Google Yourself Corpus Christi

Solomon P. Ortiz: The Obama campaign was "bullying" him out of the page he built.

2008-11-01T01:14:00.000-07:00

Who benefited from the legislation Capelo wrote? On the outside, it looks like he wrote the legislation for the doctors who practiced medicine in this day of "lawsuit abuse".

Solomon P. Ortiz: The Obama campaign was "bullying" him out of the page he built.

Threats to affect & harm one's livelihood so as to censor free speech>.

Kenedeno's Texas Monthly: B.A.C.A.L.A.: Velacrat is making friends with the Federal Entrapment gang and sycophants up to the ones he believes will elevate his Rose

2008-10-21T16:06:00.000-07:00

Kenedeno's Texas Monthly:

TLR?? ..................................three little bitty letters;

nah, I wouldnt worry bout em.
.

Corpus Christi Daily Digital: www.google.com/search "peggy banales"

2008-10-12T03:05:00.000-07:00

Corpus Christi Daily Digital: www.google.com/search "peggy banales"

Tip of the Iceberg: Fwd: [Corpus Christi Caller Times] Remember the Cucuy vs Two Fer adversarial rel...

2008-07-06T07:24:00.000-07:00

Tip of the Iceberg: Fwd: [Corpus Christi Caller Times] Remember the Cucuy vs Two Fer adversarial rel...

Let the ELite Cannibalize themselves.
Personally,only one of those men have sat down, agreed and moved to align with myself (& LOS KENEDENOS) but ignorantly failed to heed the crucial advice (PUT UP A BIG STOP SIGN IN ROBSTOWN) and failed to build a working relationship with Homero. As for TWO FER, now there is a Drama King and the DRAMA is only beginning.

We are only seeing the Tip of the Iceberg: kenedeno

Sandra Watts was an educator before earning her law degree

2007-12-13T02:47:00.000-08:00

Post 126 Re: "I don't think Guy Watts and Mikal Watts are father/son....I know as a FACT that he does have a son...Guy Watts, Jr."

Guy Watts Jr. is Mikal's brother.

The Honorable Judge Sandra Watts is their mother.

Sandra Watts was an educator before earning her law degree.

"He (Mikal) also learned the value of hard work and persistence from his mother, who, after teaching school for eight years, went back and forth between two cities three times a week to attend law school in Houston while raising four school-age children in Corpus Christi."

http://wattsforsenate.com/index.php/cont...

Dear Mr Rangel,

The Caller Times continues to censor and manipulate public input while using the same censored material in their own articles and claiming it as their own work product. Below, the most recent material submitted to be included in the public comments for public viewing. On a positive note, we take it as a compliment.

Regards,

Anton Haley

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jaime Kenedeno < kingalonzoalvarezdepinedaxiii@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 11, 2007 11:06 PM
Subject: Guy Watts filed for divorce on last Friday 12/07/2007
To: attyguywatts@hotmail.com

WATT a Scam.....
Posted on December 11, 2007 at 10:57:25 PM by Jaime Kenedeno

Guy Watts filed for divorce on last Friday 12/07/2007. History demonstrates that he has taken her back after filing for divorce 2 or 3 other times. Each time they patched things up $ Guy dismissed the case. I am not privy to the details but it appears his kindness was mistaken for his weakness. Of course, she wanted to stay living in the house however; she obviously didn't want him around performing his husbandly duties.

The husband has initiated divorce proceedings against Kimberly Kay Watts on three previous occasions. Each time he has relinquished (filed for non suit) which IMO shows he let her back in the marriage, he wanted to work things out and (that) she wanted to remain married to the man.

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On Friday 12/07/2007 the husband filed for divorce for the 4th time.

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Kimberly Kay Watts filed her answer on 12/11/2007 but, most likely learned of the filing on 12/09/2007 or 12/10/2007 and it is probable Kimberly Kay Watts was not a happy camper.

Kimberly Kay Watts is not listed with her husband as an owner of the Ocean Drive Property or any other property in Nueces County.

As far as Del Mar having problems, Guy is not the problem. Carlos Garcia, Ann Matula, John Graham and Judge Westergren along with the Fultonian Regents like Dawod, Adler, Mc Cambell, and Boggs who look the other way and cover up fiascos like the Teresa Cox Sexual Harassment Litigation including corroborated sex and pornography allegations against Judge Westergren and the Port Royal Alcohol/Sex incident in which Jose Rivera's initial investigation covered up both the alcohol and the sex. A hindsight investigation turned up a minuscule number of alcohol incidents and flat out denied the sex but expelled one female student for performance of sexual favors but administratively cited another reason for the expulsion.

Experience is a great teacher. I believe Mrs Kim Watts is pulling a "Dennis Rodman"; a tactical posture to "get the house".

Google Yourself Corpus Christi: Gossip of South Texas Chismosos, go for it guys, y'all got yourselves a humdinger of a scoop! LOL!

2007-10-07T00:08:00.000-07:00

PUBLIC DEMANDS JUSTICE

In the latest South Texas Independent Journalists Association (STIJA) survey, the public is demanding that Congressman Solomon Ortiz, his former aide Lencho "El Pescado" Rendon and State Senator "Sucio" Eddie Lucio should spend time in prison for their roles in the $21 million Port of Brownsville heist.

Gossip of South Texas Chismosos, go for it guys, y'all got yourselves a humdinger of a scoop! LOL!

2007-10-06T23:08:00.000-07:00

Saturday, October 06, 2007

This article in today's San Antonio Express-News reads like a telenovela. Here are some excerpts, but you really need to read the whole article:

... Owner of a law firm that regularly refers high-dollar cases to the city's most powerful litigators, Celis developed a reputation as a generous player, handing out fat checks to Democratic candidates, hosting fundraisers and serving on the board of Catholic Charities of Corpus Christi.
..."Mauricio Celis with the law firm of CGT Law Group International does not have a law license in the state of Texas nor does he have a license to practice law anywhere in the world," announced Henry in the paid TV spot.
... In Texas, the unauthorized practice of law is a felony. It is also illegal for lawyers to share fees with non-lawyers or for non-lawyers to own an interest in a law firm, with certain narrow exceptions.

And according to the State Bar, Celis is not licensed to practice law in Texas.

Still, newspaper articles and even Texas Monthly have regularly identified him as a lawyer.
... Other Corpus Christi firms are believed to have taken lucrative referrals from CGT. But with Celis now under attack, not all of them wanted to confirm it.
... Mikal Watts, an even bigger fish in the local legal pond, acknowledged the relationship, but downplayed it.

"It's not a major part of my business. There may have been one or two cases in the past few years," he said.

I expect there'll be a few more developments on this story. Did any of the law firms that took referrals from CGT know that Celis was not licensed to practice law? Did any of them share fees with him?

A frequent commenter on this blog, Jaime Kenedeno, seemed to know about the relationship between Watts and Celis over a year ago. See his comment on " Sitting Judge - No Class" - January 6, 2006.

3 Comments:

At 11:35 AM, DAC said...: problem is, I don't think the same rules apply in Mexico regarding a law office and a license, so these case runners set up "firms" in Mexico to funnel the cases (usually involving death cases of Mexican Nationals living in the US at the time of death) It is a major operation and not specifically illegal, thought the larger firms tend to use "buffers" - remembert the godfather - yea buffas...lots o buffas
At 12:47 AM, The Advocate said...: This is old news. It is common knowledge Maurico Celis has never held a JD or State BAR License.

Why now?

Why did Vance move to California?

When we revealed this information, nobody gave a damn.

And now?

TJ Henry, his actions speak for themselves.

Mauricio possesses a clientèle niche and is the manager of CGT Group. As far as referrals, it would be imprudent to turn down clients because a non attorney acting as an agent is the "referrer".

If I bring a high dollar case to any attorney,I expect to be compensated accordingly. We dont call it a referral fee as I am not referring the case. I bet Les Cassidy, TJ Henry, Abel Cavada and every other attorney rewards people who bring them money making cases. That is the real world people. The laws were made to allow attorneys to retain an inside track and charge the high rates. If the BAR had it their way, there would be no internet access to the written law. It is called a housekeeping issue.

Henry is mad because he did not get the referral. He didnt get the big case.
At 1:07 AM, The Advocate said...: The real question here is, who has Mauricio Celis represented in a courtroom?

Which courtroom and who was the Judge?

Now, there is something new to write about.

You know at one time, mainstream CC did not know Mikal's mother was the Judge but think WATT it would sound like to make the announcement today? This little ruse about Mauricio not being licensed is stale at best and way late. The bearer of this news is either very uninformed or has acquiesced and now finds it personally advantageous to bring it up now. But go for it guys, y'all got yourselves a humdinger of a scoop. Blast away, after all; as far as credibility, you guys dont got anything to lose.

Is Fil Vela going into the fraud abuse prosecution racket & the manufacturing of fraud abuse prosecutions? Inroads (for GOP) into South Texas?

2007-09-18T23:39:00.001-07:00

Word on the streets of Kleberg, Jim Wells and Nueces Counties:

Is Fil Vela going into the fraud abuse prosecution racket and the manufacturing of fraud abuse prosecutions? I understand from certain entities that Vela has been hiring young attorneys out of the small South Texas Towns for his new specialization. It is also whispered that Mr Vela met with a Federal Prosecutor last week to discuss Federal Judgeship Appointments.

Junior John has got to figure in this mix and Fil is the inroads (for Cornyn) into South Texas. We need to put a Big Stop Sign up in Robstown and inform them about Connie Scott as I understand Fil Vela is her campaign manager or treasurer (will check) and Mike Scott is a TLR guy with a title.

>Why hasn't anyone gone after Filemon personally as a way to derail Rose?
>If you go to www.fec.gov and follow the instructions on finding out who
>gave to whom, how much, and when, then load up Filemon Vela as an
>Individual Search you'll see he's made significant contributions to two
>notorious politicians. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) and Senator Robert
>Menendez (D-NJ). Hunter is an undicted coconspirator in the very same mess
>that sent ex-rep "Duke" Cunningham's ass to prison recently, and Menendez
>is currently under federal investigation for shady real estate dealings by
>renting a building he owns to a non-profit and pocketing $300, 000.00 in
>taxpayer subsidies.

The Velas are strictly personal with me for reasons of
>>>>>extreme hubris on their parts. There's a rather simple story
>>>>>associated with all of this and it's one of an extremely cruel act on
>>>>>their part that I witnessed and in no way involved me beyond being a
>>>>>spectator. And it was at that time that they got on my shit list.
>>>>>That he's a spoiled brat millionaire and she's a jurist and both with
>>>>>political agendas is purely coincidental. I only want to teach them a
>>>>>lesson. Be nice to everybody...because some people won't give a damn
>>>>>who or what you are and will come after you. That's what guerillas do
>>>>>kingal...go after the bigger bullies of the world.
>>>>>
>>>>>Another coincidence is that I would appear to be an unpaid, unknown and
>>>>>coincidental campaign worker for Hinojosa. I'm not. I'm about as
>>>>>apolitical as they come. My own personal view is that we've long (if
>>>>>ever it was the case) passed the time when getting the right person in
>>>>>office is a viable solution. To me, it's not so much of getting the
>>>>>best person in...but keeping the worst asshole OUT. I'm just that
>>>>>simple man.

BurkaBlog: Watts Gets Tough Reception at UT

2007-09-15T03:24:00.000-07:00

BurkaBlog: Watts Gets Tough Reception at UT

Nice piece of work Paul. Why would anybody vote for a candidate who cannot challenge the incumbent in the General election.

It is a mistake to even address Rick although I believe he is a good man, he cannot pull the demographic needed to defeat Junior John.

right now is as good as it gets for the netroots progressives who are about two issues furthering pro choice and same sex marriage.

Not a reasonable group and they can care less about the other issues unless there is a vulnerability to exploit.

The Corpus Christi Caller Times dont have that fire in their belly anymore. They're combing kenedeno websites daily. It's nice 2 know & nice 2 read

2007-08-18T06:27:00.000-07:00

It is nice to know and nice to read your own styles are emulated and everyone knows it.

