WITH J.J.'S CAMPAIGN IT'S BEEN ALL NEGATIVITY; WITH ADELA, ACCOMPLISHMENTS

 

Early voting continues today and ends Tuesday. Election Day is Saturday, June 13. 

By Derek Reyna, Attorney
Special to The Mchale Report
Reprinted by Permission of the Author

I respect powerful women. Besides being a lady, TSC Board Chairman Adela Garza is a strong woman. She is a leader. She has helped raise the junior college from the dead and it is thriving once again. Our students as well as our community owe her a great debt of gratitude.

I don't respect weak men. JJ De Leon, I think they call him "La Rana" other even less flattering names, "es una vieja" como dice la raza. He is a follower. I read in an article that Dr. G.F. McHale-Scully penned that JJ was an embarrassment to our education community both at BISD and TSC.

Former TSC Trustee Ruben Herrera, an outstanding a lawyer, was one of my role models when I started my legal career. I felt blessed that he took me under his wing because I was greener than the grass after one of our tropical rains.

He had nothing but the greatest admiration for Adela. To JJ's chagrin, Ruben considered him the worst politician to ever represent the people. I remember reading in one of the blogs (El Rrun-Rrun), since we don't have a legitimate newspaper these days, regarding Ruben's sentiments about the ball of goo.

He allegedly "saw J.J. De Leon as a petulant, petty and arrogant prima donna board member who was constantly trying to micromanage the administration and driving the staff crazy with his overbearing character and demanding manner."

I know that Ruben regretfully helped to get butterball elected, but the lawyer, after whom a TSC building bears his name, witnessed JJ forget that he was a servant of the people who expected the people to serve him.  

His sole contribution during his traitorous term was chaos and undermining the board's inability to work together as a team for the betterment of TSC. Before his untimely death, Ruben, recognizing his terrible error, publicly endorsed another candidate to replace the juvenile JJ.

When my own knowledge, combined with the expertise of Ruben and Dr. McHale-Scully, I wholeheartedly endorse Adela Garza. Based on her past and present accomplishments, I'm confident TSC's future is in good hands with her as part of the Magnificent Seven.

In their hysteria, JJ's masters have lost control of their emotions with their dirty campaigning and win-at-all-costs strategy. I'm astonished they can look themselves in the mirror as they are betraying Brownsville and, in particular, the college.

I love my home town and I want nothing but the best for our students, so they can prosper as I have via the commitment of outstanding educators.

For Adela, it's all about the kids. For JJ, nothing more than a big baby who likes to have his belly button tickled, it's all about him and all those shady shysters who pull his strings.

Wake up, fellow citizens. We already screwed up and disgraced our nation electing Trump the Tramp. Let's don't screw up a second time and disgrace our town by electing JJ the Clown.