePena's case the cost was not so great because Judge Gonzalez is also a great judge who shares the community's vaules, but when Judge Greenwell beat Marty Huerta, we got a judge who favors big corporate interests over common ordinary people and don't want to see that happen again.
11:24 PM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
Angelica's alleged theft (Criminal Record will be an issue.There is no way a convicted criminal can be my JUDGE!You must be in la la land if you think any with a criminal record (that I am aware of) will ever sit on a bench.Marion Berry has survived but his electoral position has nothing to do with the judiciary.It wont happen. But first I must ask around until I find the facts of the conviction.Maybe she was wrongfully convicted like my wife.WATT are the facts?ANGELICA we are not in KANSAS any more.And that stuff about Vela and Hinojosa I call your bluff.Put up or shut up.If this is not a form of prevarication then by all means lets get it out in the open.Anybody??????It is wrong for our JUDICIARY to be extorted POLITICALLY and FINANCIALLY. We must interdict the buying of influence in our JUDICIARY.Is there a can of WORMS to open in the 13th COA?I got a light to shine on em when ther emerge.You are trying to smear a sitting JUSTICE on the Texas Appelate court (13th COA).
11:58 PM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
I like Jame Sales.
12:00 AM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
I wrote this a few months back about James Sales.Also correct me if I am wrong; I thought 52% of Nueces County voted for BUSH and 53% voted for Solomon Ortiz.Do you think some of the ones who voted for Solomon voted for BUSH?STRAIGHT ticket voting is ABSURD!Go ahead pull that lever.At least read down the list, maybe read up on the other side if for nothing else than for weak spots.Do anything but pull the lever.It matters not dem or rep most of these guys are not in touch with their voters they are ELITIST and YOU are only important every now and then for the pulling of the lever.Go through the motions.That vote you are casting is like money you are spending.Do you just throw money away?===================================Hello Mr Sales,Remember me I spoke with You this morning. As we spoke I mentioned the upcoming election and asked if you were running for County Judge. I knew you were thinking about running against Hunter for the 94th District republican Nomination, but figured I would inject a small dosage of the County Judge Rhetoric.JAMES SALES, WHO ARE YOU?Well you attended & graduated from Ray High School and went on to some college somewhere and then went to Law School and grabbed your Doctorate of Jurisprudence. YEAH YEAH YEAH! All of that is fine and dandy but WHO ARE YOU JAMES SALES?You are an ASSHOLE to those who murder!You are feared and hated by these Birds of the Feather! Your life is on the line for the JOB well done. I ask our Lord to watch over you & yours forever & ever!You are an ASSHOLE to those who conduct organized crime!So you are feared once again, by those who fear none!What good has it done?Well we are in November 2005 and there have been so far only 8 Murders; in 2004 there were ~26 Murders. Now when a whim to kill or retaliate violently presents itself; these "would be murderers" know there will be serious consequences! God Bless You and may God watch over us here in the Body of Christ.This one thing allows me to support your Ascension to the 94th District. You have quashed the violence. I must tip my Hat to Sandra Watts in this endeavor as well with her rehab programs of genuine concern and social research.Let us start now and get past Hunter, then we can compare you to the Democratic Choice.YOU NEED TO MAKE A BIG ENTRANCE NOW! THE SOONER THE BETTER YOUR CHANCES!IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH US PLEASE CONTACT HOMER @ EL DEFENZOR 36 387 6216 or you can email me! It will be an honor to work with you! Dont worry about differences; as they can always be resolved in dialog. Remember one thing about South Texas Politics as you probably already know; Homer & El Defenzor Political Publication knows how they work here in South Texas.I know you are not representative of an Elitist or Anglo Agenda as you have explained; "it is not the culture but there are bad apples in every walk of life". Your Family includes hispanic members as like me, your wife is hispanic as are your children.May God watch over you and protect you & your's James Sales.===================================Now give it back to ME on MR GALVAN!I am all ears????Let the Competition Begin!
12:12 AM
Relampago said...
As I posted above, I don't have access to Texas court opinions on line, but I spoke to a friend who's a lawyer and he said all you have to do is search for “opinion by Justice Hinojosa” with Filemon B. Vela as the attorney you come right to a 6 year old case where Hinojosa tried to turn the law on its head (that's what the other judge working on the case says in the opinion) and when Hinojosa couldn't get the other judge to go along, the case just vanished onto the back shelves of Hinojosa's office and no one's heard a thing about it since then. That sounds crooked to me. I have never heard of a court just sitting on a case for 6 years! And you think it's a coincidence that Fil Vela was the lawyer and Hinojosa was the judge and now Rose Vela is running against Hinojosa?I tried to find the name of the case with Google, but Google doesn't have court opinions. But I did find a anti-judicial-corruption website called "Lawyers Keep Texas Appeals Judges on Retainer" which discusses where Hinojosa tried to throw a case named "L & F Distributor v. Amador G. Cruz" in exchange for cash from a corporate campaign supporter:"Spring break was no party for Amador Cruz. The beer warehouse where he worked forced him to work long weekend hours to keep college kids lubed on Padre Island. When he complained about forced overtime, L & F Distributors fired him. Cruz filed suit, seeking overtime pay and damages for retalitory discrimination. A jury ruled in Cruz’s favor on both points, but the trial judge rendered a take-nothing judgment on the overtime award. Thirteenth Court of Appeals justices reversed the trial court in December 1996, vacating the retaliation judgment but reinstating Cruz’s overtime award. Justice Federico Hinojosa’s dissenting opinion would have rendered a take-nothing judgment on both of Cruz’s claims. Three years later, L & F President Joe La Mantia poured $5,000 into Justice Hinojosa’s campaign." See for yourself
12:48 AM
DANNOYNTED1 said...
RELAMPAGO can you pick up the phone and call that lawyer friend back just to make it simple.Ask him for the 13th COA case numbers.I want to read the opinions.