"what is there not to believe in complaint?

The Court Documents speak for themselves. The settlement game in the real world: "

let's just concentrate...     
                    on the construction figures, 
shall we?                         
You'll see the final bottom line requires the factoring in...
                        of not just the material
 and construction costs...     
                    but also the architects' fees 
and the cost of land servicing.                     
 Oh, you left out a bunch of stuff.
                        Oh, really?
                        
Like what, for instance?

First of all, you have to grease the local politicians...

 
                     for the sudden zoning problems
that always come up.

Then there's the kickbacks to the carpenters.

     
                And if you plan on using any cement in this building...

I'm sure the teamsters would like to have...

                        
a little chat with you, and that'll cost you.

Don't forget a little something for the building inspectors.


                        
There's the long-term costs, such as waste disposal.

I don't know if you're familiar with who runs that business...


                        but I assure you  it's not the boy scouts.     
                    That will be quite enough,
Mr. Melon.                           Maybe bribes and kickbacks...     
                    and Mafia payoffs are how you do business...
                         
but they are not part of the legitimate business world...
                        and they're certainly
 not part of anything...     
                    I'm teaching in this class."
Do I make myself clear? Rodney Dangerfield Back to School.

Now back to the case of Bell:

There are questions of law and fact common to each class member that predominate over any questions affecting only individual class members. Such common questions include but are not limited to:
(1) the fiduciary duties owed by Hoeffner, Bilek and Bell to the Plaintiff Class

(2) The Hartford's knowledge of those duties;

(3) whether Hoeffner, Bilek and Bell breached their fiduciary duties;

(4) whether The Hartford participated in any such breaches of fiduciary duties by Hoeffner, Bilek and Bell;

(5) whether Defendants' conduct with respect to the Plaintiff Class was negligent or grossly negligent;

(6) whether Defendants' conduct caused injury and damages to the Plaintiff Class; and

(7) the appropriate remedies and measure of damages.

24.

Hoeffner, Bilek and Bell breached their fiduciary duties to Plaintiffs and the Plaintiff Class and has caused them damages.

I'm wondering why no one brought this scandal out when every other major city and newspapers exposed it. Corpus Christi. what a town.

This conduct is only the tip of the iceberg.

WATT is a "Title VII settlement with Bell and Hoeffner,"?
IOLTA Foundation Trust Account at American Bank in Corpus Christi, Texas.the Bank that pulled the strings so bell could get paid and his clients paid

Dont You mean WATT a town? The Corpus Christi Caller Times dont have that fire in their belly no more. They are combing kenedeno websites daily. It is nice to know and nice to read your own styles are emulated and everyone knows it.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jaime Kenedeno"
To: undisclosed-recipients, :
Subject: Re: FEDERAL CASE
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:42:43 -0500

I got the information and the Federal Case. I know much of this to be true, not all and will have to research.

The attorney is Robert J Heil III he is an attorney. Something happened to him, At first he was a zealous advocate. I went to a Christmas party and many were in attendance whom I knew and was introduced to many other good people and many who knew who I was and did not know them. Robert Heil was open to taking the cases for the GI Forum. It is difficult to get an attorney to take cases like the ones at Del Mar without some upfront cash. Rowland Andrade convinced the girls to file the charges at the Police Station and then file the lawsuits with Robert Heil. I still believe the girls were victims of sexual harassment. Now, with Heil dropping the ball there appears to be much more than meets the eye.

A few questions:

Are there court records verifying this information with Andrade?

Who investigated Mike Chavez?

How do you know the above to be facts?

Watts backed up Juan Garcia because he was challenged to help him.

Rowland was involved with Joseph Barrientos and the County Court at Law of his (BARRIENTOS') wife.

Anton

USER # 44: Are there court records verifying this information with Andrade? court reporter source: "yes. 148th. unless he tried to get it erased."

The sexual assault on a child? I have those but they have been removed.

Who investigated Mike Chavez? Del Mar College disgruntled employee: "andrade went and got his social and got defense records is what inside source told me in Solomon's camp."

How do you know the above to be facts? "admissions and andrade telling Solomon camp during the time he was trying to blast Noyolas. bragging about it and wanted to make some sort of coalition or pack against noyolas.."

politico source: "Watts backed up Juan Garcia because he was challenged to help him. From allison crowd that he had to punish Seaman and told Seaman to stay out of judicial races. informal agreements with plaintiff bar and seaman, told seaman to back off on judge and courthouse races. plaintiff bar took notion that seaman put up republican judicial candidates. it's not so much they loved juan, they wanted to screw seaman. Watts has turned on Juan to have him back off. check it out. watts saying now juan is a one term rep. maybe he's not a lackey for him in austin after 300, 000.00 or alternatively mikal thinking ahead on general election with cornyn making deals with repbulicans and throwing juan under the bus. look at campaign stuff and good government pac. things are not two dimensional here as most people see it."

from Watts people:Beware. they are putting it out that watts gave many blog people tons of money not to blast him. is this true?

Solomonistas backing noriego for primary and cornyn in november. that's politics. they hate watts that much. it will be covert op.

Rowland was involved with Joseph Barrientos and the County Court at Law of his (BARRIENTOS') wife. :don't know about that or this andrade too much. why does everyone ask about this guy so much? is he a big shot or just an irritant?

Corpus Christi Daily Digital: Mike Hummel: "I don't know anything about whats going on at the Caller Times".

2007-08-05T22:58:00.000-07:00

Corpus Christi Daily Digital: Mike Hummel: "I don't know anything about whats going on at the Caller Times".

Corpus Christi Caller Times: After we finish with (this issue), Mr Mike Hummel will always remember to read the local internet and to give credit where credit is due.

This morning I got a call that took me out on the streets. I needed a little punch so I put it on a Classic Rock Station expecting maybe some Hair of the Dog or War Pigs or maybe even Lovin You Sunday Morning or Proud Mary but it wasn't to be. I hear the end of a discussion with our Corpus Christi City Council Member stuck smack dab in the middle of that damn river.

WATT River?...........

Some begin to ponder, while there are others who know exactly where I am going with this River issue; after we finish with (this issue), Mr Mike Hummel will always remember to read the local internet and to give credit where credit is due.

You know with the Memorial Coliseum I have not the sentimentality or passion like many of you guys possess and concurrently I dont believe it needs to be torn down. I was against anything that TRT wanted to bring to this town in light of what they left us upon departure.

Some events and it might even be many events; cannot afford to use ABC Center; so it is not really a public arena like the Memorial Coliseum operated. Heck, many of us cannot afford to attend an event that is held in the ABC Center. So, tell us Mr. Hummel, Mr Burns and Mr Solis, will you make it affordable at least for our Local Goodwill Organizations like the Shriners to hold an event?

Currently, the ABC Center is out of our Local Goodwill Organizations reach because of price?

Now the Point at hand,

The discussion was about the Memorial Coliseum and specifically about the hiring of a consultant and if the City of Corpus Christi is going to follow WATT ever the Consultant recommended.

Corpus Christi City Councilman Hummel answered that the people have been included in the rounds of community input and public meetings.

The host asked if the Corpus Christi City Council was going to ask the consultant to include the input or if it will factor in.

Corpus Christi City Councilman Hummel quickly affirmed that the community's input has already been included.

The host then connected like Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron and the Great Bambino Himself; he asked Hummel if the Corpus Christi City Council is considering the input from all of the people at the Caller Times on the Coliseum issue?

Mike Hummel answers "I don't know anything about whats going on at the Caller Times".

The host says you dont know, you haven't read the article at the Caller Times about the Memorial Coliseum and the internet input and suggestions from the public, you arent going to consider that input?

Hummel studdered 3 or 4 times and then a couple more times and then he said we got, we got people, we got other people on that, I think, I'm not a computer guy , but I think they are calling them something like blogs, Im not a computer guy, or something like that. Then continued the D NILE of the POWER OF THE INTERNET and the reality that the People are beginning to Engage themselves in the Formulation of Public Policy. Since you cant hear us Mr Hummel, let me yell a little louder and maybe everyone else will as well.

Mr Hummel, that River's name; we call it D Nile, get out of it. In fact a big part of your electability came from the web community. Power of the Pen Mr Hummel. When coupled with facts only an idiot would be so ignorant to be unaware of what some people are calling blogs. The credibility (or not) is right there in black and white for everyone to read. Do you still want to claim that you havent tread the input at the Caller Times Community Input Forum? Although censored slightly it can give there are many souls participating. They are already pissed off and to think that our City Council is trying to act like they are unaware of our presence. That is unbelievable Mr Hummel.

Nothing Personal MR Hummel, but I do believe you have a little bit of homework to do.

"Engaging the average citizen in the formulation of Public Policy" is our mission @ Kenedeno & Associates. "The Net is a powerful force for change -- and a dynamic tool for citizen education and action. Read the latest research on citizen participation (ENGAGEMENT) online, the stories and experiences of coalitions, corporate clients, and others working in the cyber trenches, and discover the potential to become an active participant in online democracy.

Political Pulse: San Patricio County Watchdog Authority

2007-08-05T07:11:00.000-07:00

Political Pulse: San Patricio County Watchdog Authority

San Patricio County Watchdog Authority

P-2votecanvassisng1109--CALLER TIMES PHOTO BY GEORGE GONGORA---San Patricio county judge, Terry Simpson shows numbers from vote convassing held today at San Patricio County Courthouse in Sinton that overturned the election in Juan Garcia's favor.

setexasrec: If you disagree, I got 4 brand spankin new ones to put on your family vehicle; oh yeah & one spare just in case you survive the blow out.

2007-08-05T01:11:00.000-07:00

So WATT does this mean for Texas?

Who is the author?

After reading this article i got to believe the author is not familiar with the adversarial process or the article is pure prevarication. Who wants to buy a vehicle without laminated windows. I don't, but in Mikal's argument it was just mental re-enforcement for the jury and he is representing his client with zeal. .In layman terms Laminated glass, which is two layers of plate glass with plastic laminate in between, is used on automotive windshields. It has been used for decades to keep objects from easily getting through the windshield and entering the vehicle. The negative is it prevent easy exit should one need to break the glass in order to escape in a submerged situation or something of that nature.

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

KENEDENO: "I say hot damn we got ourselves a fighter, and advocate. Now there's an attribute money cant buy, a game mentality moving unencumbered through legal birds nests and over hurdles to accomplish results.

"Like a Pitbull in the Middle of a Bunch of Poodles upon Capitol Hill.

The bottom line is the tire is faulty but it is cheaper to pay the injured and dead than it is to replace all of the tires on all of the brand new vehicles. Well, at least that was the word according bean counters (Actuarial Analysts). I bet they dont work there anymore, eh? When an automaker knows there is a faulty product that will "cause a death or two" and they acquiesce, or continue to produce the vehicle with the defective product and they dont recall the defective product for WATT ever reason they need to pay.

Watt if you or your family member purchased a brand new Explorer or Expedition or Excursion. You plan a vacation and plot out your trip planning to stop for the young ones at the rest areas and to stretch the legs and maybe even swap drivers. Everybody has their pillow and their reading material or headphones and music, for the kids you had the video screen and dvd systenm installed and you even went the extra mile and installed a Playstation III for the kids and the kids at heart.

So we are cruising and everyone is commenting on the comfort, the neat features, the enhanced entertainment, and the overall "On The Road" experience the new vehicle provides.

The last thing on their mind is breaking down, needing to check the fluids every few miles, or rolling down the window because the air conditioning dont work. The passengers and the driver feel secure and safe; maybe they dont even buckle up.

The next thing we know the vehicle has become impaired and unstable. The resulting tumbling, sliding, shattering of glass, screaming, and bending of metal that happens in less than a minute (but feels like a lifetime) comes to a rest and there is a eerie silence for a moment. Then the lucky ones can moan in their pain and the silent ones Vaya Con DIOS. How long before the Halo FLight? How long before rescue?

