Nueces County Watchdog Authority

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

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

Kenedeno's Texas Monthly:

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

nah, I wouldnt worry bout em.

EL Defenzor.net: Nueces Democrats: We dont know that Joe Benavides will make a better Commissioner than the incumbent

2007-12-30T23:31:00.000-08:00

EL Defenzor.net: Nueces Democrats: We dont know that Joe Benavides will make a better Commissioner than the incumbent

Sunday, December 30, 2007

JOE BENAVIDES

Joe Benavides a Retired Marine and Teacher Fighting for Our Children

Many in our community know Joe Benavides as not only a retired Marine and combat veteran, but a nonstop community volunteer. For the past several years Benavides has worked tirelessly helping our elderly by coordinating children (many of them court-ordered) to cut lawns, remove debris and help the elderly by taking away some of the burdens they face.

Now Benavides, is helping children by intervening through becoming a teacher. Benavides has done a remarkable job at the Adult Learning Center by helping children obtain their education. He has also worked with many community leaders and business owners such as Pete’s Chicken and More, Flint Hills, Valero, Greenwood Doors and many, many other leaders to provide support in saving our children. The drop out rate has nearly doubled over the last two decades in Texas. Many programs that were previously there to aid our children have been underfunded and the educational system is in crisis. Private citizens like Benavides have risen to the challenge and not only gotten children and parents involved in striving to complete their high school degree, but also to have the potential and financial wherewithal to attend college.

Education is Our Freedom is a well-recognized program spearheaded by Judge Joe A. Gonzalez and Joe Benavides. The program has aided over a hundred children who many in our community had given up on obtain not only their high school education but also attend college. The program has been such a success that funding and success rates have doubled each year since it inception. “We must help our children and pay for programs upfront. Whether you or a conservative or a liberal it is important to pay for preventative programs such as Education is Our Freedom in order to create a workforce that not only has education as a goal but that prepares today’s youth for the workforce tomorrow” said Benavides.

We at the Defenzor wish to commend Mr. Benavides for the efforts he has made over several years and also his sacrifices for his country. His eldest son has followed in his father’s footsteps and has answered the call to duty and is a two year Marine Corps veteran and is soon to be deployed to Iraq. Joe Benavides is a man that has never stopped sacrificing and never stopped serving our country. In this New Year we extend our warmest wishes to Joe Benavides and the efforts he is making with at-risk teens. IF ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY WISHES TO HELP OUR YOUTH IN THESE PROGRAMS CONTACT JOE BENAVIDES AT 361-633-9308.

Posted by HOMERO VILLARREAL

Nueces Democrats: We dont know that Joe Benavides will make a better Commissioner than the incumbent

With this precinct I have not a vote however, the County Commissioners are engaged towards progress for our community as a whole.

Dannoynted1:

"Our Large Family attended the "Annual Feast of Sharing" event held at the Bayfront Plaza.

Joe Benavides was one of our servers (i believe he was a soft drink server), and Mrs.Banales also was there with her husband.

I will not talk about the burnt tamale(only I got) but lets just say the mashed potatoes were the best my man says the rolls were the best.

Considering it is election time, I am surprised most politicians were absent. But with the way they rushed you out after you ate, You certainly did not have any time to "network".

The candidates that did attend, I apologize for not mentioning you as I was there only a small window of time..."

It was so different from the last time I went, which with regret, was not last year.

I must say the food was better at the events that cost money."

JK:

We dont know that Joe Benavides will make a better Commissioner than the incumbent but I do know Joe was working and he volunteered out of his commitment to the community. Joe has over the years volunteered and donated his services diligently. One might argue he is only volunteering his time and services because he wants to "get elected".

I dont believe this is the case. I have known Joe for a little over two years and I know his father. In the past, Joe Benavides has run a couple of times for office but, he volunteers regardless of whether he is running or not.

Will Joe Benavides continue to volunteer if he wins?

We can only know after we vote for him.

We do know his incumbent opponent was not volunteering at the Feast of Sharing.

We do know Joe Benavides' incumbent opponent was parading around with her hubby in tow. Was she making a statement? The message IMO was she is not worried about her challenger, she does not take him serious and she is not going to change her routine ways for her constituents. We do not know how she represents her constituency but we do know she is not going to change it.

All we can do is allow Joe Benavides to tell us how is going to represent his constituents.

We can ask him questions and hear his answers.

With Joe Benavides' incumbent opponent we dont have to ask her anything because we have her record to refer to.

The only thing I remember is that, "She could work harder" if she gave herself a pay raise.

I also know she was walking around when she should have been working.

As far as the Family name and integrity, we might should ask the ME about the trangressions.

Ask her about the real reason she decided to run.

Texa$ Wall $treet Journal: Will your loved one become an unknown or unborn heir to the HELLHOLE of a Death Trap Another Dares to Call Frivolous or Fra

2007-12-26T04:27:00.000-08:00

Texa$ Wall $treet Journal: Will your loved one become an unknown or unborn heir to the HELLHOLE of a Death Trap Another Dares to Call Frivolous or Fraudulent?

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Will your loved one become an unknown or unborn heir to the HELLHOLE of a Death Trap Another Dares to Call Frivolous or Fraudulent?

The first responder opens with a gush of emotional well unthought acrimony.

"What a crock! "The citizens of the Valley and Gulf Coast have been victimized by poor decisions in corporate boardrooms, favoring greed over safety. Citizens serving on juries in Rio Grande Valley and Texas Gulf Coast have done their constitutional duty, and in doing this most honorable service, have protected their fellow citizens from the unkind actions of others, and have made our country a safer place."

"Greed over safety"? Pot calling kettle black comes to mind, sheesh!

Leave it to a Corpus attorney of such questionable character to blame the corporations for the greedy nature of local attorneys and the populace. Everyone in this community is trying to hit the lotto, witness the thousands of fraudalent claims as such broken foundations and mold, and no, I am not a member of any organization, just not easily taken by a bunch of lies."

In concurrence with the first responder; it is agreed, the claim is a bit embellishing and heroically ebullient nevertheless Mr Watts opening averment, ("The citizens of the Valley and Gulf Coast have been victimized by poor decisions in corporate boardrooms, favoring greed over safety) cogently defines an element that bullies the average citizenry. An Actuary is a person whose work is to calculate statistically risks, premiums, life expectancies, etc. for the insurance industry and the emerging "bean-counting" approach to risk management in the Corporate Scheme. This "bean-counting" rings clear and is exemplified in the movie "A Class Action" . The central premise of the film is roughly analogous to the controversy surrounding the Ford Pinto and Mustang II.

Durrill v. Ford Motor Company

A rear end collision fire case in which a 1974 Ford Mustang II vehicle exploded into flames. The two occupants of the vehicle, Devary Durrill and Bonnie Watkins, died of burns. The accident happened in Corpus Christi Texas and was tried by Perry & Haas. Watts worked at the Corpus Christi plaintiffs’ firm Perry & Haas, where he trained in vehicle litigation and was involved in numerous suits against Ford.

In the movie "A Class Action" the auto manufacturer utilizes a "bean-counting" approach to risk management, whereby the projections of actuaries for probable deaths and injured car-owners is weighed against the cost of re-tooling and re-manufacturing the car without the defect (exploding gas tanks) with the resulting decision to keep the car as-is to positively benefit short term profitability.

WATT if it was your daughter, wife, son or another whom you hold dear in your heart; WATT amount is worth the life of a human being?

Basically the actuary crunches the numbers and calculates a probability. How many people will die and how many will be injured (if the defect is not corrected) The number of dead and injured are translated into a dollar amount which is weighed against the cost of re-tooling and re-manufacturing the car without the defect. The decision is made and carried out knowing that their product will kill people. They know their decision will take the life of an X number of unknown and unborn heirs to the HELLHOLE of a death trap to be sold as the dealerships assure the consumer that the product is safe.