1:14 AM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
I didnt find that case for amador v L&F.If you could just give me the case #'s 13th (Court of Appeals) I will check em out.I did find this on TLR. This is a great site as I have used it and follow the money. This site has documented KFATSO giving $73K illegally.This is in my supreme court dossier.===================================Texans for Lawsuit Reform: How the Texas Tort Tycoons Spent Millions in the 2000 ElectionsSummary printer friendlyThe PAC of Texans for Lawsuit Reform (TLR) raised $1.5 million and spent $1.4 million in the 2000 election cycle, making it Texas' fifth-largest PAC. Just five wealthy families that made fortunes in litigious industries supplied almost half of the money that TLR raised. Moreover, TLR got 80 percent of its money from the families of just 24 tycoons. Altogether, these 24 king makers spent $4.5 million to influence Texas politics in the 2000 cycle, with Houston homebuilder Bob Perry spending an astounding $912,500. Republicans received 92 percent of all the money that TLR spent. Just two GOP senate candidates (Todd Staples and Bob Deuell) received 73 percent of TLR's money. New Senator Todd Staples got almost half of his TLR money in the last week of the campaign, thereby hiding the extent of his dependence on this special-interest group until after the election. Complet article @tpj.org
1:30 AM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
Continue with your rationale Relampagoif Rose Vela is running against Hinojosa cuz Hionjosa screwed her husband.......WATT would Mikal have done if Hinojosa tried to stonewall him as he did Fil?Why couldnt Fil file a mandamus or some type of motion or appeal to the higher court.Numbers give ME the numbers.Please continue with this theory?
1:35 AM
Relampago said...
You ask what "would Mikal have done if Hinojosa tried to stonewall him as he did Fil?"Read the Texans For Public Justice article carefully, and you'll have your answer. The "Lawyers Keep Texas Appeals Judges on Retainer" section of the study shows that Watts keeps Hinojosa "on retainer" giving him over $30,000. That's the point of the TPJ analysis: Hinojosa would never stonewall Watts like he's stonewalling Fil because Hinojosa treats big campaign contributors better than common people.
10:34 AM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
My point in example with regard to WATTS.TLRthere are upeer courts.
3:27 PM
Know"Watts"forsale said...
Let's set the record straight because everything you are talking about is a matter of public record. First, Angelica was arrested over ten years ago, when she was a teenager, in college in Kansas. The charges were DISMISSED!!! She fully disclosed it to the Texas Board of Law Examiners and they let her get her license because she disclosed fully and the charges were dismissed. The issue with Mary Ochoa, several years ago, involved the County Attorney's office or Sheriff's Department's concealment in a case that was handled by the County Attorney's office, not Angelica. She was hired after the witness came forward (about five years after the fact)and she was involved in the defense of the County because it was alleged that the County Attorney's office concealed her identity back in the late 19990's during the Sokolinski case. There has never been a complaint against Ms. Hernandez for anything. Go to the sanction hearing information online with the Caller Times and get it straight. Arrest - over a decade ago and charges dismissed. Concealment by Nueces County with Ms. Hernandez defending against the concealment charges several years after the fact. The record will show that the witness who confirmed Ms. Ochoa's story (Sylvia Meru) said on the record and under oath that Ms. Hernandez told her tell the truth on the stand no matter what, even if it would hurt the county. She did just that. Ms. Hernandez does not have a conviction. Besides, I would rather face someone as a judge who made mistakes and overcame them, never hid them or tried to make herself out to be perfect. She overcame her arrest when she was a kid to finish college and go on to law school. So she didn't pass her bar exam the first time out, at least she didn't quit. She continued and has had a very sucessful career. If you want a perfect person to be Judge, then Jesus better come take a bench! If anyone wants to know the story just call her and ask or email her. She has been very honest about all this and has never tried to hide any of it. She went on the Lago show and met Lago and Gardner for the first time on the radio. They respected her willingness to put the truth out there. I looked at her campaign list and neither Lago or Gardner have given her any money. They just liked her courage to talk about the ad litem fees and the favortism in the court. I like that too.
6:36 PM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
"Let's set the record straight because everything you are talking about is a matter of public record. First, Angelica was arrested over ten years ago, when she was a teenager, in college in Kansas." WATT WAS SHE ARRESTED FOR?"The charges were DISMISSED!!!"WAS THERE AN AGREEMENT?PROBATION? COMMUNITY SERVICE?"She fully disclosed it to the Texas Board of Law Examiners and they let her get her license because she disclosed fully and the charges were dismissed."THEN SHE BRINGS SCRUTINY TO THIS BOARD OF LAW EXAMINERS.FULLY DISCLOSE?THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY; WATT IS NOT DISCLOSED IS DISCOVERED."The issue with Mary Ochoa, several years ago, involved the County Attorney's office or Sheriff's Department's concealment in a case that was handled by the County Attorney's office, not Angelica. She was hired after the witness came forward (about five years after the fact)and she was involved in the defense of the County because it was alleged that the County Attorney's office concealed her identity back in the late 19990's during the Sokolinski case. There has never been a complaint against Ms. Hernandez for anything. Go to the sanction hearing information online with the Caller Times and get it straight."ALL OF THE ABOVE ONLY BRINGS SCRUTINY ON THE COUNTY HIRING A CRIMINAL?Arrest - over a decade ago and charges dismissed. DOES IT REMAIN ON HER RECORD?DISMISSED IS NOT SYNONYMOUS WITH INNOCENT"Concealment by Nueces County with Ms. Hernandez defending against the concealment charges several years after the fact. The record will show that the witness who confirmed Ms. Ochoa's story (Sylvia Meru) said on the record and under oath that Ms. Hernandez told her tell the truth on the stand no matter what, even if it would hurt the county. She did just that. Ms. Hernandez does not have a conviction. Besides, I would rather face someone as a judge who made mistakes and overcame them, never hid them or tried to make herself out to be perfect. She overcame her arrest when she was a kid to finish college and go on to law school. So she didn't pass her bar exam the first time out, at least she didn't quit. She continued and has had a very sucessful career. If you want a perfect person to be Judge, then Jesus better come take a bench! If anyone wants to know the story just call her and ask or email her. She has been very honest about all this and has never tried to hide any of it. She went on the Lago show and met Lago and Gardner for the first time on the radio. They respected her willingness to put the truth out there. I looked at her campaign list and neither Lago or Gardner have given her any money. They just liked her courage to talk about the ad litem fees and the favortism in the court. I like that too."SO NOW, SHE IS THE NEXT BEST THING TO JESUS?AND ANGELICA CAN EMAIL ME IF SHE WOULD LIKE ME TO HEAR HER SIDE.A LITTLE ADVICE; YOU OVEREXPLAINED.WHY?
7:55 PM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
Can we discuss?click & go to my second comment
8:29 PM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
kWho is Juan Reyna?WATT happens when the slate is broken?Is that WATT we are down to? No more money to buy a new slab.I say Skurka is a Republican.WATT kind of Democrat with whom does he associate.There is nothing wrong with crossing lines to support the individual unless that hard work's sweat aromatically reeked of AVARICE.
12:18 AM
Relampago said...
