DID HERNANDEZ POLITIQUEROS GET CHOICE SEATS AT SAMS STADIUM COURTESY OF MINNIE PENA?

By Juan Montoya
Their signatures are all over the mail-in ballot envelopes that have been associated with voter fraud in the runoff election for JP 2-2 between Erin Hernandez Garcia and Yolanda Begum.
Interviews with scores of elderly and illiterate voters indicate that although none of them recall seeing the two men pictured at right (Joey Garza, right, and Rafael Elizondo, center), their signatures appear on the envelopes as having picked up the ballots and mailed them to the Cameron County Elections Office.
"La que vino fue la señora del pol tax," said a woman who allegeldy voted and whose vote was mailed in by one of the two men. "Yo no se la di a ninguno de ellos." (I gave my mail-in ballot to a lady. I never gave it to any of those two men).
And yet, these two apparently carry some weight with some trustees at the Brownsville Independent School District, as they merit occupying the VIP seats at Sam's Stadium during the football games. Some are saying that they have the seats courtesy of trustee Minerva Peña, who is up for reelection in November.
"I see them on those seats all the time," said a football enthusiast. "I always wondered how they rated those choice seats. Maybe they got pull from some politico."
It'll be interesting to see whether the two super politiqueros will be involved in the coming Brownsville Independent School District election in November. With voter-abuse activists already on their long and obvious trail, it might be to their benefit to keep a low profile as the group's report makes its way through the maze of law enforcement levels.
There's no denying that their signatures, often with different addresses, are those that have been red-flagged by investigators with the activist groups looking into massive mail-in votes fraud. The Texas Election Code is very specific about correct documentation on any votes cast in elections in the state.
When push comes to shove, will the two politiqueros grin and bear it in return for the VIP freebies and money they receive from their clients, or will they spill their guts if they feel they could draw time for the alleged elections violations of the elderly voters?
Meanwhile, it appears that candidates Donald Culper (Place 5 against Butch Barbosa and Caty Presas-GArcia)  and Linda Gil Martinez (Place 7 against Jose Chirinos) have also allied themselves with the cyber politiquero group Cheezmeh and that the Association of Brownsville Educators is using the group's Facebook site to promote another of their so-called "forums." These forums are usually used to ambush enemies of the group and as a moneymaker for the Cheezmeh people. Erin Hernandez Garcia was openly endorsed by the group even as they were ostensibly hosting "impartial" candidate debates.
As far as the AOBE endorsements, let's just say that they also endorsed former BISD trustee Ruben Cortez over Democratic contender Celeste Sanchez. Cortez has a GED and no teaching experience. Sanchez has a Master's with more than 45 years experience as an educator and is an assistant superintendent at the San Benito ISD.
Are we missing something here?