The Ford Pinto, one of the best-selling cars of the 1970s, had a defective gas tank with an unfortunate tendency to burst into flames in rear-end collisions. Instead of fixing the Pinto, Ford lobbied against federal regulation affecting fuel tank safety. As part of the lobbying effort, the company prepared a cost-benefit analysis. According to Ford's engineers, it would cost $11* per car, or $137 million per year for the industry as a whole, to meet the rollover standard, while avoiding an estimated 180 deaths per year, along with an equal number of serious burn injuries and a few thousand wrecked cars.

Ford's cost-benefit analysis valued those lives at a mere $200,000 apiece. That number was calculated by the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration at the request of the auto industry, mainly on the basis of lost wages, plus medical and legal costs and a small amount for pain and suffering. At $200,000 per head, 180 deaths are "worth" $36 million, not nearly enough to "justify" a $137 million expenditure. As Ford saw it, spending an extra $11 per car to fix the gas tank just wasn't worth it.
Despite Ford's lobbying, the gas-tank safety regulation was adopted. Ford responded by immediately, and inexpensively, making the 1977 Pinto safer. But the damage to the company's image had been done. The public realized that Ford had knowingly produced a dangerous car, leading to hundreds, perhaps thousands, of preventable deaths. Ford finally discontinued the model in 1980. --adapted from Priceless

WATT recourse do we have?

WATT will force manufacturers to decide in favor of preserving the life of a human being?

The only way to convince a Corporate Giant is for the cost analysis to favor correcting the defect and the only way to do this is for the cost of a wrongful death to exceed the cost of re-tooling and re-manufacturing the car without the defect.

Yes, in the eyes of those who have not experienced the ordeal of losing a loved one from a defective products such as Ford Pintos exploding upon impact, Firestone tires falling apart in the Texas heat, Chrysler minivans ejecting belted children due to poor door latches, or due to gross neglect by corporate chieftans, countless bad drugs pulled from the market because of no effective regulatory controls at the FDA and pharmaceutical companies decisions to place profits over patient's lives (Rezulin, Baycol, Fen-Phen, Vioxx), old ladies subjected to unnecessary second surgeries to replace tainted hip implants, 40% is a hefty amount to share with a lawyer. On the other hand WATT choice will stop the recurrence of such preventable accidents? No amount of money can ever compensate for the loss of a loved one or for permanent injury?

Is it worth it for someone to pay you 60% of $500 million so they will hold accountable the ones responsible for deciding to burn your daughter alive?

Ask Dusty Durrill, maybe you will see things differently?

Dancing Politicos: Texas Monthly Web Press: Fil & Junior John ( the Two Juniors) dont give a hoot about a VA Hospital or Children’s Healthcare, they d

2007-12-23T11:20:00.000-08:00

Dancing Politicos: Texas Monthly Web Press: Fil & Junior John ( the Two Juniors) dont give a hoot about a VA Hospital or Children’s Healthcare, they dont care about S TX

On the lamb........
Posted on December 23, 2007 at 07:27:59 AM by Borrego/Laurels Acres sold ....?title

Post 1 December 23, 2007 at 6:02 a.m. (Suggest removal)

What a superficial column! This is never about anything substantive- never discusses any real political issues. This lady is just a groupie at council and commissioner's meetings, reporting the stupid things they do or say.

The last week of the year is when people are making their final decisions to run for office. Something could have been written about attorneys thinking of challenging the rude Judge Longoria or what happened about possible opponents to Juan Garcia but no she'd rather talk about nonsense. If she wants to learn more about what commissioners are thinking when they dress the same perhaps she can do a series hiding out in each politician's closet and watching and listening to them dress- and the Caller - Times can get someone to deal with the more serious issues.

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Yes post 1 , it may be superficial , but is that earning the money we paid for them to "work harder"?

How much does faux "cleric" Tyne r Little earn? Enough for him to be elevated by the County Judge to "Reverend, are you all set?"

When did this happen? Dress rehearsal for another Loyd (Insurance) deal perhaps, but it was whatever "Kneel" wanted it to be.

What is 9/10th's of the law? Abandonment?
WACO?!?

This is criminal why does Jaime Powell not report "eminent domain" this crime fraud? Paul Jones & Ennis Joslin land giveaway?

Or the Pat rick Birmingham CCCC discrimination?

"A-B-C.....easy as 1-2-3.....it-is -free, it is wise to remember, no one rides for free.

We can always tell when you lie, your lips move.

Paid to fluff, all that is tough....

I'll take......
Posted on December 23, 2007 at 12:27:41 PM by Jaime Kenedeno

prime rib for 1000 Alex.

I mean, really..... we need to give Alex Garcia the boot and find somebody who will not only unite but to invigorate the State of the County Politics and engage the Citizenry of Nueces County Voters Voting.

We need to realize the one's who profit from division and it is not the average Nueces County Citizen.

We have State of the County events held with the publics money; yet the public was never invited.

We have the hyenas circling and making advances (but we do not see them). They are dressed in Lambs Clothing.

Texas Monthly Web Press: Fil & Junior John ( the Two Juniors) dont give a hoot about a VA Hospital or Children’s Healthcare

Fil Junior only seeks a Federal Bench for Rose

South Texas Chisme: Could it be true, Is Fil Vela involved with Connie Scott?

Treasurer?

TLR hates South Texas, does that include Connie and her Hubby?

WATTS his name? Mike Scott?

The Two Juniors represent not a mainstream Texas but they represent the Transplanted Texans (like Bush) and the Elite Texans (like K.C.Rove).

Junior John will say WATT ever it takes to get re elected.

>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.

Junior John is working with Fil Vela Jr. & Federal Prosecutors (in the Valley, CC, SA & Houston) to Manufacture White Collar Crime and use it as a Political Strongarm when the Political Strongarm should be accomplishments and the actual construction of a VA Hospital in the Valley.

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 and Mike Scott is a TLR guy with a title

We dont need to speculate or debate how Junior John will vote

, who he will benefit and who he represents. No if ands or buts about it Junior John’s Record is who he is, how he votes, who he represents and it is not the average Texan

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

2007-12-09T03:58:00.000-08:00

B.A.C.A.L.A.: Abel Herrero has proven himself and his record is there for all to see; he is a fine representative

Abel Herrero has proven himself and his record is there for all to see. I am proud of Abel, he is a fine representative.

There is a natural law I always like to follow, "If it isnt broke , then it don't need fixin".

On the other hand,

Velacrat is making friends with the Federal Entrapment gang and sycophants up to the ones he believes will elevate his Rose to a Federal Judicial Bench.

Is Fil Vela going into the fraud abuse prosecution racket & the manufacturing of fraud abuse prosecutions?

Inroads (for GOP) into South Texas?

Hurt? Injured? Need a Lawyer? Too Bad!

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

nah, I wouldnt worry bout em.

South Texas Verdad: Just remember that last step is a doozie.

2007-10-28T22:10:00.000-07:00

Randolph (Randy) Delay

South Texas Verdad: Power we giveth and power we can taketh away. Ask CCREDC's Joe Elizondo, Juan G and yes ask even Mikal Watts.

Power is a united people.

Dont piss us off. TLR Connie Scott, BACALA, Fil Vela (FED sycophant & Johnny come lately white collar crime manufacturer for WATT???? BUT of COURSE! Nothing less than a Federal Judgeship Appointment for his "Tyler Rhodes" wife and sitting 13th COA Justice).

Corpus Christi Caller Times
Google Yourself Corpus Christi: Is Fil Vela going into the fraud abuse prosecution racket & the manufacturing of fraud abuse prosecutions?

