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TAKE 2! WOOD OUT, ERNIE, CASCOS DEAL SURVIVES
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By <b>Juan Montoya</b><br />The carefully-worked out deal between Pct. 2 commissioner Ernie Hernandez's and Cameron County Judge Carlos Cascos to replace former commissioner John Wood on the Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority with Hernandez's personal attorney Horacio Barrera barely survived a 3-2 vote this Thursday morning.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUvJNhZq5fiogfDhHy0NSiIzGhrSR2VW_KDDnTQOt7Jj542QwCExKv9QEvffu2wiVJM8Rm1Srjch3JReJd8QsCq7CUwcV84Clhiax1zhyxGyG6dux2AK2lh34z5S1U1uWyuRom5P5Iygw/s1600/sophia1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUvJNhZq5fiogfDhHy0NSiIzGhrSR2VW_KDDnTQOt7Jj542QwCExKv9QEvffu2wiVJM8Rm1Srjch3JReJd8QsCq7CUwcV84Clhiax1zhyxGyG6dux2AK2lh34z5S1U1uWyuRom5P5Iygw/s200/sophia1.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5x_8QNx9zUfL42JKohOysqC7v0VuEP2NtSpR9hHvCGxOn0JFmp1bPHIfxwuHcFTrBw7nd0Xt2eI2BW0kXtjxr4JBDs1JDi8yTxSuM6OlJ1Bkcwjkdzu8d6sbVV6PDxzjGf9NSdklHtwk/s1600/carlos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5x_8QNx9zUfL42JKohOysqC7v0VuEP2NtSpR9hHvCGxOn0JFmp1bPHIfxwuHcFTrBw7nd0Xt2eI2BW0kXtjxr4JBDs1JDi8yTxSuM6OlJ1Bkcwjkdzu8d6sbVV6PDxzjGf9NSdklHtwk/s200/carlos.jpg" width="200" /></a>Ostensibly placed as an agenda item by Hernandez with the tacit approval of Cascos, it was supposed to cover the reappointment of Mark Esparza and the appointment of Horacio Barrera to replace Wood at the CCRMA.<br />Barrera, as you will remember, was the attorney who defended his daughter Erin Hernandez Garcia from the voter fraud lawsuit filed against her by her opponent Yolanda Begum. That brought forth some consideration that perhaps appointing someone close to Hernandez and a longtime personal friend of Cascos might give some people the appearance of a conflict of interest.<br />"In all my years of service as a city and county commissioner, I have never seen it get so personal," protested Hernandez. "I can't believe that you would mention my daughter. That's really personal," only to be confronted by Pct. 1 commissioner Sofia Benavides on the issue.<br />"Do you know how many times you have made things personal with me? Do you want me to tell you how many times?," Benavides asked him point blank.<br />Ernie said nothing.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhML2x6iJz3ND_ggo1NTH9hyphenhyphenIdZgFs6v52z6ZgpVbuxMbbRAVofNhyphenhyphenFRqoDbPxk3A8e6LWtkhpFsmqc7khtZ0p1_13-T3N1_9_yxXg2tkoifN0MpVAa2alhhSzfPyBOW211rksmbL6FJuo/s1600/DanSanchezPct4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhML2x6iJz3ND_ggo1NTH9hyphenhyphenIdZgFs6v52z6ZgpVbuxMbbRAVofNhyphenhyphenFRqoDbPxk3A8e6LWtkhpFsmqc7khtZ0p1_13-T3N1_9_yxXg2tkoifN0MpVAa2alhhSzfPyBOW211rksmbL6FJuo/s1600/DanSanchezPct4.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCsoPcuy0r8i4rnEzlGWPKdFtLjjSl6eYNe17_NYW2SGOZV7t6e7D0-8utpIoIIUzj6Vui2VJ5QcnpaCJE-sl7QwEpu8C8PArokFtT9gXQ7iEWl9SjuwvqmOOM0K0FdxK5AsynbkzLZlk/s1600/Ernie_Hernandez.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCsoPcuy0r8i4rnEzlGWPKdFtLjjSl6eYNe17_NYW2SGOZV7t6e7D0-8utpIoIIUzj6Vui2VJ5QcnpaCJE-sl7QwEpu8C8PArokFtT9gXQ7iEWl9SjuwvqmOOM0K0FdxK5AsynbkzLZlk/s1600/Ernie_Hernandez.jpg" /></a>Pct. 4 commissioner Dan Sanchez asked why the commissioners court was even thinking about replacing Wood, a retiree who has attended each and every meeting and who is perhaps one of the most knowledgeable member on the CCRMA.<br />"Mr. Barrera has a law practice," Sanchez said. "Everyone agrees that John has done a great job. Why do we need to replace him. If Mr. Barrera can't attend the meetings, then who is going to represent us?"<br />The court's counsel said that even though there might not be a legal conflict of interest because Barrera was Hernandez's personal attorney and Cascos' friend, he said that the court should decide whether appointing him and replacing Wood would give the public the appearance that a conflict of interest did exist."<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvbtT91kGC2RHyGvrugpbCQ6PLmypvQgb1pVPCZ-PpAR-FSscWwR68SEOGa1dc5Ex7M6IODuQHAto44bYs2Ws8Xndo9s36mLQPRmw_eiRRb-FVYch_b5iefOrBlzmr6y-ZGdMmCPj9UxE/s1600/david.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvbtT91kGC2RHyGvrugpbCQ6PLmypvQgb1pVPCZ-PpAR-FSscWwR68SEOGa1dc5Ex7M6IODuQHAto44bYs2Ws8Xndo9s36mLQPRmw_eiRRb-FVYch_b5iefOrBlzmr6y-ZGdMmCPj9UxE/s200/david.jpg" width="200" /></a>Cascos, who had lobbied for Barrera at the start of the discussion, was noticeable silent toward the end as the action got heated.<br />Stymied, there was a motion to by Sanchez and a second by Benavides to table the item but it did not get a third vote.<br />Pct. 4 commissioner David Garza then made a motion to accept the item and got a second and third from Cascos and Hernandez and Wood was replaced.<br />"If I was Horacio, I'd think twice about accepting the appointment since you already know that you don't have the confidence of the entire commissioners court behind you," said a county employee present at the meeting. "I wonder what the payback will be for that vote."<br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6016803033174468094-2296464426604917770?l=rrunrrun.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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