We've heard of the Joe Rodriguez-Cesar Lopez-Carlos Elizondo-Jose Chrinos have put together a ticket in this year's Brownsville Independent School District election to maintain their majority on the school board.
Their agenda?To keep funneling millions scammed from the Tax Ratification Election into the sports pet projects Rodriguez favors and shell out contracts to put artificial turn into every corner of the school district for his buddies over at Paragon.
Toward that end, they will spend thousands and thousands of dollars to make sure they
retain the four votes they need to have their way.
And how about the Eli Cornejo-Lopez ticket?
We hear that her motivation to run (and later withdraw on advice of the Texas Secretary of State and the Cameron County chair of the Democratic party) was to get even for alleged slights suffered by her high school-age daughter after she and the daughter of another former BISD trustee were not allowed to enroll in an AP class. Both have vowed to unseat trustee Catalina Presas-Garcia after she button-holed Superintendent Esperanza Zendejas and demanded to know why these two students were going to be allowed to sign up after the deadline had passed and the children of non-trustee parents in the same situation were not.
Zendejas flinched and Elia and Hugh's kids were treated like the rest of them.
Now they are both working with wild abandon to unseat Catalina the Spoiler of Fun and Entitlement.
And how about Orlando Treviño? He was really mad when the nasty majority on the board unceremoniously removed his uncle Otis Poers from the presidency and replaced him with onion-bun hair-don't Minerva Peña.Like the Mighty Avenger, Orlando wants to give those So-and-Sos a run for their money and avenge Otis' honor. How dare they do that to ma Unc?
And while we're at it, how about RAnna McDonald-Hernandez-Oquin? She is said to be mad at the board because her bod over at Veterans Memorial was removed by administration.
We hear that Ameel later raked in a few bucks (plus attorneys' fees) in several lawsuits against the BISD. McAnna's friend survived somewhere else in teh system, but apparently that wasn;t enought to soothe the indignities.
We know that Oquin probably doesn't favor serving kids spoiled barbacoa meat and would probably favor passing out Happy Meals with greasy fries to help kids at BISD achieve contentment and obesity. In terms of nutrition, there probably isn't much difference except maybe for the sodium content.
There is also talk of the outright bad blood between Elizondo and his former buddies over at the fire house that prompted former pal Rigo Bocanegra to jump into the fray in self defense.
So we have candidates running to maintain the Rodriguez hegemony, others to get even and avenge some perceived wrong against their family or buddies, and others to achieve some sort of social status. Others, like Laura Perez-Reyes. is said to be bankrolled by individuals who seek a bite of the BISD pie. Jose Chirinos probably doesn't have much to do around the house since his retirement and wants to remain in the mix as does Minerva Peña, who probably drives the old man crazy gushing and doddering around the house on CoffeePort and handing out God Bless Yous to any unfortunate soul who comes within her sphere of influence.
Now, is there something missing from this picture?
Oh, yeah, the kids. After all, the board is supposed to be composed of people who want to educate the children of the district so they can compete in the global market place. Yeah, that's the ticket.
25 comments:
Joe Rodriguez is a self-serving bitch! Some point to Gilbert Himojosa as the bad Mexican, but Joe Rod is a devious sonofabitch. Fuck him. Fuck him down!
Juan here something you can check out, What I hear is that B.I.S.D coaches have to order from a Nikes from a company that a member of the
Board is behind that company and his buddy the AD has order all the caches to do that. I wonder if you could check that out.
I appreciate you sharing the connections.
Its all about individual power and the huge amount of money the trustees control and seek a piece of. Elia's kid and the others who failed to meet the deadline for admission to the AP classes, should be disqualified....not special favors for Elia and a former board member. Elia is like a snapping turtle, she will bite into this issue and never let go. She is an arrogant feminazi who continually seeks to enlarger her power and influence. Special consideration for her kid is "discrimination" towards others in the same boat..
Correction Juan. Anna Hernandez Oquin is running to avenge her friend's demotion from Veteran's Memorial...Mary Reyes is her name. She is running for all the wrong reasons. Grown-ups acting like the children they are elected to administer. Pathetic!
I tell you, what's next!!!
And that is why around 2,000 students per year move out of the BISD system and into IDEA, Harmony, South Texas HS for health professions and every other charter from Brownsville to Mcallen.
NOT every student wants to be in band, NOT every student wants to be in football (maybe soccer), NOT every student wants to be a BISD student BUT EVERY parent wants their son/daughter educated by the best and the best teachers, the best students are LEAVING BISD because they feel they are not getting the education, treatment and salary they deserve.
