Even before Tuesday's meeting where Cameron County Clerk-elect Sylvia Garza-Perez failed to produce a $500,000 surety officeholders bond to allow her to take the oath of office, rumors have been circulating around the courthouse that someone will file a petition for her removal in a district court.Garza-Perez has had from November 4 to acquire a surety bond to take office. She asked the court through her attorney Ron Armstrong to "show some tolerance" for 30 to 60 days so they could work it out with county legal counsel Bruce Hodge to satisfy the law.
Up to yesterday, Garza-Perez had refused to say why she had been unable to secure more than $100,000 coverage – instead of the $500,000 required by law.
Yesterday, a teary-eyed Garza-Perez told a local broadcaster that it was not due to any "judgments" against her that she had failed to obtained the surety bond, but attributed her failure to the fact that she had "bad credit." Now, we have never claimed to be legal eagles, but unless he was applying for a personal loan, how does bad credit apply to the issuance of surety bonds? After all, it is the county that pays for the premium for the officeholder bonds, not her.And why does she need a lawyer to get her bonded? We hear that Armstrong is seen as somewhat of a pitbull in a legal tussle, but going against Hodge would seem to be a walk in the park. Why the legal muscle?
The commissioners court, meanwhile, have said that current county clerk Joe Rivera will remain in his office as a "holdover" until Garza-Perez is bonded and pay for salary.
However, Garza-Perez and the commissioners' hands may be forced. According to reliable sources, an identified party may file a petition for her removal from office in a local district court.
The basis for the petition, sources say, is Section 87.014 of the Texas Local Government Code that states that:
"TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
Sec. 87.014. GROUNDS: FAILURE TO GIVE BOND. A county officer who is required by law to give an official bond may be removed under this subchapter if the officer:
(1) fails to execute the bond within the time prescribed by law; or
(2) does not give a new bond, or an additional bond or security, if required by law to do so.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Sec. 87.015. PETITION FOR REMOVAL. (a) A proceeding for the removal of an officer is begun by filing a written petition for removal in a district court of the county in which the officer resides."
The "holdover" provision must not have come at a good time for Rivera. He has been one of the potential candidates for appointment as a county judge when incumbent Carlos Cascos leaves the county to accept the position of Texas Secretary of State January 21. If it takes longer than that for Garza-Perez to acquire the required bonding, or if the petition for her removal as an officeholder to county clerk prevails in court, Rivera may find himself sticking around in his office for the next two years until the next general election.
That, obviously, is not something either Garza-Perez or Rivera envisioned when the election cycle began way back in the March primaries.
Meanwhile, readers of the Brownsville Herald and the Valley Morning Star have been left out in the cold in the reporting of the fiasco at the county. The reporter for the Herald did a small feature on the meeting focusing on the Mayor Leticia Salazar, of Matamoros, giving outgoing county judge Cascos a traditional Tamaulipas cuero, or leather jacket to send him off on his way to the cold Hill Country environs.
Salazar, who has come under scrutiny for her autocratic ways and the involvement of her Grupo Hercules in the disappearance and murder of three U.S. siblings from Progreso, Texas, was present at the meeting to wish him well. Cascos was born in Matamoros and Salazar said she hoped he would not forget the area when he was holding his new office.
So, unless there's a piece of fluff lurking somewhere near meaningful new stories, readers of those dailies shouldn't expect much coverage from these advertising cash cows.
(1) fails to execute the bond within the time prescribed by law; or
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Sec. 87.015. PETITION FOR REMOVAL. (a) A proceeding for the removal of an officer is begun by filing a written petition for removal in a district court of the county in which the officer resides."
The "holdover" provision must not have come at a good time for Rivera. He has been one of the potential candidates for appointment as a county judge when incumbent Carlos Cascos leaves the county to accept the position of Texas Secretary of State January 21. If it takes longer than that for Garza-Perez to acquire the required bonding, or if the petition for her removal as an officeholder to county clerk prevails in court, Rivera may find himself sticking around in his office for the next two years until the next general election.
That, obviously, is not something either Garza-Perez or Rivera envisioned when the election cycle began way back in the March primaries.
Salazar, who has come under scrutiny for her autocratic ways and the involvement of her Grupo Hercules in the disappearance and murder of three U.S. siblings from Progreso, Texas, was present at the meeting to wish him well. Cascos was born in Matamoros and Salazar said she hoped he would not forget the area when he was holding his new office.