Jaime:You are barking up the wrong tree with regard to Angelica's theft conviction. She plead guilty, she completed the terms of probation, and the charges were dismissed. She was not even in her mid 20s at the time. I had heard that the 2-year delay between when Angelica finished law school and when she passed the bar exam was partly because she needed the extra time to get permission to take the bar exam as a result of the criminal record in Kansas, but if the two-year delay is just a situation that she needed a few times to pass the exam, then that's just water under the bridge.Also, I agree that there was never any formal ethics complaint about the witness-hiding problem in federal court (although I have heard that any complaint would have been confidential). My concern is that Judge Jan Jack is a person who feels that it is an issue she will not sweep under the rug if anyone asks her about it (and many people have), and Judge Jack was there and witnessed the whole thing and Judge Jack lays it all at the feet of Angelica Hernandez and not anyone else at Nueces County. This is why I worry that the Caller Times or the James Sales campaign will make a mountain out of this mole hill.Juan Reyna is running at Fil Vela's encouragement, not Mikal Watts's enouragement. You can tell Mikal and Fil apart because Mikal is the Democrat.Mark Skurka is a good and loyal Democrat, not a Republican.I have put a call into my attorney friend about the case where Judge Hinojosa tried to cheat Fil out of the case and, when the rest of the court wouldn't go along, Hinojosa decided to sit on the case until the end of time. I cannot believe that I'm the only one who knows an attorney who could do a search of opinions by Justice Hinojosa where Fil Vela was the attorney and the other judge on the case said Hinojosa was filpping the law "on its head."
7:04 AM
YaGottaLoveIt said...
I'll be supporting Angelica. She made a youthful mistake then managed to grow up and do something with her life. And she managed to grow up a lot faster than our current president, who had at least one DUI that we know of. I suspect that the other candidates may have also broken a law or two, especially considering the number of lead-footed drivers in this city. Are you a criminal if you break the law but aren't caught?
10:26 PM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
There is no place for a JUDGE with a criminal record.If there are others who are candidates for an elected position or a position of POWER; we need to let everyone know about it.If you are a criminal and dont get caught then there is no proof you are a criminal.But to answer your question in pure form YES.If you are wrongfully convicted of a crime by a malicious prosecutor like John Hubert and it is a "COMEDY OF ERRORS" and many "PECULIAR CIRCUMSTANCES" will anybody hire you for the degree earned?Same thing for Angelica and anyone else who thinks she should sit that high.And Vincente Carranza if you are twisting my words as I understand you did this morning; it falls in the category of slander / defamation / libel.Read in the context and dont be twisting my words to suit your agenda.We allign on many an issue.I will not tolerate you twisting Chisme's words either.I have many friends who listen to your show. Word of mouth travels very fast.Do you wanna find out?
11:04 PM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
I would like to hear Angelica's story from Angelica.I will hear you out Rene if you wish. You got my number.I am not going away and Vincente's "damage control" is lame and insulting to the educated voter.Also, Bobby Galvan has a big family.Keep atttacking him and you will understand WATT a collateral attack is.I dont think Bobby is the MAN for the JOB.I want to work with you guys not against you.There are many in the slate I can advocate for.Ask ME?Remember one thing, YOU will never tell me WATT to write.Or WATT not to write.You can only ask.
11:18 PM
Relampago said...
Jaime:You couldn't be more wrong about judges and criminal records. I bet there are other judges somewhere in Texas who have some criminal theft record in their backgrounds. In fact, I bet James Sales has broken a rule here or there, and the only difference between Sales and Angelica is that she got caught, plead guilty, and completed her punishment honorably. Also, who is to say that James Sales passed the bar exam the first time he took it or that there are not judges somewhere who would accuse Sales of unethical misconduct?No matter how much more experience Sales has, he does not have Angelica's likeability and her willingness to campaign hard. Sales will not be elected. Count on that.
11:30 PM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
So according to you RELAMPAGO. it will either be Bobby Galvan or Angelica Hernandez?I will never leave it alone.If I have to go everyday to her courtroom (if she is elected) and tell every single defendant that she too is a criminal and has no place sitting as a JUDGE.But before that I will let Nueces County know and surely there are legal remedies.If you choose to go against ME it will be a big mistake.Is there anything I can do for the other candidates.I will work with you guys. Keep ME busy with some of the others I will support?And Angelica, if she was to apply as a substitute teacher, she would be denied due to "a questionable criminal background".Certainly, communication can win over even the most disciplined of minds. But to defend Angelica is to sink her ship. So stop making things unrepairable and "reach out and touch" ME.Awaiting IRL rsponse I remain.
1:06 AM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
So all of you guys are pissed at Fil Vela and Rose?How many of your candidates did Fil give $$$$$$$$$$$$ before he stepped across the street?So money doesnt transpose into favors or loyalty in this case but is it expected?WATT does MIKAL expect in return?I am collecting the email addresses and will begin my email information campaign.Either we can find common ground or we can "throw it down" and let the chips fall where they may.WATT do you guys want to do?You got the ball.
1:18 AM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
Hey Vincente Yall guys dont forget to listen to reading of Court Documents involving MIKAL WATTS' own Judge / "Politiquera" Marisela Saldana and the facts (the english version) on 1440 AM KEYS RADIO 7-9 AM The BOB JONES SHOW.
3:46 AM
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8:37 AM
Relampago said...