And you come to find out you have lost 1 or 2 or 5 of your loved ones because of something that makes no sense at all.

I am not talking about the Blowout people, I am talking about the decision made by the automaker that your loved ones were just another number, a casualty in the name of profits.

Would you want an advocate fighting for your interests like Mikal Watts fights the giant automakers?

If you disagree, I got 4 brand spankin new ones to put on your family vehicle; oh yeah and one spare just in case you survive the blow out.

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Mikal Watts' arguments
http://www.setexasrecord.com/arguments/198814-mikal-watts-arguments

8/4/2007 10:58 AM

Three college girls are driving cross-country pulling a U-Haul trailer while simultaneously sharing a bag of marijuana. About 20 hours into the voyage, the driver brakes hard on a hill and loses control, sending the car off the side of the road.

They weren't wearing seat belts.

Was she high? Fatigued? Did she forget that breaking hard on a downslope while pulling a fully-stuffed U-Haul is a big no-no?

Whatever. Represented by Corpus Christi plaintiff's lawyer Mikal Watts in a suburban Houston courtroom, she demanded millions in damages over the accident-- from a tire maker.

No matter that Texas state investigators blamed the wreck on driver error and speeding, concluding the tires remained intact after the crash and worked just fine. Still, Watts argued they were wrong, that it wasn't her fault. He even demanded the judge declare a mistrial when the defense had the nerve to raise the girl's driving-while-pot smoking in court.

Is this the kind of guy-- one who would make such a specious, if self-serving, argument with a straight face-- that we want representing Texas in the U.S. Senate?

Mr. Watts, a 39-year-old mega-millionaire and judge's son who flies private, is traveling the state this summer, raising money and straining to re-define himself as a populist "everyman" in preparation for the Spring 2008 Democrat primary election.

He made his bones making arguments like the aforementioned, suing automakers and other businesses. But suffice to say, he won't be bragging on the campaign trail about the "marijuana mistrial" or his lawsuit blaming Ford for an accident in which the driver was speeding, had been drinking and wasn't wearing a seat belt.

The automaker was at fault because, according to Watts, it didn't laminate its side windows.

Watts will also remain mum about the embarrassing hiccup in that Ford case-- when it was revealed mid-trial that one of his associate lawyers was dating one of the jurors. She had even helped him "recruit" two of the plaintiffs for Watts, evidence showed.

Apparently under no ethical obligation to tell the court about this, Watts remained quiet and steadfast. It paid off-- he won a $31 million verdict.

"Mikal Watts has spent his entire career fighting on behalf of average, working Texans," promised his spokesman in a recent interview.

Don't believe it just because he says so.

Corpus Christi Daily Digital: Linda was the first person in a Corpus Christi Public Housing Dev. to successfully run 4 pub office: a person who picked

2007-08-02T23:56:00.000-07:00

Corpus Christi Daily Digital: Linda was the first person in a Corpus Christi Public Housing Dev. to successfully run 4 pub office: a person who picked herself up by her bootstraps

by hkarsh

August 2, 2007

I was a candidate for the Del Mar Board of Regents. I picked up the package to run for office. I am College Educated. I have several degrees. I'm pretty good at reading and writing contracts and such. I'm not a lawyer and believe me I could have used a lawyer to explain all the stuff I was responsible for and had to do. Del Mar wasn't going to explain it to me and the local party bosses wouldn’t have anything to do with me. Del Mar certainly wasn't going to help Linda whose brother they had railroaded out of a job. Now Linda was the first person in a Corpus Christi Public Housing development to successfully run for a public office and her neighbors were very proud of her. So here we have a person who picked herself up by her bootstraps with out the aid of the local democratic or republican bosses and won her election. So what do the local politicos do and that includes our slimy DA

there's more at the link above

Corpus Christi Watchdog Authority: Fwd: [Bay of Pigs] Judge Westergren has been given the opportunity to produce the ...

2007-07-31T22:25:00.000-07:00

Adriana,

Did you not receive the attachment word doc? The original email went to you and a private investigator by the name of Don Shawver. Don Shawver conducted an investigation on DMC Regent Linda Garcia. We feel it is in the Public's Right to know the details of this investigation and the person or entity who funded it. Did the Caller Times hire Mr Shawver and if so why not the same scrutiny of all the other candidates? A DMC Public Records Requests turned out nothing significant except the fact that DMC answered it (the FOIA request) readily before the time period. I understand that there is an agreement between the In House Counsel (DMC) and the Caller as there is a recording of the in house counsel responding to what he believed to be a Caller TImes Reporter. The Reporter was questioning the in house counsel regarding the following published FOIA request:

Corpus Christi Watchdog Authority: Fwd: [Bay of Pigs] Judge Westergren has been given the opportunity to produce the ...

The Serpent IN the Garden January 14, 1996 Houston: CCISD board President Henry Nuss AQUIESCED. CCISD eagerly supplied pedophile with young patients -

2007-07-18T02:31:00.000-07:00

If this was leaked to the media did the Caller Times tell us about this pedophile?

Did the Caller publish any stories on this matter?

And the CCISD Board did they inform the community?

The Serpent IN the Garden January 14, 1996 Houston: CCISD board President Henry Nuss AQUIESCED. CCISD eagerly supplied pedophile with young patients - even after he had been publicly charged.

CORPUS CHRISTI - James Plaisted was a respected child psychologist, a deacon in one of the city's largest Baptist congregations and the father of four.

He also was a child molester so brazen he escorted little girls into church and fondled them under his coat while listening to the sermon.

Parents knew. So did church pastors, school officials and state regulators. But few did anything to stop him, and those who tried were remarkably unsuccessful.

It took 10 years to get Plaisted behind bars. Only he knows how many children he molested during that time.

Last month, Plaisted - already serving a two-year federal prison term for luring a Texas patient to Boston to continue molesting her -was brought back to Corpus Christi in chains.

He pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting four girls and was sentenced to 40 years in prison.

State regulators have yet to revoke his license to practice psychology.

""I think the Plaisted case is the model of what happens when the system fights with itself," said Susan Snyder, a Kingsville attorney and former prosecutor who tried to lock up Plaisted in 1992.

""Obviously, there have been safeguards in place to prevent this man all along, but either (state officials) were too lazy or too busy, or too scared of the politics of going and yanking this man's license," Snyder said. ""It's not the legal system failing. It's the people within the legal system that refuse to let the legal system work."

It's not as if no one tried.

Carmen Alvarado, the mother of the first child to accuse Plaisted more than 10 years ago, sought criminal charges against the therapist and filed an ethics complaint with the Texas Board of Examiners of Psychologists. She alleged that Plaisted had fondled her son's penis during a late-night counseling session.

Alvarado called the Parkdale Baptist Church, where Plaisted, 46, was a deacon.

""They said they were leaving it in God's hands," she recalled.

""I don't think they were thinking straight at the time."

She went to other parents. She got no help.

In the end, it was just her son's word against Plaisted, who told a Corpus Christi jury in 1986 that the 6-year-old child was a habitual liar and a pyromaniac who derived sexual excitement from setting fires. It didn't help that a new prosecutor was assigned to the case just before trial.

The jury acquitted Plaisted; his practice continued.

""It made me mad because when I went for help, all I asked was for them to testify," Alvarado recalled. ""We lost because my son was the only witness we had."

""It was a very tough call to make," said another victim's mother. ""And looking back, I really should have crucified him, but I didn't. I chose not to after talking to my attorney. He told me it would just really traumatize my daughter."

The Corpus Christi woman, who asked not to be identified, said she did confront Plaisted and his wife, who were neighbors in 1984, when her daughter was allegedly molested while spending the night with one of Plaisted's daughters.

""He did not deny it," she said. ""He said he could have done it

in his sleep."

Plaisted's wife laughingly added that she and her husband often made love at night, and he would not remember the next morning, the woman said.

The woman, who was also a member of the Parkdale Baptist Church, recalled telling church officials later about Plaisted's molestations.

""But it didn't seem to make any difference," she said. ""The church really backed him up, and a lot of people left the church after that."

Plaisted's attorney, Doug Tinker, refused to allow the Chronicle to interview his client. The criminal defense lawyer, who earlier this year represented Yolanda Saldivar, who was convicted of murdering Tejano star Selena, declined to discuss the Plaisted case.

The victims' families have since sued the church for negligence, but Parkdale's lawyer argues the congregation should not be held responsible for Plaisted's actions.

""It would be the church's wish to get this thing resolved without causing any additional hurt to anyone," said attorney Van Huseman. But he added, ""If a child gets molested in the middle of the service, how does that get to be the pastor's fault?"

Plaisted - a Nebraska native who served in the Army in Vietnam -came to Corpus Christi in 1982 with impeccable credentials, having earned his doctorate in clinical and child psychology from Auburn University in Alabama in 1981.

He quickly built a private practice, and over the years, developed a good reputation as an expert on brain dysfunction.

The Corpus Christi school district, along with local pediatricians, eagerly supplied him with young patients - even after he had been publicly charged. Members of the church also sought his help, and he had hospital privileges at the prestigious Driscoll Children's Hospital, a South Texas institution known both for quality care and charity.

Neighbors described Plaisted as pleasant, reserved, well-spoken. He was methodical, they said, and liked to work on projects around the house.

Plaisted recruited some of his victims from broken homes, showering the children with gifts, inviting them and their parents to Thanksgiving dinners. One 9-year-old girl who spent the night with Plaisted's daughter told prosecutors the psychologist molested her on the sofa in his living room while he and the children watched the movie "Home Alone"

on video.

He curried favor with his victims' parents by lending them money and refusing repayment, or by buying them air conditioners and other gifts. One mother even acted as a character witness for the therapist during the Alvarado trial, unaware that her own child was being molested.

""The bottom line is this guy had complaints filed against him at the psychology board - and they are serious - and the board doesn't notify the school about the complaints," said Jerry Boswell, director of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights, a group funded by the Church of Scientology (SEE CORRECTION) that documents cases such as Plaisted's. ""And the school is still referring children to this guy."

Corpus Christi school administrators said they used Plaisted infrequently for psychological testing of students, although school records and correspondence indicate he was a consultant from 1983 until he was indicted for child sexual assault in late 1992.

School administrators have identified records of five students referred to him for psychological testing between 1985 and 1992. There are no records prior to 1985.

School board President Henry Nuss, who has served on the board for seven years, said he first heard of the Plaisted case when he was contacted by the Houston Chronicle last week.

""We certainly should be more selective in who we're using," he said.

After Plaisted was charged in the Alvarado case in April 1986, Robert J. Garcia, the school district's special education director, wrote to the state psychology board to ask about the psychologist's record. The agency's executive director replied that Plaisted's license had been suspended, but because the psychologist was in the process of suing to get it back, he remained licensed to practice. The letter gave no details about the nature of the complaints.

""He was given a clean bill of health by the only agency that had anything to say about it," said Dr. Adrian Haston, a psychologist who coordinates the school district's psychological services, and who, years ago, shared an office with Plaisted.

Haston emphasized that none of the schoolchildren referred to Plaisted were molested. ""And we never had anything untoward, any problems of that sort," he said.

Asked why the district would risk using a psychologist once accused of being a child molester, Haston replied, ""This is something the district did, and you can ask the director of special education why."

Garcia said in a recent telephone interview that he could not remember whether he knew about the child molestation charges at the time he wrote to the psychology board.

""All I know is we asked for what his status was and they said he could still practice," he said. ""We knew he was under review, but we didn't know what for.

""Look, the state board of psychologists, they're the ones that allowed him to continue to practice," Garcia added angrily.

""If anyone should be asked as to why this guy was allowed to continue, it should be the state board of psychology."

Pressed for further details, Garcia abruptly ended the interview and hung up the phone.

Although Plaisted was acquitted in August 1986 in the Alvarado case, the psychology board continued its investigation and ruled in November of that year that Plaisted had violated professional standards.

The board officially suspended his license for two years, but said he would be allowed to resume his practice in three months.

