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Did you hear what happened during the Friday meeting of the Cameron County Bail Bond Board meeting?
Yesterday was the day officers were elected by the 12-member board. Of those, 404th District Judge Elia Cornejo Lopez was absent and attorney Myles Garza abstained citing a possible conflict because he was unsure if his term had expired.
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Cameron County Clerk Sylvia Garza-Perez, who enjoys the support of some of the most prominent bail bondsmen in the county, chaired the meeting, apparently expecting Cameron County Judge Eddie Treviño, also a board member, to nominate her for another term and have his support carry the day for her.
As the group considered nominations, Laura Perez-Reyes, sitting in for Cameron County Court-at-Law # 3 Judge David Gonzalez, nominated Cameron County Treasurer David Betancourt and Brownsville Municipal Judge Bobby Lerma seconded the motion.
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President Garza-Perez asked if there were any more nominations to silence. She asked again and turned in Terviño's direction wondering what was keeping him from nominating her. Again, silence. She asked a third time and Eddie got the message and said he nominated Garza-Perez to remain as president.
However, when Garza-Perez asked who would second the judge's motion, no one spoke up. She asked again, and again no one made a second.
Exasperated, she laughed nervously and said she would second the motion to nominate herself to remain president and called for the vote.
In an earlier similar vote the last time officers were elected, she said that this time there would be secret ballots cast to avoid controversy. The members – minus Elia and Myles – voted.
The result? Of the 10 members present, eight voted for Betancourt for president and two – Treviño and herself – vote to keep Garza-Perez as chair.
Then, when Betancourt, now chairing the meeting, asked for nominations for vice president, no one nominated anyone. Things remained awkward for a while until Betancourt said he would nominate Garza-Perez and asked for a vote of acclamation.
Garza-Perez had defeated David's sister Lali in the election for county clerk in the past Democratic Party primary, so the fact that she was replaced by her challenger's brother had to be a bitter irony.
And so the county clerk, who entered the meeting as president and expected to emerge as the chair of the board, emerged as a charity vice. It was not a good Friday for her, just as it was not a good Friday for her counterpart Superintendent Esperanza Zendejas at the Brownsville Independent School District. District
Did you hear what happened during the Friday meeting of the Cameron County Bail Bond Board meeting?
Yesterday was the day officers were elected by the 12-member board. Of those, 404th District Judge Elia Cornejo Lopez was absent and attorney Myles Garza abstained citing a possible conflict because he was unsure if his term had expired.
Cameron County Clerk Sylvia Garza-Perez, who enjoys the support of some of the most prominent bail bondsmen in the county, chaired the meeting, apparently expecting Cameron County Judge Eddie Treviño, also a board member, to nominate her for another term and have his support carry the day for her.As the group considered nominations, Laura Perez-Reyes, sitting in for Cameron County Court-at-Law # 3 Judge David Gonzalez, nominated Cameron County Treasurer David Betancourt and Brownsville Municipal Judge Bobby Lerma seconded the motion.
President Garza-Perez asked if there were any more nominations to silence. She asked again and turned in Terviño's direction wondering what was keeping him from nominating her. Again, silence. She asked a third time and Eddie got the message and said he nominated Garza-Perez to remain as president.
However, when Garza-Perez asked who would second the judge's motion, no one spoke up. She asked again, and again no one made a second.
Exasperated, she laughed nervously and said she would second the motion to nominate herself to remain president and called for the vote.
In an earlier similar vote the last time officers were elected, she said that this time there would be secret ballots cast to avoid controversy. The members – minus Elia and Myles – voted.
The result? Of the 10 members present, eight voted for Betancourt for president and two – Treviño and herself – vote to keep Garza-Perez as chair.
Then, when Betancourt, now chairing the meeting, asked for nominations for vice president, no one nominated anyone. Things remained awkward for a while until Betancourt said he would nominate Garza-Perez and asked for a vote of acclamation.
Garza-Perez had defeated David's sister Lali in the election for county clerk in the past Democratic Party primary, so the fact that she was replaced by her challenger's brother had to be a bitter irony.
And so the county clerk, who entered the meeting as president and expected to emerge as the chair of the board, emerged as a charity vice. It was not a good Friday for her, just as it was not a good Friday for her counterpart Superintendent Esperanza Zendejas at the Brownsville Independent School District. District