Jaime:You should be ashamed of that post. You know it's false. Also, by the way, Judge Saldana is supported by much of the community. Here is a small sample of her supporters:Arturo AcunaLucia AcunaGus C. ArandaDarrell L. BargerEd BarkerNelia BarreraJoan Lynch BellLarry BellDavid BonillaMarshall BoykinAllison BradyStephen CarriganSylvia B. CastillejaEliot ChenauxGeorge E. ClowerEllen CoimbraDavid M. CooverDavid CragoRichard W. CrewsDavid DiazRon DominguezTim DowlingFred DreilingScott J. DuncanMary Helen DunnamLibby EdwardsScott EllisonSelina EscamillaAngela EstradaKristina FernandezClark C. FlatoNelda FuentesTrina GarciaRudy GarzaBrennon GamblinJuan M. Garcia IIISarah GrahamJames M. GreenwellJames R. HarrisAngel Bland HazleyRobert E. HolcombJohn J.JanssenFarooq LakhaniPam LakhaniMichael LeeAndrew LehrmanRoland LeonAdriana Pop-Moody, MDDaniela Badea-Mic, MDCarolyn MoonTheresa T. MontezBob MurryEllen MurryVictor Lara OrtegonWill PiersonChristina PenaTony PletcherNestor Praderio, MDCarmela QuintanillaEnrique Quintanilla, Jr.Jared QuintanillaSulema G. ReynaCynthia ReynaDeborah RiosTodd RobinsonSheadyn R. RogersEloy SalazarCindy S. SaldanaLuis SaldanaAnn A. SkaroRobert TamezMichael G. TerryGloria F. VargasNancy VeraJames WalsdorfPhil WestegrenRobert C. WolterAntonio P. AbarcaMary Louise AbarcaLupita BriggsGilbert CortinasButch EscobedoLupita Galvan HinojosaTodd HornGlenda KaneJerry KaneDiana I. Marinez, PhDR. Martin JohnsonJim Needham,PhDRaul R. Prezas, PhDMark RoachBeatrice RuggeroEloy H. SalazarAnthony SharmEstrella Silva, MDMichael Silva, MDRobert TamezGlenda TurnerSaralee WittRobert C. WolterLele WoschnaggSource
11:31 AM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
pUT MY POST BACK ON. iT IS TRUE CALL UP SUZIE LUNA SALDANA AND ASK HER YOURSELF.I heard her on the radio this morning and so did thousands of other listeners.Call her up and ask her.She said it not ME.
6:02 PM
YaGottaLoveIt said...
Jaime,Please resubmit your comment WITHOUT the personal smear and it will be posted.
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The C.C. Barrios Association held a mixer last night, and, of course, the place was packed with candidates. Each of the candidates was given an opportunity to make a short speech. Several people attending said Angelica Hernandez spoke very well--she was articulate, enthusiastic, and seemed at ease in front of a crowd. What most observers didn't know was that her opponent, Bobby Galvan, actually brought Angelica's ex-husband along in his entourage. Was he hoping to rattle Angelica's composure? If so, it didn't work. I've been a political activist for many years, and I've seen a lot--and Bobby's dirty trick was one of the sleaziest, nastiest things I've ever heard of. All of the Mikal-funded polls must show Bobby in an abysmal position for him to go negative so early. That certainly doesn't demonstrate judicial ability. There are very few times, but this act deserves this quote: "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?" On the other hand, Angelica can obviously be blind-sided and never bat an eyelash. Definitely judicial material.
posted by GulfCoastLeftie at 2:22 PM on Jan 20 2006
Relampago said...
It is good to see such composure in a recently licensed lawyer.
4:30 PM
CouldBeTrue said...
I heard about that. You're so right. If Mr. Galvan expected to rattle Ms. Hernandez, he is not the kind of person I would like to see on the court.
4:31 PM
valleycityboy said...
Dont let Watts and Galvan side track you Angelica!And why has no one mentioned that Galvan is currently working for Watts? Those guys are low very low!!!
6:57 PM
lapolitica5 said...
Angelica, as I witness her and observe more and more she is gaining the respect of some of the more important people. The young lady has alot of class. By the way the Barrios mixer was meant to honor it's own founder let' savor the moment also Bobby Galvan, What goes around comes around...Try this you can catch more flies with honey not vinegar...There is nothing worst than using low down dirty tactics and messing around with a womans personal life!!!Shame, Shame we all know your name
6:58 PM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
Bobby Galvan,..... did he slip in from the same place where John Hubert's sis conducts prosecution in the unsavory manner?Isnt that where Two Fer slithered in from as well?Angelica????She is proving to be a fighter and her prowess is definitely coming out.WATT specifically is the relationship with MIKAL and Galvan?
9:34 PM
Relampago said...
I worry, can Angelica beat James Sales in November?I think she can beat Galvan easily, but with Sales experience as a prosecutor against her small experience and with the newspaper calling the federal judge to ask about the judge's complaint against her, I worry James Sales will beat her.I hope not.
12:29 AM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
I believe both are competent.My goal is to put competent candidates up for the community to choose.Also to bring out the voters.I am not pro Democrat nor am I pro Republican.I am pro choice.I will fight for the person. If the Dems have good people I will promote them. Same thing for the Reps.I will not support a rep or dem agenda and I will not support a candidate who is gunho for either party agenda. That sh/t is over. That sh/t is going to change.
12:36 AM
Relampago said...
I tend to agree that we should be electing the best candidates without much consideration of party affiliation, but I have to wonder why a candidate would become affiliated with a party that is in favor of spying on American citizens' phone calls and emails and which would drive us into deep debt while giving tax cuts to the very richest and building bridges to nowhere in Alaska while New Orleans remains unrepaired.If it is true that Rose changed parties only because Judge Hinojosa tried to change the law of Texas to cheat her husband out of a case and, when the rest of the court would not go along, Judge Hinojosa decided to sit on the case until the end of time without ruling on it, that is a motive which would answer some questions for me. But as far as joining up with the Republican party at this time with all the front-page scandals of stealing money from the American Indian tribes, I don't understand that unless there is a motive like Rose's.
12:53 AM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
13-02-00409-CV ???????????WATT case?Did you see something that I wrote about something or WATT?This became a Mike Hatchell Texas Supreme Court Case.Jurisdiction of Statutory Probate Court and venue if my memory serves me correct?Now on to the eavesdropping.WIA / Byrne Grant / Cisneros ? COPS program TEC>>>>> TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION.REMEMBER IN kINGSVILLE?The new Sherriff / County Jail was built and the new communications devices they acquired? Remember the spat between the Sherriff and the Police Department? The Sherriff had the capability to listen to up to 100~150 phone conversations. Then the KPD built their new building next to the sherriff and worked out a deal allowing the KPD access to the equiptment and then KPD eventually acquired their own?Before 911 this equiptment was used to exact personal vendettas and to smear political opponents. Remember Sam Granato, Fil Esquivel and the Black Copters? The ones with the playboy insignia? Some type of laser communications equiptment associated with the Delta Force or WATT EVER their name was. Scared the sh/t out of my neighborhood.Remember all of the agencies that popped up? The agencies like the COPS program was supposed to be for the schools but they sure did interdict a lot and never wanted to work the accidents. There are records that indicate this.Figueroa and Lee Coleman.Sam Garcia and Romeo Lomas missappropriating and then borrowing from peter to pay paul back the missappropriated money. Peter never got paid back. Do we really need to rehash that crap?It all started when Clinton was president.Abramoff started when and official in the Clinton admin of Head Indian Affairs of Govt Agency (WHITEHOUSE) made a move allowing extinct indian tribes to become existent all they had to do was "find an indian" and they could build a casino. Well they found an unemployed welder.Since then ARAMOFF has permeated both sides with $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.It is easier to name the ones who are not involved (of the elected DEMS and REPS). A South Texas Republican is a far different species than its National Counterpart as is a South Texas Democrat. The Valley needs to realize we helped them elect Chuey and I myself have defended him. Work with me? Quit trying to divide and pull power to the SOUTH.
