Friday, May 30, 2014

DOMINGUEZ TO BE SWORN IN MONDAY AS PCT. 2 COMMISH

By Juan Montoya
Fresh from Tuesday's narrow victory at the polls over Leo Lopez to replace Ernie Hernandez as Cameron County Pct. 2 commissioner, Alex Dominguez will be sworn in at 11 a.m. Monday at the Dancy Building.
Dominguez.
Dominguez eked out a 72-vote squeaker over Lopez in the closest race in the runoff of the Cameron County Democratic Party. He will be joining Sofia Benavides (Pct. 1), David Garza(Pct. 3), Dan Sanchez (Pct. 4) and County Judge Carlos Cascos on the commissioners court.
(Will he ask Elia Cornejo-Lopez, Leo's wife, to swear him in, some wondered? Not.)
Hernandez resigned his position as commissioner as part of an agreement with Cameron County District Attorney Luis V. Saenz who said he did not relish the thought of having Hernandez serve until the end of his term December 31 even if he was found guilty on any of the eight charges of official misconduct. Saenz said Hernandez could not be made to step down if he appealed a conviction. The precinct has not been represented since Hernandez resigned.
Dominguez had run previously in an unsuccessful attempt to unseat Texas State Rep. Rene Oliveira.
He edged out three other contenders in the March 2014 primary and beat Lopez in the May 27 runoff.
The son of migrant parents, Dominguez graduated from the Arizona State University College of Law in 2002 and then went on to do legal work for the Law Offices of Howard Wien, in Los Angeles, California. Before then, he was seventh-grade history teacher and English as a Second Language in the Garland, Texas, ISD.
Before graduating from law school, he served as an intern for Chief Judge Stephen M. McNamee, United States District Court, District of Arizona, in Phoenix, Arizona.
He also served as an attorney with the city of Tempe, Pheonix, and with the Cameron County District Attorney's Office under Yolanda De Leon.
Since then, he has established a successful private law firm since 2005 before entering politics.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

I hope that Dominguez invited Bobby to the ceremony avoiding any further complaints to state or federal agencies.

Anonymous said...

Will Leo and the pig be present? We will see?

Anonymous said...

que bueno que gano este muchacho.MONTOYA ya es hora que entre jente joven a governar que traigan energias para trabajar.ojala y no lo hechen a perder todos los viejos ratas que estan ahi.

Anonymous said...

I have been fortunate enough to know Alex since he was an undergrad student at Rice University. He is a very bright and energetic young man and his presence on the county commission reflects change for the good.

Anonymous said...

Haven't heard much out of Judge Elia "Cornhole" Lopez or her undertaker husband since the election. Perhaps they are salving their wounds and trying to figure out how many votes they lost by going negative in the end. Hopefully Elia will receive sanctions from the TEC for "unethical" campaign involvement.....and we hope someone will file a complaint with the TEC and then we can see that pop up if she ever runs for office again. And those local persons who put their faces on "Lito's" ads....because Elia pressured them.....we won't forget them for being a part of Elia's "unethical" efforts. And, as a "Judge" scorned....who will she seek retribution against in her court????

Anonymous said...

another disappointment in the making.

Anonymous said...

Meh another lowlife who is as corrupt as carlos cascos himself including the other commissioners. A couple of weeks in the distant future Rrun Rrun will be breaking headlines about Alex corruption with local businesses, and franchises. Lets not forget his origins. LOLZ Ah Politics the only careers where people fuck each other ten fold. Let not forget the idiot Joe Rivera his related to Alex, Begum Lady, and other commisssioners. Oh and Alex is the guy that will increase taxes on precint 2 just to satisfy his followers the free masons, and the illuminiti yea thats right we have top elite now in the RGV whom where given a helm by the elite corporate scums of america :)

Anonymous said...

ITS NICE TO KNOW THE HERNANDEZ LEGACY WILL CARRY ON IN CASE NO ONE KNOWS THE DOMINGUEZES AND HERNANDEZ FAMILY HAVE TIES wait we ll let juan get to the bottom of this so folks stay tuned like they say la verde dura asta que juan yega y saque todo a la vista GO JOHNNY GO

Anonymous said...

Para su informacion ese pelon es igual..Que todos

Anonymous said...

Naco version of Kojak

Anonymous said...

It's good for the environment to recycle.

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