Meanwhile, Plaisted challenged the suspension in state district court in Austin, arguing the psychology board had unfairly considered allegations that had not been introduced during his hearing, denying him the opportunity to defend himself against them. The judge agreed, and in January 1987 reversed Plaisted's suspension.

While the board was investigating Plaisted's case, they were contacted by Corpus Christi psychologist George Kramer.

Kramer, who had hired Plaisted in 1982 before Plaisted was licensed, told the board to subpoena records of the state Department of Human Resources. It did, and found other instances of alleged molestation by Plaisted.

In April 1989, the board reached an agreement with the psychologist that allowed him to keep his license if he agreed to be supervised for 11/2years. Plaisted was to treat children only in the presence of an associate or in a location where he could be observed by a television monitor. He also was to pay to have Corpus Christi psychologist Joseph Horvat supervise his casework.

Horvat met with Plaisted weekly, but after a year - convinced that Plaisted was doing nothing wrong - he recommended the supervision be terminated six months early. The board decided to continue the supervision.

""I have found no evidence in any way, shape or form of any behavior on his part which could be in any way construed as unprofessional or unethical," Horvat wrote to the board.

Included in one of his reports to the board was a review of Plaisted's treatment of an 8-year-old girl - a child Plaisted was later charged with molesting.

The board's general counsel, Barbara Holthaus, acknowledged past actions taken by the agency were inadequate.

""With hindsight, of course it wasn't appropriate, because look at what happened," Holthaus said. But she said the board has since added lay people to its ranks and has a new, tougher state law giving it better enforcement powers.

""Now, if we get a report that a psychologist is molesting a client, we can go before a judge and say we want to temporarily suspend the license," she said.

Holthaus said the board has filed a motion to revoke Plaisted's license, but Plaisted is fighting it.

""It's all kind of moot, because he's incarcerated," she said.

Soon after Plaisted completed his board-ordered supervision, Corpus Christi police received new information from state child welfare workers that Plaisted had been molesting girls at his office, in church and at home in his hot tub.

Former detective Eric Michalak, who now works in Colorado, remembered taking the Plaisted case to a Nueces County assistant district attorney for prosecution.

""He wanted to get a warrant for the doctor and arrest him, because we had very strong evidence against him," Michalak said. ""We had multiple victims and you had a guy in the position he was in, where he had access to all these victims.

You would want to take quick action rather than let it go on for so long."

The prosecutor was overruled by then-District Attorney Grant Jones, Michalak said. ""(Jones) just said, `We're not getting a warrant. We're taking our time.' He wanted the kids reinterviewed by one of the prosecutors.

""Any time you go after someone like that, there's a lot of politics that come into play," Michalak added. ""Instead of stepping in right then, and bringing it out in the open and taking it to a grand jury (for indictment), they delayed."

Jones contends that any delay in prosecution was an effort ""to tie the case down tight. We didn't want to lose him twice,"

said Jones, on whose watch Plaisted was acquitted in the Alvarado case.

Jones called it ""outrageous" the psychology board still hasn't revoked Plaisted's license.

""They should have done it in 1986," he said. ""What they want to do is wait around until you go to trial and you convict him, and then they come in behind your conviction and revoke his license. Well, what's he doing in the meantime? He could be out in the community molesting kids for two years."

Michalak said the case was finally taken to the grand jury several months later after he leaked the information about Plaisted's investigation to the local media.

""It was taking too long, and it wasn't being handled like another case," he said. ""And it was because he was so prominent in the community."

Plaisted was finally indicted in Corpus Christi in October 1992. He posted bond, closed his practice in Corpus Christi, and negotiated an agreement with the psychology board to place his license on inactive status until he could prove his innocence.

He then moved to Boston, where he enrolled in Boston University Law School and successfully completed his first year of studies by May 1994.

While in law school, Plaisted began calling a former patient - the girl whose treatment Horvat had reviewed in Corpus Christi. Plaisted convinced the girl's mother - who was also a patient of his - to bring the girl to Boston for additional therapy.

Plaisted's plans were foiled when a policeman setting up a speed trap in his neighborhood accidentally intercepted on his police radio a sexually explicit telephone call between the girl and Plaisted, who was using a cordless phone.

FBI agents were called in, six other calls were taped, and Plaisted was arrested on June 3, 1994, after he met the girl, then 13, and her mother at the train station and took them to a budget motel.

""The mother wasn't aware" of the molestations, said Adolfo Aguilo, an assistant Nueces County district attorney. ""The mother had a borderline personality disorder - she developed dependency on people -and unfortunately for her the person she developed a dependency on was Dr. Plaisted."

Sgt. Michael Harpster, a police detective from suburban Boston who helped arrest Plaisted, described him as ""very congenial, almost shy."

""He'd answer questions very courteously, but he didn't show any outward signs of knowing the seriousness of the situation," Harpster said.

Last January, Plaisted was sentenced by a federal judge in Boston to a two-year prison term after he pleaded guilty to transporting a minor across state lines to engage in illegal sexual activity.

The Corpus Christi conviction and sentence came almost a year later.

In the end, Plaisted admitted molesting four victims. But prosecutors say no one will ever know how many others failed to come forward.

""I imagine there could be several other victims. Through his practice and the church he probably had access over the years to thousands of children," said Aguilo, the Corpus Christi prosecutor who eventually secured Plaisted's guilty plea.

""To me, any kid that came in contact with this guy was a victim in some way or another," added Michalak.

When Plaisted was sentenced last month, it was a bitter emotional meeting for many of his young victims and their parents, who had been called as witnesses in case Plaisted decided against the plea bargain.

Parents said Plaisted stood up straight, held his head high and looked the judge in the eye. And when he saw the relatives of his former victims, he acted as if he were attending a reunion of old friends, they said. One parent said Plaisted looked as if he thought they were there as supporters or character witnesses.

""He turned around and gave the families a big smile," Alvarado said. ""I couldn't believe it."

Alvarado, who sued Plaisted in civil court, has received a settlement for an undisclosed amount. Her son, now a teen-ager, is still struggling with his past abuse, she said, and she continues to feel betrayed by those who would not join her in speaking out years ago.

""I told them if they had helped me in the beginning, none of this would have happened," she said.

Plaisted timeline

Key dates in the career of Dr. James R. Plaisted:

January 1983: Licensed to practice psychology in Texas.

October 1984: Investigated by Texas Department of Human Resources for allegedly molesting a neighbor's child.

April 1986: Charged in criminal case for allegedly fondling a boy during therapy.

August 1986: Acquitted by jury in Corpus Christi.

October 1992: Indicted for sexual abuse of three Corpus Christi girls.

December 1992: Closed Corpus Christi office; moved to Boston to begin law school.

June 1994: Arrested by FBI agents for luring a 13-year-old former Corpus Christi patient to Boston.

January 1995: Indicted by Corpus Christi grand jury on three counts of aggravated sexual assault for incidents years earlier involving the same girl.

January 1995: Sentenced to two years in federal prison in Boston case.

Dec. 7, 1995: Sentenced to 40 years in state prison by a Corpus Christi judge after pleading guilty to five counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child.

Telemundo South Texas: Is this Man fit to be caged?

2007-07-17T02:05:00.000-07:00

Telemundo South Texas: Is this Man fit to be caged?

Look in their EYES. What do you feel?

Telemundo South Texas: BOYCOTT TELEMUNDO Advertisers & Corporate Conglomerates who claim lip service to "COMMUNITY AFFAIRS".

2007-07-13T02:35:00.000-07:00

Telemundo South Texas: BOYCOTT TELEMUNDO Advertisers & Corporate Conglomerates who claim lip service to "COMMUNITY AFFAIRS".

Beware of the Progressive Bandwagon & at least you guys had a good template to follow. No need to say anything else right guys? This cause needs a target for a concentrated effect moving the steadfast who remain unrebuffed. We need the corporations and the companies that hire the raw labor to be able to benefit from the labor and process the worker class of mejicano as Corporate America strives and works in the lobby and underneath whispers to process the Asian Technology Class ala PING. I will direct you to center stage with Johnny Canales. "Take It Away",........ "Esso". Is that how you spell it.

Johnny,

Here is some energy for your BOYCOTT TELEMUNDO & Breach of Contract Litmus Test.

Press Release: National Call For Action Spreading Thru Internet Rapidly Inbox

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National Call For Action Spreading Thru Internet
Rapidly

E-mail has also crossed U.S. borders into other
countries around the world!

By H. Nelson Goodson
El Conquistador Newspaper
3206 W. National Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53215
U.S.A.
414-383-1000
conquistador@bizwi.rr.com
July 13, 2007

Milwaukee- An e-mail calling for national action and
the financial management of our economic purchasing
power by Latinos and immigrants to influence
immigration reform is circulating and spreading like
wild fire on the Internet. Even, conservative and
anti-immigrant groups have posted the e-mail on their
web sites. The LibertyPost.org posted on their web
page, “We won round 1. NEW Immigration fights are
gearing up. WATCH where you spend your money $$$ !!
DON'T relax. The fight is not over YET. Supporters of
Amnesty are already gearing up for the next round. We
cannot rest on our laurels until we pass legislation
that prevents any future Amnesty bill from ever
passing.”
http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=192851

The e-mail has also crossed the United States border
into other countries. The circulating e-mail reads,
last month’s decision by the U.S. Senate to block an
immigration bill has left Immigration reformist around
the country debating about what alternatives are left
and how to bring an immigration bill back to the
floor. The Senate’s decision to block any action in
approving a bill has for now sealed its fate. Will the
House now have enough support to revive the issue?
Probably not, and advocates for a just immigration
bill will now have to wait until after the 2008
Presidential elections.
Will the current Presidential candidates take up the
debate and promise to support and sign a comprehensive
immigration bill into law as President George W. Bush
has agreed to do so? We might have to wait for an
answer from the candidates.
Undocumented immigrants contribute more than 890
billion of dollars into our U.S. economy per year.
Millions of americans who support immigration reform,
including immigration advocacy groups, educators,
community based organizations, unions and members of
the entertainment industry as well as major Latino
owned businesses, food processors, financial
institutions, mortgage firms, corporations,
manufacturers, and the list continues, have and will
continue to contribute just as much into our economy.
Last year and including May 1, 2007, the immigrant
population, their families, friends and supporters for
immigration reform have marched in huge numbers
totaling millions throughout cities around the
country. Their ability to organize and vote resulted
in the unexpected control of both houses by Democrats.
Even President Bush surrounded by his cabinet with
frowning looks conceded defeat live on national news
networks.
Immigrants, advocacy groups and supporters have united
for a common cause throughout the nation. Their
efforts have yet to be taken seriously by those
opposing the legalization of the 12 million
undocumented immigrants already in the country.
What alternatives do immigrants have for now to get
the immigration issue resolve in the near future?
Immigration advocates could argue by looking at the
current situation that undocumented immigrants are
left with few options. But today, there is one
rewarding option which has not been fully utilized by
immigrants.
Immigrants need an effective strategy for financial
management of their economic purchasing power which
totals in the billions of dollars to influence
immigration reform. People from across the country
have suggested for financial management of our
expenditures and are waiting for the inevitable. The
national call for action is the inevitable.
Our success to bring about a just immigration reform
depends on every individual and persons willing to
adjust their spending practices. Today, we spend our
money just about anywhere and on anything without
realizing who actually ends up with our money. The
Senate’s decision to block immigration reform sends
the wrong message that undocumented immigrants from
Russia, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Mexico
and all over the world are not welcome in America,
especially when they help contribute to their state
and cities' economy and cultural wealth.
On September 17, we should begin to invest, shop and
spend our money in businesses and entities that
support immigration reform. We have a grace period
from now until September to begin adjusting our
expenditures by shopping in places that are willing to
post a sign in the window saying “We Support
Immigration Reform Now” and display a copy of a
certified letter sent to their Congress and U.S.
Senate Representative requesting support. If they
don’t know about it, feel free to advise them to post
one up as soon as they can.
Once we are able to manage our purchasing power as a
united effort throughout the nation, then we can
accomplish our quest to influence the passage of a
just immigration reform. Why has September 17 been
chosen as the target date to actually begin our full
strategic action throughout the nation. It’s the day
after the well celebrated 16 de septiembre la
Independencia de Mexico. On September 16, numerous
communities with largely Hispanic populations
throughout our nation recognize and celebrate the
Independence of Mexico, which has been commercialized
by this country. It’s a celebration where non
Hispanics also take time to go out and consume Mexican
products, eat tacos and enjoy Mariachi music.
Opponents of immigration reform claim that a large
portion of Hispanics in the country are undocumented.
In conjunction with September, Hispanic Heritage month
begins and will no doubt provide awareness of how
truly Hispanics and immigrants have contributed to our
nation. As a nation, we recognize the achievements and
contributions Latinos and non Latinos have done while
working along side each other for the welfare,
freedom, liberty, economic success, and especially for
those brave women and men who have given their lives
as the ultimate sacrifice to protect our country and
uphold the U.S. Constitution.