3:01 AM
Relampago said...
I first read about this issue on Rio Grande Valley Politics:In Corpus Christi there saying Vela flipped parties because Hinojosa tried to change to law to stiff her husband on a case, and that when the rest of the court wouldn't go along with that, Hinojosa decided to just sit on the case and so it's been sitting on a shelf for 5 or 6 years.LinkI thought this was the only reason which I had heard that would explain why Rose would run as a Republican against Hinojosa.I asked a lawyer friend of mine if he would mind looking into this rumor. At first he was skeptical. But then he called me back in about 20 minutes and said it all checked out. I don’t remember the name of the case, but he said it was easy to find on an internet legal research site. He said that if you search for “opinion by Justice Hinojosa” with Filemon B. Vela as the attorney you come right to the case.In this case, the other judge who was assisting on the case accused Hinojosa of trying to turn the law on its head. Because the two judges disagreed, the case went back to Hinojosa and it’s true that Hinojosa has been sitting on the case for years and years.If you have access to an internet legal research site and you find the opinion, will you post more details here?
10:20 AM
CouldBeTrue said...
I vote straight a Democratic ticket, because a vote for ANY Republican is a vote for Tom DeLay and his political machine. Just ask the Senators from Maine. Or Lincoln Chafee from Rhode Island.
12:57 PM
Know"Watts"forsale said...
While Sales may have more years of experience, the docket in the courts is a much smaller percent of criminal (25-30%) than civil (70-75%). Civil experience is very important. She has represented so many counties, cities and law enforcement departments it is amazing. Also, she was a partner in her law firm and so she knows how to manage a business, budget and personnel. If you can't tell, I do know her. I don't go to her home or anything, but I know her and I've read about her (her resume). She has done family law, contracts, business, wrongful death, civil rights, ADA, school law, fraud, etc. She actually handles the cases, she isn't just show. James is a good man, but he can't match her experience in the variety of cases that she has handled. He is strictly criminal, and she has done a variety. She has also practiced in federal court, and he hasn't. That experience will definately help her. When she first spoke, and I was there, she said that this race would be about quality, not quantity. She is quality. Nothing bad to say about James, but the people love Angelica and I have seen her sincerty with them. Even some of the hard core Republicans are supporting her because of what she stands for. But I've heard her on Lago letting them know she is a Democrat and won't switch over. She is definately strong. Because she is out there full force in the democratic primary, James will be at a serious disadvantage because people are lining up behind her and her courage. She did the hard work getting rid of Hunter and now facing the political powerbrokers and low low low tactics, and she is gaining the respect and showing people she is capable beyond her years of experience.
12:58 PM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
Does Angelica have a criminal record?Out of Kansas maybe?
8:56 PM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
Also, WATT is her relationship with Gardner and Lago?
8:58 PM
Relampago said...
Angelica had an out-of-state theft charge a few years ago, but I don't think it's anything that James Sales could make into a make-or-break campaign issue; voters understand that a judicial candidate will have made mistakes in their past. I think the more recent ethics breach of deliberately hiding a key witness in a federal court case is a more dangerous campaign issue because Jan Jack is very happy to tell the story to anyone who asks.
9:09 PM
lapolitica5 said...
To Jaime and Relampago,What does it matter record or no record on Angelica's part. The voter will decide and guess what some may have had records as well I really don't think the voters in Nueces county care about that because they cannot vote anyhow.And not everyone is reading all this information you two are bringing up all the time.And James is nice however most of nueces county votes Democratic.
10:18 PM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
Lets hear it??I am on the side of truth and integrity.I have issues with witnesses being hid or hiding as well.Her name was Mary Cano and she was subpeonaed several times unserved.This in the 105 Bananland and Hubert.WATT about her association with Gardner & Lago?
10:19 PM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
La politicaThe public needs to be informed on these kinds of things.Then they can make an informed educated choice.If I had a criminal record I know everybody would be making a big deal about it.I did not think one can possess a law degree with a criminal record.Hell it hard to even get a JOB if you have a criminal record.
10:43 PM
Relampago said...
For what it's worth, I'll vote for, and campaign for, Angelica (or Bobby) against James Sales. If the November election against Sales is about who is the most likeable and who's the better campaigner, I think Angelica is best to beat Sales. But if the election is about experience and "clean hands" and passing the bar exam on the first chance right after law school, I think Bobby might match up slightly better against Sales. There is no question Angelica is the most likeable and hardest campaigner of all three candidates. I like Angelica but I can't turn around without hearing another thing that makes me worry about her chances in November against Sales.By the way, I completely agree that Angelica's theft conviction will be a non-issue and I said so. My concern about the federal court ethics violation is a result of watching the Caller Times tear down Judge Huerta and Judge DePena for much less. In Judge DePena's case the cost was not so great because Judge Gonzalez is also a great judge who shares the community's vaules, but when Judge Greenwell beat Marty Huerta, we got a judge who favors big corporate interests over common ordinary people and don't want to see that happen again.
11:24 PM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
Angelica's alleged theft (Criminal Record will be an issue.There is no way a convicted criminal can be my JUDGE!You must be in la la land if you think any with a criminal record (that I am aware of) will ever sit on a bench.Marion Berry has survived but his electoral position has nothing to do with the judiciary.It wont happen. But first I must ask around until I find the facts of the conviction.Maybe she was wrongfully convicted like my wife.WATT are the facts?ANGELICA we are not in KANSAS any more.And that stuff about Vela and Hinojosa I call your bluff.Put up or shut up.If this is not a form of prevarication then by all means lets get it out in the open.Anybody??????It is wrong for our JUDICIARY to be extorted POLITICALLY and FINANCIALLY. We must interdict the buying of influence in our JUDICIARY.Is there a can of WORMS to open in the 13th COA?I got a light to shine on em when ther emerge.You are trying to smear a sitting JUSTICE on the Texas Appelate court (13th COA).
11:58 PM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
I like Jame Sales.
