By Juan Montoya
The excitement of the campaign faded long ago. The victory party, the glad-handing, the congratulatory calls from people you hadn't heard from in months or years telling you they have been on your side all along.
Suddenly, everyone wanted to be your friend.
And for a while, everything was fun. Workers in the governmental entity treated you like royalty, knowing full well their jobs and careers might depend on one of your decisions. But things have changed.
How long can Drue Brown, Prisci Roca-Tipton, Eddie Garcia, Minerva Peña, Ralph Cowen, and Laura Perez-Reyes, its legal counsel and the Dr. Rene Gutierrez administration of the Brownsville Independent School District keep limping along and letting things go from bad to worse?
Why didn't anyone object to having indicted trustee Dr. Sylvia Atkinson attend a board meeting last week knowing full well that she was under bond restrictions preventing her from being near near her "victims and witnesses" in the district and that three members of the board are on the witnesses list in federal court?
And how about the insistence by the district administration and board chair Minerva Peña on opening the schools to face-to-face despite the rising rate of COVID-19 infection in the district, the shutting down of seven schools, the closing of a handful of departments, and the suspension of the distribution of free meals to disadvantaged needy students?
Today they agreed to start the year with a eight-week period of distance learning and then – considering how the situation with COVID-19 is at that time, opt to switch to face-to-face instruction.
But because three Food and Nutrition Service tested positive for COVID-19, the district stopped distributing the meals. Instead of seeking an alternate method to feed them, the district suspended the meals "indefinitely." Is there a real need? Look at the lines when a church sponsors food distribution. The line of cars snakes along the road for more than a mile.
If those are the adults, imagine the hunger among children. Is the inconvenience to the district more important? Regardless what our racists-in-residence say that they're all from Matamoros and on public assistance, they're not. They're our own needy people. There will always be people who abuse the system. But that 10 percent shouldn't be the excuse to deprive the other 90 percent – especially the children – of basic nourishment.
We're talking to you Drue Brown, Prisci Roca-Tipton, Eddie Garcia, Minerva Peña, Ralph Cowen, and Laura Perez-Reyes. What say you?
More than one person has heard Peña, who guides the policy of the district, debunk COVID-19 as a "hoax" meant to enrich local doctors.
One, a former special education administrator Lind Gill, who came one lost bag of ballots close to being on the BISD board, swears on a stack of bibles that Peña told her she adamantly and passionately disputes what the medical experts say. Gill took notes of her conversation with Peña and read from them to confirm these assertions made by the board chair:
That Peña disputes the experts' opinions and that she bases her opinion on information from hospital employees and "facts" she looked up.
She also said that: Brownsville is doing very well in regards to the pandemic and that the infection rate and deaths are being exaggerated. "It's like the flu," she stated. "People die from the flu every year. It's a bacteria, not a virus."
"People are not dying from the coronavirus. Doctors at the hospitals are the claiming that deaths are coronavirus related in order to collect $3,000. If the death is not coronavirus-related they do not get the $3,000. It's all about the money. The (pandemic) is politically motivated and will disappear as soon as the presidential election is over in November. They are scaring us int staying home in order to suppress our immune system."
And with just several days left in July, educators across the country – like the BISD and its administration – are working to determine what happens when it's time for students to return to class. Already, two students tested positive for COVD-19 after taking the ACT at an Oklahoma high school.
After Trump got to them, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week came down hard in favor of reopening schools, saying children don't suffer much from the virus and are less likely to spread it than adults.
But today, during a special called meeting of the board, the members voted unanimously to "Recommend approval regarding Resolution #018/2020-2021 to excuse and pay up to 40 hours per week for absences of employees caused by State/Local declaration for Public Health Emergency Due to COVID-19 virus of a communicable disease."
The CDC guidelines recommend local officials keep schools closed if there is substantial, uncontrolled transmission of the virus in an area. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says schools should open until teachers or students come test positive for the virus and then the schools should be shut down, sanitized, and then open up again.
"Each community is going to have to make the determination about the circumstances for reopening, and what steps they take for reopening," Health and Human Service Secretary Alex Azar told CBS's "Face the Nation." "But the presumption should be that we get out kids back to school and figure out how to make that happen."
Adm. Brett Giroir, a member of the White House's Coronavirus task force told CNN that while the presumption is that children need to be in school, some communities may have to tamper with their reopening strategies if virus transmission is too high.
The excitement of the campaign faded long ago. The victory party, the glad-handing, the congratulatory calls from people you hadn't heard from in months or years telling you they have been on your side all along.
Suddenly, everyone wanted to be your friend.
And for a while, everything was fun. Workers in the governmental entity treated you like royalty, knowing full well their jobs and careers might depend on one of your decisions. But things have changed.
How long can Drue Brown, Prisci Roca-Tipton, Eddie Garcia, Minerva Peña, Ralph Cowen, and Laura Perez-Reyes, its legal counsel and the Dr. Rene Gutierrez administration of the Brownsville Independent School District keep limping along and letting things go from bad to worse?
