By Juan Montoya
Five candidates have filed for the two seats on the Texas Southmost College Board of Trustees that will be vacated when David Oliveira and Robert Robles head out to pasture after May.
And the last-minute candidacy of one of them – Maribel Guerrero – raised suspicions that she was persuaded to enter against Place 7 candidate Ramon Hinojosa at the urging of Oliveira as a token candidate.
Robert Uresti, who is also running in Place 7 is said to be a candidate tossed in by the self-styled grassroots group Cheezmeh.
In Place 6, two candidates, Dr. Reynaldo Garcia, a dentist, and City of Brownsville high-tech guru Tad Hasse will vie for the seat.
Both candidates in Place 6 are said to favor the course of separating the community college district to operate autonomously of UT-Brownsville.
However, it's in Place 7 that the ideological divide between those interests wanting separation or unification will come to a head. Guerrero is said to be married to Ruben Guerrero, a principal in the firm of Breeden-McCumber, the public relations firm that does work for UTB-TSC.
She is said t have told close associates that she threw her hat in the ring but would consider withdrawing if she felt that her candidacy was not needed.
If Uresti, indeed, is the champion of Cheezmeh, then he, too, would seem to favor the separation of the two schools. In that case, the only one who would seem to be supportive of the outgoing Juliert Garcia administration's desires to ensnare the assets of TSC for the benefit of UTB would be Guerrero.
Uresti, however, is seen as somewhat of a loose cannon and a gadfly. His appearances before the various governmental entities are often marked by acrimonious assertions and argument.
Hinojosa has made no bones that he wants to set TSC on a firm financial footing and to make tuition and other costs associated with attending a community college affordable and accessible as they used to be when TSC was an autonomous institution.
Five candidates have filed for the two seats on the Texas Southmost College Board of Trustees that will be vacated when David Oliveira and Robert Robles head out to pasture after May.
And the last-minute candidacy of one of them – Maribel Guerrero – raised suspicions that she was persuaded to enter against Place 7 candidate Ramon Hinojosa at the urging of Oliveira as a token candidate.
Robert Uresti, who is also running in Place 7 is said to be a candidate tossed in by the self-styled grassroots group Cheezmeh.
In Place 6, two candidates, Dr. Reynaldo Garcia, a dentist, and City of Brownsville high-tech guru Tad Hasse will vie for the seat.
Both candidates in Place 6 are said to favor the course of separating the community college district to operate autonomously of UT-Brownsville.
However, it's in Place 7 that the ideological divide between those interests wanting separation or unification will come to a head. Guerrero is said to be married to Ruben Guerrero, a principal in the firm of Breeden-McCumber, the public relations firm that does work for UTB-TSC.
She is said t have told close associates that she threw her hat in the ring but would consider withdrawing if she felt that her candidacy was not needed.
If Uresti, indeed, is the champion of Cheezmeh, then he, too, would seem to favor the separation of the two schools. In that case, the only one who would seem to be supportive of the outgoing Juliert Garcia administration's desires to ensnare the assets of TSC for the benefit of UTB would be Guerrero.
Uresti, however, is seen as somewhat of a loose cannon and a gadfly. His appearances before the various governmental entities are often marked by acrimonious assertions and argument.
Hinojosa has made no bones that he wants to set TSC on a firm financial footing and to make tuition and other costs associated with attending a community college affordable and accessible as they used to be when TSC was an autonomous institution.
Apparently, that was enough to garner the support of the BUC board (Brownsville Unity Council, a coalition of unions and worker associations), in writing. Depending on how hard this organization works, it seems that Hinojosa may have a goot up on his opponents before the get-go.
Anyway you slice it, it appears that Garcia's historical influence on the board has seen its last days.
Anyway you slice it, it appears that Garcia's historical influence on the board has seen its last days.
3 comments:
Maribel worships Juliet Garcia and would surely be a burr under the saddle of progress at TSC. As a Juliet favorite, Maribel would be an impediment to progress at TSC. She is a lovely and well spoken lady, but her support of Juliet Garcia is clear.
Don't count Juliet out yet. She is a vindictive person in the styly of the Kardenas Klan that trained her....as reflected in the article in the Herald recently...allegedly penned by David Oliviera, Mary Rose Kardenas and Bobby Robles. No doubt writen by Oliviera or even Juliet herself, neither Mary Rose nor Robles have the communication skills to write that article. Juliet is like a wounded animal...she is vicious and will target those that wounded her. Never underestimate a "woman scorned".
It seems that we may have at last reached the point where elections to the Board are no longer simply a formality ratifying Juliet's and Cardenas' choices. Never thought I would live to see the day!
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