DMC FOI Request Insurance

2007-07-10T18:30:00.001-07:00

The Kenedy Pasture Company: A Civil Action in the Making?

2007-07-02T02:45:00.000-07:00

The Kenedy Pasture Company: A Civil Action in the Making?

2007-07-02

A Civil Action in the Making?

Why must we flex our muscles?
Nueces County, CCISD, 105th Judicial District Attorney; how many kids were locked up without an attorney?

There is no excuse for violating the basic human rights afforded under the United States Constitution.
How many kids were locked up by a court of nonrecord?
Not even with a parent's consent unless the parent has been given the opportunity to consult with counsel.
How many children taken into custody were advised of their Miranda Rights?
Oh yeah, Plaisted and every CCISD kid for whom, he provided service

.

What do we want?

Go do some homework, we want responsive representation with transparent operation.

We want to not be railroaded for tardies or for absences when the District does not practice due diligence in interdicting but is very diligent in recording the events and adamantly prosecutes and collects half of the fine. When the people cant pay the kids are picked up from class and taken in handcuffs to the court of nonrecord. The Parent is contacted and ordered to appear immediately. When the Parent arrives he or she is told to pay or your kid goes to jail and sometimes the parent is threatened and / or locked up as well. I have never seen a kid who has been provided counsel but I have witnessed many a kid go to jail.

And this from non responsive legislators who have enabled the School Administration to blame the parent when they allow children in their custody to roam at large unaccounted for and the District in coordination with the Courts of non record get paid (profit) from it.

2007-07-01

"Court Appointed Rolodex's". Nanotechnology and "Confessing Error" in a dog and pony show who operate like they are in a Kangaroo Court.

Nanotechnology at work right before our eyes finally an acknowledgment of what has been going on for quite a while now. The information in those "Court Appointed Rolodex's", there is gold in them hills. And this is going to start becoming available when? and for who? We have came to a narrowing of the road here in this alligning of energy fields. I can see it now we got Mikal who who is the adversary of my adversary John Cornyn. We also have the Honorable Judge Manuel Banales who needs to align with Mr Watts and vice versa. Does he want run for mayor unopposed? I would rather see him correct the errors and run for Governor or Ascend to the Texas Supreme Court. Now, John Cornyn has "Confessed Error" and I assure you it wasn't out of fairness but in the essence of knocking the checkers off of the Table because he was going to lose. And Carlos Valdez & John Hubert "Confess Error" on appeal from the 105th. Hubert & Valdez "confess error" so they can conceal Mary Cano. And that is as painless as it gets.
Anton

CCCT Political Pulse
Mikal Watts seeks to round up list of Democrats for self, others
By Jaime Powell
A Monday noontime fundraiser at Vietnam restaurant for U.S. Senate hopeful Mikal Watts was a who's who of the local bar association and judiciary, including five district judges. Watts, who is living in San Antonio, told the crowd that "nobody knows Mikal Watts better than Corpus Christi."

Watts, a Democrat, who is seeking the seat held by Republican Sen. John Cornyn, asked the gathering to dig through their Rolodexes and e-mail address lists because he hopes to compile a statewide database to reach Democratic voters that can be used by all Texas Democrats.

"That way, when Judge (J. Manuel) Bañales runs for mayor he can use it," Watts joked, to uproarious laughter from the crowd and a big grin from Bañales, who was sitting on the front row.

2007-06-30

If you need an attorney.....if he is any good he will tell you watt an "Ander's Appeal" is? If he tells you not to worry about it.........FIRE HIM !!!

republic of texas: According to the Sentence Ramsey is to be Confined in Texas

2007-06-24T03:37:00.000-07:00

republic of texas: According to the Sentence Ramsey is to be Confined in Texas

Former Raza Unida gubernatorial candidate Ramsey Muñiz has been transferred from a federal corrections institute in Three Rivers six months after arriving at the facility.

Muñiz, who ran for governor of Texas in 1974 and 1975 under the Raza Unida Party, was transferred from Three Rivers on Tuesday.

Mike Truman, spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons, said Muñiz is being housed in the Federal Transfer Facility in Oklahoma City until he can be transferred to another facility.

Truman said he could not release where Muñiz would be transferred or when, citing security concerns. He also said he did not know why Muñiz was transferred.

Muñiz, 64, is serving a life sentence for three felony drug convictions.

The Three Rivers Federal Correctional Institute, 77 miles northwest of Corpus Christi, has been the closest the former Miller High School football star and local defense attorney has been to home since his 1994 conviction.

Under the banner of Raza Unida, a political party shaped and led by Hispanic activists seeking a political voice, Muñiz earned support from 6 percent the state's registered voters.

Muñiz's wife, Irma Muñiz, said she was surprised to learn of the transfer especially because senators, congressmen and civic groups have written letters to the Federal Bureau of Prisons on her husband's behalf.

Irma Muñiz said her husband had hoped to be housed at the Three Rivers facility because of its proximity to his family in South Texas.

Since he was transferred there in December from an institute in Colorado, Irma Muñiz has made frequent trips to visit her husband.

She likened Muñiz's transfer out of Three Rivers to the treatment of Hispanic Civil Rights figure Felix Longoria.

Longoria, a U.S. Army private killed on-duty in the Philippines in 1945, was refused a proper funeral in his hometown of Three Rivers because the only funeral home in town didn't allow Hispanics to use its funeral chapel.

Civil Rights hero Dr. Hector P. Garcia interceded and U.S. Sen. Lyndon Johnson arranged for Longoria to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Joe Ortiz, League of United Latin American Citizens district director and national and state civil rights director of the American GI Forum, helped organize letter-writing campaigns when Muñiz was in Colorado asking for his transfer to Texas.

Ortiz didn't know about the transfer out of Three Rivers but said both LULAC and the American GI Forum will work toward getting Muñiz returned to Texas.

"We are going to petition our legislators to see if they can do anything to bring him back," Ortiz said.

Contact Adriana Garza at 886-3618 or garzaa@caller.com

Posted by geomatica on June 21, 2007 at 9:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I am certain that Ramsey Muniz was falsely imprisoned, but no matter what you believe, he was and is a model prisoner, and it is a complete waste of taxpayer money to be moving him all over, when it makes the most sense for him to be here near his family. He didn't kill anybody, and his treatment has been nothing but inhumane. Something has to be done about the inequities in our prison system. His punishment certainly does not fit his supposed crime. When is his mistreatment and that of his family going to end?

Posted by colorderosa on June 22, 2007 at 9:13 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Only in America does a convicted murderer, chlld rapist, or other harden criminal walk free, while a supposed drug dealer gets life in prison.
colorderosa

Posted by sosiouxme13 on June 22, 2007 at 8:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)

In my opinion, someone convicted of dealing drugs, can be likened to a murderer...

Posted by dannoynted1 on June 23, 2007 at 5:25 a.m. (Suggest removal)

This is retaliation for the "scared status quo". They are afraid if he is in Texas he just might get out.

Only in Texas can this happen.

Eureka~ perhaps Jurisdiction resides in Oklahoma?

or is it Louisiana, where i hear Hayden Head is sending our Federally convicted non white americans as of late?.

Is that legal?
Why would you send a texan to another state unless you want to keep them from their family.

Posted by gmikedear1954 on June 23, 2007 at 3:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)

As a career Federal Agent living in Detroit, Michigan, I find it silly to deny this man the opportunity of being close to his family. As one person stated earlier that far worse criminals are given the option to be close to their family. Also, The whole war on drugs is nothing more than a farce to make contractors rich.

Posted by chuco11 on June 23, 2007 at 8:54 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Ram, you were the impetus for the movement that slowly is gaining speed. Maybe not in our lifetimes but down the road there will be Spanish spoken along with English in the schools, businesses and professional sports, to name a few, all across America not just Texas. "The Man" sees this and doesn't like it! But he can't stop the ineviteable. What was that old adage...."GOD grant me the serenity....... Irma, you are a model of a loving wife. All men should be this fortunate!

I. DID THE 13TH COURT OF APPEALS ERR: The Texas Fair Defense Act Here is a Perfect Chance to Show Your Teeth

2007-06-22T04:41:00.000-07:00

I. DID THE 13TH COURT OF APPEALS ERR: The Texas Fair Defense Act Here is a Perfect Chance to Show Your Teeth

1. Appellant demands this appeal be abated and this court direct Appellant’s Attorney to represent her.

2. Appellant request legal representation as her request to oral argument is forbidden without it.

3. Appellant apologizes for any error committed as a Pro Se Defendant (Layperson) and for any reversible error committed; to be informed and given the opportunity to correct the error. Appellant at this late hour realizes she never signed the PDR she submitted and moves to correct at the Court’s discretion.

4. Appellant has had ineffective assistance of council. Jill Williams still represents appellant because she has never ask the courts permission in writing or in open court to withdraw. (List crucial periods without representation like when the state originally confessed) (error during the period immediately following submission to the clerk of the 13^th COA until the Court began to consider it.) (See Letter from Attorney)

5. Appellant request this court order a TWC investigation into this “comedy of errors”, “confession of errors” and “peculiar circumstances”. In the Alternative it is requested that all TWC subject matter be forwarded to the appropriate entities, The Governor of Texas, the Attorney General of the State of Texas and the Texas Workforce Executive Staff.

6. Appellant request this court order both administrative and criminal hearings to assist fact finders in the imminent TWC investigation. See attached TWC letter dated June 20, 2007.

7. Appellant invites TWC to submit a friend of the court letter.

8. Appellant request this court engage the TWC and conduct a hearing on this matter before ruling on the motion for rehearing

9. The 13^th Court of Appeals erred by excluding statements made on the (MFNT) record. The State did file a reply brief. This demonstrates that the court has not made its decision based on a whole record.

10. The Failure of the State to file a reply brief is treated as a confession of error per Siverand v. State ¹. As grounds for this cause Appellant respectfully request this Court take Judicial notice based on intervening Supreme Court precedent per Saldano v. Texas, 530 U.S. 1212 (2000) ² and grant this petition for discretionary review, vacate the judgment and remand the case for further consideration in light of developments during the pendency of this appeal. Specifically, it is requested this Court require such further proceedings (remand to trial court for the State to correct the error and file its reply) to be had as may be just under the circumstances.

11. The 13^th COA erred in it’s ruling, “any opposing arguments are limited to those advanced by the State in the trial court”.

12. Appellant relies on the complete appellate record.

13. The 13^th Court of Appeals made arguments on behalf of the state by technically censoring actual confessions of error in the Hearing on the Motion For New Trial. The confessions by the state are muted under the confession of error per Siverand Limiting the appellate record on behalf of the state to the trial court setting. Limiting the appellate record on behalf of the state to the trial court setting, the state’s side of the record that has vanished, when appellant relied on crucial testimony in the MFNT Hearing.

14. The 6th Amendment not a waivable right. It stands independent of ineffective assistance of counsel? The State needs to legitimize how State employee can be under subpoena as a witness for the State’s Adversary in a criminal proceeding and the state cannot compel her to appear. Then not file a reply brief in effect quashing the first opinion and censoring the confessions of error committed by the State during the Motion For New Trial.

