That's what process servers for a local lawyer's firm is asking nowadays after trying repeatedly to serve Brownsville Independent School District trustee Minerva Peña with the paperwork necessary to have her deposed.
The servers report that the suit involves the federal lawsuit filed against two current and two former BISD trustees who made up the majority when the district's CFO Tony Juarez was terminated after he gave the "wrong" reccommendation on the district's Stop-Loss insurance policy. (You know who: Rick Zayas, Ruben Cortez, Rolando Aguilar and Joe Colunga.)After repeatedly trying to serve Peña withe the deposition papers, they are supposedly at the end of their rope and will probably allow the federal court marshal's service to do the job.
Persons close to the case say it is almost unheard of for someone whose claim to fame when she ran for office was that she is a former administrator of the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) and has been named as an honorary Texas Ranger.
"If she is a such a big supporter of law enforcement, will it take the U.S. Marshal to serve Minerva?," asked an incredulous patron at a local coffee club. "About the only time they are going to catch her if she's trying to hide from them is when there's a BISD trustee meeting if she's not absent.
We at Rrun-Rrun have had our experiences with the elusive lass. Last time we heard that she might know something about testing-protocol violations by the principal at Pace High School, we called her to task her about it, even promising anonymity so we could at least confirm he incident happened.
Even though we knew she had spoken about it to some of her friends and acquaintances, Peña flat out denied she knew anything about the incident. It wasn't until later – after our information request o the BISD was honored – that we learned that then incident had indeed occurred and that at least 14 people submitted statements on the matter, including the principal and her assistant.
Now, if she didn't really know and she is a trustee who' supposed to be on top of the goings-on at the district, it doesn't speak well of her performance. This just makes matter worse.
Somehow, we doubt that U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen will be so understanding and wait until Peña decides to come out of hiding.Come out, Come out, Minerva, wherever you are!
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