THE WIGHTMAN EDICTS: OFF WITH THEIR HEADS

Of Asst. DA Korina Barrazas: "Until DA Saenz fires her, he cannot claim to be serious about cleaning house."
Of Asst. DA Rene Gonzalez: " Saenz needs to call in Rene Gonzalez and ask him if this is true. If it is - his firing should forthwith."
Of the Law: "But first and foremost my loyalty is to our justice system - even with all its flaws." 

By Juan Montoya
Someone is feeling their oats, and in this case it is none other than disbarred attorney and Dallas transplant Bobby Wightman (AKA Cervantez when he runs for political office).
This fledgling journalist who reveled in rubbing elbows with working journalists and Asst. U.S. Attorneys during the just-concluded Armando Villalobos bribery and racketeering case has now directed Cameron County District Attorney Luis Saenz to fire at least two assistant DAs who had any role in the Amit Livingston case.
You remember that case. It involved Abel Limas giving Livingston – who faced 23 years in prison for murdering his former lover – 60 days to get his affairs in order before turning himself in to prison. For that, according to the government, Villalobos received a cool $80,000 from his former law partner Eddie Lucio (not our Sucios) whom he had recommended as an attorney to the woman's survivors.

Now Bobby, as he is affectionately called by his bods, is out to chop heads and directs Saenz to clean house at the DA's office.
They will not be the first (or last) public servants and officials that the Bobster has called upon to resign in shame because they have not lived up to his high standards. Remember some of these gems from his past Brownsville Voice postings?

MELISSA ZAMORA:
"If there is a commissioner who will be forced to resign early it is (Melissa) Zamora. I stayed away from the claims about her personal life because I generally believe they are not subject to public discussion during the campaign, unless the person is already an elected official. We must afford people seeking public office for the first time some level of redemption for their past transgressions. My position is hard to defend when we see nothing has changed now that she is an elected official.

She seems to have no moral compass to tell her she is wrong or acting in a wrongful manner. "

When Roman Perez pointed out that it was unprofessional for the city commissioners to be laughing at the speakers and to be on their cell phones Zamora’s response was typical of a princess - '“I am better than all of you, so if your children need to text you while you are here – sorry you may not check your text messages, but if my children text me while I am here I may check my text messages – my children are privileged and yours are dirt to be ignored...'" " Politically she is dead. She should resign and go back home to her parents and take care of her children. She should use the time to reflect on the mistakes in her life. She is young enough to redeem herself. The question is, will she?"

And so, this self-avowed liberal thinks that Melissa's place is not in the House of Representatives or the people's chambers, but rather at home raising kids (and barefoot and pregnant?).

FORMER MAYOR PAT AHUMADA:

1. "Pat Almighty he is a born Banana Republic dictator who will quit the second he has to put up with dissent. I am convinced if I can win the right for everyone to speak directly at the City Commissioners with insults in poor taste, Pat Almighty will quit. The man is simply too thin skinned to be a man. …that was my point at the Commission Meeting - I wanted to see who if anyone would shrug it off. People who can shrug it off have the potential of being leaders.

Pat Almighty has the potential of being nothing. He was raised to be nothing. So guys, take my advice - learn to shrug it off - dismiss the mayor as the worthless piece of shit he is and move on. "

Do you morons actually believe the people do not see through this petty bullshit Banana Republic dictatorship driven ordinance?

CITY MANAGER CHARLIE CABLER

"Now the bonus was Charlie "I’m a sorry ass pathetic little weasel" Cabler. When he got up and indicated he was going to force me to remove myself from the podium, I was like - "do I like let him touch me or force the issue, or do I go on my own." "I want an injunction on the record that Charlie Cabler violated my rights when he motioned to remove me from the podium. This will kill his career in Texas. Cabler needs to understand being the dirty man for Pat Almighty is going to cost him." "Charlie Cabler is the epitome of corruption and nothing will change so long as he has a job with the City of Brownsville."

FORMER CITY COMMISSIONER ANTHONY TROIANI

"...But there is actually someone worse on the City Commission than Pat Almighty, and that is Phony Tony Troiani. This guy is a two-bit master manipulator who is prepared to sink Brownsville into the bowels of hell for his own power. Unfortunately, we have 5 other City Commissioners all too willing to get in bed with Phony Tony Troiani. "

What a pathetic lot Pat Almighy, Il Duce Troiani, and the Nancy Boys.

"In the real world Cabler and (Santana) Torres would be fired for their incompetence in their handling of the clean-up in advance of any hurricane, and in the post clean-up period. But not in Brownsville, where incompetent buffoons run the city commission, they need to make sure those who run the city officially are even more inept than the city commission."

