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Firefighters are still talking about fellow Marco Anzaldua who placed Number 1 with a perfect 100 percent score on the 2019 Brownsville Fire Department Drivers Exam.
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They extended congratulations to Anzaldua because they say that last year, after intensely studying for this exam, he only managed to get a 70s percentage score. After the results were posted, he immediately received his promotion.
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But this year, they say, he got a perfect score!
They say his mother, Becky Anzaldua, the Civil Service Director Secretary, must have been very proud, especially because she arrived to the testing site with the exams in a baby wipe box. (Photo at left taken on day of exam.)
When some firefighters approached Ben Nunez, Sr., the Civil Service Director, and told him about their suspicion that fraud and cheating might have occurred during the examinations and asked him to convey their congratulations to his secretary, for her son getting Number on the driver’s exam,” they said he brushed off their suspicions by stating, “She’s not my secretary.”
Some firefighters say that when firefighter Anzaldua didn't score well last year, they were "held up" until this year's exam was administered.
They were surprised that Nunez did not address their suspicions but rather that Anzaldua wasn't his secretary. Now many are looking for ways to address these apparent inconsistencies.
Will the troubles at Civil Service and the Fire Dept. ever end?
Firefighters are still talking about fellow Marco Anzaldua who placed Number 1 with a perfect 100 percent score on the 2019 Brownsville Fire Department Drivers Exam.
They extended congratulations to Anzaldua because they say that last year, after intensely studying for this exam, he only managed to get a 70s percentage score. After the results were posted, he immediately received his promotion.
But this year, they say, he got a perfect score!They say his mother, Becky Anzaldua, the Civil Service Director Secretary, must have been very proud, especially because she arrived to the testing site with the exams in a baby wipe box. (Photo at left taken on day of exam.)
When some firefighters approached Ben Nunez, Sr., the Civil Service Director, and told him about their suspicion that fraud and cheating might have occurred during the examinations and asked him to convey their congratulations to his secretary, for her son getting Number on the driver’s exam,” they said he brushed off their suspicions by stating, “She’s not my secretary.”
Some firefighters say that when firefighter Anzaldua didn't score well last year, they were "held up" until this year's exam was administered.
They were surprised that Nunez did not address their suspicions but rather that Anzaldua wasn't his secretary. Now many are looking for ways to address these apparent inconsistencies.
Will the troubles at Civil Service and the Fire Dept. ever end?