POWERS FOR SALE? FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH

http://itismybusinesstoknow.blogspot.com/2009/07/i-talked-to-all-of-them.html

http://itismybusinesstoknow.blogspot.com/2009/07/otis-powers-talks-to-joe-colunga.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svw3taAQeWM&feature=player_embedded


(Ed.'s note: We were combing though our files and came across snippets of the taped conversation between Place 3 BISD candidate Otis Powers and Chief Financial Officer Tony Juarez. As Powers makes his bid for another term on the BISD board, it might be well to remember that this tape was allowed to enter into evidence by Federal Judge Andrew Hanen in determining whether a conspiracy existed to deprive both Juarez and former Sup. Hector Gonzales of their constitutional rights.
In the first snippet, Powers tells Juarez how he's "talked to all of them" (board members Rick Zayas, Joe Colunga Rolando Aguilar, etc.) about whether Juarez should file a bogus grievance against Gonzales to give the others a justification for firing him.
In the second, Powers is talking to Colunga over the phone about having his attorney Mark Sossi file a lawsuit and serve Caty Presas-Garcia during a board meeting. Powers said that after Presas-Garcia was served, she wouldn't think about Colunga anymore when she went into executive session.
In the third, Powers tells of how he received advice from former blogger Bobby Wightman to sue Presas-Garcia for alleged offenses relating to privacy FERPA guidelines.
It should be interesting to note that Powers had been defeated for the board of trustees but still maintained communications related to ongoing matters of the BISD board. Powers is a candidate for the BISD board against Argelia Miller in Place 3.)