Special to El Rrun-Rrun
At the time, the SBISD website said that the district's administrators and trustees extended their most sincere appreciation to the voters of the community for "embracing the district’s vision, goals, and plans and planned to have updates on the next steps for these projects.
"Stay tuned!," they said.
We'll it's been a while but here's where things stand.
The bond issue was passed through the leadership of Orlando "Papas" Lopez, the Place 4 trustee of the SBISD and de facto leader the majority which includes board president Michael Vargas. So how did Hidalgo County get its grimy paws n the $40 million in debt to be generated by future taxes on San Benito taxpayers? Lopez works in Weslaco and leads the majority that saw fit to make former Hidalgo County commissioner Joseph Palacios projects manager to handle the bond money.
It wasn't long before the SBISD employee health insurance was handed to Yvonne Ortegon, who just happens to be the married to new Hidalgo County commissioner David Fuentes. Why she doesn't use her maiden name in her business is left for you to figure out. Pa taparle el ojo al macho, maybe?
Vargas, in turn, is the CEO of the Economic Development Corporation of Pharr, in Hidalgo County.
Illustrative of this new arrangement was the fact that when SBISD had its fundraiser gold tournament it was held the Tierra Santa Golf course at Weslaco.
Want to take a wild guess? See how many Hidalgo County contractors wind up with the contract awards. It only makes sense.
Want to take a wild guess? See how many Hidalgo County contractors wind up with the contract awards. It only makes sense.
Has Hidalgo County hijacked the SBISD $40 million bond issue? Many people here are looking at these relationships between board members and Hidlgo County "fixers" and can't help but come to that conclusion.