Why didn't anyone object to having indicted trustee Dr. Sylvia Atkinson attend a board meeting last week knowing full well that she was under bond restrictions preventing her from being near near her "victims and witnesses" in the district and that three members of the board are on the witnesses list in federal court?
And how about the insistence by the district administration and board chair Minerva Peña on opening the schools to face-to-face despite the rising rate of COVID-19 infection in the district, the shutting down of seven schools, the closing of a handful of departments, and the suspension of the distribution of free meals to disadvantaged needy students?
Today they agreed to start the year with a eight-week period of distance learning and then – considering how the situation with COVID-19 is at that time, opt to switch to face-to-face instruction.
But because three Food and Nutrition Service tested positive for COVID-19, the district stopped distributing the meals. Instead of seeking an alternate method to feed them, the district suspended the meals "indefinitely." Is there a real need? Look at the lines when a church sponsors food distribution. The line of cars snakes along the road for more than a mile.If those are the adults, imagine the hunger among children. Is the inconvenience to the district more important? Regardless what our racists-in-residence say that they're all from Matamoros and on public assistance, they're not. They're our own needy people. There will always be people who abuse the system. But that 10 percent shouldn't be the excuse to deprive the other 90 percent – especially the children – of basic nourishment.
We're talking to you Drue Brown, Prisci Roca-Tipton, Eddie Garcia, Minerva Peña, Ralph Cowen, and Laura Perez-Reyes. What say you?
More than one person has heard Peña, who guides the policy of the district, debunk COVID-19 as a "hoax" meant to enrich local doctors.One, a former special education administrator Lind Gill, who came one lost bag of ballots close to being on the BISD board, swears on a stack of bibles that Peña told her she adamantly and passionately disputes what the medical experts say. Gill took notes of her conversation with Peña and read from them to confirm these assertions made by the board chair:
That Peña disputes the experts' opinions and that she bases her opinion on information from hospital employees and "facts" she looked up.She also said that: Brownsville is doing very well in regards to the pandemic and that the infection rate and deaths are being exaggerated. "It's like the flu," she stated. "People die from the flu every year. It's a bacteria, not a virus."
"People are not dying from the coronavirus. Doctors at the hospitals are the claiming that deaths are coronavirus related in order to collect $3,000. If the death is not coronavirus-related they do not get the $3,000. It's all about the money. The (pandemic) is politically motivated and will disappear as soon as the presidential election is over in November. They are scaring us int staying home in order to suppress our immune system."
And with just several days left in July, educators across the country – like the BISD and its administration – are working to determine what happens when it's time for students to return to class. Already, two students tested positive for COVD-19 after taking the ACT at an Oklahoma high school.After Trump got to them, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week came down hard in favor of reopening schools, saying children don't suffer much from the virus and are less likely to spread it than adults.
But today, during a special called meeting of the board, the members voted unanimously to "Recommend approval regarding Resolution #018/2020-2021 to excuse and pay up to 40 hours per week for absences of employees caused by State/Local declaration for Public Health Emergency Due to COVID-19 virus of a communicable disease."
The CDC guidelines recommend local officials keep schools closed if there is substantial, uncontrolled transmission of the virus in an area. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says schools should open until teachers or students come test positive for the virus and then the schools should be shut down, sanitized, and then open up again.
"Each community is going to have to make the determination about the circumstances for reopening, and what steps they take for reopening," Health and Human Service Secretary Alex Azar told CBS's "Face the Nation." "But the presumption should be that we get out kids back to school and figure out how to make that happen."
Adm. Brett Giroir, a member of the White House's Coronavirus task force told CNN that while the presumption is that children need to be in school, some communities may have to tamper with their reopening strategies if virus transmission is too high.
"There is no one size that fits all," he said.
While the Trump administration has remained steady in its message in recent weeks that it wants schools to reopen, educators have protested a return to school next month, arguing that even if children don't experience the virus in the same ways, the decision to return could be deadly for teachers and staff.
Lucky for them Revelations prophet and CODIV-19 testing mogul Eder Hernandez is making his pitch to test teachers, staff and students by his valiant staff fighting against the evil virus at the barricades (at $150 a pop?) at today's emergency board meeting. We've seen this movie before and it doesn't end with the Second Coming.
What say you Drue Brown, Prisci Roca-Tipton, Eddie Garcia, Minerva Peña, Ralph Cowen, and Laura Perez-Reyes? You want to use Brownsville kids as canaries in a poisoned mine just to find out if COVID-19 is a "hoax" like Minnie believes?
The time for glad-handing and campaigning and making nice to everyone to get elected is long past. Now come the life-and-death decision on what happens to our kids.
Ready to govern? If you're not, don't even think of running in the next elections in November or two years from now.
