Mary S. Rey Explains Her Withdrawal from BISD, Place 3 Race

From the editor:  Any hope of reducing the Carlos Quintanilla-manipulated foursome to a minority three took a severe blow when Mary S. Rey decided to withdraw from the race in BISD, Place 3.  Quintanilla puppet Cata Presas-Garcia had already shifted her aim to Place 5 to avoid Rey.  The elephant in the room for BISD is still the $14,300,000 Healthsmart lawsuit.  Yes, Quintanilla was able to elect pawns Lucy Longoria, Christina Saavedra, Cata Presas-Garcia and support Enrique Escobodo to drop the large suit for overcharges at the behest of Ted Parker.  

For Parker and his con man associate Quintanilla the danger is somehow losing a puppet majority on the board and having to face a reinstitution of the lawsuit.(Think about the obscenity of dismissing a lawsuit for overcharges at a time when students do not have enough art supplies, paper, hand sanitizer, etc.) Quintanilla has done his preliminary legwork in locating new puppets to promote for trustee:  Linda Gill, Argelia Miller and Shirley Bowman.  The painfully slow Joe Colunga and the tired Rolando Aguilar are not seeking re-election.  

Withdrawing with Students, Teachers and the Community in Mind. . . . . . . by Mary S. Rey

Mary S. Rey

It is with a heavy heart that I withdraw from the BISD race, so as NOT to split the vote between Mr Otis Powers and I, as I fully support him, and wholeheartedly ask you to do the same.  

In the past two years our BISD board has become completely dysfunctional at worst, and at best, functioning perpetually in crisis mode due to many poor decisions made by the current board majority.  Our children and our tax dollars deserve much higher standards of performance and professionalism from its board members and everyone involved in their education.  The track record of the current board majority shows lawsuit after lawsuit, extracting millions of dollars at the expense of our children.  This is unacceptable.  Your children and my grandchildren deserve the best education and resources our tax dollars can obtain.  Funding from tax dollars is being depleted rapidly under this current board with too much time, energy and resources being gobbled up unnecessarily or used for personal gain.  This constant manipulation creates a negative impact on the community at large.

Though our schools individually have done great things and celebrated many accomplishments, just think what they could have achieved if the board majority functioned as it should instead of operating under perpetual turbulence and in crisis mode.  In the interim they have wasted $20,000,000 by being manipulated to dismiss lawsuits of substance.  Unfortunately, our children will never see a dime of those potential settlements. 

Our students and teachers are the most valuable assets we have.  Let's not destroy them.  Let's help them by giving them the necessary tools, technology and a good working environment for teachers.  Teachers do not need micro-management from the board, but need to be allowed to do their job!  They do not need the board inside their classrooms.  Salaries must be comparable to the rest of the country.  

Nepotism and cronyism must be eradicated!  Within the last two years, many certified teachers were denied employment, while positions were being created for friends and relatives without the necessary qualifications.  It's sad that our beloved school district has become a laughingstock because of its board majority.

Sitting on a school board is not meant to provide trustees wealth or power or to sustain their lifestyle.  Sitting on the board should mean you care about your community's children.  Citizens who seek to serve should do so unyielding to outside interlopers and insiders looking for a payday at the expense of our children and our community's future.  

Two years ago, because of my vulnerability at that moment, I became entangled in a web of deception involving a group of people I had met only three months earlier.  Once I learned their intentions I detached myself permanently.  I have learned the valuable lesson of choosing my acquaintances very, very carefully.  In November of 2011, my friend Argelia Miller had a similar opportunity to come clean after my deposition, but chose not to do so, corroboration that she is easily manipulated.  We need a strong candidate like Otis Powers on the board.  

I fully support Otis Powers for BISD, Place 3 and humbly ask you to do the same.

Respectfully,

Mary S. Rey