Rendon, longtime Ortiz aide, will retire : Corpus Christi Local ...
Rendon served as an adviser to numerous successful political campaigns including those of Fil Vela's wife, District Judge Rose Vela; former Nueces County ...

County to look at appointment process, write guidelines

2007-10-03T02:24:00.000-07:00

Term lengths, limits will be discussed for 37 local boards

By Jaime Powell (Contact)
Originally published 02:27 a.m., October 3, 2007
Updated 02:27 a.m., October 3, 2007

Nueces County commissioners will examine how the court appoints residents to county boards and start writing a policy that for the first time will lay out guidelines such as term lengths and limits.

Commissioners will discuss the details this morning in a workshop and are set to vote on a resolution on the matter during the county's regular meeting.

The county appoints members to 37 boards and commissions, including slots on the boards of the Port of Corpus Christi, the Nueces County Hospital District, the Regional Transportation Authority and the Christus Spohn Hospital System, said Tyner Little, assistant to County Judge Loyd Neal.

There have been improvements to the appointment process in recent years, Little said. Under former County Judge Terry Shamsie, the county started advertising openings on various boards and seeking applications from the general public.

"Before that, it was really the court would find people they wanted to appoint and basically say, 'OK, I am ready to appoint this person, and they would go to court and appoint. Now you submit a resume and a letter of interest. And that's really done a lot for getting more people in the public involved."

If there was a tendency to put friends on boards in the past, the application process has alleviated some of that, Little said.

"I think the commissioners court has an interest in putting the best people on those boards because they run better," Little said. "They really like to put in a financial person, sometimes a lawyer, somebody with experience in the field that allows them to perform and allows the organization to run smoother and perform a better service."

But the county has no formal policy on term lengths, term limits or replacing board members other than those set forth by statute, rule or interlocal agreements, Neal said.

For example, port commissioners are appointed by the county, city of Corpus Christi and San Patricio County to staggered three-year terms and are limited to four terms, based on state statute. Other agencies have different terms, such as the hospital district board, which has seven county-appointed members who are not bound by term limits.

"I'm not saying people have not served well," Neal said. "We need more people going through these boards so we get new ideas and new enthusiasm. There are a lot of fine people who want to serve on county boards or commissions. Right now there is no process that allows commissioners to appoint fresh new faces without it appearing that those already serving have gotten lifetime appointments."

But there has to be a balance, county officials and some local board members said, because some of the boards are highly technical and come with a serious learning curve.

Local attorney Van Huseman serves as the chairman of the Nueces County Hospital District board and has been a member for more than 10 years. His board oversees a $30 million budget and deals with the county's responsibility to provide indigent health care and a host of other issues, including contributions to HALO-Flight air ambulance service, diabetes programs and teenage pregnancy programs.

"The complexities of what we do are such that it takes years before someone gets up to speed on what is going on," Huseman said. "This is not particularly a fun job. It's one where most of our members are on because they have some sense of duty. It does not make you popular, you don't get anything out of it at all except for criticism. Most people in the county don't have a clue what the hospital district is about, but it deals with a lot of money and affects a lot of people's lives."

Nueces County Board Appointments

- Air Quality Services Monitoring Committee

- Christus Spohn Health Board of Trustees

- Citizens’ Advisory Health Board

- Coastal Bend Council of Governments

- Coastal Bend Housing Finance Corporation

- Coastal Bend Workforce Development Board

- Intergovernmental Commission on Drug and Alcohol Abuse

- Loss Control Committee

- Animal Control Advisory Committee

- Bail Bond Board

- Beach Management Advisory Committee

- Bishop Driscoll Drainage District No. 3

- Child Welfare Board

- Civil Service Commission

- Community Action Agency Board

- Grants Review Committee

- Historical Commission

- Hospital District Board of Managers

- Housing Finance Corporation

- Juvenile Advisory Council

- Library Advisory Board

- MHMR Community Center Board

- Park Board Commissioners

- Purchasing Board

- Rural Rail Transportation District

- Emergency Services District No. 1

- Emergency Services District No. 2

- Emergency Services District No. 3

- Emergency Services District No. 4

- Special Task Force of Adult Protective Services

- Tax Appraisal District

- Veterans Local Land Board Committee

- Port of Corpus Christi Authority

- Regional Health Awareness Board

- Regional Transportation Authority

- Salary Grievance Committee

- South Texas Water Authority

Contact Jaime Powell at 886-3716 or powellj@caller.com

Google Yourself Corpus Christi: Is Fil Vela going into the fraud abuse prosecution racket & the manufacturing of fraud abuse prosecutions? Inroads (fo

2007-09-19T00:02:00.000-07:00

Google Yourself Corpus Christi: Is Fil Vela going into the fraud abuse prosecution racket & the manufacturing of fraud abuse prosecutions? Inroads (for GOP) into South Texas?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.

(LCS) Leverage of Public Opinion: Did Lencho squeeze Alvarez to eliminate him as a candidate

2007-09-13T19:16:00.000-07:00

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"LCS Company officials will not respond to questions regarding whether the company will change its plans to build a corrections facility in Nueces County," Webber said. "They will not make that decision until after next Tuesday's election."

who controlled the Jail and how Randy Delay not getting the $1.2 million contract along with Shamsies animosity from being forced out and dislike of Larry is the reason Randy Delay's Federal Lobby Influence pulled a power play and the Federal Prisoners could no longer stay?

OK people here it goes. I apologize if this offends and certainly encourage anyone who disputes or challenges anything written in this Article to rebut / respond.

All submissions are posted regardless of position or standing.

Now, to the heart of the matter; the "Shamsie Tick" FKA the "Shamsie Clique" network of Avarice and Fiscal Loophole Specialties.

Dear Mr Shamsie,

It is ironic how you entered the Body of Christ via Robstown and you pinched and cut and denied and fired, released, and demoted your supporters their families and the community they inspired to elect you. A bang up JOB you performed with fiscal expediency and without one drop of loyalty (not even to your wife).

Mr Boss Of Bosses, Jefe de Jefe, or fiscal deconstructionists (creative accountant) and his oddball choice of high ballin contractor without bid process. It turns out …..

DOS Logistics & Omega Contracting Inc.-

Yet, the county is paying three times the customary rate for engineering and inspection services, according to engineers in government and private practice.
Instead of assigning the county's staff engineer to handle the project, Nueces County Judge Terry Shamsie negotiated $7.6 million for engineering with Omega Contracting Inc. and $7.95 million for inspection with DOS Logistics, as the county revamps 280 miles of mostly flat, straight, narrow, non-shouldered rural roadway. , Source: CCCT,

Public Private Strategies-

Randy DeLay, owner of Public Private Strategies Consult, Inc, said he told Nueces County Judge Terry Shamsie and his assistant, Tyner Little, that his firm was withdrawing its proposal to represent the area. Source: CCCT

Last year, Shamsie and County Commissioner Oscar Ortiz unsuccessfully sought to award DeLay a $1.2 million contract to lobby on behalf of local military installations. Source: CCCT

The Correction Corporations of America (CCA)-

Private Prison-Industrial complex such as the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the GEO Group (formerly known as Wackenhut), Correctional Services Corporation (CSC) and Correctional Medical Services. ,

The Federal Prison Lobby Bureau of Prisons-

Randy DeLay, the brother of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.), lobbied the Bureau of Prisons to send its prisoners to RCDC [Reeves County Detention Facility>, at the behest of county officials.

Randy DeLay isn't the only member of his family with an interest in corrections. In December, Rep. DeLay accepted a $100,000 check from the CCA for the DeLay Foundation for Kids. ,

The Primary Robstown Private Prison Contractor (LCS) Leverage of Public Opinion that affected the election.

Political ad could alter deal

Nonetheless, the company's owners fired off statements Tuesday and Wednesday through lawyer Tonya Webber questioning why they were being pulled into the political fray and refusing to comment to "rumors or allegations that the negative campaign" had jeopardized the company's plans for the facility.

