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MANDO SPRING BREAKS IN ISRAEL; WAS TRIP KOSHER?
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4oW23hafwC9eKNAZE1wTw5HnGklmBfX8scR8jTuN1U83G8PyD7rGbYEAUOPPB4ORIb4cvfYBs9M8rRZE2HDFmt8DArsXXPJqo4en3sp6DT2qu-SK4rXA3Y-2ZU8JX-Hq1Q6UZIAXgrNU/s1600/mandostein.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4oW23hafwC9eKNAZE1wTw5HnGklmBfX8scR8jTuN1U83G8PyD7rGbYEAUOPPB4ORIb4cvfYBs9M8rRZE2HDFmt8DArsXXPJqo4en3sp6DT2qu-SK4rXA3Y-2ZU8JX-Hq1Q6UZIAXgrNU/s400/mandostein.gif" width="400" /></a></div>By <strong>Juan Montoya</strong><br />Now we have learned that last year, The American Israel Education Foundation, based in Washington, took Cameron County District Attorney Armando Villalobos on a jaunt to the Holy Land as part of its efforts to influence congressional members and those it considers to be shoo-ins for a congressional seat.<br />The AIEF is a charitable organization affiliated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobby.<br />At the time that it invited Villalobos and his wife to the all-expenses paid trip, he was widely considered the leading contender for the Democratic nomination for the newly-created Congressional District 34.<br />Mando never shared any of his vacation trip with anyone locally, but if practice holds true, he probably wore a yarmulke when he entered some of the Jewish holy places. He probably also ate matzos or bagels and cream. Whether he hung out with the Hasidim or visited a kibbutz may never be known. Nonetheless, we're sure he tasted some of the Israeli dishes and looked over the occupied real estate as part of the Hispanic contingent that was hand-picked by the AIEF as part of its effor to influence the political outlook of current and potential congressional members.<br />And if visiting the places where Jesus walked wasn't being in the majors, his acceptance of tickets to the World Series to the Texas Rangers sure was.<br />We wonder if when he and the wife looked over the the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Christian Quarter of the Old City he ever thought that one day he would also be the target of a crucifixion back home, albeit a legal and political one.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6016803033174468094-6119338683023424681?l=rrunrrun.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
LINK: http://rrunrrun.blogspot.com/2012/07/mando-spring-breaks-in-israel-was-trip.html
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YES, SILVIA IS OUT AT HUMAN RESOURCES; RACHEL AYALA TO RUN FOR BISD BOARD
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By <strong>Juan Montoya</strong><br />In answer to a commenter on a previous post, yes, we have confirmed that Sylvia Atkinson is out as Assistant Superintendent Human Resources for the Brownsville Independent School District Human Resources director and has now been made the Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction, the position filled before by Mary Jo Monfils.<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/AVvXsEjzU-lUmi2j8SdKBcyoIt38zwYIVIAgNRdRw-iEnh_3j6DcSkYKOwNdFXrePIUdvbVkmCPEHBD71RzRtX430sCdIN4cXVJX9x7hql9xOl7dKwO-rV2cogXT5utoyk_KjC9-tH7UiDlazKk/s1600/Administration_SylviaAtkinson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" sca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzU-lUmi2j8SdKBcyoIt38zwYIVIAgNRdRw-iEnh_3j6DcSkYKOwNdFXrePIUdvbVkmCPEHBD71RzRtX430sCdIN4cXVJX9x7hql9xOl7dKwO-rV2cogXT5utoyk_KjC9-tH7UiDlazKk/s1600/Administration_SylviaAtkinson.jpg" /></a>There has been no formal announcement by Superintendent Carl Montoya (no relation to the writer), but we have confirmed the change through our sources. We don't know whether Monfils is taking over another post or whether she has opted for the golden parachute.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">However, while Atkinson was said to have dominated the HR position and ultimately decided who would end up feasting where in the $500 million Gravy Train, now her new role as Curriculum and Instruction means that not only will she yield considerable power over what gets taught where, but principals at the elementary, middle and high schools can look forward to having her look over their shoulders.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Atkinson yields considerable political muscle with the BISD board as well. When rumors surrounding the employment by BISD of her brother â€" deposed Brownsville City Commissioner Charlie Atkinson â€" as a coach at the district, board members denied that such a move was in the works. Only later, when Charlie emerged from the shadows as an assistant coach at Faulk Middle School on a program that allowed someone to be hired on a probationary certificate pending his certification, did the BISD administration acknowledge that he was on board.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The perfunctory lawsuit from at least one certified coach who was not hired followed. How many more are in the wings in Sylvia's wake?</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj14chIFFsfpUg530DfEqiWkwcFXcM6_cyQQojIswEo9qFe6-DR8sTjC39CMdgI03ywHH_x2W9I_uXXgZZICH8KEgjeFcvi9aP8v-6v36M8U001s13S5e-REvxeq-0oslajaqe23z39qpU/s1600/lqo6qo-lqo6kvayalaweb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="149" sca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj14chIFFsfpUg530DfEqiWkwcFXcM6_cyQQojIswEo9qFe6-DR8sTjC39CMdgI03ywHH_x2W9I_uXXgZZICH8KEgjeFcvi9aP8v-6v36M8U001s13S5e-REvxeq-0oslajaqe23z39qpU/s200/lqo6qo-lqo6kvayalaweb.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Meanwhile, we hear that Rachel Ayala, who retired in 2011 after 45 years in the district as area assistant superintendent for Educational Services, was said to have picked up a candidate's election package. She is said to be considering a run for the board against Catalina Presas-Garcia, former chairperson of the board and now head of the budget committee.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Ayala left the district after working there as a teacher, elementary and middle school principal and assistant superintendent. Ayala, the longtime area assistant superintendent for the Porter cluster of schools, left after she was last reassigned to head the district’s programs for students with dyslexia.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Now, as she is apparently getting ready to run against Presas-Garcia, people wonder whether someone </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">who has spent the last 45 years and hasn't raised her a finger to change the way in which the system was operating (compadrismo, favoritism, nepotism) can convince the voters she can lead the district in the new direction the board majority and voters have chosen.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6016803033174468094-7752077551173623367?l=rrunrrun.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
LINK: http://rrunrrun.blogspot.com/2012/07/yes-silvia-is-out-human-resources.html
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