WHY DID THE CAMERON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY ASSOCIATION DEPART FROM NORMAL POLICY AND APPOINT BOARD OFFICERS, NOT ELECT THEM?

 

An active, dues-paying member of the Cameron County Sheriffs Deputy Association informs us of an abrupt departure of the association's longstanding policy of ELECTING officers. 

We were sent the above Facebook announcement of  "newly appointed" officers.

The announcement above was made with no direct email communication to association members.

A request had been made for members to send their email addresses to Victor Alvarado for the purpose of receiving ballots, but, reportedly, some members never received ballots.

There is a distinct odor emanating from the CCSDA with an obvious conflict of interest with a former and current public official. 

Newly appointed CCSDA President, for is Rick Gomez, the brother of long-time Constable Abel Gomez.

When Eric Garza defeated Omar Lucio in the last election, Constable Abel Gomez decided to employ former Sheriff Lucio and his former right hand man, Gus Reyna, in his office.

Now, Abel's brother Rick is the new President of the CCSDA. 

BTW, the other Reyna brother, who used to work for Omar Lucio, Javier Reyna, is now running for Justice of the Peace, 2-2. 

But, back to our original questions: 

Who appointed Rick Gomez and the other officers?  

Why were these officers not elected as it has been done in the past?

We left a message with Victor Alvarado, asking these questions and requesting a return call.