12:00 AM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
I wrote this a few months back about James Sales.Also correct me if I am wrong; I thought 52% of Nueces County voted for BUSH and 53% voted for Solomon Ortiz.Do you think some of the ones who voted for Solomon voted for BUSH?STRAIGHT ticket voting is ABSURD!Go ahead pull that lever.At least read down the list, maybe read up on the other side if for nothing else than for weak spots.Do anything but pull the lever.It matters not dem or rep most of these guys are not in touch with their voters they are ELITIST and YOU are only important every now and then for the pulling of the lever.Go through the motions.That vote you are casting is like money you are spending.Do you just throw money away?===================================Hello Mr Sales,Remember me I spoke with You this morning. As we spoke I mentioned the upcoming election and asked if you were running for County Judge. I knew you were thinking about running against Hunter for the 94th District republican Nomination, but figured I would inject a small dosage of the County Judge Rhetoric.JAMES SALES, WHO ARE YOU?Well you attended & graduated from Ray High School and went on to some college somewhere and then went to Law School and grabbed your Doctorate of Jurisprudence. YEAH YEAH YEAH! All of that is fine and dandy but WHO ARE YOU JAMES SALES?You are an ASSHOLE to those who murder!You are feared and hated by these Birds of the Feather! Your life is on the line for the JOB well done. I ask our Lord to watch over you & yours forever & ever!You are an ASSHOLE to those who conduct organized crime!So you are feared once again, by those who fear none!What good has it done?Well we are in November 2005 and there have been so far only 8 Murders; in 2004 there were ~26 Murders. Now when a whim to kill or retaliate violently presents itself; these "would be murderers" know there will be serious consequences! God Bless You and may God watch over us here in the Body of Christ.This one thing allows me to support your Ascension to the 94th District. You have quashed the violence. I must tip my Hat to Sandra Watts in this endeavor as well with her rehab programs of genuine concern and social research.Let us start now and get past Hunter, then we can compare you to the Democratic Choice.YOU NEED TO MAKE A BIG ENTRANCE NOW! THE SOONER THE BETTER YOUR CHANCES!IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH US PLEASE CONTACT HOMER @ EL DEFENZOR 36 387 6216 or you can email me! It will be an honor to work with you! Dont worry about differences; as they can always be resolved in dialog. Remember one thing about South Texas Politics as you probably already know; Homer & El Defenzor Political Publication knows how they work here in South Texas.I know you are not representative of an Elitist or Anglo Agenda as you have explained; "it is not the culture but there are bad apples in every walk of life". Your Family includes hispanic members as like me, your wife is hispanic as are your children.May God watch over you and protect you & your's James Sales.===================================Now give it back to ME on MR GALVAN!I am all ears????Let the Competition Begin!
12:12 AM
Relampago said...
As I posted above, I don't have access to Texas court opinions on line, but I spoke to a friend who's a lawyer and he said all you have to do is search for “opinion by Justice Hinojosa” with Filemon B. Vela as the attorney you come right to a 6 year old case where Hinojosa tried to turn the law on its head (that's what the other judge working on the case says in the opinion) and when Hinojosa couldn't get the other judge to go along, the case just vanished onto the back shelves of Hinojosa's office and no one's heard a thing about it since then. That sounds crooked to me. I have never heard of a court just sitting on a case for 6 years! And you think it's a coincidence that Fil Vela was the lawyer and Hinojosa was the judge and now Rose Vela is running against Hinojosa?I tried to find the name of the case with Google, but Google doesn't have court opinions. But I did find a anti-judicial-corruption website called "Lawyers Keep Texas Appeals Judges on Retainer" which discusses where Hinojosa tried to throw a case named "L & F Distributor v. Amador G. Cruz" in exchange for cash from a corporate campaign supporter:"Spring break was no party for Amador Cruz. The beer warehouse where he worked forced him to work long weekend hours to keep college kids lubed on Padre Island. When he complained about forced overtime, L & F Distributors fired him. Cruz filed suit, seeking overtime pay and damages for retalitory discrimination. A jury ruled in Cruz’s favor on both points, but the trial judge rendered a take-nothing judgment on the overtime award. Thirteenth Court of Appeals justices reversed the trial court in December 1996, vacating the retaliation judgment but reinstating Cruz’s overtime award. Justice Federico Hinojosa’s dissenting opinion would have rendered a take-nothing judgment on both of Cruz’s claims. Three years later, L & F President Joe La Mantia poured $5,000 into Justice Hinojosa’s campaign." See for yourself
12:48 AM
DANNOYNTED1 said...
RELAMPAGO can you pick up the phone and call that lawyer friend back just to make it simple.Ask him for the 13th COA case numbers.I want to read the opinions.
1:14 AM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
I didnt find that case for amador v L&F.If you could just give me the case #'s 13th (Court of Appeals) I will check em out.I did find this on TLR. This is a great site as I have used it and follow the money. This site has documented KFATSO giving $73K illegally.This is in my supreme court dossier.===================================Texans for Lawsuit Reform: How the Texas Tort Tycoons Spent Millions in the 2000 ElectionsSummary printer friendlyThe PAC of Texans for Lawsuit Reform (TLR) raised $1.5 million and spent $1.4 million in the 2000 election cycle, making it Texas' fifth-largest PAC. Just five wealthy families that made fortunes in litigious industries supplied almost half of the money that TLR raised. Moreover, TLR got 80 percent of its money from the families of just 24 tycoons. Altogether, these 24 king makers spent $4.5 million to influence Texas politics in the 2000 cycle, with Houston homebuilder Bob Perry spending an astounding $912,500. Republicans received 92 percent of all the money that TLR spent. Just two GOP senate candidates (Todd Staples and Bob Deuell) received 73 percent of TLR's money. New Senator Todd Staples got almost half of his TLR money in the last week of the campaign, thereby hiding the extent of his dependence on this special-interest group until after the election. Complet article @tpj.org
1:30 AM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
Continue with your rationale Relampagoif Rose Vela is running against Hinojosa cuz Hionjosa screwed her husband.......WATT would Mikal have done if Hinojosa tried to stonewall him as he did Fil?Why couldnt Fil file a mandamus or some type of motion or appeal to the higher court.Numbers give ME the numbers.Please continue with this theory?
1:35 AM
Relampago said...
You ask what "would Mikal have done if Hinojosa tried to stonewall him as he did Fil?"Read the Texans For Public Justice article carefully, and you'll have your answer. The "Lawyers Keep Texas Appeals Judges on Retainer" section of the study shows that Watts keeps Hinojosa "on retainer" giving him over $30,000. That's the point of the TPJ analysis: Hinojosa would never stonewall Watts like he's stonewalling Fil because Hinojosa treats big campaign contributors better than common people.
