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The deadline to apply as a replacement for the seat of late board president Erasmo Castro on the board of the Brownsville Independent School District is at noon today.
So far, at least eight applicants are said to have applied, among them some former board members and others. The unofficial list of applicants – according to district sources – will include, among others:
Susan Galvan
Blanca Perez
Roman Perez
Marisa Leal
Caty Presas-Garcia
Farley Treviño
Tim Rodriguez
Agustin Anduiza
With the vote still at a 3-3 stalemate, will there be a compromise candidate which will break it and sit the seventh?
Once the application period is over today, the board will meet in special session on Friday at 5:30 P.M. to see if they can agree on a seventh member. If not, the board will remain locked at a 3-3 tie and the seat will be filled with the candidate that wins at a future election.
(Historical note: This is not the first time in the recent past that the BISD has had six members due to the passing away of a board president. When the late Enrique Escobeo died, the six-member board continued to do business. Interestingly, both current board member Minerva Peña and Caty Presas-Garcia, almost always at odds, put their differences aside and moved the district forward. Can the current board do the same?)
29 comments:
This is absurd. With this many people running someone with 20% of the vote can win. BISD needs to go to a majority vote instead of a plurality vote.
Of those referenced Susan has the business background and is fiscally conservative. While it may appear that she may or may not be on one side….she is her own person. That would be a good choice. Caty could be a good choice in that she would be able to reason with the Minnie (MAYBE?). Caty has worked the district when it was on top of the world also. She too is her own person. The board adopts policy, adopts budgets, hires the supt. They do not run the district or have to lead the campuses. So, you don’t necessarily need another educator on the board.
Let the people decide this. May 3 is not that far away.
BISD is getting out of hand needs to be investigated by the feds. ITS A FAMILY AFFAIR!
Jubilee is eating BISD's lunch.
The people of Brownsville should be the ones voting on who gets elected. Not the Board. This is unfair.
Go MARISA LEAL. Win this election.
They need to remove the former Fire Thief and get real people that are not in it for kickbacks.
This process is not transparent. It should be left to us the people who pay TAXES! It will be easily challenged legally for lack of transparency and process of election if left to board members to choose the new board member. What criteria are they going to use to select the candidate? Are they going to just select their friend or someone that will be on one side of the team? PEOPLE wake up!! Its our taxes in jeopardy!! We need the right individual with a level head to balance the board. Spending millions of dollars on things we dont need is not an answer in bringing back students to BISD!
I agree both candidates are not easily swayed one direction or another. They would vote for what is needed for the district and not wanted for the district!
Too late to call an election for May.
We need new candidates !
Nah, both of these ladies have hidden agendas. They want power to do evil things to the children.
Susan Rubalcava thinks all the female members of the School Board are idiots and liars. So maybe she should win to energize the Board. Susan loves Trump. So she is going to win because Cameron County is Republican.
Well what is absurd! A lot of FB posts here locally talking about Susan. I did a simple search on this (search menu) and 14 post with Susan and last name. It’s ironic that typo would be made BY THE EDITOR . Just saying Juan.
Hahaha
Jubilee
No manchen
They are going to pick Marisela Leal. Then we will have the she Mini Marisela Show. The show will be Live and in Color.
The show will also keep the audience attention away from what matters.
What are you talking about? We will vote, not the board. My issue because it is a plurality vote with maybe 20% you can win.
And their you go, no one mentioned party (but butt hurt you) no one mentioned county but Brownsville. Sounds like your triggered by her shadow. Now I want to no more..
I want to see a background check an all applicants.
Totally agree!
What about the breakfast and dinner?
Correctomundo!
Yep!
New blood new board
Not that I like Carlos Elizondo BUT that case was dismissed today. So now more drama.
It's a election that's already in place. Where have you been.
Well go find new candidates!! That's all were getting. No one wants to be part of that shit show BISD.
Each individual picked is a POS! Right Wing Maga supporters that'll deport any undocumented child, most want the DOE gone anyways. It doesn't matter who you pick they're all shit stains, just like Castro.
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