BISD BOARD TABLES ACTION ON COMPADRISMO APPOINTMENT FOR CITY COMMISSIONER

The board majority idea was at least crafty.  The threesome, including outgoing BISD Board President Cesar Lopez, along with likely election losers, Big Joe Rod and the indicted Carlos Elizondo, hoped to recruit one more "aye" vote to name sitting City Commissioner Rick Longoria, Jr. to a heretofore non-existent position, the newly created Director of Marketing position at a salary of $85,000 per year.

To arbitrarily convey this political plum, the boys scheduled a BISD Board Meeting ONE DAY before the November 6 school board election.  

Talk about transparency!  LOL!

But, the plan concocted by Lopez, Rodriguez and Elizondo fell through, not being able to garner a fourth vote.

Many in the community were upset with the obvious political backscratching, with a former city commissioner calling the proposed action "unbelievable!"  

Yet today,  the agenda item to name City Commissioner Ricardo Longoria, Jr. as the first ever Director of Marketing was tabled.

Don't feel sorry for slick Rick, though.  He still has his BISD gig, delivering broken computers to the shop, while taking repaired versions to the classrooms.

Part time, he can still do whatever disc jockeys do, plus sell Charro Days costumes like the one he's modeling above.