ANOTHER REASON WE CAN'T SUPPORT CORTEZ FOR SBOE

(Ruben Cortez, a former trustee of the Brownsville Independent School District, is running against City of Brownsville IT Specialist Tad Hasse in the November general election for District 2 of the Texas State Board of Education. Cortez is the son of JP 2-1 Justice of the Peace Linda Salazar. In this snippet from the lawsuit filed against BISD by former Special Needs Department Director Art Rendon, he recounts how Cortez used his position to force the district to hire his sister.) 

58. On or about June, 2008, Ruben Cortez, a sitting School Board member of BISD, contacted Plaintiff (Art Rendon) directly via telephone. He instructed Plaintiff to hire his sister, Linda Aguilar, for summer school employment as a Special Education teacher.

59. Plaintiff informed Mr. Cortez that BISD had hiring policies in place and instructed him that the hiring applications for the summer of 2008 had already been accepted and processed.

60. Cortez sent Plaintiff his sister’s application and insisted Plaintiff call her in immediately and give her a job. Plaintiff set up a meeting between Cortez’ sister, Linda, Ana Lerma, who was a Special Education supervisor, and Dr. Lee Garcia, Assistant Director for Special Services.

At this meeting, Ruben Cortez’ orders were followed, and Linda Aguilar was given a job for the summer of 2008.

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