"LCS Company officials will not respond to questions regarding whether the company will change its plans to build a corrections facility in Nueces County," Webber said. "They will not make that decision until after next Tuesday's election."

Commissioner Betty Jean Longoria said it would be unfortunate if the political ad kills the project.

CAMPAIGN MUD BEING SLUNG HARD
Company officials refused to comment on whether the ad has now jeopardized the plans to build the corrections facility, saying it might unfairly impact the election.

But, but,…. but Lencho Rendon was Alvarez's consultant and he is in business with Randy Delay so why would the Louisiana Contractor (Robstown Federal Prison Project) dare to offend a candidate of Lencho? Did Lencho squeeze Alvarez to eliminate him for a candidate he could or thought he could control? Is that candidate Jimmy Rodriguez or Jim Kaelin? Is there any truth that Kaelin is being courted (or has received campaign donations) from WATT Democrat? The Federal Prisoner Removal, the abuse of a Political Familia from Robstown and the Nueces County Jail Conditions but you wanted to give 1.2 million to Randy Delay for WATT?

BRACC, BREAK or BROKE while sacrificing our "money maker" (the Nueces County Jail). Was / is Randy Delay via Solomon Grande our Nueces County insider connection to the Federal Prison Lobby? The Awards (evidenced by Larry Olivarez) and the Federal Prisoner occupancy dividend was never a problem until after the $1.2 Million to DELAY was denied. WHO wanted the Nueces County Jail to be a problem right in the middle of the County Leadership Races? Who crashed in during the Primary from Lousiana with concerns about the building of a Private Prison?

"I remember Lencho telling me that his ideal dream team (to help BND) would be (lobbyist) Randy DeLay, (Monterrey consult-ant) Esther Rodriguez and 'Madam Ping,'" Lasseigne said.

A Dream Team of Randy Delay with Solly Lobbying in Washington, Solomon Sr. nicely positioned on the House Arms Services Committee and his influential "friends" such as Congressman Ike Skelton, the distract and the DELAY side JOB Lobby at the Federal Bureau of Prisons / CCA / Private Prison Profiteering CON. With the Shamsie Dream Team, the Nueces County housing Federal Prisoners was never an issue, not even when the Mold Contamination was an issue. Evidently, the Mold remains even though the Commissioners Court and Shamsie never addressed it (or did they ignore it?). These are not Democrat issues. These are not Republican issues these are Nueces County issues.

Political Pulse: San Patricio County Watchdog Authority

2007-08-05T07:10:00.000-07:00

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.

Google Yourself Corpus Christi: setexasrec: If you disagree, I got 4 brand spankin new ones to put on your family vehicle; oh yeah & one spare just in

2007-08-05T01:28:00.000-07:00

Google Yourself Corpus Christi: 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.

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.

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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.

Hector P Garcia Institute of Education, Integrity, Culture and Public Policy: Corpus Christi Watchdog Authority: Fwd: [Bay of Pigs] Judge Westergren h

2007-08-01T01:02:00.000-07:00

Actionable?

Well dont just stand there!!

Get To Work!!!

Hector P Garcia Institute of Education, Integrity, Culture and Public Policy: Corpus Christi Watchdog Authority: Judge Westergren has been given the opportunity to produce the ...

I remember the dust up with Neal and David Garcia it was intresting how he was fired after looking into the deals with Thomas Duran and Neals insuranc

2007-07-28T21:30:00.000-07:00

Garrett joins Neal in opposition

By Fanny S. Chirinos (Contact), Jaime Powell (Contact)
Saturday, July 28, 2007

Caller-Times file photo Local governments have been wrangling for 18 months for control of a board that would oversee funding for the redevelopment of Naval Station Ingleside's surplus property after the Navy leaves in 2010.

p-MineWarfare1-CT PHOTO BY G TULEY - Part of the Mine Warfare fleet berthed at Naval Station Ingleside (03/21/06 GT)

CORPUS CHRISTI — Mistrust in the effort to establish a board to redevelop Naval Station Ingleside spread further Friday as Corpus Christi Mayor Henry Garrett said he and the city would not participate.

Garrett said he took a cue from his predecessor, Nueces County Judge Loyd Neal, who said in a letter to participating local governments that he could not in good conscience support the effort. Neal was angry that some members of the Ingleside City Council, a San Patricio County commissioner and a member of Neal's own Commissioners Court worked out a plan with U.S. Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz, D-Corpus Christi, without Neal's knowledge.

The rest of the Nueces County Commissioners Court support the plan first introduced and approved by the Ingleside City Council, and those who participated in the planning with Ortiz said they had nothing to hide and didn't attempt to hide their actions.

Ortiz said Friday he was offended by assertions that the July 9 meeting was clandestine and undermined the authority of any individual or group. Ortiz said his doors are always open to his constituents and he is trying to help communities affected by base closures, adding that the military subcommittee he chairs allocated $1 million for this area's local redevelopment authority.

"These people, the county judge and others, have not moved from their rears," Ortiz said. "They've been spinning their wheels for years and they haven't accomplished anything. We've lost about 8,000 jobs and for them to be spinning their wheels knowing the base will close soon is disgusting."

While Neal's opposition to the local redevelopment authority held no sway on his Commissioners Court, members of the Corpus Christi City Council, Port Commission and San Patricio County Commissioners Court rallied to him.

As late as noon Friday, Garrett, with approval from the City Council, was prepared to step onto the proposed board. He also had asked Councilman John Marez to serve as the city's second representative, with majority council approval. Friday afternoon Garrett changed his mind.

"There are a lot of things being done and I don't think they are being done in good faith," Garrett said. "I think that they are playing a lot of games I don't want to be a part of. This is a very important issue that should be dealt with in a very professional manner. It should be very transparent and there is no room for secret meetings or negotiations without everybody being involved."

Marez said Friday afternoon that he agrees with the mayor.

Local governments have been wrangling for 18 months for control of the authority to redevelop Naval Station Ingleside's surplus property after the Navy leaves in 2010. The board they are seeking to establish is called a local redevelopment authority, a group of community leaders charged with carrying out the Base Realignment and Closure mandates The authority must be recognized by the Defense Department's Office of Economic Adjustment to receive funding.

Ingleside Mayor Elaine Kemp said the city's local redevelopment authority resolution stipulates that all entities agree on the plan, which includes a nine-member board -- two appointees each from Nueces and San Patricio counties, the city of Ingleside, the city of Corpus Christi and one from the Port of Corpus Christi.

The Nueces County Commissioners Court, which passed the plan Wednesday, removed that stipulation Wednesday at Commissioner Oscar Ortiz's behest, leaving Ingleside to consult with its attorney to see if the plan can move forward without universal support.

Neal and the city of Corpus Christi pulled away from the proposed redevelopment authority after published accounts of a July 9 meeting to develop and prepare a local redevelopment authority for 155 acres of base property, about 100 of which are submerged. Present were Commissioner Ortiz, his brother Rep. Ortiz, the congressman's former chief of staff Florencio "Lencho" Rendon, Ingleside City Councilwoman Stella Herrmann and San Patricio County Commissioner Jim Price. The base's other 912 acres will belong to the port, which had deeded it to the Navy to establish the base.

the meeting

Commissioner Ortiz defended the meeting, saying the Commissioners Court had an unofficial understanding that he would take the lead in matters involving the redevelopment authority.

Neal said Herrmann and acting Ingleside City Manager Paul Baen had approached him with the local redevelopment authority proposal after the July 9 meeting of which Neal was unaware.