19 comments:
Where is Jimmy Pace and the Gringo BISD Board when you need them. Better days long gone by. Now, it is one inept, crooked politico after another here in Browntown.
Penvid 20 not a new virus but one that has been discovered and one that has been here since this town was incorporated.
It affects mostly elected officials and sometimes it travels thru family members.
People that are affected become greedy show symtoms of OCD, become obcessive acquiring property and monetary assets, grow complacent in their Careers, they seek security at any cost and constantly saying "I feel like God".
The only cure is to VOTE ALL OF THEM OUT OF OFFICE this is a sure cure for all of these indiviuals...
I told you, you all pendejos! This virus is a hoax from the government!!! If I ask you pendejos if you trust the government, you would all mostly say "No" !!! But there you all wearing silly masks and in lockdown. Never trust the government! Even Reagan told you be wary help from the government!!! Pinche bolas de pendejos!!! I hope I spelled the Spanish right, before the pendejo joto comments back to correct my spelling! Idiota half coco!
One big Brownsville Celebration when get voted out. Get out and vote for change. These communist minded people
Communist minded board. Vote out in November.
How can we expect BISD to handle the pandemic when so many other forces, not the Board, impact any plan they might make. The County Judge determines the virus lockdown, defines essential jobs, and even influences transportation. The State, the governor, sets dates for school openings and tells BISD the critera for scheduling, wearing masks and social distancing. The state wants more internet teaching, but too many students don't have access to wifi. (I would think that with a $500+ million budget, BISD might have sought resolution to that problem before now....but obviously they think the city should pay that bill.) Then, there are the federal government restrictions, recommendations and financial decisions related to education and schools. So we find that BISD is not "independent" in this pandemic, but must plan based on the political decisions made locally, at the state and in Washington. BISD must change and adapt plans as the other politicos play their power games.
Yes, Minerva, you are going to get that big if you continue to eat all the donouts they put in front of your face. But all is pure inflation of your imagination and lack of knowledge that you try to cover up with your pretense of being a godly person. It is time for you to hybernate.
If she (Peña) believes is a hoax, does that mean she is a Republican? Based on her beliefs, does that mean that she is a DT follower? Brownsville voters kept Eddie Lucio, will you keep Mrs. Peña? Does she know, like DT, that voters will not be nice to her on the next election. I guess it depends who runs against her. I would like to see a retired teacher (that is not a cookoo) run against her.
Eddie Garcia, a pathetic officer at his best, was unable to handle patrol work, after getting kicked out of the detective squad he retired. Now he wants to be elected? Maybe he will quit after he realizes that you actually have to put some effort into being on the board.
A Eddie lo manda la esposa y los suegros.
A gentle does not allow something to continue if he knows for a fact that something is wrong. He steps up and politely brings it up to the culprit. Once he starts doing that on the board, maybe, just maybe, he'll be OK.
July 27, 2020 at 3:42 PM
Ok full coco you forgot LOL gueyon
July 27, 2020 at 3:42 PM
Yes its a hoax, just for you, so go to the island party than go to the local bars and maybe that will be the last we see and hear from your stupid ass bye bye your next stop the refregirated trailer LOL
Anti-mask US senator who called coronavirus a hoax tests positive for Covid-19
Erasmo castro is a drunk pedophile.
Don’t vote for him.
Carlos elizondo is a backstabbing corrupt indicted man.
Don’t vote for him.
@6:55 It's "refrigerated" pendejo! You like correcting others, but you are the worst idiota! With the test made to give fake false positives, anybody can be told you tested positive! Go hide in your closet with you're Dallas Cowboys face mask all afraid!!! Pinche half coco joto!
Board members you have a problem. it is about a $400,000 of year problem that you cannot admit you have because you are responsible for this problem. You alone are the cause of many delusional issues at BISD because of your $400,000 leader who cannot think through a complete and understandable sentence. You, board, are responsible. No one else.
Remember in November.
The board loves to be praised all the time. Minerva needs to be demoted to secretary. She was able to get Rose in AA what more does she want? More qualified candidates out there. But then again most of the AA were also favors. Cuff was brought in by Zendejas. Jimmy, SPA. Rubio fooled Zendejas and got hired. Lopez a favor to a board member. All have been favors and not the best qualified. These people have it made and produce very little. They all kiss Minerva even in this pandemic. Yest an Admin went up to kiss Minerva on the cheek, covid is a hoax. Admin risking everything for Minerva. Again, it's all favors. That Admin wants a big promotion. Everyone saw.
Tell all 8:13...who is kissing Pena? Who else wants an AA position?
Unbelievable the kind of horrible, mean, good for nothing people who trash the people, that work hard to help the community. Amazing how there is so much envy in this community. Then you “trash talkers” wonder why Brownsville’s economy does not grow! Who wants to come open a business or company here in a city with so many good for nothing, annoying, trash takers? Not to mention the trashy bloggers.
Quit resign it it ain't all fun and games you never will its the money!!!
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