By Juan Montoya
My, a bit testy aren't we?
One of our recent posts dealing with Brownsville Police Chief Orlando Rodriguez bend over backwards for city commissioners such as Rose Gowen and Jessica Tetreau drew a sharp rebuke from the the latter elected official where she claims our post was FALSE and defamatory."
Well, we rechecked our sources and found out that our oriinal post was, indeed, true.
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Maybe Tetreau remembers it differently, but people who witnessed the events recall them quite clearly.
It turns out that the commisisoners' driver did not have a valid ID required by Charro Days parade organizers to prevent liability to the organization.
Apparently, the driver was unable to produce one and the commissioner then called her dad to come over and drive her. When he was delayed by traffic, we are told that it was then that she called Rodriguez and ask for his assistance and provide her with a driver.
Since it was the chief who assigned the officer to drive her, the Charro Days organizers couldn't very well prevent her from attending the parade. The officer was on detail overtime to keep the people safe, not to drive our precocious commissioner around.
More than one person at the scene recalls the events a bit differently than does Tetreau, so we'll leave it at that for now.
My, a bit testy aren't we?
One of our recent posts dealing with Brownsville Police Chief Orlando Rodriguez bend over backwards for city commissioners such as Rose Gowen and Jessica Tetreau drew a sharp rebuke from the the latter elected official where she claims our post was FALSE and defamatory."
Well, we rechecked our sources and found out that our oriinal post was, indeed, true.
Maybe Tetreau remembers it differently, but people who witnessed the events recall them quite clearly.It turns out that the commisisoners' driver did not have a valid ID required by Charro Days parade organizers to prevent liability to the organization.
Apparently, the driver was unable to produce one and the commissioner then called her dad to come over and drive her. When he was delayed by traffic, we are told that it was then that she called Rodriguez and ask for his assistance and provide her with a driver.
Since it was the chief who assigned the officer to drive her, the Charro Days organizers couldn't very well prevent her from attending the parade. The officer was on detail overtime to keep the people safe, not to drive our precocious commissioner around.
More than one person at the scene recalls the events a bit differently than does Tetreau, so we'll leave it at that for now.