"I said this is OK, I guess, but you are going to have trouble getting this by Oscar Ortiz," Neal said. "She said, 'well I can take care of Oscar.' I said, 'fine, good luck.' At no time did she say that she had met with Oscar and that they had met and done all this stuff. They came to see me, but they never said, 'we have this all worked out'. And that's not right."

Neal said he is unsure why Oscar Ortiz believes he has the authority to meet privately and negotiate on behalf of the county.

"He assumed it, I guess, based on what might have happened under a prior administration," said Neal, who took office in January. "We have had no discussions about anyone having authority to negotiate a separate deal without bringing it back to the court and saying, 'this is what I have done.' I don't assume that authority, even though I am the county judge."

On Friday, Nueces County Commissioners Betty Jean Longoria, Peggy Bañales and Chuck Cazalas confirmed that Oscar Ortiz has been the point man for the county on the redevelopment authority matter and that they continue to support the Ingleside proposal.

"As far as I'm concerned, Oscar is the lead on this," Longoria said. "I don't recall anyone at the table questioning how we ended up with the (local redevelopment authority) and who had partaken in the meeting. If anyone had any questions, that would have been the time to have asked and no one did. The judge is using that as an excuse, not I. My vote stands."

The San Patricio County Commissioners Court is scheduled to vote Monday on the proposal. On Friday, two members said they favor the plan, two are opposed and one is undecided.

County Judge Terry Simpson and Commissioner Fred Nardini said they won't vote to endorse the plan.

"My view of this is Loyd Neal has always been an honorable person and he has always had high integrity and that this just goes to show that he is still that type of person, and he is doing what the citizens of Nueces County voted him in to do -- the right thing, not behind closed doors," Simpson said.

shared frustration

San Patricio County commissioners Jim Price and Nina Trevino said they likely are to support the proposal because it needs to go forward. Commissioner Alma Moreno said she is undecided.

Port of Corpus Christi Chairman Ruben Bonilla and port commissioners Mike Carrell and Judy Hawley said the port commission will not vote on the matter and does not want a part.

"Basically, the port does not need (local redevelopment authority), period," Bonilla said. "The port's reversionary right is exclusive and is for the common good. If the port is allowed to do its work, the region will be economically transformed, with a burst of new jobs and a significant elevation of the tax base."

Carrell said Neal is having a similar experience to some of the port commissioners, when dealing with the commissioners court.

"I think it is clear that he is expressing the same frustration that we have in trying to deal with the county," Carrell said. "We would like them to be at the table and be a part of the planning, but the only way they want to be at the table is if they can control the property that legally belongs to the port. They are not interested in coming to the table unless they have total control and we at the port are not willing to give that up."

Port commissioners Yolanda Olivarez and Kenneth Berry support the proposal and hope it is on the August port commission agenda.

Port commissioner Robert Gonzalez declined to say where he stood on the proposal.

Port commissioner Bernard Paulson did not return calls.

Corpus Christi City Council members including Nelda Martinez, Mike McCutchon and Bill Kelly said Friday they have concerns about the handling of the redevelopment authority to date.

McCutchon's endorsement of city appointees hinged on a promise from Garrett that the city would not play any part in trying to usurp the port's reversionary rights on the Navy property.

"The bottom line is that the port bought that property and gave it to the Navy," he said. "The land needs to go back to the port. If it is attempting to control what happens to that area after that base closes I have a problem with that."

Martinez said Neal's withdrawal was a sticking point for her.

"Judge Neal has a high level of integrity," she said. "To see that his leadership will not be part of this initiative gives me a strong concern. His input is a critical piece to this process of redeveloping Naval Station Ingleside. When a man of Loyd Neal's integrity pulls out of a process as important as this, it raises a red flag."

Corpus Christi City Councilman Bill Kelly said developments including the alleged behind-the-scenes dealings and Neal's withdrawal made him nervous.

"If anybody was going to be the tacit representative of the city it would be the mayor or someone chosen by majority vote of the City Council." Kelly said. "I would not presume to speak or negotiate on behalf of the entire City Council as one member of the City Council without the approval of the majority of the council. The only person I think that could expect to have that right is the mayor."

Contact Jaime Powell at 886-3716 or powellj@caller.com. Contact Fanny S. Chirinos at 886-3759 or chirinosf@caller.com.

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Posted by muffin on July 28, 2007 at 7:59 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Hmmm... I'm out of district so it's none of my business but I think I would trust Neal and Garret a lot more than Solomon Ortiz, who has spent a lot of time in Washington and moves very smoothly within the "system" there which is and has been causing most of our problems here in this country. As one of the "leaders" in a congress with a 14% approval rating (the lowest ever in our history), I don't believe I'd trust him to work out some "deal in the dark" that was in my best interest...

Posted by baircub on July 28, 2007 at 8:22 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Myself, I think Oscar Ortiz owes a number of people an apology, and then make a pledge to be OPEN and forthcoming with every last meeting that's held, and include everyone on the committee. It's time to offer an olive branch at the very least. This whole area needs to get it's act together and work cooperatively. There's too much at stake. I think some fence mending is in order. If Oscar Ortiz is so concerned, and thinking the so called "opposition" is just sitting on their duffs not doing anything, the best thing he could have done would have made sure that everyone was involved, that everyone was kept in the communications loop. To then go and punitively leave some people out, just made things worse. Any good project manager worth their salt knows that. Solomon, you screwed up, son.

Posted by intheknow on July 28, 2007 at 9:08 a.m. (Suggest removal)

"Judge Neal has a high level of integrity," Nelda MArtinez said. ! Ha that is the funniest thing I read in the story. After 8 yrs when lloyd was making a killing on his insurance deals with the city when he was mayor! What a joke! Remember about 6-8 yrs ago when then city manager garcia started to dig in the city insurance contracts and the mayors ins company, poof the next day he was FIRED! sure neal has lots of intergity! And I have ocean front property in Az!

I just want something done! This has been going on way to long!

"Local governments have been wrangling for 18 months for control of the authority to redevelop Naval Station Ingleside's surplus property after the Navy leaves in 2010. "

Ask yourself what is worng with the Ingleside proposal?

"a nine-member board -- two appointees each from Nueces and San Patricio counties, the city of Ingleside, the city of Corpus Christi and one from the Port of Corpus Christi"

Move people, jobs and econ development are at stake!

Posted by gulfdem on July 28, 2007 at 9:21 a.m. (Suggest removal)

As far as I'm concerned the Port and the City can not do anything right! The port has lost every deal they try to make for the La Quinta terminal that we have been reading about for the last 100yrs! When is that gonna creat jobs? As far as the city and paper they now they want to hire a consultant? to thell them what? The roof of the building is blue and its old? With a new city council I thought we would do better

Posted by babsyemen on July 28, 2007 at 9:51 a.m. (Suggest removal)

From the outside, it looks like a bunch of tittybabies crying because they weren't given their proper due. Meanwhile, the Coastal Bend is the ONLY community that has not formed its committee and begun plans to redevelop.

Posted by truthincc on July 28, 2007 at 10:46 a.m. (Suggest removal)

intheknow - you don't have a clue based on your comments about Neal, David Garcia and insurance. Neal does have more integrity than the remainder of the commissioners combined.

It is not about the makeup of the committe but more about Ortiz acting like he is county judge and pulling another typical move to try and give another Ortiz connection (Redon) some dollars. They tried it with Randy Delay as well as others if you go and check out the contracts during the last county judge's four years in office.

This County and City will not even start to move forward till changes are made in a number of elected officials which include Washington, Austin and the County Courthouse. The question remains as if it will happen or not with the election of Neal being the only event which indicated any hope.

It's too bad that a petition to remove the four county commissioners is not allowed under our state law. I wonder if our delegation would support legislation to provide that mechanism? Don't hold your breath waiting on that one to happen.

