Tuesday, May 3, 2022

DESPITE A MONTH-LONG DELAY IN RECEIVING DISMISSAL ORDER IN PENA NEPOTISM CASE, DA LUIS SAENZ WILL APPEAL

Special to EL Rrun-Rrun

Two days after the Cameron County District Attorney' Luis V. Saenz found out its criminal nepotism case against Brownsville Independent School District Minerva Peña had been dismissed by visiting Judge Linda Yanez a month before, it has filed a notice his office will appeal the judge's order.

The appeal was filed by the Cameron County District Clerk Monday at 3:30 p.m.

Yanez signed the dismissal order on March 31 but it was only filed on Friday, April 29. 

In the state's appeal, Saenz said it had 20 days after the order was filed – not from the date it was signed – for public view. The State of Texas's Notice of Appeal is due to be filed on or before May 19, 2022, the appeal reads.

District Clerk Laura Perez-Reyes said she had received word that although the judge signed it almost a month before, she had neglected to tell her court administrator to file it electronically and the order remained in her office without notice to the respective parties or their attorneys.

"It was basically an oversight of that office," Perez-Reyes said Monday. "As soon as we found out, we placed it on the file." 

Peña, a trustee of the Brownsville Independent School District, had been charged on October 2021 with nepotism in the hiring of her late daughter-in-law as a teacher in the district. 

Peña had been the subject of an intense investigation by the DA's office since the death of her daughter-in-law who was asked to resign a few days after being hired at Veterans Memorial ECHS due to nepotism. 

While still reeling from the girl's death, Peña was charged with a Class C misdemeanor for violating Section 573.041 of the Texas Government Code which states that a public official may not "appoint, confirm the appointment of or vote for the appointment of an individual to a position that is directly or indirectly compensated from public funds or fees" if that person is related to the public official.

Following her indictment, on October 2021, a majority of the board voted for a resolution that prohibited the long-time board member from entering district facilities and property as a result of her indictment on the one charge of nepotism where she is charged with voting to hire her late daughter-in-law.

The vote was 6-0-1 with Peña abstaining. It came after a 2 1/2-hour closed-door executive session.The prohibition means that Peña was banned from all BISD property and facilities except for board meetings and training.

The 12-year school board veteran has denied she had anything with the hiring of her daughter-in-law to a position at VMECHS and has told The Brownsville Herald it never happened.

21 comments:

Anonymous said...

Peña was never grieving for her former daughter I. Law. She referred to her as “that girl.”

Anonymous said...

Prison can be a cathartic for the lost souls. Find your way, Minnie. Be right with God, for once.



Anonymous said...

I have never agreed with (Republican) Gov. Greg Abbott’s political views, but I did have some respect for him as a governor, and I considered him qualified to be governor. But the problems are increasing, with no end in sight. Refusing to expand Medicaid. Targeting transgender Texans. Denying basic reproductive medical care. Neglecting the power grid. Leaving Child Protective Services and foster care in shambles, while pouring money into questionable border control tactics.

I am a native Texan, I love Texas, and I always will. This is my home. But Abbott’s misguided priorities embarrass me and make me fearful for the future of my state.

Anonymous said...

WASTE of TIME

Anonymous said...

Laura Perez-Reyes seems to be on sneaky individual. Pals with Minerva at BISD? Could be.

laura is mouse material.




Anonymous said...

I think that girl comes our on channel 5-2

Anonymous said...

Does Laura works in her office? It was an over site? She always been a bimbo in stupidity. She graduated from what university? Women who hate women university of the RGV. That's what Cameron County and Brownsville gets, who's pulling her strings, Pinocchio?

Anonymous said...

Sure DA money tax $ into a political case

Anonymous said...

AND THE BEAT GOES ON ooooops I mean the nepotism goes on and on and on. Hiding dismissal orders by a judge is a crime? Are they related I mean the trustee of BISD and the county clerk?? Needs to be investigated. This nepotism shit must stop... NOW

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Anonymous said...

What is the temperature of the pussy at all times of the day? Is it still 98.6? At work and at play?

Anonymous said...

Actually she can't say much, her osico is always full of wawi's toritllas de harina con huevos y frijoles, oink oink w/ lipstick look at pic!

Anonymous said...

El hillbilly coco wanna be white RATA would not be here if it wasn't for pancho v federico. fact c/s

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Anonymous said...

What a waste of time. If there ain’t no evidence.

Anonymous said...

We have no way of knowing the level or nature of Pena's grief, but we do know DA Saenz was uncharacteristically swift in appealing this. Normally, Luis lets charges against politicos simply slide into oblivion. He must have had a burr up his butt with goofy Minerva.

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Anonymous said...

WASTE of time and MONEY.

Time to go after the real crooks….

Anonymous said...

How come we cant see her mugshot on the Inmate list on PD

Anonymous said...

How does a verdict ‘sit” in an office for 30 days?
Deliberate? Or incompetent?

rita