(Ed.'s Note: Have you heard that Brownsville Independent School District board member (and candidate for reelection) Minerva "NotSoMinnie" Peña is on the verge of suing board counsel Baltazar "SoSueMe" Salazar for using the current picture [left] of the former Porter Belle on a mass mailout? Salazar, who likes to spread around some of the $300,000 salary which he nailed with Peña's vociferous support back in 2013, denies he is making "gifts" to board members in return for his contract.
Others aren't so sure.
That's why it's perplexing to some observers here that he supposedly sent out a text (below) urging voters to support certain candidates, but Phil Cowen was not among them, although Peña is. Campaign finance reports indicate that Cowen was the beneficiary of a $2,500 donation from the feisty board counsel. Board member Eddie Garcia – who seconded board member Laura Perez-Reyes' motion to terminate him – is also listed as one of the candidates supported by Salazar. The phone number on top of the text is listed as his in Houston and lists his address as 8814 Brae Acres.
Some local attorneys said that voters will have to heavily weigh her qualifications to remain on the board and say the use of her picture from the distant past indicates that the greater weight of the evidence shows she is deliberately trying to mislead the voters. En el barrio dicen que es una ruca pesada.
Is Balta hedging his bets?
