Bobby Wightman-Cervantes Explains His Relationship with DA Information Officer Melissa Zamora and District Attorney Saenz

From the editor:  We've featured blog comments in the past by E.F. Muhammed Martinez, Pat Ahumada and others, because they raised issues that begged discussion.  

This article features a comment by Bobby Wightman-Cervantes, publisher of the BROWNSVILLE VOICE blog, a must read for those interested in the courts, BISD and local politics.  Bobby's self-described "document-driven" blog is frequently unreadable, as he himself explains he's more content oriented than a slave to syntax, spelling, grammar or sentence structure.  "The reader must use discernment," or, in other words, focus on what the man is trying to say.

When I've said in the past that "Bobby finds the dots, just can't connect them," that wasn't meant unkindly.  The research is irrefutable, such as the administrative address of the fly-by-night, make believe airlines, Fly Frontera, being the home address of convicted RICO felon, Carlos Quintanilla or the political maneuvering leading to BISD's dismissal of the Healthsmart lawsuit.

Evidence gathering is one skill.  Forming a conclusion, based on that evidence, is another. Wightman's unique gift is in the former.  

This particular comment of Bobby's deals with my cry of foul that he was getting press releases from the District Attorney's Information Officer Melissa Zamora while Melissa failed to even respond to my request.  

Bobby admits below that he was getting press releases from Melissa until he refused to publish all of District Attorney Saenz' "propaganda."  He encourages me to use my feeble people skills to cultivate more "contacts' within the District Attorney's Office, something I'm not likely to do.

Following Bobby's comment, I will print an anonymous response that responds to issues raised by Bobby.  I will leave it to the readers to dissect Bobby's statement and those of the anonymous responder.

BobbyWCMay 2, 2014 at 11:35 AM

Jim your claims about my relationship with Melissa are simply false. Since it was made clear to Saenz I

Blogger Bobby Wightman-Cervantes

would not print all of his propaganda I have received nothing from Melissa - before that I was on the list - you seem to think it is Melissa's fault you did not ask earlier to be placed on the list. After Saenz ordered me cut off everything has been done as a public information request. _ something you yourself can do.

Instead of playing the game of saying I am Melissa's voice because you have no sources willing to talk to you at the DA's office - you might want to learn to nurture relationships with ADA's instead of doing the blame game and blaming Melissa Zamora.

Also you statement insults Saenz in ways I would not even insult Saenz. You are suggesting my negative coverage is Melissa's voice - that is shameful. Saenz is many things - but being totally stupid is no one of them. He is very artful at the game of politics. He would never tolerate Melissa feeding me or anyone else negative information on him.

My sources are county employees and ADA's who have come to trust me. It takes time to nurture those type relationships - you might try working at it instead of defaming Melissa and saying I am her voice - shameful is all I can say. And again not even I would insult Saenz with such an insult of incompetence to not know Melissa is feeding me information.

Bobby WC

Below is an anomymous commenter's response to Wightman:

AnonymousMay 2, 2014 at 1:48 PM

Anyone notice a pattern here? First, our friend, denies the charges but in an oblique manner that does not directly address the charge of his receiving inside information from Zamora. He states that he was cut off from the official list when he would not "print" propaganda. Then he states: "After Saenz ordered me cut off everything has been done as a public information request. _ something you yourself can do." What does everything mean? Because later in his comment he gloats about his nurtured sources within the DA's office. Or, does he mean that a PIR is the only contact he has had with Zamora since he was removed from the list?

But of course, he must bring in an attack on Saenz by way of Jim "insulting" the DA by thinking he could be so stupid as to allow Zamora to feed negative information. Notice that he does not say that Zamora did not feed him negative information, only that the DA would not be so stupid as to allow it.

Next, he works on the old self aggrandizement by pointing out that he has nurtured sources within the DA's office.

Then comes the attack on Jim for not "working" on said nurturing instead of "defaming" Zamora.

Why does he not just come flat out and say he has never received any DA office information from Zamora that was not included in official press releases or requested by a PIR? I will leave it to the reader to ponder the question.