Quintanilla Circles Over his Prey at BISD

Convicted Felon Quintanilla Controls BISD
RICO Felony conviction for bilking G. Heileman Brewing
Company of $800,000, allegedly once $85,000 arrear
in child support, over $12,000 in hot checks, liens against
his 421 S. Dwight Ave. residence for "theft of services,
other legal entanglements too numerous to mention.

Convicted RICO felon Carlos Quintanilla has done some good "work" for Ted Parker at Lubbock and Brownsville, Texas.  Healthsmart, the huge insurance company Parker once owned, faced huge lawsuits in both cities for enormous overcharges.  

Quintanilla's alleged assignment was to go to both cities, spend Parker's money to line up candidates who would reciprocate for their pumped up candidacy by dismissing the lawsuits against Parker.  It's a very simple plan, really;  spend money to save a lot more money.

The plan worked modestly well in northwest Texas, with the City of Lubbock  assessing the changing political landscape and quickly settling the lawsuit against Healthsmart for a reduced $4,000,000.  The plan would work almost to perfection in Brownsville where calabaza trumps the background check.  To be fair, the community also has its share of intelligent people who can be mobilized to defeat inept candidates as in Cheezmeh vs. Atkinson in the spring of 2011. 

With the BISD elections of 2010 looming, Quintanilla spearheaded a political action committee or P.A.C. appropriately named DefeatZayasCortezPowers.  It is known that Juan Montoya, Ben Neece, Pat Lehman and Art Rendon met to work out details of the P.A.C. at Lehman's Chinese motor scooter sales floor on Central Blvd., to be joined by Argelia Miller and Mary S. Rey, who would be named the "officers" of the P.A.C.  


Without retelling Mary S. Rey's revealing deposition of 2011, suffice to say Quintanilla assembled a stable of candidates who were successful in attaining a board majority in 2010, setting the stage for ultimately dismissing the $14,300,000 against Healthsmart.  His "girls," Cata Presas-Garcia, Lucy Longoria, Christina Saavedra and the sort of effeminate Enrique Escobedo became the board majority primed to do Parker's bidding under the guidance of Carlos Quintanilla.  His orchestration was sometimes fraternal(the group referred to him as "brother"), but, on occasion required some tough love to keep the ladies in line.  "Don't forget, I made you, bitch!"  were words Quintanilla was once heard screaming into a phone at Lucy Longoria, when she seemed uncooperative on a matter.

After that successful(for Quintanilla and Parker) school board election, Quintanilla had time for another quick scam, this time to be perpetrated on the City of Brownsville.  Again, it was Quintanilla, the charismatic Hispanic flim flammer, representing a rich anglo, this time with a 4 day old airline to sell, Fly Frontera.  The City Commission almost couldn't accept the deal fast enough, with then Mayor Pat Ahumada acting like a giddy school girl trying to convince her parents the bad boy was really "nice."  The proposed deal was so upside down for the city as to be almost laughable:  first 23 tickets NOT sold guaranteed by the city at $135 per ticket, $1,500,000 incentives for licensing, fuel, spare parts, etc.  The quickly thrown together company didn't even have any planes, but Ahumada kept repeating himself when some citizens became aware of Quintanilla's multi-paged criminal record:  "Don't blame the messenger!  Carlos Quintanilla has nothing to do with the deal.  He's just the messenger!"  Yeah, right.  Is that why the company's business address is 421 S. Dwight Ave., Dallas, TX, the address of Quintanilla's home?(Quintanilla is still fuming about the breakdown of this con, threatening only two days ago to finalize his lawsuit against me for my tiny part in snuffing out the scam.  He describes himself as "putting the finishing touches on a lawsuit agains(sic) Mr. Barton for his killing of Fly Frontera")

Parker's interest and Quintanilla's manipulation of the BISD board is not over.  There is always a chance of reinstituting the 14.3 million dollar Healthsmart lawsuit if the board majority changes.  Quintanilla is going all out to prevent that from happening.  He has assembled another stable of "girls" to run in the November 6 general election.  We will identify the obvious Quintanilla plants.  You can decided by your vote if you want that 14.3 million to be used by the children or to stay in Parker's pocket.  

Quintanilla's "Girls"

Cata Presas-Garcia:  A female pit bull, successful in ramming Quintanilla's program through BISD, stifled dissent with an acid tongue and clear violations of Robert's Rules of Order when she was board president.  Pretends to make her money in real estate, although no one in Brownsville seems aware of any activity.   Said to drive a new Cadillac that is titled to a cousin who works as a BISD janitor.  Catalina is an extension of Carlos Quintanilla on the board.  Switched at the last minute from Place 3 to Place 5 to avoid Mary Rey.

Linda Gill

Linda Gill:  May run as Hermelinda Gill Martinez.  Quintanilla is being coy with Gill, pretending to not be sure if he will support her.  She left on a trip to Chicago just before the filing date, not returning till Monday evening after the window to file had closed.  Somehow, her filing got done for Place 7.  Quintanilla is believed to be financing her campaign.

Argelia Miller:  An extremely gregarious, nice woman.  Told me she decided to run for Place 3 because "3 is her lucky number".  Known to be a Quintanilla associate.  Will not go against her "brother."

Finally, Shirley Ann Bowman:  A retired BISD teacher said to be a Quintanilla plant.