Correcting Misinformation About My Nondescript Family Tree, Begum's Alleged Sign Stealing

Austin's Brownsville-focused blogger Duardo Paz-Martinez, who describes himself as a "Journalist," capitalizing the first letter just as Commissioner Ricardo Longoria does with "Educator," refers to me as:

"Fiery blogger Jimmy Barton, no relation to nurse Clara"

Actually, Duardo's conjecture is incorrect.  I am a descendant of Clara Barton, although not particularly proud of it.(Clara may have been a nice lady, but, being a distant relative of hers means little to me.)  In fact, Nena didn't know that little factoid until this instant.

Duardo is not the first blogmeister to take liberties with my family tree.  Convicted RICO felon, Carlos Quintanilla, in his now hibernated blog CareBrownsville, tried to link me with a man charged with child pornography, who evidently was from my hometown of Kent, Washington and Congressman Joe Barton of Fort Worth, Texas.  Quintanilla's circular reasoning also brought former Pan Am President Bob Hedrick into that incorrect mix:

"William Barton from Kent Washington, Jim, your hometown.
Jim Barton is he related to you? la Comadres de Brownsville want to know"

"The Child Pornographer Hendrick and Joe Barton's redneck cuzin Jim Barton and his missy Nena, who is going to get his ass sued by Quintanilla and you won't be able to defend him"  

While we're on the subject of misinformation, another local blogger, Bobby Wightman-Cervantes recently repeated his version of a campaign sign removal incident he witnessed via this 4/23/2013 statement on his blog, BROWNSVILLE VOICE: 

"Do you have an ounce of honor in your body Yolanda? Remember, Yolanda wanted to be a judge - caught taking down her opponent's signs, and now hiring Ed Stapleton - the lawyer advocate for viewing child pornography. This is one very sick family"

Bobby Wightman-Cervantes

While many may believe Bobby's tale, visualizing Yolanda Begum driving around Brownsville in her cream-colored Jaguar, uprooting Erin H. Garcia signs and tossing them in her trunk, Begum states simply that what Wightman actually witnessed was Yolanda pulling up her sign.  An Erin H. Garcia operative had "accidentally" placed Erin's sign in front of Yolanda's.  She was replacing her own sign, so it could again be seen.  Bobby W-C, who had stopped at the four corner's convenience store for gas, drinks or possibly the latest copy of  Field & Stream, simply misinterpreted the incident.