Posted by dvillarreal1981 on July 28, 2007 at 11:36 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I support people trying to get something done with the property--to build economic prosperity in an area that will become an economic blight after the Navy leaves.

We've known the Navy is going to leave for some time now.

Why haven't those who are now complaining--NEAL especially but also GARRETT--done anything yet to resolve the problem?

It seems like there are some people working to get something done with a plan--and those who aren't involved are getting all upset that their names aren't included.

Stop following and LEAD. Get a plan done. ACTIONS speak louder than words. Stop with your EGO, LLOYD. Because you're not involved doesn't make the process automatically insufficient.

GARRETT needs to go. He's obviously a follower... in every issue. You could ask to build a waste plant in the middle of the city, and he would go along so long as a well-named developer was attached to the project. He lacks the brainpower to discern a proper deal that will develop the city without negatively impacting our future. He'll jump on any bandwagon.

I wish McCutchon or some one of equal strength would step up.

Posted by 23jump on July 28, 2007 at 11:42 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Looks like someone hit a nerve truthincc, I remember the dust up with Neal and David Garcia it was intresting how he was fired after looking into the deals with Thomas Duran and Neals insurance intrest.

Fact is that County and City goverment need to work together to move this city! Neal thought that he would run the show in all the coastal bend, but the city voters and term limits removed the old establishment city council members and not to mention that Tom Utter is GONE! (amen!) It looks as if Mike McCution and Hummel run the show at city hall, not mayor Garret.

Posted by truthincc on July 28, 2007 at 1:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)

23jump I agree with you that the City and County need to work together but disagree about Neal. Neal and the County would work with the city with the exception of four problems-the two on his left and the two on his right at the meetings.

No nerve was hit but just suggest you might reconsider if you think you know the facts about David Garcia's departure. I can promise you if you think it was what you said that you are far off base.

McCuthon and Hummell running the show? More accurate statement would be that no one is running the show. The performance to date has for the most part been that of each going in their own direction. Performance to date and keep in mind it's only been a few months so there is time for improvement---C minus.

Posted by stff on July 28, 2007 at 2:01 p.m. (Suggest removal)

The sooner the Ortiz politcal machine is put out of business, the better things will be in Nueces County and the Coastal Bend.

Posted by rflk on July 28, 2007 at 2:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)

The naval station is in San Patricio County! That county should have the majority say in the redevelopement. If I was the San Pat judge I would remind Corpus Christi and Nueces county of that fact. If they dont want to work with the San Pat county then fine; they missed their chance for input. Talk about incompetence of government this is a textbook case.. The clowns in Nueces and Corpus want to control everything but dont know what to do but complain and give away tax payer money.

Posted by browardjoe on July 28, 2007 at 2:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)

"Neals integrity?"...cmon. Why don't you bow down and kiss the old mans feet. Nelda makes me want to vomit with those comments. This guy's integrity is all talk and no substance. I guess people look the other way on his shoddy insurance deals over the years with the city, his shoddy deals with Paulson on the port commission, among many others. Its the same old crap with Neal. Hes a crotchity old man who has not been able to get anything done on the court because the commissioners are not kissing his feet furthing his high dollar agenda like the Brent, Henry, Rex, Mark council did. "whatever you want, Loyd," is all those guys did because they and their supporters all stood to profit over all the projects. Now the county is going nowhere because Neal cant get along with anyone of whom he is not finacially or politically aligned and the county is suffering because of it. Don't forget that he voted against a measure to have increased transparency in govt. 4 months ago. Its a joke, hes a joke, and the county will pay the price. Its very easy for Neal to always blame anything that goes wrong on the Shamsie admisitration...but he is the problem.

Posted by truthincc on July 28, 2007 at 3:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)

browardjoe people like you can make all the accusations in the world yet you can't back up a single one with any facts. You are not expressing anything other than the world as you see it which is fine but don't act like it is based on a single fact when it is not.

Bring back one fact that can be verfied about all these "insurance deals" and then that great term "among many others". I am sure it is very uncomfortable for the county now that he is forcing things to be out in the open and all those good old boy contracts are getting harder and harder to get. I have certainly disagreed with Neal on some issues but his integrity was not something that ever came into question.

Facts remember and not what you "heard" or some twist on something where you take something and put together a string of events that just must have taken place.

Posted by petcav on July 28, 2007 at 4:27 p.m. (Suggest removal)

After reading the previous comments, it is obvious that the final decision should be that of the San Pat county court. Once again, the Ortiz, "it's only in my own mind that I'm a dynasty" is caught playing the part of head cheese. Although, it is taking some time, eventually the voters will see the light and make some changes at the voting booth. We can vote the Ortiz's out. All it takes is a little bit of education.

Posted by fromdd on July 28, 2007 at 5:48 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Sounds like those folks over in Inglside aren't willing to sit around and wait for the CC council to do things on "Corpus Christi Time", a unit of measure only exceded by infinity!
Maybe Ingleside just doesn't want a taxpayer supported shopping center or to just hand over the waterfront to a billion dollar condo developer. I don't blame them. Who would want to take advise from someone who can't even run there own city? If Corpus had their way, they would spend Inglside's million dollar developement grant on years and years of consultant fees!

Posted by traveling_4_u on July 28, 2007 at 6:13 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Sounds to me like a violation of the open meetings act has occurred. May be some one should be notify of the back door dealings going on. Just a thought.

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

2007-07-18T02:32:00.000-07:00

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.

Betty Jean Longoria & Tyner Little: All Talk & No Action. How many floods & how many promises? Where is the Infrastructure?

2007-07-09T21:59:00.000-07:00

Are these people not taxpayers of Nueces County?

County works to alleviate Colonias drainage woes

July 7, 2007 06:38 PM

County works to alleviate Colonias drainage woes

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CORPUS CHRISTI - Colonias residents have been dealing with standing water and a funky odor since the recent rain. They want the county to step up and fix the drainage problems, and Nueces County Commissioner Betty Jean Longoria said the county is working on a plan.

No further work has been done on it because the two grants the county applied for were denied

Residents living in the county's three Colonias said both their yards and nearby ditches are filled with water, polluted with overflow from septic tanks.

Residents living in Rose Acres, Tierra Grande and Petronila Estates said enough is enough. Those residents said the county needs to fix the drainage problems. The rain has come and gone, transforming yards at the Tierra Grande Colonia into ponds and ditches into dark pools of water filled with mosquitos, debris and even human feces.

That messy combination is overflowing into yards from flooded septic systems. County officials said this Colonia was hardest hit by the rains.

At Rose Acres Colonia, residents like Mario Rodriguez are dealing with similar problems. Rodriguez is now forced to deal with the standing water and the fowl smell it's left behind.

"Definitely they need to do more," Ramirez said. "I don't think they have done nothing, nothing at all. They need to do more about it. You can see that water is not running fast enough."

Ramirez said conditions are so bad in his neighborhood that he's worried about his kids' safety.

"Actually, my kids, they've got to stay inside all the time. I don't want them to come outside at all," he said.

Ramirez said parts of his yard have flooded at least three times since he moved into his home a year ago.

Angie Torres has lived in the Tierra Grande Colonia since 1978 and has tried to get help with the drainage out here, but said nothing was ever done.

"If we wait for someone to give us something, they are not going to give us anything," Torres said. "We need to work for everything."

Torres said her neighbors have added dirt to their properties to help alleviate the flooding, but many feel the county needs to step in and fix the drainage problems once and for all.

County officials said it will take several weeks for this water to dry up. Longoria said the county is working on a multi-million dollar plan that would help improve drainage in the Colonias.

Longoria toured each of the four Colonias in Nueces County, and she was surprised by what she saw.

"It does look better than what I've seen it before," Longoria said. "I've seen this road full, the sad thing about it is we just did all this road work."