10:34 AM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
My point in example with regard to WATTS.TLRthere are upeer courts.
3:27 PM
Know"Watts"forsale said...
Let's set the record straight because everything you are talking about is a matter of public record. First, Angelica was arrested over ten years ago, when she was a teenager, in college in Kansas. The charges were DISMISSED!!! She fully disclosed it to the Texas Board of Law Examiners and they let her get her license because she disclosed fully and the charges were dismissed. The issue with Mary Ochoa, several years ago, involved the County Attorney's office or Sheriff's Department's concealment in a case that was handled by the County Attorney's office, not Angelica. She was hired after the witness came forward (about five years after the fact)and she was involved in the defense of the County because it was alleged that the County Attorney's office concealed her identity back in the late 19990's during the Sokolinski case. There has never been a complaint against Ms. Hernandez for anything. Go to the sanction hearing information online with the Caller Times and get it straight. Arrest - over a decade ago and charges dismissed. Concealment by Nueces County with Ms. Hernandez defending against the concealment charges several years after the fact. The record will show that the witness who confirmed Ms. Ochoa's story (Sylvia Meru) said on the record and under oath that Ms. Hernandez told her tell the truth on the stand no matter what, even if it would hurt the county. She did just that. Ms. Hernandez does not have a conviction. Besides, I would rather face someone as a judge who made mistakes and overcame them, never hid them or tried to make herself out to be perfect. She overcame her arrest when she was a kid to finish college and go on to law school. So she didn't pass her bar exam the first time out, at least she didn't quit. She continued and has had a very sucessful career. If you want a perfect person to be Judge, then Jesus better come take a bench! If anyone wants to know the story just call her and ask or email her. She has been very honest about all this and has never tried to hide any of it. She went on the Lago show and met Lago and Gardner for the first time on the radio. They respected her willingness to put the truth out there. I looked at her campaign list and neither Lago or Gardner have given her any money. They just liked her courage to talk about the ad litem fees and the favortism in the court. I like that too.
6:36 PM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
"Let's set the record straight because everything you are talking about is a matter of public record. First, Angelica was arrested over ten years ago, when she was a teenager, in college in Kansas." WATT WAS SHE ARRESTED FOR?"The charges were DISMISSED!!!"WAS THERE AN AGREEMENT?PROBATION? COMMUNITY SERVICE?"She fully disclosed it to the Texas Board of Law Examiners and they let her get her license because she disclosed fully and the charges were dismissed."THEN SHE BRINGS SCRUTINY TO THIS BOARD OF LAW EXAMINERS.FULLY DISCLOSE?THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY; WATT IS NOT DISCLOSED IS DISCOVERED."The issue with Mary Ochoa, several years ago, involved the County Attorney's office or Sheriff's Department's concealment in a case that was handled by the County Attorney's office, not Angelica. She was hired after the witness came forward (about five years after the fact)and she was involved in the defense of the County because it was alleged that the County Attorney's office concealed her identity back in the late 19990's during the Sokolinski case. There has never been a complaint against Ms. Hernandez for anything. Go to the sanction hearing information online with the Caller Times and get it straight."ALL OF THE ABOVE ONLY BRINGS SCRUTINY ON THE COUNTY HIRING A CRIMINAL?Arrest - over a decade ago and charges dismissed. DOES IT REMAIN ON HER RECORD?DISMISSED IS NOT SYNONYMOUS WITH INNOCENT"Concealment by Nueces County with Ms. Hernandez defending against the concealment charges several years after the fact. The record will show that the witness who confirmed Ms. Ochoa's story (Sylvia Meru) said on the record and under oath that Ms. Hernandez told her tell the truth on the stand no matter what, even if it would hurt the county. She did just that. Ms. Hernandez does not have a conviction. Besides, I would rather face someone as a judge who made mistakes and overcame them, never hid them or tried to make herself out to be perfect. She overcame her arrest when she was a kid to finish college and go on to law school. So she didn't pass her bar exam the first time out, at least she didn't quit. She continued and has had a very sucessful career. If you want a perfect person to be Judge, then Jesus better come take a bench! If anyone wants to know the story just call her and ask or email her. She has been very honest about all this and has never tried to hide any of it. She went on the Lago show and met Lago and Gardner for the first time on the radio. They respected her willingness to put the truth out there. I looked at her campaign list and neither Lago or Gardner have given her any money. They just liked her courage to talk about the ad litem fees and the favortism in the court. I like that too."SO NOW, SHE IS THE NEXT BEST THING TO JESUS?AND ANGELICA CAN EMAIL ME IF SHE WOULD LIKE ME TO HEAR HER SIDE.A LITTLE ADVICE; YOU OVEREXPLAINED.WHY?
7:55 PM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
Can we discuss?click & go to my second comment
8:29 PM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
kWho is Juan Reyna?WATT happens when the slate is broken?Is that WATT we are down to? No more money to buy a new slab.I say Skurka is a Republican.WATT kind of Democrat with whom does he associate.There is nothing wrong with crossing lines to support the individual unless that hard work's sweat aromatically reeked of AVARICE.
12:18 AM
Relampago said...
Jaime:You are barking up the wrong tree with regard to Angelica's theft conviction. She plead guilty, she completed the terms of probation, and the charges were dismissed. She was not even in her mid 20s at the time. I had heard that the 2-year delay between when Angelica finished law school and when she passed the bar exam was partly because she needed the extra time to get permission to take the bar exam as a result of the criminal record in Kansas, but if the two-year delay is just a situation that she needed a few times to pass the exam, then that's just water under the bridge.Also, I agree that there was never any formal ethics complaint about the witness-hiding problem in federal court (although I have heard that any complaint would have been confidential). My concern is that Judge Jan Jack is a person who feels that it is an issue she will not sweep under the rug if anyone asks her about it (and many people have), and Judge Jack was there and witnessed the whole thing and Judge Jack lays it all at the feet of Angelica Hernandez and not anyone else at Nueces County. This is why I worry that the Caller Times or the James Sales campaign will make a mountain out of this mole hill.Juan Reyna is running at Fil Vela's encouragement, not Mikal Watts's enouragement. You can tell Mikal and Fil apart because Mikal is the Democrat.Mark Skurka is a good and loyal Democrat, not a Republican.I have put a call into my attorney friend about the case where Judge Hinojosa tried to cheat Fil out of the case and, when the rest of the court wouldn't go along, Hinojosa decided to sit on the case until the end of time. I cannot believe that I'm the only one who knows an attorney who could do a search of opinions by Justice Hinojosa where Fil Vela was the attorney and the other judge on the case said Hinojosa was filpping the law "on its head."
