San Benito School Board President Ramiro “Hot Checks” Moreno can’t even manage his own personal
finances. He’s been charged with theft and is currently being sued by debt collectors for not paying his
personal bills.
San Benito School Board Members Ramiro Moreno, Oscar Medrano, Janie Lopez and Mario Solis are
again wasting our hard-earned taxpayer dollars for an unnecessary Political Audit.
This new majority was elected almost a year ago in November 2020 and are calling for a “forensic audit” for the same bond projects they have been sitting on for a year.
New board president Moreno said “everything’s at a standstill,” but THEY are the ones holding up these bond projects so they can turn around and spend money on a witch hunt.
They are trying to blame the delay on the old majority, but the old majority hasn’t been in power since last year.
This witch hunt is political, wasteful, unnecessary, and using district funds that should be for our students.
San Benito ISD already has an Independent Audit every year by an external firm as required by law, and like all school districts, San Benito ISD has internal controls for processes, procedures and policies in place to ensure that they are in compliance with board policies, and state and federal laws.
Every year, the district pays over $50,000 for required independent audits by reputable firms as required by law that have consistently shown the district in good financial shape. In the last four years, there have been no findings, showing that San Benito ISD is responsibly managing taxpayer dollars.
This is the Independent Auditor’s position from the latest Audit: - Cascos and Associates, SBCISD Independent Auditor.
This proposed third audit – the new majority’s political audit – is nothing more than a political witch hunt that will likely cost us taxpayers more than $200,000 SBCISD is already financially transparent.
The district has methods in place to ensure that internal and external checks and balances are in compliance with state and federal laws. The district already has audits every year as required by law. The district is managing finances, including bond project funds, appropriately.
Every check that has been issued in the bond construction projects have been audited internally and
externally and can be found online at www.sbcisd.net under Finance. All Audit Reports, Transparency
Reports and Financial Transparency Reports are also found online and publicly accessible.
Help! This new majority is out of control and we need a recall to get them out office.
Enough is Enough!
Tell Moreno, Medrano, Lopez, and Solis to stop wasteful spending on political witch hunts and do what’s right for taxpayers!
Our children deserve better!
(More to come… stay tuned!)
They are trying to blame the delay on the old majority, but the old majority hasn’t been in power since last year.
This witch hunt is political, wasteful, unnecessary, and using district funds that should be for our students.
San Benito ISD already has an Independent Audit every year by an external firm as required by law, and like all school districts, San Benito ISD has internal controls for processes, procedures and policies in place to ensure that they are in compliance with board policies, and state and federal laws.
Every year, the district pays over $50,000 for required independent audits by reputable firms as required by law that have consistently shown the district in good financial shape. In the last four years, there have been no findings, showing that San Benito ISD is responsibly managing taxpayer dollars.
This is the Independent Auditor’s position from the latest Audit: - Cascos and Associates, SBCISD Independent Auditor.
This proposed third audit – the new majority’s political audit – is nothing more than a political witch hunt that will likely cost us taxpayers more than $200,000 SBCISD is already financially transparent.
The district has methods in place to ensure that internal and external checks and balances are in compliance with state and federal laws. The district already has audits every year as required by law. The district is managing finances, including bond project funds, appropriately.
Every check that has been issued in the bond construction projects have been audited internally and
externally and can be found online at www.sbcisd.net under Finance. All Audit Reports, Transparency
Reports and Financial Transparency Reports are also found online and publicly accessible.
Help! This new majority is out of control and we need a recall to get them out office.
Enough is Enough!
Tell Moreno, Medrano, Lopez, and Solis to stop wasteful spending on political witch hunts and do what’s right for taxpayers!
Our children deserve better!
(More to come… stay tuned!)
26 comments:
Why bore readers with dogshit whining out of San Bene?
Valen sebo.
