Special to El Rrun-Rrun
Two local attorneys were sworn in Monday afternoon at City Plaza as City of Brownsville municipal judges.
They were Jaime Diez and Rigoberto Flores.
Diez was be sworn in by U.S. Magistrate Ignacio Torteya and Flores was sworn in by federal judge Rolando Olvera.There were many applicants for the municipal judge positions. We have learned that among those considered were local attorneys Ed Cyganiewicz, Erin Gamez, Ruben Herrera and other well-known local lawyers.
Judges to the municipal court have traditionally been made by the city manager in consultation with the chief municipal judge. However, the notice of the appointments were signed by assistant city manager Pete Gonzalez.
During the swearing in, Olvera and Torteya – both former City of Brownsville municipal judges themselves – said the new appointments reflect the fact that Brownsville continues to produce quality jurists.
"This just shows that we have many Brownsville jurists, attorneys who have shown they have the ability to serve as local judges," Olvera said.
The last municipal judge appointed was about two weeks ago when local attorney Rick Nuñez was also sworn in. The vacancies were created when Rene de Coss was chosen as the city commission attorney and a Harlingen attorney's contract was not renewed.
Politically, the selections are also an indicator that the new majority on the city commission is exerting its muscle on the city administration. That majority - Jessica Tetreau, Cesar de Leon, Ricardo Longoria and Joel Munguia - have now become the guiding force on the commission. It is unlikely that Gonzalez would have taken the decision to appoint these two judges on his own.
Both men are well-qualified for the municipal judge positions. Diez specializes in immigration law and Flores was a Cameron County District Asst. District Attorney.
14 comments:
Rubén Herrera? You got to be kidding...no way! The audacity of the buey to apply. Congratulations to Diez and Flores.
Rigo will do a great job. He understands the people.
Like Limas once said when I put my robe on "I felt like God".
Never a woman. Brownsville remains stuck in its machismo ways.
Trump Wants To Order End To Birthright Citizenship that means all whites will be sent back to cockroach europe.
Phil "Bonkers" Bellamy looks like shit. is he okay? or back on the sauce?
Jesus Christ on a crutch! The municipal court has SIX JUDGES? There's not even enough work for ONE judge, and they have SIX? This is clearly a payoff from the commissioners to their friends and supporters, and all on the taxpayer dime! I say fire the four dumbest ones (tough choice), make the smartest one full-time, and keep the second smartest one as an alternate/relief judge when necessary
They are all friends of the scumbag Rene Oliveria.
@October 30,at 8:31AM
It turns out that Ectobius cockroaches did not originate in the Old World – Europe and Africa – 44 million years ago, but in the New World – North America – 49 million years ago.
AND YES, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE WHITE TO BE RACIST, enjoy your pathetic existance.
What if all six are in the same dim light bulb???
7 Judges one per day so that means they only work 52 days out of the year and make over 100k for 52 days???? What gives? Are you kiddin' me (us)!!!
Cockroaches specially the white ones, the flu, fleas, rats, corrupt politicans ALL came from cockroach europe...
Roaches, fleas, piojos, rats y gaviotas if they could catch one were delicatessens on the initial voyage to the new world. Better the the prison food they were used to from the prisons in cockroach europe.
Los siete gordiflones no where else in the world.
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