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IS FORMER VFW LEADERSHIP CADRE PLANNING A COUP?
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By Juan Montoya<br />As some Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2035 members tell it, when former commander Luis Lucio and his compadres resigned from their posts, the Texas State Comptroller had filed a report on the organization and discovered that there were taxes due on income that hadn't been reported.<br />There was also the little matter of "salaries" paid to Lucio and some of his inner circle as payments that hadn't been reported to the IRS as income that is now being demanded by the tax collectors.<br />And, finally, as the organization struggle to straighten out its payments on the $300,000-plus loan used to build the new post on Veterans Drive, it had to refinance the note because the only payments that were being made were on the interest and penalties and not on the principal.<br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVs2c481wT4wz0T0ptHIXPPSjWjGlMI_7vJP4DtYy9vq-W4XHlD9iavyLOb96MnU8RKT-71PKYGpGnfzwruZWtBJWmzp3xCahUz8UoG6xchaJwKuTzeORJ9_phKokxDVM7LFs_Rl2-XmA/s1600/avfw_logo_hq.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" sca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVs2c481wT4wz0T0ptHIXPPSjWjGlMI_7vJP4DtYy9vq-W4XHlD9iavyLOb96MnU8RKT-71PKYGpGnfzwruZWtBJWmzp3xCahUz8UoG6xchaJwKuTzeORJ9_phKokxDVM7LFs_Rl2-XmA/s200/avfw_logo_hq.jpg" width="199" /></a>As a new leadership was elected and took over â€" under Commander Juan Hurtado III â€" it must now face rumors of a possible coup by those allied with the former leadership said to be planning a takeover from their new hangouts. Reports indicate that the semi-official headquarters are the Southwinds Lounge and the Boss Club.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">One attempt had been staged at a prior meeting by was foiled because the move to oust the new group was not listed in the agenda, as required by the VFW bylaws.</div>Ostensibly, the changes that broke the camel's back were made at the post and included the prohibition of consumption of BYOB liquor brought in from the outside. After, the changes took place, the usual hangers on who patronized the club went looking for other locales where their plastic containers were allowed. The new VFW leadership said that the insurance required for BYOB was not cost-effective since the liquor drinkers did not consume much other than a few bottles of water and ice for their drinks.<br />Then, on the VFW website and on Facebook postings, the reason the VFW stopped allowing outside alcohol to be brought in is explained.<br />"Patrons:A note on the liquor liability. Most mainstream insurers would not insure the VFW Post 2035 due to our high risk BYOB (Bring Your Own Bottle/Liquor) policy," it stated. "The risk of liability from patrons dispensing their own... liquor is simply too high to cover and the direct contribution to sales has been small, with many hard liquor drinkers buying only one setup for $2.00 to last hours or even asking for tap water or using ice for their liquor, meanwhile using our electricity, VFW Post 2035 manpower, supplies, space and miscellaneous."<br />Some members say that the state and national VFW leadership is well aware of the situation facing the Brownsville post and is encouraging the members to move forward. They say that efforts to verify the membership of some veterans should be put aside and continue to serve the veterans on the existing list.<br /> No one knows what other hurdles are in store for the new VFW leaders, but according to VFW members, the fact that Lucio resigned automatically makes his return as commander impossible under the organization's bylaws.<br />"It's viewed as if a ship captain left his post," said one. "The rules prohibit his return."<br />Meanwhile, the veterans are calling on the community for support as the new leadership attempts to set the organization on a sound financial course, a somewhat difficult undertaking in lean economic times.<br />"We have volunteers coming in and cutting the grass and helping out," said a VFW member. "There is a small core of dedicated, loyal VFW members who are pitching in and helping out. We'll pull though this."<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6016803033174468094-6506244809112520064?l=rrunrrun.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
LINK: http://rrunrrun.blogspot.com/2012/07/is-former-vfw-leadership-cadre-planning.html
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DOES ANYONE SEE THE $25 MILLION GORILLA IN THE ROOM?