Not surprised coming from Ramiro Moreno. What a shame for SBCISD to have him as your board president when he can’t even take care of his previous jobs, current job and his finances. Voters wake up and take back your school district from these self serving politicians. The magnificent 4 have taken care of they’re people very well in a short period of time.. just ask some of us employees! It’s a joke! Ramiro, Janie L, Oscar M and Mario Silva should just step down n go away..
Janie Lopez there a una pendeja Juan. Y quiere correr para State Rep. ….. keep dreaming Mexican! Y luego as a Republican…. Más triste y pendeja.
Did the former board president write this article
Montoya vendido.
It appears that the former board president and his current puppets and former puppets that were in the board are concerned about the forth coming audit and wrongful findings
The new majority board are a bunch of idiots in Sbcisd! They make you guys look horrible and incompetent. You have a board president that can’t even balance his finances but yet wants to control and dictate a school like it’s his own.. Ramiro, people who have worked with u know exactly who you are and that’s a fake weak unfit professional who apparently has more issues that he talks about.. San Benito votes this guy is no good for your board… trust me trouble fools him… best of luck SBCISD, thank god he’s no longer in our school district… actually, the forensic audit should be on him n his dealings..
Paying a consultant $9,000 a month to publish a monthly newsletter and not doing it is a waste of funds. Don't you all recall when Orlando brought up to former P.R. Director, Celia Longoria, about wrong football schedule being on newsletter? Boy, did he make it a point to let C. Longoria know how he felt. Why isn't he bothered now? August and September came and no The Observer newsletter, no football schedule Orlando! I am still waiting for my monthly newsletter and so are the other residents!
Who in the world would pay a contractor first his whole building fee first before he begins construction? Who would pay a Project Manager his fee of one million dollars first before a single project of the 40 Million BOND has been completed? You guessed it right! It sure was not Ramiro, Janie, Oscar, or Mario!
It is alarming that the previous board terminated the internal auditor back in 2018. And internal auditor reports to the board, not the supt. Several school districts employ an internal auditor.
It is alarming that a lot of the check registers for 2019 and 2020 are missing from the district website. These and many other FACTS are real. It has been a lot of effort requesting information through open records but I have the FACTS! Did Casco and Associates report any alrming facts like these? No! I am assuming that is not his role. A forensic audit is needed.
Did I like hearing that Kevin Phillips, Asst. supt. few years back was working out of his home; avoiding the media. Did I like finding out that he was the only one interviewed for the position by Dr. Carman abd awarded the position? What about our dedicated,educated, employees? They didn't deserve the opportunity like Madrigal and Phillips? Remember, back in the 80's when the city found about 700K missing? I am sure they had internal routine audits performed as well. So why was it not caught sooner? Remember, we don't have the MONEY, but we do have the FACTS!
The SBCISD should be audited early and often! Every new group that gets elected is always looking for some money to grease their palms. Without question the SBCISD is consistently the most corrupt in El Valle…since forever!
They can’t SPELL integrity…the ones against the audit are afraid of hat may be found.