15. The Failure of the State to file a reply brief is treated as a confession of error ¹; in this case the States Confession of Error is a "fundamental error" requiring correction. Although this court “may affirm, modify, vacate, set aside or reverse any judgment, decree, or order of a court lawfully brought before it for review” it may also remand for further consideration in light of the confession of error ³. From the beginning this case has presented a comedy of errors and in particular some very peculiar circumstances. The States failure to file a reply brief deprives the appellant of crucial statements made by the State ² (by limiting any opposing arguments to those advanced by the State in the trial court. Id). It is this appellant’s belief the error is a tactical approach to disenfranchise Appellant of her right to fully supplement the record in her motion for new trial. Benefit from committing an error or committing an error so as to benefit from. Sounds like a Texas criminal style legislation to me

16. The decision of the Appellate court conflicts with the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure 38.1(h) and 38.2(a)(1) ⁴ and Lawton v. State, 913 S.W.2d 542, 554 (Tex. Crim. App. 1995) ⁵. The Appellate Court unequivocally has advanced arguments on behalf of the state. Not only have arguments been made on behalf of the state there are arguments made by the Appellate Court that are completely inaccurate: The 13th COA makes the statement “The record reflects that counsel exercised his ten peremptory strikes and, therefore, did not have an available strike for Ruff”. (Vol. 2 RR p,3 @3-6) (Vol. 1RR p.114). Is this court reading the same court record that this Appellant possesses? Appellant challenges the record furnished to the Appellant court as the record clearly reflects in direct contradiction of the 13^th Court of Appeals record. There were available strikes, Appellant’s Counsel exercised ZERO peremptory strikes. This shows there could be other mistakes or misreadings. Justice in this case requires that the Appellate Court did not understand the facts of the case well enough to properly and justiciably make a decision. The Confession of error by the State and blatant errors committed while reviewing the record as a whole in the appellate court. There is too much error and all of it is harmful. Appellant waives no error known and unknown.

17. The decision of the Appellate court contradicts itself with respect to its decision in Siverand.

18. Limiting the states record advances arguments on behalf of the state

19. The 13^th Court of Appeals relies on an incomplete record and has quoted the record inaccurately. This means either the record is either incomplete, inaccurate or the Independent Jurist did not take their duty seriously. The timing is highly suspicious being that two of the three Jurists were involved in campaigning, political maneuvering, schmoozing and networking and concentrating on their JOB.

20. Procedural Posture is faulty in light of confession of errors once the state confesses errors the errors need to be corrected.

21. The decision of the Appellate court contradicts itself with respect to Saldano v. Texas, 530 U.S. 1212 (2000) ². In light of the confession of error the case should be “remanded for further consideration in light of the confession of error”.

22. The verdict in said cause is contrary to the law and the evidence and there is newly discovered evidence touching the issues involved in said cause. Below is the controlling administrative law. This makes the entry Legal and TRUE. This is a WIA, TWC And Texas Department of Human Services directive per Standard Operating Procedure.

TEXAS WORKFORCE APPEALS POLICY AND PRECEDENT MANUAL

TOTAL AND PARTIAL UNEMPLOYMENT

_{TPU 105.00

TPU 105.00 CONTRACT OBLIGATION.}_{INCLUDES CASES IN WHICH THE CLAIMANT'S CONTRACTS OR AGREEMENTS HAVE AN EFFECT ON DETERMINING HIS UNEMPLOYMENT STATUS.

Appeal No. 82-4799-10-0782. Substitute teachers may have reasonable assurance of continued employment within the meaning of
Section 3(f) (now codified as}_{Section 207.041}_{) of the Act. In determining}_{whether such}_{reasonable assurance}_{exists with regard to}_{substitute teachers, the following criteria should be utilized: The school district must furnish to the Commission written statements which provide facts that the substitute teacher has been asked to continue in the same capacity for the following academic year. Simply placing the substitute teacher on a list for the following year does not establish reasonable assurance. It must be shown that both parties expect the relationship to resume at the beginning of the following year. The assurance must also be based on past experience with regard to the number of substitutes needed in the past.}

23. The trial of the above cause was not had before, nor was the verdict therein rendered by "an impartial jury."

24. Appellant’s right to the Compulsory Process was and continues to be thwarted. Material Witness Mary Cano never appeared to any of the proceedings in which Defendant’s / Appellant’s Counsel subpoenaed her. A subpoena was issued for Mary Cano directing her to appear before the same court proceeding (MFNT) in which the State claims it can get her there if she is needed. The State admits knowledge of Mary Cano’s whereabouts and goes on to boast of her being easy to find; yet whether willfully or inadvertently LeeAnn Haley’s 6^th Amendment right to Compulsory Process was violated.

¹_. ”_{When confronted with this situation, we treat the State's failure to file a brief as a confession of error. Siverand v. State, 89 S.W.3d 216, 220 (Tex. App.-Corpus Christi 2002, no pet.)."}

²_{Certiorari Granted—Vacated and Remanded}

_{No. 99–8119. Saldano v. Texas. Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari}

_{granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded for further consideration in light of the confession of error}

1. ”When confronted with this situation, we treat the State's failure to file a brief as a confession of error. Siverand v. State, 89 S.W.3d 216, 220 (Tex. App.-Corpus Christi 2002, no pet.)."
2 Certiorari Granted—Vacated and Remanded
No. 99–8119. Saldano v. Texas. Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari
granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded for further consideration in light of the confession of error

3 Pursuant to Siverand, we will make an independent examination of the merits of appellant's points of error and any opposing arguments are limited to those advanced by the State in the trial court. Id.
4 The rules of appellate procedure require the parties to advance their own arguments. Tex. R. App. P. 38.1(h) and 38.2(a)(1).
5 Lawton v. State, 913 S.W.2d 542, 554 (Tex. Crim. App. 1995) Finally, decisional authority prevents us from advancing arguments on behalf of either party.

WHEREFORE, Petitioner prays that the court will:

1. Abate the Appeal, order a hearing to conduct a TWC administrative investigation and hold a hearing to conduct a Criminal Investigation and appoint counsel.

2. Remand this case for a new trial, or

3. Grant Appellant’s Motion for Rehearing.

4. Grant Appellants Motion for Rehearing, vacate the 13th COA opinion and remand for New trial and court appointed counsel.

5. Grant Appellants Motion for Extension of Time to File a Motion for Rehearing before ruling.

Respectfully submitted,

When Carlos Valdez Confesses Error Does Not The Same Rule Apply?

2007-06-08T04:51:00.000-07:00

essenceofpinocchio: Is there really a Texas Solicitor General? Why does the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Ignore SCOTUS?

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CONFESSING ERROR
By EDWARD LAZARUS
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Friday, Jun. 16, 2000

Earlier this month, Vincent Saldano, one of the 468 inmates on Texas' death row, had his death sentence vacated. This development was duly reported in the press. But accounts of Saldano's good fortune uniformly failed to appreciate what makes his reprieve truly newsworthy and potentially a landmark.

Saving Saldano: Texas Confesses Error

Saldano was not freed from the prospect of execution by the actions of a court or even, as occasionally happens, by the clemency of a governor. His death sentence was erased because Texas, through its newly created office of the solicitor general, "confessed error" in his case -- that is, it admitted, despite defeating Saldano's initial appeals in court, that his death sentence was illegally obtained. Quite simply, this never happens, either in Texas or in the dozens of other states with active death penalty laws. It is thus worth pausing to consider the value and potential implications of Saldano's case as well as the notion of confessing error.

Saldano had received a death sentence in part due to profoundly troubling testimony by a state expert witness at the sentencing phase of his trial. The expert, a clinical psychologist named Walter Quijano, suggested that Saldano should be executed because, as an Hispanic, he posed a special risk of future dangerousness to society. To support this astonishing conclusion, the expert pointed out that Hispanics make up a disproportionately large amount of Texas' prison population.

It does not take a tenured professor of constitutional law to realize that linking racial identity with a propensity for violence was not only bizarre but also a violation of the equal protection clause. Indeed, that it should take a confession of error by the state to correct this problem highlights at least two problems in the current administration of the death penalty. First, in seeking the death penalty, prosecutors sometimes overlook glaring illegalities. The same flaw identified in Saldano's case infects at least seven other Texas capital cases. Second (and perhaps even more distressing), courts, especially state courts, are too often willing to overlook even obvious constitutional flaws when reviewing death penalty cases. After all, before the state's confession of error, Saldano had lost all of his appeals.

Under these circumstances, one might think that confessions of error would be, if not commonplace, at least occasional. On average, the Solicitor General of the United States confesses error in two or three criminal cases every year -- even though it is a safe bet that federal prosecutions, conducted by better trained lawyers with greater supervision, are less likely to contain obvious legal errors than their state counterparts. As the Supreme Court recognized when endorsing the practice in 1942, "the public trust reposed in the law enforcement officers of the Government requires that they be quick to confess error, when, in their opinion, a miscarriage of justice may result from their remaining silent." But as a practical matter, states never confess error in death penalty cases (even though courts overturn roughly two-thirds of all death sentences as legally infirm) -- and some states candidly admit that their policy is never to confess error.

Mutual Distrust

Why? One crucial and usually overlooked factor is the deep antagonism that has grown up over time between state death penalty prosecutors and the death penalty abolitionist lawyers who seek to foil them in every case. The abolitionists, prosecutors know all too well, never concede that their clients deserve the death penalty or that the death penalty was legally imposed -- no matter how flimsy their arguments in a given case. Rather, they use every procedural and substantive trick in the book to delay executions.

There can be no denying that such abolitionist tactics have angered and frustrated state prosecutors. And one response to these understandable emotions has been for prosecutors to mirror the fight-to-the-bitter-end approach of their opponents.

The problem with this reciprocation, however, is simply that the ethical duties of prosecutors and defense attorneys are vastly different. Defense attorneys are duty-bound to scratch and claw to win for their clients. Prosecutors, by contrast, despite striking hard blows, must never lose sight of their ultimate obligation to do justice in every case.

That may sound trite and perhaps overly idealistic, but it has a practical side as well. Prosecutorial confessions of error -- knowing when to fold them, as it is known -- establish credibility. They create trust in the system, a sense that someone is being careful and exercising sound judgment, that extends far beyond any single case. And that can make a world of difference for someone like me, who is not morally opposed to the death penalty but skeptical of how it is imposed.

Death Penalty Politics

In addition, the reluctance of state prosecutors to confess error is a clear reflection of how politics affects the death penalty. Up until now, anyway, undoing a death sentence was akin to political suicide for an elected district attorney or state attorney general, or for any state official with ambitions for re-election or higher office. And yet the willingness of Texas' new solicitor general to confess error in the Saldano case suggests a possible turning point. With the current groundswell of death penalty opposition based on the possibility of executing an innocent person, elected officials may now find some advantage in approaching capital cases (even those where innocence is not an issue) with a greater degree of care and honesty.

case will start a broad trend. But there is reason to believe that the tide is indeed turning. On June 9, Texas Attorney General John Cornyn announced the results of an investigation into other death penalty cases involving testimony by state expert Walter Quijano. Cornyn acknowledged that Dr. Quijano had provided testimony in six other death penalty cases similar to his improper testimony in the Saldano case. Cornyn's staff has advised defense lawyers for the six inmates now on death row that his office will not oppose efforts to overturn their sentences based on Quijano's testimony. In response, a pessimist might note that Texas is appealing a ruling in another capital case that the defendant received inadequate counsel -- when, indisputably, his lawyer slept through much of the trial. But doing the right thing has a contagious quality to it. Or at least so we can hope.

Edward Lazarus, a former federal prosecutor, is the legal correspondent for Talk Magazine and the author of Closed Chambers: The Rise, Fall, and Future of the Modern Supreme Court.

most of the legislation the delegation had very little to do with improving the area they represent

2007-06-05T02:35:00.000-07:00

CORPUS CHRISTI — The Coastal Bend's legislative delegation went to Austin with a wish list that included better access to children's health care and an engineering school for Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.