But pot holes are just some of the problems the flood waters are creating out there, and Longoria said she's been working on a plan for the past four years that would improve drainage in these areas that are now filled with standing water.

"Along the county, ditches don't lead anywhere, so that's the reason you have standing water," Longoria said. "They aren't going anywhere; they aren't going anywhere because they don't have an outlet for the water."

Longoria said the county wide drainage plan has hit some snags along the way.

"If I drain this area, this ditch, and other ditches, all I'm going to do is flood someone down steam, and I was told that by more than one engineer," she said.

So commissioners have gone back to the drawing board to come up with a design that would help get this water flowing again, and they are also considering a county-wide drainage district that would collect taxes to help alleviate the flooding.

"I don't want that plan developed," Longoria said. "I want that plan done, and it's not a matter of being completed in a year, and I don't know enough about it yet, where I can tell the citizens it's going to be completed in five years, two years or what."

The county has $800,000 in state money to help fund the drainage plan, but the total cost of the project is expected run millions of dollars.

Online Reporter: Roxanne Carrillo

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

2007-07-02T02:46:00.000-07:00

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

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2007-06-24T04:29:00.000-07:00

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CORPUS CHRISTI — The Nueces County Medical Examiner's Office may lose certification and be forced to delay critical reports without more workspace and a larger staff in the next two years, officials said.

The office is forced to ask the Commissioners Court for extra resources estimated at $640,000 for the next fiscal year to manage a rapidly increasing workload and national recertification in 2009 that mandates a maximum ratio of autopsies performed for each forensic pathologist, said Nueces County Medical Examiner Dr. Ray Fernandez. That estimate includes a one-time cost of $500,000 for a 2,000-square-foot addition to the office and hiring another pathologist with a $140,000 annual salary.

As medical examiner, Fernandez is responsible for investigating the deaths of all people who die violently, suddenly or unexpectedly. Since 1996, the number of cases reported to the office increased by 54 percent to 1,528 deaths in 2006 from 990 cases in 1996, according to county medical examiner data. The escalating number of cases results from increasing population, more immigrant traffic in the area and a higher frequency of death reports from surrounding counties, Fernandez said.

"The volume of work has grown tremendously," Fernandez said. "Right now I'm the chief examiner, the associate and the one who locks up the place."

While the office isn't backlogged, it is getting close and may start seeing delays in autopsy reports, death certificates and other documents if something isn't done, Fernandez said. These documents directly impact residents in the ability to execute an estate and file insurance claims, he said.

A delay in autopsy reports -- or if the office isn't recertified during its next review scheduled for fall 2009 -- could jeopardize the prosecution of homicides and police investigations, said District Attorney Carlos Valdez. Prosecutors are unable to prove a homicide case without the testimony and findings of the medical examiner, Valdez said.

"We're talking about the criminal justice system -- ultimately protection of the public," he said. "If something breaks down in the criminal justice system, it affects everything and in the end it may cause guilty people to walk free."

The Nueces County office is one of five statewide that are certified by the National Association of Medical Examiners out of 13 offices statewide, according to the association. According to Valdez, that certification adds a degree of credibility during criminal trials.

certified office

Medical examiner's offices, along with all statewide crime labs, were required to be certified under a 2005 state law, Fernandez said. However, the state granted a temporary exemption to medical examiners before the law took effect.

The Nueces County Office received certification by the National Association of Medical Examiners in November 2004 to gear up for what is expected to be a requirement in coming years. The exemption still is in effect but may be dropped during the 2009 legislative session, Fernandez said.

One of the certification provisions bars having more than 325 autopsies for each forensic pathologist, and the recommended maximum is no more than 250 autopsies each.

In 2006, the Nueces County office performed 328 autopsies stemming from Nueces County, which does not include autopsies of bodies from the 16 surrounding counties the office serves.

Data for autopsies from surrounding counties in the past few years was not immediately available, but likely add 100 to 150 autopsies per year, Fernandez said.

"We are at a crossroads here -- we're either going to move resources, maintain accreditation and be in compliance or expect to see delays," Fernandez said. "If nothing's done (the delays) probably would come sooner rather than later. It would probably be in the coming year or the following year after that."

considering request

Fernandez presented to commissioners requests for a facility upgrade, an extra forensic pathologist and an assistant last month during the court's budget workshops. County Judge Loyd Neal said last week that the court understands the request and will come to a decision before the 2007-2008 budget is finalized in September.

"We don't want this office not to be certified," Neal said. "With that said, there's a price tag attached to that of several hundred thousand dollars. ... One of the issues we will look at is the importance of doing this in a timely basis, and how do we pay for it."

The 2,000-square-foot expansion of the office would include an office for the extra forensic pathologist, additional workspace and a family grieving room, Fernandez said.

The request also includes hiring a permanent autopsy assistant.

"We certainly are going to work with (Dr. Fernandez) in every way we can to make sure we've looked at all alternatives and make sure we are properly equipped and funded for when inspection comes," Neal said. "But there's no guarantees. We have several million dollars' worth of requests before us and this is one of them."

Contact David Kassabian at 886-3778 or kassabiand@caller.com

The number of cases reported to the office increased by 54% to 1,528 deaths in 2006 from 990 cases in 1996.

Responsibilities

Investigate the deaths of people who die violently, suddenly or unexpectedly.

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The Serpent IN the Garden January 14, 1996 Houston: Inaction Allowed Abuser To Roam For 10 Years.

2007-06-24T00:55:00.000-07:00

The Serpent IN the Garden January 14, 1996 Houston: Inaction Allowed Abuser To Roam For 10 Years.

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

2007-06-22T04:43:00.000-07:00

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,

Can RISD Trustees Contract, Vend or Conduct Business with the Robstown Independent School District? How 'bout RISD Trustee Jerry Gonzalez

2007-06-13T03:23:00.001-07:00

Google Yourself Corpus Christi: When Carlos Valdez Confesses Error Does Not The Same Rule Apply?

2007-06-08T05:13:00.000-07:00

Google Yourself Corpus Christi: When Carlos Valdez Confesses Error Does Not The Same Rule Apply?

First, in seeking the death penalty, prosecutors sometimes overlook glaring illegalities.

"courts, especially state courts, are too often willing to overlook even obvious constitutional flaws when reviewing death penalty cases."

And if they are "willing to overlook even obvious constitutional flaws and glaring illegalities when Prosecuting & reviewing death penalty cases."

WATT about all of the other cases?

How many "overlooks" of "constitutional flaws" or "glaring illegalities" have become tools of Cheating Prosecutors who have forgotten "Prosecutors, despite striking hard blows, must never lose sight of their ultimate obligation to do justice in every case.

How many Prosecutors deliberately commit the error of failing to file a reply brief in an Appeal Process because it deprives the appellant of exculpatory testimony, evidence, and confessions of error or witness tampering by the State Prosecuting Attorney?

Capelo, Solly, Shamsie and the Delay Brothers (Randolph & Tom) So WATT is so different about those Republicans you love and Republicans You Loathe?

2007-06-05T22:40:00.000-07:00

who controlled the Jail and how Randy Delay not getting the $1.2 million contract along with Shamsies animosity from being forced out and dislike of Larry is the reason Randy Delay's Federal Lobby Influence pulled a power play and the Federal Prisoners could no longer stay?

OK people here it goes. I apologize if this offends and certainly encourage anyone who disputes or challenges anything written in this Article to rebut / respond.

All submissions are posted regardless of position or standing.

Now, to the heart of the matter; the "Shamsie Tick" FKA the "Shamsie Clique" network of Avarice and Fiscal Loophole Specialties.

Dear Mr Shamsie,

Mr Boss Of Bosses, Jefe de Jefe, or fiscal deconstructionists (creative accountant) and his oddball choice of high ballin contractor without bid process. It turns out …..

