After the Cameron County Commissioners Court decided not to pay for legal representation for Justice of the Precinct 2, Place 2 Justice of the Peace Erin Garcia-Hernandez after only one person spoke out against it during their special meeting this morning, a flurry of activity was initiated.
The agenda item was very clear in what the commissioners were acting upon. The item in the special meeting held at 9:30 Thursday morning was for the purpose of determining whether to provide legal counsel to all three Hernandezes named in the federal lawsuit (since dropped) or to retain outside counsel for one or all of them. Neither option passed.
There was never any mention of having stand-by counsel in the case the federal lawsuit was reinstated or if an indictment against the justice of the peace came down after the Cameron County District Attorney got an opinion from the Texas Attorney General's Office indicating that she may have committed a crime.
Now we have learned that – acting upon some vague legal theory – Garcia-Hernandez emailed the county's Human Resources Department a missive asking whether it was illegal for Silva, a part-time, at-will community outreach employee with the DA's office to make public comments at the commissioners court meeting.Although the full contents of Erin's query have not been made public, it appears to us that for the justice of the peace to be posing such questions belies her shallow understanding of an individual's constitutional rights. As we had it explained to us, Silva does not get paid health, retirement, FICA, or any other benefits for his work as an outreach employee with the DA's office. When he does not work, he does not get paid. Ergo, when he is not on the clock, he is free to exercise his rights to express his opinion on whatever subject he wants.
What he does on his own time is his business as long as he's not committing a crime.
We understood Silva (Zeke to his friends) made it clear to the commissioners (Pct. 2 commissioner Ernie Hernandez, Erin's father, included) that he was speaking as a businessman and a taxpayer concerned that the county was going to pay for legal representation for someone who brought the clouds down upon herself through her actions.
What is it that Erin wants now?
Does she want the county to have Saenz fire Silva for expressing his opinion?
All this, of course, is meant to cloud the issue. Until she was stopped, JP 2-2 Garcia-Hernandez was issuing fraudulent waivers to the 72-hour state-mandated waiting period between the issuance of a marriage license by the county clerk and the performance of the wedding ceremony. Additionally, she was charging for them and using the waivers as a leverage to get the couple to have her perform the ceremonies and pocket the fee (from $140 to $250) for herself.
Were other JPs doing it? Who knows?
What we do know is that she was the only one who manufactured a waiver form with her office's letterhead and charged a fee ($25, $40, some say $50) for them. Where did the money go? Not to the county treasurer, we understand. Only the Shadow Erin knows.
In other words, only Erin got caught. Now she wants the county to provide her with legal representation and the commissioners said no. That has to be the unkindest cut of all. Did Zeke say something wrong?
12 comments:
Que dice el Maclovio??
Zeke Silva may be a private citizen when not doing he DA's work, but this smells. You would have more credibility if it was some other taxpayer doing this and not Zeke Silva. Surely you see that don't you, Montoya>
ONLY democRATAS FU@K THE COUNTRY AND WHEN THEY GET CAUGHT THEY WANT THE TAX PAYERS TO PAY FOR THEIR DEFENSE...PINCH MAMONES!!!!!!!!!!
VIEJA CHIGADA. HEY COMMUNITY KEEP VOTING FOR THESE LEECHES OF democRATAS EVERY SINGLE DUMBOCRAT ARE PURE MIERDA PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!
El Viejo tranza de Ernie?
La vieja tranza de Norma?
El huerco Tranza de E Jr?
La Vieja Tanza de Erin?
the apples do not fall far from the tree?
Zeke spoke in person as a citizen and rightly so. He was not alone in his address, though his was public. At least one other person wrote a letter sent via email to the judge and one other county commissioner, rejecting the idea of paying for Erin's counsel.
The letter explained why our county should not pay any part of the legal fees related to this issue created by Erin. What will Erin do, try to squash the voice of all voter's with an opinion? I think not, she can try, but "Free Speech" is bigger than the Hernandez's.
Why should the county pay for her attorney?? You are fool of shit! These are our tax dollars you're talking about. She screwed up, pay the consequences, isn't she an attorney, a law abiding person that should have known better?
Haha Karma bit her ass!
JM, the problem you are now starting to have is that you have attacked Garcia so much, you are really losing credibility. I mean, I know Alex Begum is paying you. I get that. The problem here is that every single person in the Dancy building who reads this story knows its bullshit. Let's see if you have the balls to post this comment.
Posting November 1, 2013 @ 8:34AM:
Sounds like a Erin supporter....a Dancy Building Politicata!!!!
Not this time Erin...enjoy what's left of your term...the next term is in jail...Bubba is waiting. Oh I'm sorry...Babbie!!!!
Comment 8:34 is full of shit!
The majority of the Dancy building cannot stand Ernie!
La erin is una Pendeja who got the job with the help her cook relatives.
everything that is wrong with Brownsville, hope they go to prison!
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