For the most part, the delegation thinks its efforts were successful, with more kids eligible for the state's Children's Health Insurance Program, money for area universities, a revamped Texas Youth Commission and several other key measures. A rule to record the Legislature's final votes during the session also passed, and voters will see the issue on November ballots.

"Obviously I think the delegation was very successful," said freshman Rep. Solomon Ortiz Jr., D-Corpus Christi. "We all talked and debated each issue that faced the Corpus Christi area. It helped not only that we got along on a professional level and that we get along on a personal level."

Issues where the group fell short, it says, include not driving down windstorm insurance rates for the coastal region or bringing an engineering school to Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.

The effort to bring the engineering school had widespread support from the Corpus Christi business community but faced opposition from the system's nearest campus in Kingsville, which also has an engineering school. The bill was halted in committee, but the delegation intends to revive it in the next session, Ortiz said.

"It is obviously going to take more than one session. On a personal level, I have talked to the higher ed committee and had a positive response. We will push hard again next session."

Ortiz and Rep. Juan Garcia, D-Corpus Christi, Rep. Abel Herrero, D-Robstown, and veteran Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen, each had individual successes.

Among other legislation, Hinojosa made state and national headlines as the author of sweeping reforms for the embattled Texas Youth Commission, the state's juvenile justice system that has been rocked by a sexual abuse scandal. He also tacked an amendment to a House bill renaming the Crosstown Expressway to honor local civil rights icon Dr. Hector P. Garcia after a measure to create a state holiday in the doctor's honor was killed.

Herrero and Ortiz were proponents for the Children's Health Insurance Program, which provides low cost insurance to working class families and expect the program to cover 127,000 new children after this session, after a series of enrollment changes made it more accessible.

Herrero said he was most proud of the defeat of Senate Bill 101, a higher education measure that would have eliminated a state law that admits students in the top 10 percent of their graduating class to any Texas university. Proponents of the bill argued it places a burden on flagship universities, such as the University of Texas at Austin.

The rule makes a high-quality college experience more available to students including minorities who might not get it otherwise, Herrero said.

In his first term, Garcia successfully pushed for the recording of the final votes lawmakers made on legislation and led the effort to protect funding for the Defense Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant program, which could bring millions of dollars to the Coastal Bend for redevelopment of Naval Station Ingleside.

The state budget passed by the Legislature includes $5 million for the program, a state grant system designed to help defense-dependent communities successfully transition through the job losses and other dislocations caused by the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure.

"It's going to have a big impact on the transition," Garcia said.

Ortiz helped pass a juvenile open records bill that allows parents access to their children's criminal records and removed legislation that would have allowed County Court at Law Judge James Klager to name his own successor to the bench.

Other area legislators, including Juan Escobar, D-Kingsville, and Yvonne Gonzalez Toureilles, D-Alice, each said they made solid strides for their districts. The most notable are aimed at regulating uranium mines, which are becoming increasingly prevalent in both lawmakers' districts.

Gonzalez Toureilles successfully pushed through a pair of uranium bills.

"They specify that with exploration mining, the jurisdiction is with the Railroad Commission," she said.

With an hour remaining before a legislative deadline, the House and Senate agreed to a final draft of Senate Bill 1604, a bill reforming procedures related to uranium mining. The bill includes an amendment by Escobar to preserve the procedure of contested case hearings for uranium mining permits.

The bill will affect operations in Kleberg County in several ways. The Escobar amendment clarifies the requirements that uranium mining operations have sufficient bonds to plug defunct wells and restore nearby groundwater before receiving permits for new activities. It allows public hearings under certain circumstances when changes are sought to existing mining permits.

Escobar's Chief of Staff Fred Cantu said the representative also was integral in securing $7.2 million in new money for the Texas A&M University System Health Science Center-Irma Rangel School of Pharmacy in Kingsville.

Where bills stand

HB 3556

Goal: To create a Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi engineering school

Authors: Ortiz, Herrero and Garcia.

Status: Left in committee

HB 3535

Goal: To create a holiday honoring the late civil rights icon Dr. Hector P. Garcia

Authors: Garcia, Herrero, Ortiz, Escobar, Gonzalez Toureilles

Status: Left in committee

HB 3837

Goal: To regulate in situ uranium mining

Author: Gonzales Toureilles

Status: Sent to governor for signature

HB 2801

Goal: To record and publish record votes

Author: Garcia

Status: left pending

HJR 19

Goal: Legislation to put a measure to record and publish all final passage votes by the Texas Legislature on the November statewide ballot as a constitutional amendment.

Co-authors: Garcia and Rep. Dan Branch, R-Dallas

Status: Passed

HB 4107

Goal: To create a Nueces County magistrate court

Authors: Herrero, Ortiz and Garcia

Status: Sent to governor for signature

HB 2622

Goal: To provide insurance benefits to the Regional Transportation Authority board of directors.

Author: Ortiz

Status: Sent to governor for signature.

HB 53

Goal: An amendment to a house bill renaming the Crosstown Expressway the Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Highway.

Author: Hinojosa

Status: Passed

Posted by truthincc on June 3, 2007 at 10:06 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Ortiz feels like the session was successful. I guess if you consider doing absolutely nothing as being a success he is right. The delegation as a whole did little for us with most of the legislation they were involved having very little to improving the area they represent.

Posted by intheknow on June 3, 2007 at 11:11 a.m. (Suggest removal)

The fact that Gene seamen is gone in its self is a success!

The sex was consensual and certainly it is nothing that George needs to set his hooks into, right George?

2007-05-30T00:49:00.000-07:00

The sex was consensual and certainly it is nothing that George needs to set his hooks into, right George?

Alvarez cover up for Villagomez and who else?

Judges, Powerful People, family, and sexual deviants.

Smith was given the opportunity to quash; then he would have been compromised in the future to cover up like Alvarez did and most likely ....

CORPUS CHRISTI — Supporters of Police Chief Bryan Smith addressed the city council Tuesday asking that he stay as the city’s top officer.

After hearing evidence, a grand jury on Friday decided not to indict Smith on an accusation that he sexually assaulted an ex-girlfriend on April 21.

Smith has been on leave, using his accrued vacation time since his accuser told police investigators why she was at area hospital that Smith had sexually assaulted her. City Manager Skip Noe is deciding what his future employment status will be.

Smith, 46, in a prepared statement and through his attorney, denied the allegations and is on voluntary paid leave until the city’s investigation is complete.

Smith’s parents, Hugh and Eleanor, his fiancé, Patricia Zavodsky, and her parents attended the city council meeting but did not speak before the council.

Zavodsky said later the couple still is engaged and they are making wedding plans.

“Of course we’re behind Bryan 100 percent and want him to get back to work as soon as possible,” she said, speaking for herself and their parents.

Kelly Knight, one of six who spoke on Smith’s behalf, said he has been a advocate for all crime victims, and worked specifically on her behalf to keep the man who pushed her off a balcony behind bars.

“Bryan Smith is honest and compassionate and extremely important to the city of Corpus Christi,” she said.

Joan Veith called Smith a good friend and said the grand jury represented the legal side of the issue and found no fault.

“I would hate to see anyone with such innovative ideas for our police department be swept aside because of perhaps an indiscretion,” she said. “He should be kept as chief of police because he is law enforcement. He has it in his heart, mind and soul and we don’t want to throw that out.”

Posted by latinking on May 29, 2007 at 1:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Innovative ideas! Tasering citizens, impoundings vehicles of the poor who cannot aford liability insurance. He needs to go back to the traffic division where he can get other opportunities to pull over more females to rape. He got away with indictment because of Carlos Valdez and his position as police chief, lets not reward his bad morals and place him where he can do more harm. I say at least demote where he can do no harm if we must keep him in CCPD.

Jaime Kenedeno:

" Innovative ideas! Tasering citizens, impoundings vehicles of the poor who cannot aford liability insurance."

LK when you say tasering citizens, aren't you referring to the department's new acquisition of Tasers and the training of officers in their use?

The training includes the tasing of the Officers as well. Smith has been the one to take the shock in a number of demonstrations.

For one involved in a level of violence requiring force; the officers now have another option before using deadly force. It is something I want nothing to do with.

In the impounding of the uninsured vehicles; certainly before getting a vehicle out of the impound one must provide proof of financial responsibility among several other items in order to get it out. We need to find a way for every vehicle to be insured and the insurance companies need to pay for it along with the auto industry and a few others.

He needs to go back to the traffic division where he can get other opportunities to pull over more females to rape.

JK: Now, there is a logical reason to keep him.

He got away with indictment because of Carlos Valdez and his position as police chief, lets not reward his bad morals and place him where he can do more harm.

Carlos Valdez wanted to write another book but there is nothing there.

I think Guido nutshelled it for us:

Unless there is a fairly copious amount of vaginal tearing indicating that the sex was most likely not consensual, this case is going to be a pretty big loser for the prosecution, regardless of whether a rape occurred or not.

First, there are only two witnesses to the alleged offense, the accuser and the accused. Second, any defense attorney worth his salt will point out that the suspect texted her that he was outside--a locked door. The victim will likely be grilled about why she just didn''t call police. Then, he will jump on the fact that she said she still loves him. By the end of her testimony, he will have the jury accepting the premise that she is a jilted woman trying to get her man back by anyway possible.

I say at least demote where he can do no harm if we must keep him in CCPD.

Jaime Kenedeno: The officers are behind him and so is the POA there is not a legitimate reason to demote him. Also, Bryan Smith retains the support of the local community leaders.

Posted by fashionista on May 29, 2007 at 1:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)

the blind leading the blind. The man proposes to his girlfriend and has a booty call with the ex and he's a man of intergrity and character...WOW!!! Oh yes! Let's keep him! He's a man of honor and high moral standards...a note to fiance'...get off a sinking ship. The grand jury should not have issued a no bill. Obviously, the word of a man against dance instructor was good enough for the grand jury (and rightly so), but not good enough for a police chief to go to trial...City Councilman Bill Kelly said to the news media on Friday that he supports Smith, well, as someone who has voted for Mr. Kelly in the past will now vote for someone else. I can't support a man who supports a man who has no moral standards, no intergrity and no character. Funny, the radio talk show hosts who demanded the impeachment of Clinton because of his indiscretion are supporting Smith....color me surprised.

JK: Is that what scorned woman syndrome is? You seem to be very knowledgeable of the relationship parameters between the ones involved yet the

Posted by maryjanecortinas on May 29, 2007 at 2:16 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Integrity? Excuse me but wasn't he driving drunk when he went to see his ex? I guess it's okay for a citizen to get pulled over locked up for driving drunk but the police chief is above the law. I have no respect for this man what so ever. I guess his fiance got a taste of her doing. Now he was sleeping with the ex while engaged to her. I guess the shoe was on the other foot. I wonder how she liked it being on the other side. Just like she was seeing him when he had been living with his ex. I hope she has enough common sense to realize that if he cheated on the ex girlfriend,and then cheated on her he will do it again. This man has no morals and this is what our City wants to represent the Sparkling City by the Sea. Where are all these groups that are always out there protesting the morals of our other city officials? The group that is so gunho at impeaching Melody Cooper needs to get on this band wagon.

Posted by sunglow2002 on May 29, 2007 at 2:48 p.m. (Suggest removal)

City of Corpus Christi has just turned into a "Big Sleaze Town" everyone needs to wake up and realize that we have top officials representing corpus as a sleaze town, first the CCISD superintendent spends our money at a strip bar, then a city council woman turned crooked and now faces a fine, then the cheif of police is caught cheating on girlfriend with an ex and might we add drunk. What the hell is all this mess. Someone needs to clean house and wipe away all the trash we have around here starting with the city manager. I'm ashamed to say I live in Corpus Christi.