So, unless there's a piece of fluff lurking somewhere near meaningful new stories, readers of those dailies shouldn't expect much coverage from these advertising cash cows.
14 comments:
She should resign !!! Sylvia have some dignity. Resign !!
Bad credit my ass !! She and joe are hiding the truth and she is getting a hefty pay for doing shit !!! Get her out
We cannot expect the "Herald" to print any stories critical of local government or officials....unless they get indicted....or to publish stories critical of local officials. Just look at the section on Dec 31 about Brownsville "as a pendulum" of progress and potential. That was a lot of crap...especially since they focused on Carlos Cascos (not a city official) and considered progress to be actions totally out of the hands of local officials (SpaceX for example). The city of Brownsville is impotent...and has no leadership to take action...regardless of the pendulum analogy. Brownsville is poor, fat, and ignorant and the local officials tend to focus on making life better for their friends and otherwise "muddle" along....wishing that Brownsville was like it used to be in the past.
now that Ms Salazar is mentioned, isn't there a story circulating on the internets (ala bush) that 2 of the siblings were part of disorganized crime in the area along with the bf, states they were in fact taken by hercules and the handed to semar who in turn dropped off in front of their friends who didn't really like to see them getting dropped off by semar and then we know how the story ends. IDK
Take a lok at the picture of Joe Rivera trying to look like he knows what the fuck he is doing. The man is dumber than shit….or is the picture of Elia Cornejo Lopez? My she has greyed!
I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT SALAZAR 'LA REYNE DEL SUR' HAS THE BALLS TO SHOW UP ON THIS SIDE TO PRESENT A CERTICATE TO CASOS...YOU GOT TO BE SHITTING ME...THAT MURDERING BITCH CAUSED THE DEATH BY ASSOCIATION/LEADER OF THE HERCUYS GROUP THAT KILLED THOSE THREE US CITIZENS KIDS...SHOT THEN IN THE BACK OF HEAD WHILE BOUNDED WITH THEIR HANDS AND FEET TO THEIR BACKS.!!! A SEENLESS DEATH ON HER PART...COWARDS AS FAR I AM CONCERN...HOPE SHE LIVES WITH THIS HORROR JUST LIKE THE PARENTS OF THESE KIDS. THEN SHE COMES TO THIS COUNTRY LIKE NOTHING HAS HAPPEN...RIGHT? WHERE IS THAT INVESTIGATION LEADING TO...NO WHERE!
Mr riveras party was great!! He thanked all the people that should've been thanked, Mr. Briones got the award he has always deserved and he thanked his best office manager and new CHIEF DEPUTY. ....SANDRA SANCHEZ. ....ELLA SI ES CHIEF DEPUTY NO CHINGADERAS CÓMO YA SABEN QUIEN.....NO VOY A DECIR SU NOMBRE PERO ES una corriente, víbora, lacra, basura, infeliz con su vida que se la paso todos los 30 años disque trabajando nomas hablando mal de la gente y haciendoles sus vidas un terror. Por eso dios hizo el milagro de mucha gente y la puso en su lugar. Karma is a bitch and now your finding out, and you act like a victim pinche vieja corriente, desnalgada! Lol!! Nalgas de tabla vieja!!
its all politics
Joe lost his election and he wants to keep eating pie
he wants kickbacks from the building of the second causeway
we all know the elected officials are planning to make thousands from the contracts and kickbacks!
As a former District Attorney in another county in Texas, I question the "bad credit" excuse. I have never heard of bad credit being an obstacle to such a bond.
“good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws”
― Plato
Uno nunca sabe por quien trabaja ¡
The Fact is that She is not Bondable== Now all the Skeletons are gonna come out of her basement incluiding all stuff she has pending to show the REAL SYLVIA. Thought you got rid off Letty. Guess what you got one JUst like her or Worse.
Sylvia already got her bond!! For all those snakes talking shit there you go!! Just because you work at the clerks office for 30 yrs don't mean you are the most qualified person to be county clerk, when you are the type of person that is just talking shit about people and wishing bad upon people and everybody knows the snake you are, that's why ur ass got fired and now your acting like a victim, please!!! peor que Letty no creo, that's impossible!
you are so full of hate... and you call yourself a christian.. get help , just because you have a JOB right now does not mean you deserve it , you got that job by ass kissing.... so beware what goes around comes around. you are next once they see you are a lazy ass .... spreading gossip all around the court rooms .. we know who you are. and i work here too. i hear you .. so be careful walls have ears....
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