There should be a Petition of no confidence against this true idiot for sure.. Ramiro Moreno has been a joke everywhere he has worked and now try’s to come into SBCISD and lead the district by mico-managing. Everyone can see where SBCISD is headed with these idiots on the board.. Poor SBCISD just when things looked good for you all your voted betrayed you for falling for false political plateforms that have pretty much destroyed SBCISD in short period of time! But at the end, Ramiro is the joke of the board.. Guy everyone outside SBCISD knows your sorry ass… just step down before you have a break down n before you need to increase your meds… words to the wise about Ramiro. His weak and always has been.. pressure him and he will fold…. Trust me… his fake… hopefully soon some pictures of his old self as a cross dresser will appear.. everyone is on to you Ramiro you’ve upset enough people! We’ll make sure you fail you fake crooked politician…
There she goes again, the apparent Watch dog San Benito Rosalinda Idiota Garcia who can’t even read or get her point across. Lets not forget, she ran for school board a got less than 200 votes, really! Rosalinda, everyone knows your crazy and would defend the person(s) you supported. I guess the facts are the facts Ramiro Moreno sucks at more way than one. I’m glad people are coming out and exposing fake politicians for who they really are. The newly elected board members have destroyed SBCISD and you began to see it.. they’re so focused on taking care of they’re own versus taking care of the district all together. San Benito votes and parents let this a lesson for you guys not to listen to false people running for the board for apparent revenge… GOD BLESS SBCISD.. you guys can get it back quickly…
Let’s call a spade a spade Orlando Lopez. You and your past board cronies made deals with the bond monies you are now trying to keep silent. How continent Michael Vargas got a job in Hidalgo County soon after he voted to give Joseph Palacios a one million dollar payday with bond monies…. How convenient your lap-dog Mike Robledo is funding your campaigns and protecting your job in Hidalgo County…. There we go again with Hidalgo County… how much money from San Benito ISD went to these guys Orlando? How much money did they kick back to you Papitas? The truth will come out Orlando… let’s see how long it takes Joseph Palacios and Mike Robledo and the evil Monica Solis from Linebargy to drop your ass. Ponte trucha carnal, like you like to say. Trouble is a coming your way.
Wow Orlando Lopez and his puppets that have served with him on the board might consider seeking legal counsel if there was kick backs involved. Money is evil and the gossip by vendors is that kick backs can be exposed
Interesting they’re bring up Hidalgo County when Ramiro Moreno hired his buddy attorney who has an office in Hidalgo County. What should be investigated or audited is the way the attorney communicated with Ramiro Moreno prior to him being hired. There’s emails and contracts that Ramiro forwarded to Weller from his district email account prior to Weller being hired.. that’s smells like corruption to me and there’s proof.. These new majority are all puppets and displayed nepotism, raises for they’re supports only and took good care of Hidalgo insurance agent Bob Trevino who has a lot of trash on him too… so tel the fun began in SB.. you see clearly that these new majority board members are phonies and crooks straight up!
As a San Benito CISD taxpayer, I welcome a forensic audit.
A forensic audit will analyze and review our district’s financial records…
NOT any particular thing/person. What is is wrong with this?
I want to know where and how my tax money is being utilized; don’t you?
Why is an elected official’s personal life so important to you?
Elected officials are elected by the majority of voters to perform office duties
NOT because of their personal lives NOR to be liked.
Every elected official has a personal life that needs to be respected
… just like yours and mine.
Ramiro Moreno n his puppets speak transparency and taking care of the little people! What a low class idiot calling hourly employees little people. They sure didn’t hesitate to take care of Ramiro’s friends Attornery Steven Weller who he pay over $20 k per month for supporting him during his campaign. Weller is on list of they’re campaign finance reports. Not to mention they’re buddy BOB “ DEEP POCKETS “ TREVINO who funding all they’re campaigns heavily. So you want to talk about transparency and spending money these puppets have done a good job of that.. pathetic wanting to keep us professionals down n talking down to us when his worthless himself.. We’re tired of these idiots! SBCISD take your school district back.. Ramiro Moreno and the rest of his puppets are useless… I can’t wait for the audit and finding to see what they investigate they’re dealings… one terms for sure!!!
The person that wrote the original post lacks education and understanding of the difference between an audit versus a forensic audit. I ask readers to look at facts. Orlando Lopez was quoted in the VMS using the term “witch hunt.” Didn’t the other valley school districts have reason for a forensic audit? Well so does SBCISD. Why are Orlando Lopez, Rudy Corona and Ariel Cruz fighting so hard to not have a forensic audit completed? Audits are an excellent method of accountability for ensuring laws and compliance have been followed. Did you not do this while you were board President Mr. Lopez? If you did everything by the book then why so scared?
The internal auditor position for SBCISD was terminated in 2018? This position was paid roughly 95k annually. That would total approximately 300k not paid out which is equivalent of what the forensic audit would cost so using costs to taxpayers is a lame excuse. Taxpayers are owed the truth and transparency.