Posted by txorange11 on May 29, 2007 at 3:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Well, it is a law that you have liability insurance.... poor or not, its a law. In order for a police officer to carry a taser or pepper spray, they must be tased in the back/ leg or sprayed in the face with it, and it is on a voluntary basis. So, they know what it's like and they don't just randomly use it. Furthermore, it has never been stated, and only the Grand Jury knows for sure if he was really drunk, if they did have sex, etc.... Why is it any of your business if he did have sex...the only one who should care is his fiance. Let her decide if she wants to stand by her man or not. There are many men and women in this world who cheat on their significant other. Some people just make bad choices. Doesn't mean they are bad people. Why else do people go to confession..duh, to confess their sins.....Obviously if there was no evidence that he was drunk or the grand jury would have acted on this as well. Everyone should just get over it and let the man get back to work. I'm curious though if there is going to be a lawsuit for defimation of character or filing a false report. But, remember the phrase, 'Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.'

Posted by dgtx_814 on May 29, 2007 at 4:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Im sorry for everyone who feels ashamed to say they live in Corpus Christi. First of all let the one without sin cast the first stone. Chief Smith may have not used good judgment in doing what is alleged but he is a good leader. We have to follow a leader for all if not most of our daily operations but if reasonable people feel they have to follow a leader in every decision they make then I feel sad for all adults in this city not to mention those that are leaders and especially parents. I hope that all people make proper decisions for themselves in everything that they do and not have to look to a leader, or boss or anyone of stature to know how to use good moral judgement or character. Isn't that what our parents tried to teach us when we were kids? Be a leader not a follower. I strongly feel that Chielf Smith is a good leaderand will run our police department effectively. When he was a commander and worked closely with the Crime Control and Prevention District I was very pleased with the way he advocated for all the programs funded by crime control and I continue to believe that he will continue to do a great job as our Chief of Police.

Posted by vpguevara on May 29, 2007 at 4:08 p.m. (Suggest removal)

yes, let's have a police chief who is an honest law abiding citizen represent our city. what a disgrace. has anyone wondered why there was never an arrest? he sure was treated like any other citizen. what a joke! anyone else would have been arrested, handcuffed, and made to post bail with nothing more than an accusation of an assault. the police chief admits to being with the victim (drunk or sober he was still with her) the night of the alleged incident and gets to walk away on paid leave while the investigation is being conducted. if i was someone who was "wrongfully accused" and had the humiliation of being arrested and made to come up with the money to post bail i would get a lawyer to sue the city for not treating the bryan smith like every other citizen. kobe bryant got arrested and had to post bail but hey our police chief is above that and gets to just go on a paid vacation. lets all ask ourselves if bryan smith was drunk.....was he walking?? no probably not. that means he probably was also driving while intoxicated. wow what a role model for our children. don't drink and drive unless you're the police chief and can get away with it. a note to his fiance....run! no woman should ever be publicly humiliated and this affair should have been a slap in the face. how many other women did bryan smith lie to?

Posted by txorange11 on May 29, 2007 at 4:20 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Obviously there wasn't enough proof in the beginning to warrant an arrest... just public embarrassment.
I say again....
Obviously if there was no evidence that he was drunk or the grand jury would have acted on this as well. Everyone should just get over it and let the man get back to work!

Posted by guest on May 29, 2007 at 4:37 p.m. (Suggest removal)

How do you know that he was driving drunk? Were you there?

Posted by foxyroxy_78412 on May 29, 2007 at 4:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I feel sick that our police chief has the poor character to have sex with his ex girlfriend, while engaged to another. It is not alleged, he admitted to it. I know nothing more about the man than his name and his actions, but i do know i would not want to stand next to him in line at the store. I surely do not want him in charge of the Police Force of Corpus Christi.

Posted by FTWJohnQPublic on May 29, 2007 at 5:10 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I applaud Chief Smith for his service to the city of Corpus Christi. He has a tough job, especially since fifty percent of the people in Corpus are criminals, and the other half are hypocrites. Ok…Ok…my numbers are off because I didn’t count the people who normally standby silent and do nothing.

Regardless of your stance on this current issue (which will soon be history with the next big headline) Chief Smith is knocking criminals over like trees. Not only is he locking-up sex offenders and vandals, he is putting technology in the hands of street officers that will ultimately benefit the public. Plus, Chief Smith has revived the Corpus Christi police department after ten years of dormancy.

Too many people in this forum are shouting from their ivory towers that this is a “Moral” problem…like they are the Patron Saints of Virginity. Hey lets face it; we are all sinners in one form or another. Everyone has a past and everyone has a future. Luckily some of us can ask for forgiveness during confessions. Weigh it out…Smith has more positives than negatives, besides WWJD.

Oh yea…I like Chief Smith’s idea of impounding “poor” people cars because they can’t afford liability insurance. That sucks for “poor” people almost as much as it would suck for me, when involved an accident with them. After all, if they can’t afford insurance because they are “poor”, then how are they going to fix my car? Oh wait…again I guess I’ll be the responsible one and pay more for peace of mind, just in case they wreck into me. If you can’t afford liability insurance (especially because of your 5 prior DWI’s) then you need to take the bus…just think of yourself as being eco-friendly instead of irresponsible.

Posted by dmposes on May 29, 2007 at 5:27 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Wow! I am reading all these comments and they are all filled with such passion! First of all, we can all recall the Monica and Bill situation. Some say it did not hinder his ability to "lead" his country, however, I beg to differ. He was struggling so hard to stay out of the limelight and let things be that I believe his presidency did suffer. When you are a leader, whether it be the leader of a country, the leader of a city, or a teacher leading her classroom, you are a person who is deserving of respect and that respect is EARNED. Yes, we all make mistakes, however, when we make foolish mistakes that impact our daily lives as did Bill Clinton and Bryan Smith, then everyone loses...the people, the city, and the leader himself. Past behavior predicts future behavior. I'd love for someone to prove me wrong! Still waiting........

Posted by tktamez on May 29, 2007 at 6:19 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Yes dmposers. To answer your question, some past behaviors DO PREDICT future behavior. Duh. Protocol was not followed wtih him, and everyone that knows the protocol ( look up SUSPECT and the protocol for questioning one. He was not questioned by the police that weekend. Yes, he may have called his department and said, " hey i heard i was accused of something, and i didn't do it " and they may have said " ok chief " see you on Monday" But that isn't protocol. If it had been my son, or your son, would they have at least been taken to the station that weekend for questioning ?? I think so. Would they have been allowed to ROME around Corpus Christi ALL WEEK END., without being OFFICIALLY questioned? I think not ! I don't think the grand jury ruled " no bill" until recently, Not while he was out on vacation, or the weekend of the rape. My my, what a system Corpus Christi has. Good ole boy. The " he works with us, ( City employee ) so he could not have done it attitude. By the way, i work for this city, so i have seen this attitude first hand.
I say , the City Council needs to hear it from the other side now, but you know what ??? THEY WON'T. The request has already been turned down. So Sad . Everyone just need to pray for our city. It's a shame..T.K.

Posted by vpguevara on May 29, 2007 at 8:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)

hmmm.....maybe there wasn't enough proof that he was drunk because nobody brought the guy in for questioning????? of course there is no proof! the grand jury couldn't do act on it because the proper protocol was not followed. the man was not arrested! no one checked his blood alcohol level! yes i agree, let's let him get back to work so that the next time he is "wrongfully accused" of a crime he has enough vacation time to pay for his leave.

Posted by debbie on May 29, 2007 at 8:54 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Couldn't agree with you more...FTWJohnQPublic..."I like Chief Smith’s idea of impounding “poor” people cars because they can’t afford liability insurance. That sucks for “poor” people almost as much as it would suck for me, when involved an accident with them. After all, if they can’t afford insurance because they are “poor”, then how are they going to fix my car? Oh wait…again I guess I’ll be the responsible one and pay more for peace of mind, just in case they wreck into me. If you can’t afford liability insurance then you need to take the bus." Not to mention...It's the LAW!!!

Don't care if Chief Brian Smith is innocent or not, but it takes two to tango. I am sure he is not the only leader in this community, city or country with no morals...Bill Clinton with Hilary by his side!!!! Hmm...didn't he get to keep his job???

Posted by jillhaggerty on May 29, 2007 at 9:37 p.m. (Suggest removal)

If those who feel as negatively about Smith really want to see him ousted then you'd better write a letter and make a call to the office of the Mayor, Skip Noe and your District Council person stating so as soon as possible. Writing it out here on this newspaper website isn't going to do any good because these people are hearing publicly from Smith's supporters. If they don't hear or read anything against Smith then they will stupidly assume that no one wants him gone. If you have a problem with Smith then let the right people know about it, or else prepare to have our city live with the horrible consequences.

Posted by globalairsolutions2002 on May 29, 2007 at 10:39 p.m. (Suggest removal)

We're all humans and acceptable to faults. Mr. Smith sholuld of known by putting himself in that particular situation. He got cuaght with his hands in the cookie jar and should be dealt with in the manner he represented himself. He is one of the highest ranking law enforcement officials in the coastal bend; and it's a shame that he can't admitt he was wrong to the citizens of Corpus Christi by putting his office in that negative situation and accepting some type of responsibility as a man and a positive role model not a negative one. Sorry for all the lives you interupted by your actions Cheif!
P.S. YOU KNOW IT WAS WRONG WHEITHER YOU DID OR NOT YOU HURT THE WOMEN IN YOUR LIFE AND THE CITY AND IT'S CITIZENS....

Posted by no on May 30, 2007 at 1:41 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Clinton? That's just the "mommy he did it first excuse."

Posted by no on May 30, 2007 at 1:41 a.m. (Suggest removal)

He failed to show the judgment, character and principles expected, demanded and required of a man who is the police chief.

And that's regardless of it being rape or not rape.

Posted by Schlitrman on May 30, 2007 at 2:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Hey vpguevara,

Quoting from your post,

"hmmm.....maybe there wasn't enough proof that he was drunk because nobody brought the guy in for questioning????? of course there is no proof! the grand jury couldn't do act on it because the proper protocol was not followed. the man was not arrested! no one checked his blood alcohol level!..."

vp (may I call you vp?), the alleged victim did not make her report until approximately 12 hours after the alleged rape. Why? Probably so she could concoct her plan to destroy the Chief, but you would have to ask her. Oh! You can't. Her name was not released. So whatever alcohol in the Chief's blood (if there ever had been any) would have been gone by that time. She can't prove he was drunk, but he can't prove he was not. Part of the reason she waited perhaps?

When our alleged victim, alleged paragon of alleged virtue that you would have us believe her to be goes to the hospital for the sexual assault exam, a CCPD officer was called to take a police report. When this officer discovers that our alleged victim, alleged paragon of alleged virtue that you would have us believe her to be is accusing the Chief of Police of sexual assault, he, according to news reports, notifies his supervisor, who notifies the Chief. The Chief then calls in the Texas Rangers to take over the investigation believing it would not be proper for the CCPD to investigate their own boss. Do you know of a different protocol that should be followed in a case such as this? If so, please share it with us. The Chief also notifies his own boss, City Manager, Skip Noe, and voluntarily takes his OWN vacation time that he has earned and is entitled to use for any purpose. Doesn't sound like a nice vacation. Keep in mind, this is HIS vacation time, which the city would have to pay to him in any case whether this need for him to step away from his duties had come about or not. Channel 10 ran with this story last week about how much his "paid leave" was costing the city, but received a phone call from Skip Noe correcting them and stated that Chief Smith was saving the city money by using his vacation pay instead of administrative leave. It was only after the no-bill that Mr. Noe placed Smith on administrative leave pending the city's internal investigation. vp, you need to keep up to date on your facts.

vp, I just wonder about something and please be honest. If it were proven that the Chief's accuser acted out of spite, vindictiveness, and the hope of monetary gain (she hired civil attorney Abraham Moss within days of the initial report), would you be in favor of charging her with filing a false report to police? If she lied under oath, would you be in favor of charging her with perjury? Or is your contempt for Chief Smith at such a level that you would be willing to excuse such a level of misconduct just to get rid of him?

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