If Quintanilla Tells A Lie 100 Times, Does It Become A Truth?

by Jim Barton on Sunday, November 13, 2011 at 5:58pm

     Carlos Quintanilla is in a frantic damage control mode regarding the Mary Rey deposition, frequently using one of our region's most talented bloggers to get his story out.  This was expected.  When we visited Mary in her home the other day, the first thing she wanted to show us was the textings between her and Quintanilla regarding the $50,000 attorney Ernesto Gamez required to take the case of Mary's imprisoned son.  Quintanilla has said repeatedly that Mary demanded the money outright from Quintanilla in exchange for her work on the BISD campaign, including the use of her clean record name as president of the political action committee formed by Pat Lehmann and Carlos Quintanilla to defeat Zayas, Cortez and Powers.  The preserved textings, however, show clearly that Mary asked Quintanilla for help "raising" the exhorbitant fee, which she promised to "pay back in installments".

     Attorney Ernesto Gamez was a frequent legal representative for imprisoned former sheriff Conrado Cantu.  We were curious as to who recommended Gamez to Ms. Rey.  She was not sure but said Quintanilla was very pleased with the choice.  I was the one who raised the possibility of Quintanilla receiving a kickback on the selection.   That was just a hunch on my part, but kickbacks are certainly part of Quintanilla's modus operandi since he was convicted of a $700,000 kickback scheme perpetrated on the G. Heileman Brewing Company.
     Actually, a convicted con artist is a convicted liar.  He lies for purpose and he lies unnecessarily.  He even lies about where he lives.   There is no way Quintanilla can restore credibility.  He never had it to begin with.  His only realistic hope is to escape going back to prison.  As long as Armando Villalobos retains the title of district attorney, that is a real possibility.