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ERIN HERNANDEZ BETTING A LAW DEGREE WILL TRUMP A LIFETIME OF EXPERIENCE
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<div><span>By <b>Juan Montoya</b></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span>By now we've all heard the justifications of Erin Hernandez Garcia's supporters that we should all jump off the elections cliff and vote for her because she has a law degree and we don't. </span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span>You know Erin, she's a local lawyer who happens to be Cameron County Precinct 2 Commissioner Ernie Hernandez's daughter, a point she doesn't readily acknowledge on her campaign literature to limit her liability over his quasi-legal escapades.</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span>The mantra has taken yet another twist now with these same acolytes claiming that the candidate that they see as Erin's main opponent Yolanda Begum isn't e</span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">ducated.</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span>As usual, these simple statements strike a chord with people who might not know any better. Now we understand that Begum's supporters are making their point forcefully that not only does Begum have an education, but that in terms of life experience, she is heads and shoulders way above Erin whose legal practice has consisted mainly of keeping her dad's money-making schemes (such as the vending contract with the county) barely legal.</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span>"</span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">To be clear, Yolanda Begum </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">graduated from both high school and college," one of her supporters wrote us. "She is also certified in anger management </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">and domestic violence resolution skills apart from obtaining many years of formal education in </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">liberal arts. </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">Yolanda attended</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span style="font-size: 100%; ">a community college where she graduated with a business and accounting degree."</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span style="font-size: 100%; ">Unlike Erin, whose family has been siphoning the resources of local public entities like the city and now the county, as she was growing up, Yolanda’s family was by no means wealthy, they said.</span></div><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjll69wdSkSs0h4ayu0gF-mJNOzNwK8iwDGpApuPKejzdqtyNvzt0T8ca6hltYUEN3lIzWvVw8hFpxHtRm0s-mhKTCxDhyvPV2iOBZkKucR0GaBQpB5mnagsPwtZ6g2sA4DuM1BtjVuMcY/s400/yolanda.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5745815469245395218" /><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span style="font-size: 100%; ">When she married Mike Begum, </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">a downtown retail pioneer who immigrated to Brownsville</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span style="font-size: 100%; ">in the early 1950’s from Russia, </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">they operated and managed numerous women’s and children’s retail stores in the </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">valley and Yolanda branched out to operate other small business interests including starting a restaurant, property management, an art s</span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">tudio, and a beverage company.</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span style="font-size: 100%; ">As far as her family, Erin has nothing on Yolanda. She is the eldest of seven children, with one of her brothers being</span><span style="font-size: 100%; "> a prominent doctor, her second brother is a </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">lawyer, and her sisters all had careers ranging from a biochemist, human resources director to interior </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">decorator.</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span style="font-size: 100%; ">Not only has Begum spent almost all of her adult life in the valley, she has also been involved in charities, </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">business organizations, civic organizations, teaching children on probation, and teaching woman with </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">cancer how to utilize alternative life saving strategies for surviving cancer.</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span style="font-size: 100%; ">Her two children, Sasha and Alex Begum, are both successful </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">lawyers.</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span style="font-size: 100%; ">No stranger to life's adversities, Begum, a cancer survivor, </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">was forced to undergo thee years of chemotherapy, radiation, </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">cancer surgeries, and finally was able to beat cancer through the use of alternative medicine and diet. Two younger sisters were not so fortunate. They were </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">diagnosed with breast cancer and died after long-</span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">fought battles with the disease.</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span style="font-size: 100%; ">There was a reason why the Texas Legislature, in its wisdom, </span><span style="font-size: 100%; "> </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">created the Small Claims Courts with the specific provision that </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">no legal degree is required for that position. The legislature wanted people who could be fair to folks </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">who did not hire lawyers. </span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span style="font-size: 100%; ">The Legislature wanted Justices of the Peace to be regular folks who could hear </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">common sense arguments and not apply legalese or complex procedural hoops to folks coming before </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">these courts. They were set up so that regular people with everyday problems could go and argue their </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">own case without having to hire an expensive lawyer. These courts were an alternative to the Federal, </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">County or District Courts where all the Judges are lawyers.</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span>Some political opponents argue that a law degree is the only qualifier for Justice of the Peace. A Law </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">degree does not bring with it life experiences, wisdom, compassion, integrity, honor and an ethical </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">disposition.</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span style="font-size: 100%; ">A cursory look into the many lawyers and public officials with law degrees who are currently</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span>under federal indictments in Cameron County should dispel that misconception. Does a law degree in and of itself, then, bring </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">the qualities that are vital for a good public official or Justice of the Peace?</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span style="font-size: 100%; ">President Reagan was once </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">quoted as saying: "I want you to know that also I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience."</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span style="font-size: 100%; ">Erin Hernandez's minions are probably past the point of understanding or of viewing the point objectively. But even in Begum has no l</span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">aw degree, she does bring life experiences, wisdom, education, </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">compassion and integrity to the office of the Justice of the Peace that Erin would need a whole lifetime to achieve. No one in </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">Begum’s family h</span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">as ever run for public office and she is not a career politician. She is not looking to use the</span><span style="font-size: 100%; "> position as a spring board to further her political aspirations or that of her immediate family. </span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span style="font-size: 100%; ">But as a mother, a teacher, a successful </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">business woman, and a civic leader who wants to bring positive change to this position and address </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">issues such as truancy so that youth do not</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span>become societal tax burdens in our community, Begum is about as different from Erin as night and day.</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; ">Given her family's track record, do you really expect someone like Erin Hernandez to offer <span style="font-size: 100%; ">integrity, respect, accountability and honesty to this position? </span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span style="font-size: 100%; ">Between a law degree used for her family's and personal benefit and Begum's wealth of life experience dedicated to our community, Begum is our choice.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6016803033174468094-8052296393457234465?l=rrunrrun.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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