The money invested on Orlando and his four amigos campaign didn’t appear to make a difference as only 2 out of 5 made the cut. San Benito people are smarter than you are giving them credit for. Now you are left with only Rudy and Ariel doing your dirty work while you sit back and watch them do your bidding. It is unfortunate they cannot see they are just pawns in your game. You boast “it’s about the kids. ” Where have you been since you were voted out as President of the Board? Absent more than present that’s a FACT.
Additionally, anyone that must attack others with slander is simply a coward and obviously scared of the people they name and slander. Scared most likely of the truth that the forensic audit will bring forth. Any innocent person would look at any investigation with a “bring it on” attitude. By bashing the trustees that are supporting a forensic audit demonstrates the depth of fear.
Wow possible kick backs the former board president and his former board members should consider seeking legal counsel when the audit is completed.
Ok, I’m so sick an tired of the continuous nonsense from the so called Magnificent 4 newly elected school board members in SBCISD. The biard a filled comedy but at the same ignorance. Just study the newly supposed Transparent 4, Ramiro Moreno, Janie López, Oscar Medrano and Mario Silva. They have demonstrated not but transparency throughout there year in control. The facts are they took care of there’re own n did it fast wasting race payout money. They brought in the attorney Weller for over $20 k per month, there’re buddy who paid for they’re campaign insurance Bod Trevino - who the district employees have express displeasure with, given raises to a select few to pay back political favors ( bus drivers and elementary counselor stipend for Mario Siva daughter who’s a counselor), nepotism, handing over a $1.1 million dollar contract without question while degrading Ryner Construction who was actually $250 k less. It’s simple and easy to follow the pattern these 4 have displayed so a forensic audit should be conducted on these four corrupt politicians. Just look at they’re campaign report and you’ll see most of these vendors names on it and ignorant Board President has openly said multiple type to change vendors when newly elected members come on board.. if that’s not straight up pay to play for the feds to investigate than I don’t know what is… but once again, Ramiro is a total clown with problem he can’t even solve by paying his bills much less his RIO HONDO Junior campus where is a principal is the LOWEST PERFORMING- SEE THE PATTERN PEOPLE. What a joke… then u have JANIE LÓPEZ WHO IS HATED BY MOST and was a very inefficient counselor while employee at SBCISD just ask staff who workers with her.. Than there’s OSCAR MEDRANO what a joke n just a puppet for SANDRA TUMBERLINSON and loves kick backs. Finally MARIO SILVA everyone knows what his about and has been about for years. HE’LL take from you all day long! These 4 will go down just as fast as they think they went up… tax payers should invest money to investigate these guys… what a shame!
Ramiro Moreno can’t pay his bills but he shows up to our school with a brand new truck. Ain’t that ironic his calling for forensic audit now. It’s comical to say the least and going to be very entertaining to see him wiggle in his chair to protect himself from all the favors and kick backs his gotten already. SBCISD board make sure to investigate him well, he has a pattern of this type of behavior everywhere his worked.. I can’t wait… like the saying goes, down goes Fraser… Ramiro your time will end once and for all!
Everyone has seen the meetings where Moreno, Lopez, Medrano, and Silva have repeatedly had Joseph Palacios at their meetings questioning him over and over. Did they not run on the platform to "stop construction in a flood zone" ? (Is what the signs read plastered around our city). You all are the ones delaying this construction!
Didn't they run on a platform to get rid of Dr. Carman?
Isn't this the reason you 4 are hiring your buddies to conduct this audit? Didn't your buddies conducting the audit guarantee you all to find something? Some grounds for termination, perhaps? Rumor has it they already know the findings they will come up with !
To Anonymous: You are incorrect, I did not receive just 200 votes. I received 201!!!
Rosalinda G. Garcia, Reator
Bunch of idiots lay off michael vargas balls already geez he got a job you morons why because he has an education !unlike janie lopez who still cant get a real job herself ! So good try uracas and i didnt put anonymous you vaginas 😉
Tiene cara de Ojete.
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