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By Juan Montoya
Despite these courageous anonymous commenters critical of our reporting on the woes and travails of former Brownsville Fire Department Chief Carlos Elizondo who was just demoted today, it appears that there was plenty of fire emitting all that smoke.
After just over a year as fire chief, Elizondo was demoted to his former rank, fire lieutenant, and an interim chief has been named. Some voices in the legal department counseled City Manager Charlie Cabler to suspend Elizondo based on an audit performed on the fire department where almost four score policy violations were found, including some linked directly to the chief.
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They also pointed to the ongoing Cameron County District Attorney's Office investigation into a criminal complaint the Brownsville Firefighters Association #970 alleging Theft by a Public Official in $8,000 or more in unaccounted funds from the group's political action committee bank account. They allege Elizondo withdrew about that much from ATM machines for his personal use without the PAC's approval.
Cabler apparently opted to demote and reassign the chief to his former position, allow the DA's investigation to run its course, and deal with an indictment if it ever gets to that.
Our question is now: Will these erudite commenters admit they were all wrong in making their vituperative comments? And if they were wrong in the eventual outcome of Elizondo's fate, could it be that they are also wrong in their negative outlook on our native cultural intelligence (stupid Mexican)?
Well, we'll just take these type of bouquets in stride and consider them for what they are; the mistaken assessment of people who don't know any better and who are blinded by their rage when an inconvenient truth about a city official they admire is made public.
It was the same when we posted stories about former Brownsville Economic Development Council CEO Jason Hiltz, city attorney Mark Sossi, United Brownsville, the UTB-TSC "partnership," its president Julieta Garcia, Sen. Eddie Lucio, State Rep. Rene Oliveira, D.A. Luis V. Saenz and his maquinita crusade, Ed Rivera and his residency issue, La Chisquida Rose Gowen's splurging of the meager municipal resources on her bicycle fetish, the initial political stumbles of Mike Hernandez's OP 10.33, etc..
These are some of the milder comments we receive in our blog daily. Many others are just crass and vulgar and have no place in civil discourse so we won't offend our seven readers by posting them. Obviously there is a very frustrated fringe ( or is it one or two people?) out there with bile-soaked guts and hatred in their heart for the truth.
And we'll leave it at that.
Frustrated, juanito? LOL Elizondo is laughing at you, you stupid Mexican!!!!! on THE ELIZONDO MORASS: ARE WE FIRING THE WRONG GUY? DISCIPLINARY LETTERS SAID DUE TO BE HANDED TODAY
Despite these courageous anonymous commenters critical of our reporting on the woes and travails of former Brownsville Fire Department Chief Carlos Elizondo who was just demoted today, it appears that there was plenty of fire emitting all that smoke.
After just over a year as fire chief, Elizondo was demoted to his former rank, fire lieutenant, and an interim chief has been named. Some voices in the legal department counseled City Manager Charlie Cabler to suspend Elizondo based on an audit performed on the fire department where almost four score policy violations were found, including some linked directly to the chief.
They also pointed to the ongoing Cameron County District Attorney's Office investigation into a criminal complaint the Brownsville Firefighters Association #970 alleging Theft by a Public Official in $8,000 or more in unaccounted funds from the group's political action committee bank account. They allege Elizondo withdrew about that much from ATM machines for his personal use without the PAC's approval.Cabler apparently opted to demote and reassign the chief to his former position, allow the DA's investigation to run its course, and deal with an indictment if it ever gets to that.
Our question is now: Will these erudite commenters admit they were all wrong in making their vituperative comments? And if they were wrong in the eventual outcome of Elizondo's fate, could it be that they are also wrong in their negative outlook on our native cultural intelligence (stupid Mexican)?
Well, we'll just take these type of bouquets in stride and consider them for what they are; the mistaken assessment of people who don't know any better and who are blinded by their rage when an inconvenient truth about a city official they admire is made public.
It was the same when we posted stories about former Brownsville Economic Development Council CEO Jason Hiltz, city attorney Mark Sossi, United Brownsville, the UTB-TSC "partnership," its president Julieta Garcia, Sen. Eddie Lucio, State Rep. Rene Oliveira, D.A. Luis V. Saenz and his maquinita crusade, Ed Rivera and his residency issue, La Chisquida Rose Gowen's splurging of the meager municipal resources on her bicycle fetish, the initial political stumbles of Mike Hernandez's OP 10.33, etc..
These are some of the milder comments we receive in our blog daily. Many others are just crass and vulgar and have no place in civil discourse so we won't offend our seven readers by posting them. Obviously there is a very frustrated fringe ( or is it one or two people?) out there with bile-soaked guts and hatred in their heart for the truth.
And we'll leave it at that.