Le cabe toda la razón toda la clase política sin distingo de color o partido son unos auntenticos truhanes delincuentes de cuello blanco lo anteriormente expresado es por el mayor tiempo que estos tipos han saqueado a la comunidad de ahí el por que Bronsvil siendo un pueblo con multiples recursos no a podido salir del subdesarrollo!
Saludos
There's 3 reasons why people become teachers... June, July, and August.
What would be 3 reasons for someone to want to be on the board?
At 4:03 PM: It's just the continuation of "Mexicans At Play," the cheap saga that grew out of the Anglo being kicked out of power. From Sergio Zarate, to Robert Sanchez, to Perez-Grazoria, to Rigo Bocanegra. You get it...
And lets not forget Rigo Bocanegra running because he is upset at Carlos Elizondo and will do the opposite for anything Elizondo does.
Yet the board approved for special certified teachers assigned to do adaptive PE for kids in lifeskills, kiddos in wheelchsirs, blind, kids that have no business in regular PE, removed. Yes removed, this teachers/coaches who focused on these students with classes of 10 to 12 kids are being removed. These kids will no longer enjoy PE snd exercise OR what's worse, they've I'll go yo regular PE with coach with no special ed knowledge and combind with 40 other regular kids which some will not hold back on teasing, bullying, or rough playing. Great move Dr. LEE Garcia, and Dr. ZENDEJAS, and of course the board. Hope this parents get good advocates, or attorneis and hit BISD hard in pocket. First kid to get hurt or a smart lawyer that argues that the student is not in a safe learning environment. Good luck, defending that one. I'm glad my kid graduated, but I'm ready as a advocate, just waiting for the best time to join in a ARD where this comes up. Changing from adaptive PE to reg. Pe is a change in placement, ARD has to occur. I have a feeling Sergio Zara te and mrs Zarrate have not been informed of this change. They would definitely not be happy with this.
I am disgusted at some of the present board members but not as much as the candidates running. I have no issue with Atkinson nor with Bocanegra or others. Kent on the other hand is rumored to have been into business with Escobedo. Some nasty deal with Kent's insurance company and so forth. Otis Powers cares little to nothing in even voting for victims. If you have been reading the paper you will see he would rather not vote than to give a child justice. Laura "Dum Dum" Reyes is an ignorant pathetic excuse for a speaker who is hell bent on winning to impress her bud the judge but little does she know she's nothing more than a puppet for him and others like Mike Hernandez. That girlish smirk and ridiculous choice in cosmetics makes my stomach crawl. Behind the scenes she is incredibly naïve and sincerely useless for anything other than to giggle and trot around town with the husband toting those children like koala bears to make herself seen as a professional mommy. Of all she is the most irritating as she is the most clueless of the bunch. Erasmo that is a huge laugh. If you don't know about him GOOGLE HIM UP for the love of God! Its insane to elect such a person. Atkinson and Bocanegra are HUGE supporters of special needs. Deciding between both will be difficult. Cowen and Miller are both honest and truthful this will be another tough choice. Catalina Presas called out Zendejas on what is fair and right. Because of that she has my vote. Roberto Uresti is a bit too radical for my taste but he is the best choice.
Please Note: To the comment on Zarate, he could care less about children with special needs. I have a child with cerebral palsy. He cares only about himself as does his wife. They are both rats and above all else conniving snakes. Beware of wolves in sheep's clothing. Good day.
This comment is ludicrous. I do not know Mr Bocanegra personally but I do know he has the well being of children with special needs at heart. Mr Elizondo is a man who has stolen wheelchairs and assaulted an employee. He should not have the positions he has. This still has nothing to do with Bocanegra intentions for running. I have heard from many individuals who do know him and for years have said he is an outstanding individual with a good heart. It is wrong to post the contrary.
What's next?
Well said!!!! I agree with your statement!!!
From what I understand from people that I know are teachers is that the district has slashed the budgets to many daily and after school programs leaving the financial burden on the teachers ,despicable.Also they are mainstreaming special Ed kids to into regular classes where they are having much difficulties learning with hardly any support from special Ed Dept because support means money and Bisd slashed it.Then some of these idiot board members with there bright freaking ideas except for one voted to spend millions on a indoor practice facility at Rivera now what evey high school is going to want one.majority of these board members got to GO! there Priorities are really messed up.
Finally someone said it! Amennnn!!!!!
Rumors swirl around them for funds collected for their non profit going back into their pockets.
What the hell is "fuck him down"??? Lol
Caty we need more board members to be like you.
what is fair and right.
you have my family votes !!!!
Brownsville go vote for Caty !!
three reasons a person wants to be on the BISD Board; Money, money and money, its not about serving the kids- that's a load of bull, hee haw, cca
Same here Catalina!!!
The best thimg about teaching is: june, july and august....
The opposite of "Fuck him up"?
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