7:04 AM
YaGottaLoveIt said...
I'll be supporting Angelica. She made a youthful mistake then managed to grow up and do something with her life. And she managed to grow up a lot faster than our current president, who had at least one DUI that we know of. I suspect that the other candidates may have also broken a law or two, especially considering the number of lead-footed drivers in this city. Are you a criminal if you break the law but aren't caught?
10:26 PM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
There is no place for a JUDGE with a criminal record.If there are others who are candidates for an elected position or a position of POWER; we need to let everyone know about it.If you are a criminal and dont get caught then there is no proof you are a criminal.But to answer your question in pure form YES.If you are wrongfully convicted of a crime by a malicious prosecutor like John Hubert and it is a "COMEDY OF ERRORS" and many "PECULIAR CIRCUMSTANCES" will anybody hire you for the degree earned?Same thing for Angelica and anyone else who thinks she should sit that high.And Vincente Carranza if you are twisting my words as I understand you did this morning; it falls in the category of slander / defamation / libel.Read in the context and dont be twisting my words to suit your agenda.We allign on many an issue.I will not tolerate you twisting Chisme's words either.I have many friends who listen to your show. Word of mouth travels very fast.Do you wanna find out?
11:04 PM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
I would like to hear Angelica's story from Angelica.I will hear you out Rene if you wish. You got my number.I am not going away and Vincente's "damage control" is lame and insulting to the educated voter.Also, Bobby Galvan has a big family.Keep atttacking him and you will understand WATT a collateral attack is.I dont think Bobby is the MAN for the JOB.I want to work with you guys not against you.There are many in the slate I can advocate for.Ask ME?Remember one thing, YOU will never tell me WATT to write.Or WATT not to write.You can only ask.
11:18 PM
Relampago said...
Jaime:You couldn't be more wrong about judges and criminal records. I bet there are other judges somewhere in Texas who have some criminal theft record in their backgrounds. In fact, I bet James Sales has broken a rule here or there, and the only difference between Sales and Angelica is that she got caught, plead guilty, and completed her punishment honorably. Also, who is to say that James Sales passed the bar exam the first time he took it or that there are not judges somewhere who would accuse Sales of unethical misconduct?No matter how much more experience Sales has, he does not have Angelica's likeability and her willingness to campaign hard. Sales will not be elected. Count on that.
11:30 PM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
So according to you RELAMPAGO. it will either be Bobby Galvan or Angelica Hernandez?I will never leave it alone.If I have to go everyday to her courtroom (if she is elected) and tell every single defendant that she too is a criminal and has no place sitting as a JUDGE.But before that I will let Nueces County know and surely there are legal remedies.If you choose to go against ME it will be a big mistake.Is there anything I can do for the other candidates.I will work with you guys. Keep ME busy with some of the others I will support?And Angelica, if she was to apply as a substitute teacher, she would be denied due to "a questionable criminal background".Certainly, communication can win over even the most disciplined of minds. But to defend Angelica is to sink her ship. So stop making things unrepairable and "reach out and touch" ME.Awaiting IRL rsponse I remain.
1:06 AM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
So all of you guys are pissed at Fil Vela and Rose?How many of your candidates did Fil give $$$$$$$$$$$$ before he stepped across the street?So money doesnt transpose into favors or loyalty in this case but is it expected?WATT does MIKAL expect in return?I am collecting the email addresses and will begin my email information campaign.Either we can find common ground or we can "throw it down" and let the chips fall where they may.WATT do you guys want to do?You got the ball.
1:18 AM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
Hey Vincente Yall guys dont forget to listen to reading of Court Documents involving MIKAL WATTS' own Judge / "Politiquera" Marisela Saldana and the facts (the english version) on 1440 AM KEYS RADIO 7-9 AM The BOB JONES SHOW.
3:46 AM
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8:37 AM
Relampago said...
Jaime:You should be ashamed of that post. You know it's false. Also, by the way, Judge Saldana is supported by much of the community. Here is a small sample of her supporters:Arturo AcunaLucia AcunaGus C. ArandaDarrell L. BargerEd BarkerNelia BarreraJoan Lynch BellLarry BellDavid BonillaMarshall BoykinAllison BradyStephen CarriganSylvia B. CastillejaEliot ChenauxGeorge E. ClowerEllen CoimbraDavid M. CooverDavid CragoRichard W. CrewsDavid DiazRon DominguezTim DowlingFred DreilingScott J. DuncanMary Helen DunnamLibby EdwardsScott EllisonSelina EscamillaAngela EstradaKristina FernandezClark C. FlatoNelda FuentesTrina GarciaRudy GarzaBrennon GamblinJuan M. Garcia IIISarah GrahamJames M. GreenwellJames R. HarrisAngel Bland HazleyRobert E. HolcombJohn J.JanssenFarooq LakhaniPam LakhaniMichael LeeAndrew LehrmanRoland LeonAdriana Pop-Moody, MDDaniela Badea-Mic, MDCarolyn MoonTheresa T. MontezBob MurryEllen MurryVictor Lara OrtegonWill PiersonChristina PenaTony PletcherNestor Praderio, MDCarmela QuintanillaEnrique Quintanilla, Jr.Jared QuintanillaSulema G. ReynaCynthia ReynaDeborah RiosTodd RobinsonSheadyn R. RogersEloy SalazarCindy S. SaldanaLuis SaldanaAnn A. SkaroRobert TamezMichael G. TerryGloria F. VargasNancy VeraJames WalsdorfPhil WestegrenRobert C. WolterAntonio P. AbarcaMary Louise AbarcaLupita BriggsGilbert CortinasButch EscobedoLupita Galvan HinojosaTodd HornGlenda KaneJerry KaneDiana I. Marinez, PhDR. Martin JohnsonJim Needham,PhDRaul R. Prezas, PhDMark RoachBeatrice RuggeroEloy H. SalazarAnthony SharmEstrella Silva, MDMichael Silva, MDRobert TamezGlenda TurnerSaralee WittRobert C. WolterLele WoschnaggSource
11:31 AM
Jaime Kenedeño said...
pUT MY POST BACK ON. iT IS TRUE CALL UP SUZIE LUNA SALDANA AND ASK HER YOURSELF.I heard her on the radio this morning and so did thousands of other listeners.Call her up and ask her.She said it not ME.
6:02 PM
YaGottaLoveIt said...
Jaime,Please resubmit your comment WITHOUT the personal smear and it will be posted.
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