CITY ATTORNEY MARK SOSSI.

Let’s look to the city’s attorney - Mark Sossi - "Sossi, who the city frequently calls upon for legal work, was sued in state district court by his former law firm, Willette and Guerra, in 2002 for failing to disclose $150,000 he allegedly received from two attorneys not employed by the firm and converting the funds for his own use, court records allege. Willette and Guerra and Sossi entered an agreed judgment in October 2004 against Sossi for $167,363."

"They (commissioners) need Sossi to run cover for them when they knowingly vote to run roughshod over the law. This is why they dumped Goza who refused to continue playing the unethical lawyer for a corrupt City Commission and hired Sossi. Sossi plays the role of whore well."

THE ENTIRE CITY COMMISSION:
"It is time heads roll and since this city commission refuses to fire Cabler for his failure to fire Santana Torres, and (Chris)Patterson, it is time we fire the City Commission and until then make their lives a living hell. The gloves are off - nothing is off limits unless it is illegal. I will publish any and all piece of garbage on their private lives which I can verify and is legal to publish."

LOCAL ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL

House servant is the only way to describe most of Cameron County’s and Brownsville’s politicos. How did Cameron county and Brownsville get to the point of mostly house servants serving the people. There is a history. This has in fact happened all over the country as one group replaces another group in terms of who holds the power. South Texas has always been rule by corrupt public officials. At the point the Latino community took power back from the Anglos, rather than show they were different, they chose to rule the same way as their former masters. The mordida rules South Texas politics. In most cases it is very subtle. As house servants under the former Anglo masters, the current leadership learned to survive you must abuse the people.

THE PEOPLE OF BROWNSVILLE

On the issue of bigotry, its openness in Brownsville rivals the days of lynchings in East Texas. It is not that there is more in Brownsville, it is that in Brownsville people wear their bigotry and homophobia as badges of honor. They rationalize it with some level of psychotic intellectualism learned in a school for members of the KKK or SS officers. What is worse are the people who look for leaders of this psychotic intellectualism and then honor it as if it makes them better than anyone else. As is always the case, the people will demand the world and then vote out of office any politician who does not give it to them, all the while complaining about the budget and taxes. The people suck. My best advice to Zamora and Gowen - ignore the people - they’re idiots.

JUDGE ANDREW HANEN:
Judges care little about this well known axiom of law. My question is simple - Andrew Hanen played the buy the judgeship game with political donations. Now he has a case which could take down all the key players within the very political party which put him in power. Does not the appearance of justice mandate Andrew Hanen recuse himself and allow a judge not tied to the money which drives the process oversee this trial? I say yes - I am certain Judge Hanen says no - if he were to recuse himself his hopes for an appointment to the federal court of appeals would die with his recusal.

From Texas Law Blog:
Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Robert R. Wightman-Cervantes was disbarred in Texas on January 11, 2002.
Texas Attorney Disbarred by the United States Supreme Court: Today, the Supreme Court entered an order disbarring former Dallas attorney Robert R. Wightman-Cervantes from practicing before the United States Supreme Court.
Mr. Wightman-Cervantes was disbarred by the State of Texas:
On Jan. 11, the 298th District Court of Dallas County disbarred Robert R. Wightman-Cervantes [#21443200], 44, of Dallas.
The court found Wightman-Cervantes brought or defended a frivolous proceeding. The court also found Wightman-Cervantes took a position that unreasonably increased the costs or other burdens of a case and delayed the resolution of the case.
Wightman-Cervantes, in representing a client, engaged in conduct engaged to disrupt a proceeding. Wightman-Cervantes was also found to have communicated with another party regarding a case when he knew that party was represented by counsel. The court also found Wightman-Cervantes made a statement that was either false or with reckless disregard to its truth regarding the qualifications or integrity of a judge. Wightman-Cervantes failed to timely respond to notice of the complaint from the grievance committee. He violated Rules 3.01, 3.02, 3.04(c)(2), (c)(3), and (c)(5), 3.05(a), 4.02(a), 4.04(a) and (b)(1), 8.02(a), and 8.04(a)(1) and (a)(8).
He was ordered to pay $48,700.72 in attorney’s fees, which is subject to reduction."
Of course, Wightman appealed, all to no avail.

http://law.justia.com/cases/texas/eleventh-court-of-appeals/2006/8245.html

So DA Saenz. You have been put on notice. Shape up to the Bobster's standards or face the wrath of the "many" who it appears are ready with the petition, pitchfork and torches to make you realize the error of your ways.