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By <strong>Juan Montoya</strong><br />The spin control media coverage of the press conference in Brownsville mayor Tony Martinez was by all measures, a phenomenal success.<br />Martinez and his son "Trey" (The third Benigno) hosted a press conference for local broadcasters and later,<br />provided interviews for the media by the parents of Zetas-slain ICE agent Jaime Zapata from their law offices.<br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">There was talk about filing the lawsuit against the federal government for the sake of "closure," to "prevent the same thing happening to the children of other parents," etc.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNvqU9MPX0dLmgmsh6iK_zSySX6tFdJ66jdGv0QOMwal0k_sBJPwO_garN9FCJCVqSgjUPPmFWTZfopvog3BTna3icXxrVrrAQ7Ld6He3UTmeCdOckuZCFSvupb0szmjJKHcMJx0n-wbo/s1600/afast.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" sca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNvqU9MPX0dLmgmsh6iK_zSySX6tFdJ66jdGv0QOMwal0k_sBJPwO_garN9FCJCVqSgjUPPmFWTZfopvog3BTna3icXxrVrrAQ7Ld6He3UTmeCdOckuZCFSvupb0szmjJKHcMJx0n-wbo/s320/afast.jpg" width="320" /></a>The pliant media reps never mentioned in the broadcast (or the newspaper accounts) that Zapata's family and the family of the other agent injured by a group of Zetas who stopped their bullet-proof car on the Mexico City-San Luis Potosi highway wanted $12.5 million apiece for the loss of their son and in the case of his partner Victor Avila, for the injuries he sustained in the attack. Both families filed a $25 million wrongful death claim against the U.S. government.</div>Zapata's family says officials with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) knew that the men who bought the guns used in Zapata's murder were buying weapons bound for Mexico, but did nothing to stop them.<br />Zapata, of Brownsville, was serving as U.S. adviser in Mexico when he and Agent Victor Avila were gunned down on a highway in Mexico. Avila survived and has joined the case.<br />Now, $25 million ain't nothing to sneeze at, but that small fact apparently did not seem to be of that much importance to the media types, who perhaps, as Brownsville Mayor Tony Martinez whose son Trey is representing the Zapatas said: "It's not the money that's important, here."<br />Back in May of 2011 we published a post outlining the list of the 17 questions that the Zapata family had for the federal government regarding the rules agents must follow when working in Mexico. Way back then we realized that it was easy to see that a lawsuit was in the offing.<br />Now that it has come to pass it merges neatly with the congressional probe into the Fast and Furious program that the Dept. of Justice through the ATF implemented to attempt to trace te flow of arms to the drug cartels in Mexico.<br />Already, the congressional committee has held US Attorney Eric Holder in contempt for refusing to provide them with thousands of documents related to the implementation of the program. At least one of the weapons that were used in the attack was said to have been acquired by the gunmen in the Zapata attack.<br />In fact, a report submitted by the slain ICE agent indicated that of 80 weapons seized in a similar program in Texas, some 55 were "walked" into Mexico under the eyes of the ATF.<br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoqKt456zKT-hgbz8Syn7ugHu5sVGN9Ukk_Uq56DGQAAS4ngp1jx5pFohkS5LB6ZCF99psTIFe5VfEQg4GdgbJ22HGO_ObmOkc1FrXqnIAvLkirO7thkZ0yDCEREhz1fAyRjHIDLQ5KcA/s1600/ajaime.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="189" sca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoqKt456zKT-hgbz8Syn7ugHu5sVGN9Ukk_Uq56DGQAAS4ngp1jx5pFohkS5LB6ZCF99psTIFe5VfEQg4GdgbJ22HGO_ObmOkc1FrXqnIAvLkirO7thkZ0yDCEREhz1fAyRjHIDLQ5KcA/s320/ajaime.jpg" width="320" /></a>Also, one of the weapons that was obtained via a straw purchase in the U.S. and carried across the Mexican border has been identified. This one is “connected to the murder of Immigration and Customs Zapata,†which took place in February 2011, sources told the US Open Borders blog.</div>And Armed American Radio reported that Zapata was investigating Fast and Furious weaponsâ€"despite Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano’s sworn testimony that there was no connection.<br />There are also some politics involved in the local case. The Martinez (both dad and son) were heavy contributors to the Obama campaign and there was some talk of the mayor receiving some sort of appointment (an ambassadorship?) as a reward for his support. Now that he has sued the Obama administration, will that sour the deal? Or will his cut on the $25 million make the the denial of an appointment bearable?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6016803033174468094-6980927243323262903?l=rrunrrun.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
LINK: http://rrunrrun.blogspot.com/2012/07/does-anyone-see-255-million-gorilla-in.html
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DOMINGUEZ ENDORSES BEGUM IN JP 2-2 RUNOFF
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7T9VEsKpRCvzxPy5DhE-3VJzbi87VjvnBL5xzc8eCsn1mApHToS9ihB80b_Lo6VUOHqwXt1DJleHSf99mCneZhQKYCeEbiG44j4yas1jjyA9n-tnVMumUh37xqL3Yw1rGZ5brFPgga2M/s1600/yoli.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7T9VEsKpRCvzxPy5DhE-3VJzbi87VjvnBL5xzc8eCsn1mApHToS9ihB80b_Lo6VUOHqwXt1DJleHSf99mCneZhQKYCeEbiG44j4yas1jjyA9n-tnVMumUh37xqL3Yw1rGZ5brFPgga2M/s400/yoli.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><br /><br />Teacher. Attorney. Family Man. Alex Dominguez has made his mark in helping the community around him in Cameron County. After attending Rice University and teaching students in Texas, Alejandro “Alex†Dominguez gained a legal education at the prestigious Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, and made his home in our beloved Cameron County.<br />He has run for office, he has helped the poor, he has fought for the rights of those who need a voice in a sea of turmoil. Alex Dominguez shares the views, concepts, and passions of working for the betterment of the public good which Yolanda Begum believes in. For this reason, and so many more, he endorses Yolanda Begum for Cameron County Justice of the Peace Precinct 2, Place 2.<br />Like Yolanda Begum, Alex understands that representing the needs of the public begins with a belief that selfless service is the foundation for the role of the public servant. Alex has always shown a commitment to the betterment of the citizenry of Cameron County, and as such is enthusiastic to endorse the candidacy of Yolanda Begum for Cameron County Justice of the Peace 2-2. <br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6016803033174468094-2071610426326591760?l=rrunrrun.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
LINK: http://rrunrrun.blogspot.com/2012/07/dominguez-endorses-begum-in-jp-2-2.html
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