DOS Logistics & Omega Contracting Inc.-

Public Private Strategies-

Last year, Shamsie and County Commissioner Oscar Ortiz unsuccessfully sought to award DeLay a $1.2 million contract to lobby on behalf of local military installations. Source: CCCT

The Correction Corporations of America (CCA)-

The Federal Prison Lobby Bureau of Prisons-

Randy DeLay, the brother of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.), lobbied the Bureau of Prisons to send its prisoners to RCDC [Reeves County Detention Facility], at the behest of county officials.

Randy DeLay isn't the only member of his family with an interest in corrections. In December, Rep. DeLay accepted a $100,000 check from the CCA for the DeLay Foundation for Kids. ,

The Primary Robstown Private Prison Contractor (LCS) Leverage of Public Opinion that affected the election.

Political ad could alter deal

Commissioner Betty Jean Longoria said it would be unfortunate if the political ad kills the project.

CAMPAIGN MUD BEING SLUNG HARD
Company officials refused to comment on whether the ad has now jeopardized the plans to build the corrections facility, saying it might unfairly impact the election.

But, but,…. but Lencho Rendon was Alvarez's consultant and he is in business with Randy Delay so why would the Louisiana Contractor (Robstown Federal Prison Project) dare to offend a candidate of Lencho? Did Lencho squeeze Alvarez to eliminate him for a candidate he could or thought he could control? Is that candidate Jimmy Rodriguez or Jim Kaelin? Is there any truth that Kaelin is being courted (or has received campaign donations) from WATT Democrat? The Federal Prisoner Removal, the abuse of a Political Familia from Robstown and the Nueces County Jail Conditions but you wanted to give 1.2 million to Randy Delay for WATT?

"I remember Lencho telling me that his ideal dream team (to help BND) would be (lobbyist) Randy DeLay, (Monterrey consult-ant) Esther Rodriguez and 'Madam Ping,'" Lasseigne said.

Benny deserves better than two for a nickel. He was loyal to your familia and your daughter.

2007-05-30T02:22:00.001-07:00

Besides that there are many other properties that are in worse condition. Help the man.

Attorney Joe Flores is asking the City to work with the elderly on code violations. He says he's investigated the situation and it appears the City is targeting elderly westside residents who don't have the money to keep their homes up to community standards. He says that most live on a fixed income and don't have the money or the health to keep up the appearance of their homes. Flores is asking that the City of Corpus Christi begin a program where jail inmates and/or volunteers come to the homes of elderly violators and fix them up.

CCISD: Why are CCISD Students allowed to run at large during school day hours?

2007-05-25T01:35:00.000-07:00

CCISD: Why are CCISD Students allowed to run at large during school day hours?

Education is for our Children, our Youth, our Future. Children and Youth need constant redirection and set boundaries at home and at school as well. When a minor is allowed to run at large during the school day hours whether it is in the halls, leaving or returning a closed campus or simply unaccounted for is irresponsible of the caretaker whose custody in which he / she is placed.
Kenedeno

An absent student is one who does not arrive at school in the morning and is absent for the WHOLE Day. The student was never on campus. The Parent is responsible for the student getting to school (requiring the student to attend school). If the student does not get to school it is the Parent’s responsibility not necessarily the Parent’s fault. There are circumstances where the student will walk in the front door and out the back door without attending a single class. This is where the attendance officers need to improve their due diligence like the old days.
Once the student is counted present in the morning; the Parent has required the student (child) to attend school. Once the student is verified in attendance at the beginning of the school day the student is in the custody of the School.
If the student is tardy or skips class (on campus or off campus) this happens on the watch of the school. The Parent if informed should cooperate and communicate with the School Counselors Administrators and the Attendance Officer to correct the behavior. The Security and Attendance officer should take notice and tighten the belt. This is a security issue as well; there is no excuse for students coming and going outside of the lunch period and it is imperative that attendance irregularities be dealt with within 24 hours. This is easily done with our modern technology.
Instead, what we are seeing is the Attendance Officers documenting the absences as they accumulate and filing on the Parent and student when the number of absences are achieved.

Texas Public Education Watchdog Authority

Google Yourself Corpus Christi: Google Yourself Corpus Christi! CCREDC's Roland Mower, Corpus Christi's E. Ray Covey & TEDC Leadership. Who is E. Ray

2007-05-23T22:09:00.000-07:00

Google Yourself Corpus Christi: Google Yourself Corpus Christi! CCREDC's Roland Mower, Corpus Christi's E. Ray Covey & TEDC Leadership. Who is E. Ray Covey?

Nueces County Watchdog Authority

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

EL Defenzor.net: Nueces Democrats: We dont know that Joe Benavides will make a better Commissioner than the incumbent

Sunday, December 30, 2007

JOE BENAVIDES

Texa$ Wall $treet Journal: Will your loved one become an unknown or unborn heir to the HELLHOLE of a Death Trap Another Dares to Call Frivolous or Fra

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Will your loved one become an unknown or unborn heir to the HELLHOLE of a Death Trap Another Dares to Call Frivolous or Fraudulent?

Durrill v. Ford Motor Company

Dancing Politicos: Texas Monthly Web Press: Fil & Junior John ( the Two Juniors) dont give a hoot about a VA Hospital or Children’s Healthcare, they d

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

South Texas Verdad: Just remember that last step is a doozie.

County to look at appointment process, write guidelines

Term lengths, limits will be discussed for 37 local boards

Google Yourself Corpus Christi: Is Fil Vela going into the fraud abuse prosecution racket & the manufacturing of fraud abuse prosecutions? Inroads (fo

(LCS) Leverage of Public Opinion: Did Lencho squeeze Alvarez to eliminate him as a candidate

Political Pulse: San Patricio County Watchdog Authority

San Patricio County Watchdog Authority

Google Yourself Corpus Christi: setexasrec: If you disagree, I got 4 brand spankin new ones to put on your family vehicle; oh yeah & one spare just in

Hector P Garcia Institute of Education, Integrity, Culture and Public Policy: Corpus Christi Watchdog Authority: Fwd: [Bay of Pigs] Judge Westergren h

I remember the dust up with Neal and David Garcia it was intresting how he was fired after looking into the deals with Thomas Duran and Neals insuranc

Garrett joins Neal in opposition

Caller-Times file photo Local governments have been wrangling for 18 months for control of a board that would oversee funding for the redevelopment of Naval Station Ingleside's surplus property after the Navy leaves in 2010.

p-MineWarfare1-CT PHOTO BY G TULEY - Part of the Mine Warfare fleet berthed at Naval Station Ingleside (03/21/06 GT)

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

Betty Jean Longoria & Tyner Little: All Talk & No Action. How many floods & how many promises? Where is the Infrastructure?

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

2007-07-02

A Civil Action in the Making?

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.

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 !!!

EL Defenzor.net: Watt is the "common denominator?" pos Quayate......Shoewe ME D QUAN>>>>>

The Serpent IN the Garden January 14, 1996 Houston: Inaction Allowed Abuser To Roam For 10 Years.

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

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

Can RISD Trustees Contract, Vend or Conduct Business with the Robstown Independent School District? How 'bout RISD Trustee Jerry Gonzalez

Google Yourself Corpus Christi: When Carlos Valdez Confesses Error Does Not The Same Rule Apply?

Capelo, Solly, Shamsie and the Delay Brothers (Randolph & Tom) So WATT is so different about those Republicans you love and Republicans You Loathe?

Benny deserves better than two for a nickel. He was loyal to your familia and your daughter.

CCISD: Why are CCISD Students allowed to run at large during school day hours?

Texas Public Education Watchdog Authority

Google Yourself Corpus Christi: Google Yourself Corpus Christi! CCREDC's Roland Mower, Corpus Christi's E. Ray Covey & TEDC Leadership. Who is E. Ray

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}