"At a recent board mtg when the use of the school was approved he mentioned problems last year. Dr Z said they had been addressed."
(Ed.'s Note: Ever since we published a post on the ruckus raised by BISD board member Carlos Elizondo and general counsel Baltazar Salazar over the use by some of the trustee's relatives of Porta Potties at SombreroFest last year, the comments have come in thick and fast. The Google Blogger counter reports that more than 1,000 people have read the story. We have not posted some of the more stinky comments, but have been asked by some readers to repost the original story. With Zendejas saying the "problems last year" had been addressed, we wonder just what that means. We repost here.)
By Juan Montoya
How things change and yet remain the same.
Last year, during the SombreroFest celebrations, onlookers remember when newly-elected Brownsville Independent School District board member Carlos Elizondo and reltives tried to enter Putegnat Elementary because the Porta Potties apparently were good enough for the public, but not for them.
Putegnat Elementary is on the east side of the fest and is used by the SobreroFest Association to keep the festival's receipts and other of the organization's equipment.
The BISD security guard was under strict orders that no one but certain specific Fest board members could gain entry to the building.
When Carlos tried to talk the guard into allowing the relatives to do their business in the school's lavatories, the guard didn't budge and told them he was under orders not to allow anyone inside.
Well, that started as a difference of opinion between Carlos and the guard deteriorated into a dispute where the grard was asked whether he knew who he was talking to. To his credit, the security guy didn't flinch and held his sidewalk at the portals of the mighty Annie S. Putegant Panthers.
Well, guess who came around stage right and joined the fray to berate the guard about letting them inside the school? Would you believe BISD's general counsel Baltazar Salazar?
He upbraided the poor guard to no end and told him that Carlos was his boss and that he ran the schools. Did he know what trouble he could get into, including, perhaps, losing his job?
Well, just in the nick of time the SombreroFest cavalry appeared on the horizon and supported the embattled security guard and told Elizondo and Salazar that it was a non starter and to hit the road. There were bitter words exchanged but the SombreoFest guys wouldn't budge and the BISD gang beat a hasty retreat. Alas, a Porta Potty had to do.
Well, this year, Carlos just opened up a restaurant called Rice and Beans and Elizondo, the president of the Firefighters Association, told the members that since their carne asada stand at the SombreoFest wasn't making a profit, he thought it might be time to hang up the flippers, tongs, brushes and forks and put the mesquite wood away for good and live to barbecue another day.
The spot would instead be taken by his Rice and Beans.
Well, that didn't sit well with the members, all grilling aficionados who can tell a good cut of mesquite wood as well as the next fellow. The reason the stand had been there from the first Fest, they said, was for the firefighters to have a presence at the community event in support of the festival, not to make a profit. Besides, they love barbecuing. It's a great occasion to quaff a few and catch up on city gossip with friends.
Elizondo, apparently, had something else in mind. He approached the SombreroFest guys and told them he wanted to replace the firefighters' stand with one for his restaurant.
The Fest guys gave him such a resounding "no!" that it made his shiny pate redden. But what if the BISD doesn't rent the school to you guys?, he insinuated.
"We already have an alternate spot, if you do that," he was told.
Now everyone is waiting to find out what the Elizondo-Salazar strategy will be this SombreroFest. Will there be a showdown at the Big Tent? Will Rice and Beans prevail over carne asada? O se van a quemar los frijoles y el arroz va a salir aguado?
By Juan Montoya
How things change and yet remain the same.
Last year, during the SombreroFest celebrations, onlookers remember when newly-elected Brownsville Independent School District board member Carlos Elizondo and reltives tried to enter Putegnat Elementary because the Porta Potties apparently were good enough for the public, but not for them.
Putegnat Elementary is on the east side of the fest and is used by the SobreroFest Association to keep the festival's receipts and other of the organization's equipment.The BISD security guard was under strict orders that no one but certain specific Fest board members could gain entry to the building.
When Carlos tried to talk the guard into allowing the relatives to do their business in the school's lavatories, the guard didn't budge and told them he was under orders not to allow anyone inside.
Well, that started as a difference of opinion between Carlos and the guard deteriorated into a dispute where the grard was asked whether he knew who he was talking to. To his credit, the security guy didn't flinch and held his sidewalk at the portals of the mighty Annie S. Putegant Panthers.
Well, guess who came around stage right and joined the fray to berate the guard about letting them inside the school? Would you believe BISD's general counsel Baltazar Salazar?
He upbraided the poor guard to no end and told him that Carlos was his boss and that he ran the schools. Did he know what trouble he could get into, including, perhaps, losing his job?
Well, just in the nick of time the SombreroFest cavalry appeared on the horizon and supported the embattled security guard and told Elizondo and Salazar that it was a non starter and to hit the road. There were bitter words exchanged but the SombreoFest guys wouldn't budge and the BISD gang beat a hasty retreat. Alas, a Porta Potty had to do.
Well, this year, Carlos just opened up a restaurant called Rice and Beans and Elizondo, the president of the Firefighters Association, told the members that since their carne asada stand at the SombreoFest wasn't making a profit, he thought it might be time to hang up the flippers, tongs, brushes and forks and put the mesquite wood away for good and live to barbecue another day.The spot would instead be taken by his Rice and Beans.
Well, that didn't sit well with the members, all grilling aficionados who can tell a good cut of mesquite wood as well as the next fellow. The reason the stand had been there from the first Fest, they said, was for the firefighters to have a presence at the community event in support of the festival, not to make a profit. Besides, they love barbecuing. It's a great occasion to quaff a few and catch up on city gossip with friends.
Elizondo, apparently, had something else in mind. He approached the SombreroFest guys and told them he wanted to replace the firefighters' stand with one for his restaurant.
The Fest guys gave him such a resounding "no!" that it made his shiny pate redden. But what if the BISD doesn't rent the school to you guys?, he insinuated.
"We already have an alternate spot, if you do that," he was told.
Now everyone is waiting to find out what the Elizondo-Salazar strategy will be this SombreroFest. Will there be a showdown at the Big Tent? Will Rice and Beans prevail over carne asada? O se van a quemar los frijoles y el arroz va a salir aguado?
5 comments:
Question: Did BISD rent the school this year? Instead of printing the story again, you should investigate with the school was rented to the Sombrero Festival this year.
Their sh**t doesnt stink? A que gente tan creida! Nomas les dan un puesto y se les sube a la cabeza!
Anonymous at 4:39......you do realize it's his blog, right ? He can print whatever he wants and you can investigate the school rental yourself too.
True very true
They did approve the rental.
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