In one fell swoop, the trustees of the Texas Southmost College hope to decide how to fill the vacancy on the community college board left by the late Ramon Champion Hinojosa and – if a majority so decides – appoint someone serve the remaining eight or so months left on his unexpired term.
The meeting will be held Thursday, at 5:30 p.m. at the Gorgas Board Room at TSC at 80 Ft. Brown.
Hinojosa passed away Aug. 22, eight days ago.
In the first item dealing with filling the vacancy, trustees will decide whether to fill the vacancy through a resolution or special election. Since the TSC election – held in conjunction with the Brownsville Navigation District elections – is in early May, it would seem senseless to call for an election and make the district and the candidates go through that expense.
The other trustee whose term is expiring in May 2018 is Dr. Reynaldo Garcia.
Filling the vacancy through resolution would seem to be the logic of the agenda, since the next item calls for nominations an a vote an the following one is the administering of the oath of office followed by a reception to meet the nominee.
There have been several names tossed around in local circles to fill the vacancy left by Hinojosa including that former Brownsville Independent School District trustees Hugh Emerson and Pat Lehman. Emerson is apublic realtions consultant with San Antonio-based GRE Creative Communications, has been a bank administrator and was elected president of the BISD's District-wide Educational Improvement Council (DEIC) 2014-2015.
Lehman is a private businessman who has served as City of Brownsville commissioner, and as a member of the Brownsville Housing Authority. While a district trustee, BISD was the recipient of the Broad and CUBE national awards for most improved district and best school functioning board.
Another name that has been tossed around has been that of Dr. Ruben Gallegos, a past TSC Distinguished Alumni Award winner, longtime educator, principal and now owner of International Education Services who has a school named after him in the BISD.
19 comments:
Pat lehman, Gallegos why are we always recycling the same people its time for new blood!!
Pat "15%" Lehman is a crook in the first degree. He isn't interested in education or academic excellence, he is interested in putting money in his pocket. He is not either and educator or educated man. He is a corrupt, self-serving asshole who can't be trusted.
No one cares about this, bro!
Give us a break Pat the rat
Pat Lehman is a disgrace to this community
Cuidado con la bibora de Lehman
Lehman is a dirty old man
Bibora....ALACRAN
Agree he is a pice of shit
Anybody but not PAT THE SNEAK
Oliveira makes Lehman look like a Saint
Pat Fuck You lol
God Bless Ramon, going to be a big hole to fill.
Ramon was a kind giving gentleman. R.I.P. Ramon.
Time to have another female on the TSC Board. It would be great to find a lady who had graduated or attended TSC.
Adela lost her biggest puppet
How about Dr. Anthony Knopp, long associated with the community and TSC as well as local museums and nationally recognized as an expert on the history of our community?
Shut up Pat
They did the wrong thing,
Inmho a woman should have been appointed.Period
Because we all know that a vagina is a superior thought organ.
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