Anti Incumbent Pachanga

What?

A PACHANGA!

· You are cordially invited to the Anti - Incumbent Candidate Kickoff Pachanga hosted by Joe Ortiz

· A Celebration spotlighting fresh faces for POSITIVE CHANGE in the upcoming November 7, 2006 Election for the Del Mar Board of Regents Place 1, Place 3, Place 5 and At large races.

Where?

· LULAC Council #1

3516 Holly Rd.

Corpus Christi TX 78415

When?

· Sunday September 3, 2006

· 2-5 PM

Why?

· The kickoff / support rally will feature a Presentation of Candidates who endeavor to bring Positive Change to our Community of Del Mar College and other networked Institutions of Higher Learning as well as Education in South Texas as a whole.

Who?

· The featured candidates are:

· Place 1 – Linda Garcia (CCISD Educator)

· Place 3 – Elva Estrada (Retired Educator / Administrator)

· Place 5 – Israel Garcia (West Point Graduate)

· At Large – Dr Nick Adame (Educator)

Join Us For A Sneak Preview

Del Mar College Board of Regents Election Candidates

August 29, 2006

THREE DISTRICT AND ONE AT-LARGE SEAT UP FOR ELECTION ON NOV. 7 BALLOTS

By the filing deadline of 5 p.m. today, August 29, a total of 12 individuals had filed for a place on the ballot for the Del Mar College Board of Regents November election. Four seats, which include those currently held by Gabriel Rivas III, District 1, Olga Gonzales, District 3, the unexpired term of William J. Chriss, District 5 and Minerva Perez Arriaga, at-large will be included on the Nov. 7 election ballot.

On the DMC Board of Regents, five regents represent specific geographic districts while four serve at-large. The Del Mar College District includes all the area in the Calallen, Corpus Christi, Flour Bluff, Tuloso-Midway and West Oso Independent School Districts.

Candidates will draw for their place on the ballot on Tuesday, September 5, at 10:00 am in the foyer of the Heldenfels Administration Building, Del Mar College—East Campus.


DISTRICT 1 -- FULL TERM

Gabriel “Gabe” Rivas, III
1106 S. 19th Street
Corpus Christi, TX 78465
Office: 361/883-8970
Home: 361/765-6290

Linda Garcia
2419 Grisham Court
Corpus Christi, TX 78405
Home: 361/888-5742

Rowland Andrade
10342 River Run, Apt. 3211
Corpus Christi, TX 78410


DISTRICT 3 -- FULL TERM

Olga Gonzales
1809 Yale St.
Corpus Christi, TX 78416
Home: 361/853-8404
Alternate: 361/884-8877

Elva Estrada
4805 FM Rd. 1889
Robstown, TX 78380
Cell: 361/510-7114
Home: 361/387-7114

Jesse Garcia
4021 Woodriver, Apt. 1114
Corpus Christi, TX 78410
Office: 361/884-5264
Home: 361/387-2612


DISTRICT 5 -- UNEXPIRED TERM (SERVES THROUGH 2010)

Howard Karsh
5406 Wooldridge Rd.
Corpus Christi, TX 78413
Home: 361/993-8449

James B. (Jim) Boggs
4701 Donegal Drive
Corpus Christi, TX 78413
Office: 361/826-3798
Home: 361/255-9197

Israel Garcia
5938 Cinnamon Oaks
Corpus Christi, TX 78414
Cell: 361/438-6186


AT-LARGE -- FULL TERM

Minerva "Minnie" Arriaga
426 Santa Monica
Corpus Christi, TX 78411
361/853-6141

Joseph C. Ramirez
3608 Sumster Cts
Corpus Christi, TX 78415
Office: 361/548-6819
Home: 361/884-7734

Nick Adame
6318 Senators Drive
Corpus Christi, TX 78413
Home: 361/854-0522

H Karsh: "If they can get away with getting rid of Theresa Cox, they can probably get rid of anyone"

My name is Howard Karsh. I am running for the Board of Regents District 5. You all know me. I took on Joe Alaniz over safety and health violations in Richardson Auditorium in 1998-99. Than I started doing some research and found although the community was being told in the budget documents that the auditorium had a budget, it was siphoned off for non-auditorium purposes with no explanation to me the manager and that is why the auditorium had sunk so deeply into disrepair. They did get rid of me (it took five years) and it had nothing to do with the lies orchestrated by Pat Townsend, another name that should be on that list of corrupt, incompetent, administrators. Lets all remember that the administration could not get away with this without the knowledge of the Board of Regents. In this coming election you need to kick out all the incumbent regents and don't elect the "good old boys." I know that many of you did not like Theresa Cox. She told me straight from the beginning that her job was not to protect me. Even so, she knew that attacking employees and violating their rights was not in the best interests of the College. She was trapped in the corruption and her knowledge of the law. Theresa did a good job in correcting the stupid and incompetent things that Alaniz and Rivas did with respect to getting rid of me. Alaniz put in writing in a rough draft to me that I was being put on administrative leave and that my contract would not be renewed. This document was dated before I received a performance appraisal and before any investigation was to be done into the complaints against me. This would have been my official notice that I was being put on administrative leave and proof I was being setup. Theresa pointed out that Alaniz was violating policy by stating up front in essence that my contract would not be renewed without following the than policy. It would have helped me that these documents were in my files uncovered under freedom of information. In the end there never was an investigation and Gabe Rivas was involved in the conspiracy against me from the beginning. Jose Rivera wrote a false performance appraisal that did not follow the PA policy and basically in some places had my employee Meredith appraising me without allowing me a rebuttal or due process, or the opportunity to confront my accusers, etc. etc. If they can get away with getting rid of Theresa Cox, they can probably get rid of anyone. You all need to go to her aid. I was protected under the Whistleblowers Act and it didn't help me. What I needed was about a $100,000 to pay the lawyers. You need someone on the Board that has some guts and ethics and I think I proved that I do.