Brownsville Cheezmeh's Possible Plan for BISD Board Candidates

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      The statement under the picture below appeared on the"Brownsville Cheezmeh" page Thursday, 2/23/12 @ 6:48 pm by "cheezmeh".   There is a disclaimer above the remarks indicating they were "submitted by a friend," but anyone who knows Erasmo understands his iron-fisted control of what is posted on his site.  At least this gives us an idea of what the head Cheeze imay be thinking as he guides his group in supporting a slate of candidates for the BISD board.  The BBC referred to is their political action committee or PAC known as Bringing Brownsville Change.  The idea seems to be that a prospective candidate must agree to have all their campaign contributions funnelled into Brownsville Cheezmeh's PAC in exchange for support, block walking, poll sitting and sage political advice.  Of course, Erasmo may remove this statement from his site after this exposure, but please note that it has been up for several days and he even commented on it, thus is fully aware of it.

Here are the two comments that follow the statement: 

Comments

1. An says:
   24 February 2012 at 7:02 am
   i so dislike publicly announcing my ignorance..having said that here goes…what is BBC PAC? I have very little experience or knowledge of political action committees I have only recently encountered one personally… I was not swayed in that instance to allow a PAC to exercise my right to vote for the best candidate … I saw the head of the organization solely benefitting self not the in fact best candidate…I personally have not followed the BISD and have only recently taken an interest in these issues..I do disagree that potential candidates should have a background in business or education… diversity is always a good thing…savy horse sense can make up for alot of book learnin!
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   • cheezmeh says:
     24 February 2012 at 9:04 am
     Our PAC came to be more of necessity when we were fighting Fly Frontera… We visited the Texas Ethics Commission because we wanted to put out an ad in the Herald asking our community to contact elected officials to vote NO… We had a choice, either file as a specific or general purpose PAC… We opted with the general purpose … With that said… We’ve only asked for donations when there is actually a pending cause or purpose… the article was submitted by a friend, so the opinions expressed in it are his… all monies we raise or obtain are for the continuation of what we do…

Erasmo Castro


The Brownsville Cheezmeh Statement:

"I’ve been following BISD trustees for the last 20 years. Not all of them have been bad, and certainly not all of them have been good. However, I have also observed good people get elected only to turn bad once they get a taste of the position.

Because the position has the potential for so much gain, many good people seem to forget what ideals got them elected. They see money shoved in their face from so many angles, that it becomes irresistible.

In order to avoid this from happening to our candidates, the ideal candidates need to be found. In my opinion, those candidates should be willing to sign a personal acknowledgement whereby they pledge not to accept any donations from anyone except from the BBC PAC. Anyone who cares to make a donation to a candidate must make it to the PAC instead. Any candidates who are willing to accept those terms, get financial backing, notoriety, block walking, poll sitting, and advice from BBC and BC. This way, you weed out all of the other potential influences, and believe me, there are plenty.

Additionally, the ideal candidate needs to be able to make the time commitment that is required to be able to study and analyze every budget item, every expenditure, every line item on every agenda. People who live paycheck to paycheck and are under the thumb of a can’t-lose job are not good candidates. They will not be able to dedicate the necessary time.

Moreover, the ideal candidate needs to have some semblance of intelligence, with experience and/or education in business or education because it is too easy to pull the wool over their eyes if they don’t."